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Karnataka High Court warns State officials of contempt proceedings if government school children are not provided uniforms
When state official is sent to jail, school children will get uniforms, shoes and socks,” the Court warned.
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Allahabad High Court quashes case against Salman Khurshid for quoting Shahenshah movie dialogue in response to CM Yogi Adityanath
Published on : 15 Feb, 2023, 9:39 pm Uttar Pradesh: The Allahabad High Court on Monday quashed criminal proceedings against Congress leader and Senior Advocate Salman Khurshid for a remark he made against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath during the 2019 Lok Sabha election campaign [Salman Khurshid v. State of UP]. Khurshid was alleged
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Supreme Court closes PIL for ban on Zoom app after being told government found nothing objectionable
The plea had raised concern over privacy and security issues with the Zoom app. Senior Advocate Arvind Datar today pointed out that the MEITY found nothing wrong with the app and even courts use it for hearing cases.
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Student forced to marry teacher entitled to divorce on ground of cruelty: Gujarat High Court
Published on : 14 Feb, 2023, 8:49 pm Gujrat: A teacher forcing his much younger student to marry him would amount to cruelty entitling the student-wife to divorce, the Gujarat High Court recently held. A division bench of Justices NV Anjaria and Sandeep N Bhatt, therefore, upheld the decision of a family court dissolving the 5-year-long marriage
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Assam Police to soon have separate investigation wing: State tells Gauhati High Court
The Court was told that a tentative list of the persons who would be suitable for investigation wing, has been drawn up.
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Woman moves Madras High Court alleging husband died of snake bite since State’s 24×7 health centre was shut; seeks ₹10 lakh compensation
Justice Anita Sumanth issued notice to the State government and directed the Additional Government Pleader to find out whether the health care centre had indeed been shut at the time of the incident as alleged.
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Higher duty of care expected from ICU staff when patient critical: National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission
The commission held that gangrene developing in the patient’s hand went unnoticed and unmonitored throughout the night by ICU staff, amounting to failure of duty of care.
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Calcutta High Court asks ED to arrest money laundering accused from the court hall
The bench while quashing the orders of a special court granting bail to two men booked in a money laundering case, asked the ED officials to arrest the accused, who were present in the courtroom.
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Advocate Shahid Azmi murder: Bombay High Court lifts stay on trial, rejects plea by accused for change of trial court
The High Court had stayed the ongoing trial in September 2022 when an accused in the case approached with application to transfer case to another sessions judge.
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Government should not be robber of citizens’ lands: Karnataka High Court
Published on : 13 Feb, 2023, 7:49 am State should not be robbers of land belonging to citizens, the Karnataka High Court recently said while ordering the government to compensate persons whose lands were used by it for a public project in 2007 without payment of any compensation [MV Guruprasad vs State of Karnataka]. Single-judge Justice Krishna