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.
The Allahabad High Court has allowed 15 more days to the Secretary, Examination Regulatory Authority, Anil Bhushan, to comply with its earlier order of declaring the result of revaluation in the case of recruitment of 68,500 assistant teachers.
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 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.
The Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Saumitra Dayal Singh has, however, granted liberty to the petitioners to file a fresh plea challenging the newly passed Act.
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.