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BJP leaders confined to house by protesting farmers rescued after HC order

Around a dozen BJP leaders confined to a house in Patiala's Rajpura for nearly 12 hours allegedly by protesting farmers were rescued early Monday

HC asks Centre on steps taken to create buffer stock of oxygen in Delhi

The court was informed by the Delhi government counsel that it has 419 metric tonne LMO in buffer as of now and it will be maintained and that the facility is being created at state hospital.

HC asks Centre for report on availability, imports of black fungus drug

Black fungus primarily affects those who have recovered from Covid

HC extends Stan Swamy's stay at private hospital in Mumbai till July 6

The Bombay High Court on Saturday extended the stay of Jesuit priest and activist Stan Swamy, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoists links case, at a private hospital in Mumbai till July 6.

HC directs Bengal govt to provide relief to post-poll violence victims

The Calcutta High Court on Friday issued a show cause notice for contempt of court proceedings against Deputy Commissioner of Police of South Kolkata Rashid Munir Khan

Justice Malimath appointed acting chief justice of Himachal Pradesh HC

Justice Ravi Vijaykumar Malimath was on Monday appointed as the acting chief justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court, the Law Ministry said

All HC websites now have captchas, accessible to disabled people: Govt

All websites of the high courts now have captchas that are accessible to people with disabilities, the law ministry said on Sunday.

HC grants Twitter India chief interim relief from summons by UP cops

The court directed Ghaziabad police not to take any coercive steps against him

'Infringement of liberty': SC shocked as bail plea not listed for a year

"The accused has a right to hearing of his application for bail. In fact, the denial of hearing is an infringement of right and liberty assured to an accused" - SC

Twitter has to comply with new IT rules for digital media, says HC

Twitter has to comply with the new Information Technology Rules for digital media if they have not been stayed, the Delhi High Court said on Monday. Justice Rekha Palli issued notice to the Centre and social media platform Twitter seeking their stand on a plea by a lawyer, Amit Acharya, claiming non-compliance of the rules by it. While Twitter claimed before the court that it has complied with the rules and appointed a resident grievance officer, the central government disputed the claim. "They have to follow it (rules), if it has not been stayed," the court said. In his plea, filed through advocate Akash Vajpai and Manish Kumar, Acharya said that he came to know about the alleged non-compliance when he tried to lodge a complaint against a couple of tweets.

Actress Juhi Chawla files plea in HC against 5G tech, hearing on June 2

These 5G plans threaten to provoke serious, irreversible effects on humans and permanent damage to all of the Earth's ecosystems, she said.

Live-in-relationships morally, socially unacceptable: Punjab and Haryana HC

Punjab and Haryana High Court has said a live-in-relationship is morally and socially unacceptable while dismissing a petition filed by a runaway couple seeking protection

Can't stop media from reporting, won't tell HCs not to raise questions: SC

Batting for "free flow of dialogue" in courts, the Supreme Court Monday said it would neither restrain the media from reporting oral observations in public interest, nor demoralise high courts

Gyanvapi mosque: Sunni Central Waqf Board to challenge ASI survey order

The religious body said it will challenge the Varanasi court order, allowing archaeological survey to take place at the Kashi Vishwanath-Gyanvapi mosque site, in the higher court

Pendency statistics improve in high courts, but still early to celebrate

Over a fifth of cases in HCs pending for over a decade. Kolkata High Court worst performing with 47% cases pending for over 10 years

SC stays proceedings pending in HCs on pleas to regulate OTT platforms

The Supreme Court Tuesday stayed proceedings pending before several high courts across the country on pleas related to regulation of over-the-top (OTT) platforms

Supreme Court stays hearings in high courts on Covid-19 vaccines

The bench also transferred to itself the vaccine-related case going on in the Delhi High Court.

HC quashes criminal case against Air India, AAI execs in Mangaluru crash

Holds that magistrate court which initiated proceedings against the officials did not follow due process of law and overlooked the court of inquiry's report on the accident

16 out of 25 high courts across country resume physical hearing

Physical hearings had stopped following the coronavirus-induced lockdown

HC denies bail to comedian Munawar Faruqui, talks about fundamental duties

The Madhya Pradesh High Court refused bail to comedian Munawar Faruqui who is accused of passing 'indecent' remarks about Hindu deities