A petition has been filed in the High Court of Delhi on Saturday by Abhijit Mishra, seeking directions to the Unique Identification Authority of India and the Reserve Bank of India to prevent Google Pay from accessing data for which it doesn’t have authorization.
Allahabad High Court dismissed an appeal filed by a man in a 1987 murder case, noting that his counsel had not appeared during the hearing of his case. While HC dismissed the man’s appeal, the Apex Court, while resorting it, asked the High Court to consider taking it for hearing at an early date and also said that it was open for the High Court to appoint an amicus curiae to assist it when the petitioner was not represented before it through the lawyer in the matter.
The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court reversed the acquittal of a school teacher on the charge. The complaint mentions that the minors were three girls. The court sentenced the man to rigorous imprisonment of 20 years, without parole or furlough leave in the first decade of his jail time.
As Uttar Pradesh and Madya Pradesh move forward and impose the controversial laws to thwart love jihad, the Gujarat government has also started to plan on introducing a legal provision with respect to acting against persons who force an individual into religious conversion in the name of love marriage.
A petition was filed in the Supreme Court, seeking direction for the Centre and State Governments to take appropriate steps to double the number of judges in the High Courts and Sub-Ordinate Courts.
A charge sheet has been filed in the court against three persons by the Jammu and Kashmir police. The three people against which the charge sheet has been filed also includes an army captain. The charge sheet is filed related to the alleged fake encounter in Shopian on July 18’ 2020 which left three civilians dead.
The Supreme Court in an attempt to block diluting of merit under the General Category said that the Reserved Category Candidates are Eligible for Vacancies under the General Category.
The High Court of Uttarakhand directed the Haridwar District Magistrate to inquire regarding the delay in the processing of the application of a woman named Anjali, also known as Afsan, for conversion which has not been processed. She and her Hindu husband were also provided police protection by the Court.
A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court by film producer Nilesh Navlakha through Advocate Rajesh Inamdar, Advocate Shashwat Anand, and Advocate Amit Paihas. The petition submitted was in regards to the importance of a tribunal which is necessary to maintain a balance between the Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression of the media and the adjoining Right to Information of the citizens and Right to Dignity under Article-21 of Constitution of India.
The Bombay High Court increased the sentence of a man from South Bombay, who was accused of raping an adolescent domestic help worker. The trial court delivered a guilty verdict 14 years ago for the same, but the Bombay High Court increased the sentence and the amount of the fine imposed on the accused.
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