High Court

The High Court of Delhi today issued notice to the Central Government on an application seeking extension of time for public comments on new Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) draft notification.

With Tihar jail authorities agreeing to introduce a common room as well as for provision for a television by end-September 2020, the Delhi High court today disposed of a petition seeking facilities for high security ward prisoners, saying there was no further need for monitoring of the situation.

The Supreme Court today dismissed fugitive Indian liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya’s review petition against a May 2017 judgment of the apex court. That order had held him guilty of contempt of court for violating its orders and those of the Karnataka High Court.

The Uttarakhand High Court has recently held that a wife causing mental cruelty to husband is a valid ground for dissolution of marriage, as mental cruelty is no less than physical cruelty.

The Patna High Court has asked the Centre and the state government to file reports on what steps they have taken to implement the welfare provisions contained under Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019.

The Delhi High Court has directed the Life Insurance Company and the New India Assurance Company to present their officers before the court on the next hearing to decide on the premium rates for the advocates’ insurance schemes.

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has refused to quash criminal proceedings against a man who was accused of inducing religious conversion through financial allure in 2017.

A division bench of Justices S.K. Kaul and K.M. Joseph issued their judgement in an appeal against order of the High Court that allowed quashing of FIR for offences committed under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940.

The Bombay High Court quashed three FIRs filed against 29 foreign nationals who were charged with violating their tourist visas by attending the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi in March.

The Delhi High Court today disposed of a plea against the movie Gunjan Saxena-The Kargil Girl, seeking direction to modify or delete dialogues and scenes from it that portray a negative image of the IAF. The movie is currently streaming on Netflix.