The Supreme Court today issued notices to the Madhya Pradesh High Court in plea by a senior Madhya Pradesh District Judge for quashing of a 2018 sexual harassment charge levelled against him by a woman judicial officer.
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has granted anticipatory bail to Shailendra Singh Chauhan, former Additional Chief Standing Counsel of UP, who has been accused by a junior woman lawyer of alleged misconduct and rape in his chamber.
The Islamabad High Court has said that India should be given one more chance to appoint a lawyer for Kulbhushan Jadhav. The Islamabad High Court took up the matter of appointing a lawyer to review the death sentence awarded to Jadhav by a Pakistani military court.
The Delhi High Court has granted bail to a man who was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) for commission of offence punishable under Sections 8(c), 20 and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.
The Supreme Court today issued notice in a plea challenging the Andhra Pradeh High Court’s decision of striking down a government order mandating the use of English as a medium of instruction in government schools.
The Delhi High Court has reiterated that disclosure of personal information is exempted under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, in absence of any larger public interest, as it would cause unwarranted invasion of privacy under Section 8(1)(j) of the Act.
While most courts in the country are in virtual mode amid this pandemic and physical hearings are a rarity and mostly urgent matters are being heard over video conferencing, one set of litigants are using this as an opportunity to manage relief by suppressing facts.