The Kerala government has filed an application in the High Court seeking a stay on the central government’s decision to lease out Thiruvananthapuram International Airport to Adani Enterprises.
The Bombay High Court while dealing with a petition seeking actions against the accused for posting inflammatory speech on social media, observed that the right to free speech “cannot be used to sow seeds of hatred and to create disharmony among religious communities.”
Our democracy in true sense is in threat if our press is not allowed to function freely, said Senior Advocate Vikas Singh during the hearing of plea filed by veteran journalist Vinod Dua seeking quashing of FIR registered against him.
A two-judge bench of Justice M.M. Sundresh and Justice R. Hemalatha, however, made it clear that individuals permitted to immerse the statues would at best go to the water body, drop the statue and come back. There is no question of staying back.
Justice P.B. Suresh Kumar, while dealing with a POCSO case, observed that certain disturbing facts concerning the investigation and trial of the cases had come to the court’s notice.
The Gujarat High Court has dismissed an intervention application in the suo motu contempt case against Gujarat High Court Advocates’ Association (GHAA) president Yatin Oza. The court has taken suo motu cognizance of the case as criminal contempt.
The Karnataka High Court has directed the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) and the state government to consider granting additional 20 minutes per hour for visually impaired students.
The Allahabad High Court has adjourned hearing on a Habeas Corpus plea filed by Nuzhat Perween mother of Dr. Kafeel Ahmad Khan challenging his detention under Section 3(2) of the National Security Act, 1980.
The Bombay High Court today granted bail to Kapil Wadhawan and Dheeraj Wadhawan, promoters of Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Ltd, accused of money laundering by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the multi-crore Yes Bank fraud case.