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Marital rape a crime of cruelty in India: Delhi govt to High Court

The Delhi government's counsel stated before the court hearing a batch of petitions seeking criminalisation of marital rape

SC sets aside HC verdict on former WB chief secretary Bandopadhyay's plea

The apex court delivered the verdict on the Centre's plea challenging the high court order which was passed on a plea filed by Bandyopadhyay

23 names reiterated by SC for appointment as HC judges pending with govt

Names of 23 candidates recommended by various high court collegiums since 2018 and reiterated by the Supreme Court collegium were pending with the government at the end of 2021

Omicron: Allahabad HC urges Centre to stop rallies in poll-bound states

The court requested the Election Commission of India to immediately stop such rallies

HC extends stay on summons to Alia Bhatt, two others over film row

A single bench of Justice SK Shinde extended the interim stay that the HC had granted in August this year

High Court directs Delhi govt to undertake social disability audit

The court was hearing a plea by a woman who was permanently debilitated below the waist when she was a school-going girl

Andhra HC suspends government order to reduce cinema ticket prices

The court passed the orders on a petition filed by cinema theatre owners

Air India disinvestment: Union moves Madras HC on employees' welfare

The court, in interim relief to the petitioner, restrained the Ministry and other authorities concerned from evicting the members of the Air Corporation Employees' Union in Meenambakkam

NIA moves SC against HC order granting default bail to Sudha Bharadwaj

The high court had directed that Bharadwaj, lodged in the Byculla women's prison, be produced before the Mumbai special NIA court on December 8

Don't leave HCs at state govts' mercy for infra funds, SC tells Centre

The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the Centre not to leave high courts at state governments' mercy for funding of judicial infrastructure

HC orders CBI enquiry into Bengal school recruitment irregularities

The order was passed on a petition by some job aspirants

Uttarakhand HC asserts all CAT benches are equal, principal bench too

The high court set aside the CAT principal bench order related to transfer of a plea being heard in its Nainital bench to Delhi, saying the principal bench cannot be permitted to be usurper of power.

Another reshuffle in higher judiciary: 7 high court judges transferred

This is the second set of transfers of high court judges affected in the last one week.

SC collegium recommends 16 names for elevation as judges of 4 HCs

The Supreme Court collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) N V Ramana, has recommended 16 names for elevation as judges of the high courts of Bombay, Gujarat, Orissa and Punjab and Haryana

Enough burden on our shoulders, says SC; dismisses plea for matter transfer

"We have enough burden on our shoulders" and don't want to add to it, the Supreme Court said on Friday while dismissing a plea seeking transfer of a matter pending before the Punjab and Haryana HC

High Courts were bastions of ensuring justice during Covid-19: SC

The Supreme Court on Monday while dismissing an appeal by the Manipur government, observed that High Courts were bastions of ensuring that justice was dispensed during the COVID-19 pandemic.The court said this while dismissing an appeal filed by the Manipur government challenging the High Court's order directing the state to frame exhaustive rules for combating COVID-19.A Bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, Vikram Nath and Hima Kohli also remarked on the pathetic condition of quarantine centres maintained by the State.Dismissing the appeal of the Manipur government, the Bench said that the High Court was absolutely justified in passing the directions."Our High Court's were bastions of ensuring that justice was done during the COVID-19 pandemic... Your standard quarantine centres were pathetic. There were no separate washrooms for male and female. Healthcare workers did not change the beddings regularly. The High Court has passed a calibrated order. We are not going to give you a ...

Jharkhand HC pulls up police on manner of probe in Dhanbad judge death

The Jharkhand High Court has upbraided the police for the manner in which it was investigating the death of Dhanbad Judge Uttam Anand

Over 7,800 PILs filed in HCs since 2019 on violation of fundamental rights

Over 7,800 Public Interest Litigations (PILs) regarding the violation of fundamental rights have been filed in various high courts across the country since 2019, according to government data.

Common High Court of J&K, Ladakh changed to 'High Court of J&K and Ladakh'

A notification has been issued by Ministry of Law and Justice informing that 'long-winding and cumbersome' nomenclature Common High Court of UT of Jammu and Kashmir and UT of Ladakh have been changed

Bar Association requests CJI Ramana to help set up separate HC for Nagaland

A delegation of the High Court Bar Association of Kohima Bench of Gauhati High Court on Tuesday requested Chief Justice of India Justice N V Ramana to help set up a separate High Court for Nagaland.