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Rajasthan High Court Is Offering Over 2000 Positions, Beginning On August 22
The Rajasthan High Court will begin taking applications for 2756 Junior Judicial Assistant, Junior Assistant, and Clerk positions on August 22. Candidates who are interested can apply online at the official website. The application fee must be submitted by September 22nd at 5 p.m. Candidates must hold a graduation degree from a university that has been approved by the… read-more
Tags: Rajasthan, High Court, job opening, Clerk, junior assistant
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Kerala Govt Demands Civic Chandran's Bail In Sexual Harassment Case Revoked
Kerala government sought the state High Court on August 19 to overturn bail granted to writer and social critic Civic Chandran in sexual harassment case brought by Dalit writer. While granting anticipatory relief to Chandran, Kerala's Kozhikode district sessions court stated offenses under Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act would not stand against the accused prima facie. Two sexual harassment lawsuits were… read-more
Tags: Kerala, Bail, Kerala Government, High Court, sexual harassment case
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Kerala HC Permits Pregnancy Abortion At 28 Weeks For Minor Rape Victim
Kerala High Court granted medical termination of a juvenile rape victim's 28-week pregnancy. The "anguish caused by continuation of the pregnancy can be presumed to cause a grave injury to the mental health of the 14-year-old girl," said a medical board. HC also stated if the fetus survived the surgery, the hospital must provide the infant with the finest medical care possible so that it grows into a healthy kid.
Tags: Kerala, Abortion, High Court, Rape Victim, pregnancy
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Karnataka HC Nullifies Siddaramaiah Govt's ACB, Pending Cases Transferred To Lokayukta Police
Karnataka High Court disbanded Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on August 11 and reassigned all pending proceedings before the ACB to Lokayukta Police division. The ACB was established in 2016 by the Siddaramaiah cabinet to limit the powers of Lokayukta. The order was issued in response to a Public Interest Litigation filed by counsel Chidananda Aras, advocates' association, and social activist SR Hiremath's Samaj Parivartan society, which… read-more
Tags: Karnataka, High Court, Siddaramaiah, ACB, Congress
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Kerala High Court Orders NHAI To Repair All State Roads Within 1 Week
Kerala High Court on August 8 instructed National Highway Authority of India to take prompt action to repair every road under their authority, either through current concessionaires or new contractors. A single bench of Justice Devan Ramachandran determined that this must be completed immediately and within one week starting today. The writ petitions were heard after Amicus Curie informed the Court that a person died by slipping into a… read-more
Tags: Kerala, High Court, NHAI, Road Development, national highway
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Karnataka HC Directs Govt To Strictly Adhere To Regulations During Protests
Karnataka High Court ordered authorities to closely enforce the "Licensing and Regulation of Protests, Demonstrations and Protest Marches (Bengaluru City) Orders 2021" in order to resolve public interest litigation. The Karnataka Police Act directives limit demonstrations in Bengaluru to "Freedom Park." After protests and rallies on March 2, last year created huge traffic problems in the city, the court began the PIL on its own.
Tags: Karnataka, High Court, Protests, rules, State Government
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SC Directs Randeep Surjewala To Appeal HC Against Statute Connecting Aadhaar With Voter ID
Supreme Court directed Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala to petition Delhi High Court contesting the Election Law Amendment Act, which allows integrating electoral roll data with the Aadhaar ecosystem on July 25. Surjewala stated in his petition to Supreme Court that connecting the cards "infringes upon the fundamental right of privacy of… read-more
Tags: Supreme Court of India, High Court, Aadhar Card, voter id card, linking
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Karnataka High Court Issues Notice To BJP About Anti-Conversion Law
Anti-Conversion Bill debate resumed in Karnataka, with High Court (HC) approving PIL and sending notice to ruling BJP to issue ordinance to enforce legislation. HC asked government to file objections to PIL contesting government's decision on July 22. The appeal, filed from New Delhi by All Karnataka United Christian-Forum for Human Rights and Evangelical Fellowship of India, argued the law is an attack on democratic ideals that unify the… read-more
Tags: Karnataka, High Court, notice, BJP, Anti-conversion Law
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SC To Examine Appeals Against Karnataka HC's Decision To Uphold Hijab Ban
The Karnataka High Court's decision to uphold the state's prohibition on the hijab at educational institutions was challenged in a number of petitions that the Supreme Court decided to examine next week. A bench made note of attorney Prashant Bhushan's claims that the cases had been filed in the past but hadn't yet been scheduled for the hearing. "The girls are losing out on studies," Bhushan claimed.
Tags: Supreme Court, Hijab Row, Karnataka, High Court, Banned
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Bombay HC Rejects Plea, Orders Jogeshwari Slum Residents To Evacuate For Metro Rail 6 Project
A petition filed by over 150 slum residents seeking a new survey of Project Affected Persons for Metro 6 project from Swami Samarth Nagar-JVLR-SEEPZ-Kanjurmarg-Vikhroli Metro Rail Corridor was denied by the Bombay High Court. A division bench rejected the plea, stating that there were severely contested facts. The petitioners have been ordered by HC to evacuate the structures within two weeks to the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development… read-more
Tags: Metro Rail, High Court, Mumbai High Court, Slum Area, Plea
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