The Punjab and Haryana High Court has said that the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) can hear the bail plea of any “child” accused even if the child was now a major. The court ruled that if the accused was a child at the time of arrest then he has full right to be tried by the JJB on bail issues.
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has expressed its serious concern over the case of the institution of two bail petitions in the same FIR by the same petitioner.
The Supreme Court has held: "When the court passed specific orders directing the states to file affidavits, the court’s intention was to see the working of the aforesaid acts. Non-filing of affidavit clearly indicates that the states are not interested in implementing the aforesaid enactments.”
The Jammu & Kashmir High Court on Monday ruled that the Magistrate is precluded from ordering an investigation under Section 156(3) of the Code, once a cognizance of an offence is taken by him.
Arguments were placed before the Supreme Court today on the contentious issue of whether states should be allowed to exceed the 50 percent ceiling on reservation and on whether this issue should be referred to an 11-judge bench.
The Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court today refused to stay the JEE-Main examination, but allowed students residing in flood-hit areas of Maharashtra's Vidarbha region, who cannot reach the exam centre or reach late, to apply to the National Testing Agency to seek a re-examination.
The Allahabad High Court today dropped charges filed against Dr Kafeel Khan under National Security Act and ordered his immediate release. Dr Kafeel Khan has been incarcerated in Mathura jail for the last six months.
The division bench of Justices Rajan Gupta and Karamjit Singh was considering the grievance of a student who did not apply for NEET 2020 because he had got admission to a school overseas.