Month: December 2020

Source:-https://www.indialegallive.com The Punjab and Haryana High Court has once again slammed the former SHO of Khanna Sadar police station, Baljinder Singh. While hearing Singh’s bail petition on Thursday, the High Court has kept it pending. The next hearing of the case has been fixed on January 29. Baljinder Singh is jailed in Patiala. A case

Source:-https://indianexpress.com Just two weeks before “Vivad se Vishwas” direct tax resolution scheme ends, the declarations for dispute resolution made from Gujarat stand at a dismal 12 per cent, income tax officials said on Friday. “Over the years, the pendency of appeals filed by taxpayers as well as the government has increased. The number of appeals

Source:-https://www.hindustantimes.com The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed an appeal by the Uttar Pradesh government that sought to overturn a Allahabad high court order releasing Dr Kafeel Khan from detention under the stringent National Security Act (NSA), but observed that the criminal cases against Khan will be decided on merits without being influenced by the observations

Source:-https://thewire.in Mumbai: “Disturbed” by a report published in The Wire, the Jodhpur bench of the Rajasthan high court has directed the state government to undertake steps to ensure the complete overhaul of the state prison manual. The Wire, on December 10, published a detailed investigative piece on the caste practices prevalent inside prisons across different

Source:-https://www.hindustantimes.com Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to the city police over pleas filed by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders Raghav Chadha and Atishi who were denied permission by the department to protest outside the residences of Union home minister Amit Shah and Delhi lieutenant governor Anil Baijal over alleged misappropriation of funds by

Source:-https://www.hindustantimes.com Farmers’ agitation against the three contentious farm laws entered day 23 on Friday and, as of now, impasse continues between the government and farmers’ unions. Amid the continued deadlock, prime minister Narendra Modi will on Friday virtually address the farmers of Madhya Pradesh in a ‘Kisan Kalyan Sammelan.’ The program will be telecast across

Source:-https://www.barandbench.com The Kerala High Court on Friday ordered that 5,000 pilgrims be allowed entry inside Sabarimala temple every day starting from December 20. (Sunil KP v. Travancore Devaswom Board and Ors. and connected petitions) The State Government had previously capped the daily number at 1,000. A Division Bench of Justices CT Ravikumar and K Haripal

Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com VIJAYAWADA: Stating that panchayat elections will not affect Covid-19 vaccination programme in any manner, State Election Commissioner Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar appealed to the Andhra Pradesh High Court to dismiss the petition filed by the State government challenging the SEC decision to hold local elections in February 2021. In a counter filed on Thursday, Ramesh

Source:-https://www.indialegallive.com The Allahabad High Court has directed the examination regulatory authority, Prayagraj to give a mark to a candidate in one question, involved in the recruitment of 68,500 assistant teachers and the other benefits that result from it. The order was passed by Justice Pankaj Bhatia on a plea by candidate Pushpendra Singh. The petitioner

Source:-https://www.tribuneindia.com New Delhi, December 16 Justice Pankaj Mithal of the Allahabad High Court will be the next Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court. The Supreme Court Collegium headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde has also recommended Calcutta High Court’s Justice Sanjib Banerjee for appointment as Chief Justice of the Madras High