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HC grants Twitter India chief interim relief from summons by UP cops

The court directed Ghaziabad police not to take any coercive steps against him

'Infringement of liberty': SC shocked as bail plea not listed for a year

"The accused has a right to hearing of his application for bail. In fact, the denial of hearing is an infringement of right and liberty assured to an accused" - SC

Twitter has to comply with new IT rules for digital media, says HC

Twitter has to comply with the new Information Technology Rules for digital media if they have not been stayed, the Delhi High Court said on Monday. Justice Rekha Palli issued notice to the Centre and social media platform Twitter seeking their stand on a plea by a lawyer, Amit Acharya, claiming non-compliance of the rules by it. While Twitter claimed before the court that it has complied with the rules and appointed a resident grievance officer, the central government disputed the claim. "They have to follow it (rules), if it has not been stayed," the court said. In his plea, filed through advocate Akash Vajpai and Manish Kumar, Acharya said that he came to know about the alleged non-compliance when he tried to lodge a complaint against a couple of tweets.

Actress Juhi Chawla files plea in HC against 5G tech, hearing on June 2

These 5G plans threaten to provoke serious, irreversible effects on humans and permanent damage to all of the Earth's ecosystems, she said.

Live-in-relationships morally, socially unacceptable: Punjab and Haryana HC

Punjab and Haryana High Court has said a live-in-relationship is morally and socially unacceptable while dismissing a petition filed by a runaway couple seeking protection

Can't stop media from reporting, won't tell HCs not to raise questions: SC

Batting for "free flow of dialogue" in courts, the Supreme Court Monday said it would neither restrain the media from reporting oral observations in public interest, nor demoralise high courts

Gyanvapi mosque: Sunni Central Waqf Board to challenge ASI survey order

The religious body said it will challenge the Varanasi court order, allowing archaeological survey to take place at the Kashi Vishwanath-Gyanvapi mosque site, in the higher court

Pendency statistics improve in high courts, but still early to celebrate

Over a fifth of cases in HCs pending for over a decade. Kolkata High Court worst performing with 47% cases pending for over 10 years

SC stays proceedings pending in HCs on pleas to regulate OTT platforms

The Supreme Court Tuesday stayed proceedings pending before several high courts across the country on pleas related to regulation of over-the-top (OTT) platforms

Supreme Court stays hearings in high courts on Covid-19 vaccines

The bench also transferred to itself the vaccine-related case going on in the Delhi High Court.

HC quashes criminal case against Air India, AAI execs in Mangaluru crash

Holds that magistrate court which initiated proceedings against the officials did not follow due process of law and overlooked the court of inquiry's report on the accident

16 out of 25 high courts across country resume physical hearing

Physical hearings had stopped following the coronavirus-induced lockdown

HC denies bail to comedian Munawar Faruqui, talks about fundamental duties

The Madhya Pradesh High Court refused bail to comedian Munawar Faruqui who is accused of passing 'indecent' remarks about Hindu deities

Madhya Pradesh HC rejects stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui's bail plea

Justice Rohit Arya of the Indore bench of the high court on Monday had reserved the order on their bail pleas

Portents after the vaccine rollout

Since the lockdown in March last year, a large section of the legal profession and litigants has found that virtual courts (VCs) are a beneficial innovation and should be institutionalised

Billions of dollars at stake as courts begin ruling on pending bank cases

The legal tussles pit India's lenders, central bank and government against corporate borrowers struggling to survive amid lockdowns prompted by Covid-19

Franklin Templeton case: HC sows seeds of democracy in governance of MFs

The court has given impetus to the principle that the domain of the trustees to unilaterally decide on winding up without declared confirmation by majority investors is non-negotiable

SC stays Andhra HC order to examine constitutional breakdown in state

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has sought to examine whether there is a breakdown of constitutional machinery in the state

High Courts follow environment friendly steps of SC, preserve paper

From April 1, 2020, for judicial filings in the top court, all the stakeholders are required to use A4 size paper, to be printed on both the sides.

Increase ventilators, beds, oximeters for patients: HC to Himachal govt

A Division Bench comprising the Chief Justice L.Narayana Swamy and Justice Anoop Chitkara passed the order on a petition taken up suo moto by the Court