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Gau HC | “Prima facie her personal views”; HC grants bail to the writer charged with sedition for her facebook post on maoist attack in Chattisgarh

Gauhati High Court: The Bench of Ajit Borthakur, J., granted bail to the renowned Assamese writer, Sikha Sarma in connection with sedition

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Del HC | Are exemptions and relaxations under different Statutes a matter of right? Is it Government’s prerogative to exempt with or without stringent conditions under Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act? Read on

Delhi High Court: The Division Bench of D.N. Patel, CJ and Jyoti Singh, J., reiterated the settled law that Court cannot direct

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[COVID Vaccination] Chh HC │ Redistribution of unused Antyodaya or other category vaccines at the end of the day: HC agrees to hear the matter. Read the current Vaccine Allocation plan

Chhattisgarh High Court: A Division Bench of Prashant Kumar Mishra and Parth Prateem Sahu JJ. laid down allotment of vaccines in percentage

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Cal HC| Bengal Post Poll violence victims at liberty to file complaint at NHRC, WBHRC, NCW etc; Court directs the complaints be forwarded to DGP

Calcutta High Court: The Full Bench of Rajesh Bindal, C.J. (A), I. P. Mukerji, Harish Tandon, Soumen Sen, Subrata Talukdar, JJ., took

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[COVID-19] Tri HC| State must ensure that the health those in jails and orphanages is not jeopardized; Directions issued to devise plans

Tripura High Court: The Division Bench of Akil Kureshi, CJ. and S. Talapatra, J., perused the latest affidavit filed by the State

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Telangana HC | If one of spouses in a marital relationship is found to be guilty of infidelity, would it amount to causing mental cruelty to the other spouse? HC highlights concept of mental cruelty & desertion

Telangana High Court: The Division Bench of M.S. Ramachandra Rao and T. Vinod Kumar, JJ., while addressing the present matter highlighted the

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Ker HC | Court allows Malayali couple stuck in Israel to register their marriage in Kerala via video conferencing

Kerala High Court: The Bench of N.Nagresh, J., directed the Local Registrar to register the marriage of couple living in Israel through

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Del HC | If a firearm is recovered from possession of a person at the airport which he/she is unaware of can the person be punishable under S. 25 of Arms Act? HC answers

Delhi High Court: Suresh Kumar Kait, J., addresses a matter revolving around the possession of ammunition by a person which he/she is

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Court observes state’s health system is “Ram Bharose”, gives suggestions to improve vaccination rate and health infrastructure

Allahabad High Court: Following the order given on 11th May by the Court which had directed that Pandemic Public Grievance Committee should

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Pat HC | 789 died in Buxar in 10 days while government records showed only 6 deaths; HC warns State of taking actions for filing false affidavit

Patna High Court: Noticing alarming contradictions in death records filed by state authorities and cremation records of the crematorium, the Division Bench

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Ker HC | Release of controversial Malayalam film “Aquarium” stayed till further order apprehending it to be defamatory to Catholic Christians and nuns

Kerala High Court: The Bench of P.V. Kunhikrishnan, J., stayed the release of Malyalam film “Aquarium “apprehending it to be defamatory to

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P&H HC | ‘Live-in-relationships morally and socially unacceptable’; HC refuses to pass protection order to a live-in couple

“In the garb of filing the petition the petitioners are seeking seal of approval on their relationship.”

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Cal HC| CM Mamta Banerjee’s Dharna at CBI office: Public trust and confidence in the judicial system is more important; Mob cannot have an upper hand. TMC leaders’ bail stayed

Calcutta High Court: The Division Bench of Rajesh Bindal, CJ(A). and Arijit Banerjee, J., was called upon to deal with an extra-ordinary

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[MV Act]KAR HC│Necessary permits for running the business of bike taxis as transport vehicles: Can’t decide on this an emerging concept before application of mind by State on all aspects

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of B.V. Nagarathna and J.M. Khazi disposed of the appeal and laid the observations herein under.

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Jhar HC| “Oxygen cylinders are of prime importance in saving life”; HC issues directions for release of Oxygen cylinders lying in judicial custody

Jharkhand High Court: Taking into consideration the reason of urgency i.e., acute surge in Covid-19 pandemic from which people are suffering and

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Del HC | ‘Permanency’ as an element of ‘Shared Household’ concept under Domestic Violence Act: Can old-aged parents-in-law be restrained from selling their house in light of shared household consequences? Read Court’s proposition

Delhi High Court: Suresh Kumar Kait, J., dealt with the provisions in regard to the concept of the shared household while referring

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[Sexual harassment at Workplace]Tri HC| Tribunal is the court of first instance; Not open for the litigant to approach the High Court as a court of first instance

Tripura High Court: Arindam Lodh, J., dismissed a petition which was filed by the petitioner to resolve her grievance in consonance with

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Covid-19] P&H HC| “Ask the corporate houses to participate in fighting the crisis”; HC asks States to invoke Corporate Social Responsibility

Punjab and Haryana High Court: The Division Bench of Rajan Gupta and Karamjit Sing, JJ., addressed various issues with regard to unavailability

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Jhar HC│ Jharkhand Govt. must ensure that EIA is undertaken and Environment Management Plan prepared; All construction activities without prior environmental clearance to be stopped

Jharkhand High Court: Rajesh Shankar J. refused to interfere with the detailed NGT order only for the purpose of providing a shortcut

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Bom HC| Do not insist on production of Aadhar Cards by correctional home inmates for Vaccination, HC directs State

Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of Dipankar Datta, CJ., and G. S. Kulkarni, J. had addressed a suo motu case on