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Allahabad high court. (File photo) PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad high court has directed the Ghaziabad district magistrate to file his personal affidavit in a PIL alleging black marketing of oxygen in the district, resulting in alleged deaths of several Covid-19 patients during the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. The court also asked the DM to file the report of the inquiry instituted by him in this regard following a complaint filed by the petitioner Nand Kishor, a sitting MLA from Loni a...

Courts Are Concerned With Legality and Not Morality. They Should Refrain From Preaching. Recent verdicts by the Punjab and Haryana high court on granting protections to couples in live-in relationships shows why courts should be guided by constitutional morality, not what is socially acceptable. Representative image. Photo: StockSnap on Pixabay Rights21 hours ago Two benches of the Punjab and Haryana high court recently refused to grant protection to a live-in couple who apprehended harassment ...

PIL in SC seeks free COVID-19 vaccine for every citizen The petition stated that under Article 21, every person in India has the invaluable right to get the vaccination free of cost. By ANI|   Posted by Nikita Venkatesh  |   Published: 12th May 2021 2:30 pm IST Supreme Court of India New Delhi: A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking direction to the Union of India to formulate a uniform pan India policy for free of cost Covid-19 vaccination to every Indian citizen. The PIL...

Share This - x Karnataka High Court has said Right to lead a healthy life is an integral part of Article 21 of the Constitution of India. "Right to lead a healthy life cannot be obstructed by individuals who do not bother to follow the rules regarding masks, maintaining social distance, congregating etc", the Court said. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Suraj Govindaraj, on Thursday clarified "As far as offence under sub section 1 of section 5, (Karnataka Epidemic...

Share This - x The Father of the victim in the alleged rape case against former minister Ramesh Jarkiholi, has approached the Karnataka High Court seeking to quash the statment recorded by his daughter under section 164 of CrPC before the magistrate. The petitioner, who is a retired army personnel, has claimed that the facts and circumstances of the case would make it clear that the petitioner, his family and his daughter are the victims of politics. The right to life includes the right ...

What impels me to write this Article is a recent press report in Dainik Jagran which states that about 20000 bail applications are pending in Patna High Court. The bail applications filed in August...

Government tells Delhi High Court it feels that together as partners is not comparable with the Indian family unit concept of a husband, wife and children

Ravis plea seeks action against media houses, who, she alleges, attacked her on the basis of leaked investigative matter and prejudicial press briefings

Updated Feb 18, 2021, 7:15 am IST Reacting to the verdict, Ramani said it feels great to have truth validated before the court  Indian journalist Priya Ramani, left, smiles as she leaves Patiala House Court in New Delhi, India. A New Delhi court on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, acquitted Ramani of criminal defamation after she accused a former editor-turned-politician and junior external affairs minister of sexual harassment. M.J. Akbar, now 70, filed a case against Ramani in Oct. 2018, denying t...

India News: The Punjab and Haryana high court has ruled that parents and guardians cannot assume the right to dictate to their wards how and with whom they should