High Court
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High Court seeks data on FIRs filed in crimes against women with or without direction from court
India | Aug 19, 2019, 11:36 PM ISTThe high court had earlier stressed the need for investigation of rape cases with sensitivity and seriousness. It also underscored the importance of coordinated efforts by the police, judicial officers, medical and health department and the psychologists.
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Delhi HC issues notice to Centre on plea to equalise legal age of marriage for men and women
India | Aug 19, 2019, 06:14 PM ISTThe public interest litigation (PIL) moved by BJP leader and lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay claimed that the difference in the minimum age of marriage for men and women was based on patriarchal stereotypes and has no scientific backing.
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Madhya Pradesh HC to hear pleas against hike in OBC quota from August 21
India | Aug 19, 2019, 12:33 AM ISTAfter Chief Minister Kamal Nath recently announced the new ceiling for the reservation, he was felicitated by a host of OBC organisations on the Independence Day eve. The state will be first to have 27 per cent reservations for backward classes if the court clears it.
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Delhi High Court criticises police on delay in installing CCTV cameras
India | Aug 09, 2019, 09:26 PM ISTAccording to Delhi Police, the court noted, 587 cameras were to be installed at 118 vulnerable locations in the city, but it has not been done. In 2017, the court had told the police that it should not cite lack of funds as an excuse to not install the cameras and ensure proper lighting in those areas.
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Tadvi suicide case: High Court grants bail to three women doctors
India | Aug 09, 2019, 06:05 PM ISTJustice Sadhana Jadhav granted bail to Hema Ahuja, Bhakti Meher and Ankita Khandelwal, who are in jail since May 29, on a cash surety of Rs two lakh each. The judge also imposed several other stringent conditions on their bail. The three doctors have been booked by the Mumbai Crime Branch for allegedly abetting Tadvi's suicide by ragging, harassing and passing casteist comments against her.
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Telangana High Court Recruitment 2019: Vacancies for 1539 Copyist, Steno and Other Posts. Click for more details
Career | Aug 03, 2019, 09:31 AM ISTTelangana High Court Recruitment 2019: The Telangana High Court has invited vacancies for 1539 posts including Stenographer Gr III, Junior Assistant, Typist, Field Assistant ,Examiner, Copyist, Record Assistant, Process Server and Office Subordinate Posts. The eligible candidates can apply for the post by visiting the Telangana High Court official website --hc.ts.nic.
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Uttarakhand High Court asks docs to serve in remote areas or return fee subsidy with interest
India | Aug 01, 2019, 11:13 PM ISTA bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan and Justice Alok Kumar Verma gave the direction on a state government's petition seeking doctors to honour their prior agreement with the government to enjoy heavy concession in their fees to pursue MBBS from government medical colleges.
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MP High Court asks govt official to plant saplings for contempt of court
India | Jul 31, 2019, 09:31 PM ISTThe court was hearing a contempt petition against chief engineer S K Andhwan for not implementing a direction to appoint a person on compassionate grounds, said petitioner's lawyer Vipin Yadav.
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HC issues notice to Barmer MP on plea by sacked IPS officer challenging his election
India | Jul 27, 2019, 05:46 PM ISTThe court, which was hearing a petition by sacked IPS officer Pankaj Choudhary, has also directed that all documents and material pertaining to the election be secured except the EVMS and the VVPAT machines.
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Rajasthan HC frees 6 lifers, upholds death penalty to one in Samleti bomb blast case
India | Jul 23, 2019, 09:50 PM ISTThe Rajasthan High Court has acquitted six lifers while upholding the death sentence to one and the life term to another in the 23-year-old case of a bomb blast in a bus at Samleti in Dausa district, in which 14 people were killed.
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Tadvi suicide: High Court to hear bail pleas of doctors on Thursday
India | Jul 23, 2019, 02:35 PM ISTJustice Naidu posted the bail petitions filed by the three doctors -- Hema Ahuja, Bhakti Meher and Ankita Khandelwal -- for hearing on Thursday, saying the court needed to consider certain factors while taking a decision on their pleas.
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HC directs Delhi government to implement SC order and expert panel suggestions on nurses pay
India | Jul 22, 2019, 06:05 PM ISTThe Delhi High Court on Monday asked the AAP government to implement, as early as possible, the apex court directions and recommendations of an expert panel regarding the wages and working conditions of nurses employed in private hospitals of the city.
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Delhi: Plea in High Court for equal status to 'Vande Mataram' as that of National Anthem
India | Jul 22, 2019, 12:31 PM ISTThe plea, filed by BJP leader and lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, has sought that 'Vande Mataram', written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, be given the same respect as the national anthem -- 'Jana Gana Mana', penned by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. In his plea, which is likely to be heard on Tuesday, Upadhyay has said that the national song played a vital role in the Independence movement and was first sung in a political context by Rabindranath Tagore at the 1896 session of the Indian National Congress.
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High Court junks plea seeking ban on 'Alibaug se aaya hai kya?' phrase
India | Jul 19, 2019, 05:28 PM ISTThe Bombay High Court on Friday dismissed a petition seeking a ban on the phrase 'Alibaug se aaya hai kya?', observing that there was nothing derogatory in it and it should not be taken as a humiliation.
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HC seeks Centre's reply on plea to review political parties having names with religious connotations
India | Jul 17, 2019, 08:33 PM ISTThe Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought response of the Centre and the Election Commission (EC) on a plea for barring political parties from having names with religious connotations and symbols similar to the national flag.
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Kathua rape case: High Court to hear death plea on Thursday
India | Jul 17, 2019, 01:27 PM ISTAfter hearing briefly the case, the bench headed by Justice Rajiv Sharma said the case would be heard on Thursday, when connected matters were scheduled for hearing. The father is seeking death penalty for three of the six convicts who were sentenced to life imprisonment by a trial court in Pathankot in Punjab on June 10.
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HC asks KGMU to examine underage pregnant rape victim
India | Jul 16, 2019, 11:35 PM ISTThe Allahabad High Court on Tuesday asked the King George Medical University to examine if a 21-week-old pregnancy of an underage rape victim can be terminated.
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HC verdict in sensational Scarlett rape-murder case on Wednesday
India | Jul 16, 2019, 07:14 PM ISTThe Bombay High Court will pronounce on Wednesday its verdict in the death and rape case of British teenager Scarlett Eden Keeling, an incident that grabbed headlines worldwide over a decade ago.
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HC leaves decision on plea for Voter ID-Aadhaar linking to EC
India | Jul 16, 2019, 05:12 PM ISTThe Delhi High Court on Tuesday disposed of a plea seeking linking of election identity cards with Aadhaar to curtail bogus voting.
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Rajasthan HC says no to 'My Lord', 'Your Lordship'
India | Jul 15, 2019, 08:29 PM IST"To honour the mandate of equality enshrined in the Constitution of India, the Full Court in its meeting dated July 14 has unanimously resolved to request the counsels and those who appear before the court to desist from addressing the judges as 'My Lord' and 'Your Lordship',"