Court News Updates

The Gauhati High Court has directed the Deputy Commissioner of Kamrup district to issue ration cards within eight weeks as per the National Food Security Act, 2013 to families identified by para-legal volunteers and who fulfill conditions for such cards.

Allahabad High Court division bench while hearing a Criminal Appeal filed by Shamsher has asked the Director General of Police (DGP) of Uttar Pradesh why information relating to criminal history of a citizen is not in public domain and why it is password protected.

The Delhi High Court has rejected a suit filed against the book written by Syed Waseem Rizvi titled Muhammad which is said to contain provocative and agitational statements with respect to Prophet Mohammed, Islam and the Quran. The suit was filed by Qamar Hasnain and sought damages worth Rs 2,05,00,000 to make Rizvi stop from committing such acts in the future.

The Delhi High Court on Friday disposed of the plea challenging the orders of the Delhi Government imposing a complete ban on religious gatherings during Christmas and New Year at places of worship. ...

The Madras High Court at Madurai has quashed an FIR against a YouTube video condemning Tablighi Jamaat conference, which was held in March 2020 during the first wave Covid-19 pandemic.The FIR was registered against the Indian YouTuber named Maridhas. Upon complaint of one of the members of Tamil Nadu Muslim Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam, the Melapalayam police had filed the case.

The Allahabad High Court has recently issued notice and sought counter-affidavit from the Uttar Pradesh Government on a plea filed against the contentious statements of Waseem Rizvi, who is now known as Jitendra Narayan Singh Tyagi after his conversion, at a Dharam Sansad in Haridwar. He was the former chairman of the Shia Waqf Board.

The PIL in Gauhati High Court has been filed by one Sujahan Ahmed Barbhiya . In this PIL , certain issues have been raised about non-maintaining of Government guidelines regarding construction of Sonapur Sub-Center Building with brick boundary wall in the district of Cachar, Silchar.

The Sikkim High Court has recently requested both the state government and the Central Government to act in harmony to further the cause of education among children studying in the Jawahar Navodaya V...

The Allahabad High Court has rejected the appeal filed in the case of the death of a woman under the Binoli police station of Baghpat. The Division Bench of Justice Suneet Kumar and Justice Brij Raj Singh passed this order while hearing a Government Appeal filed by the State of UP.

In view of the increasing cases of coronavirus infections, the Allahabad High Court has urged the Election Commission of India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to postpone the Assembly Elections to be held in Uttar Pradesh next year.