Proceedings stayed in Gyanvapi dispute

  • Allahabad High Courts stayed on the proceedings in a lower court in the Gyanvapi mosque-Kashi Vishwanath temple dispute in Varanasi, including the April order of the lower Court that had directed the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to conduct a comprehensive physical survey of the Gyanvapi mosque compound adjacent to the temple.

  • H.C. put a stay on further proceedings in the original suit of 1991 pending before the Court till the next date of listing on October 8.

  • Justice Padia also regretted that the lower court judges “departed from this traditional way” in the present case and chose to examine the question himself. “I have said so with the fond hope that judicial enthusiasm should not obliterate the profound responsibility that is expected from the Court be low”.


HC rejects man’s plea to return to Afghanistan without paying fine

  • The Delhi High Court rejected the request of an Afghan national, who is embroiled in a custom case, to go to his country to look after his family noting there was a “very bleak chance” of his coming back to India given the prevailing situation there.


Delhi High Court discharges 22 years old from riots case

  • A Delhi High Court has released a 22-year-old man from the charge of causing arson during the northeast Delhi riots, noting that there is no CCTV footage, video clip or eyewitnesses of the incident.

  • “This Court is conscious of the fact that cases of communal riots have to be considered with utmost sensitivity, but that does not mean that common sense should be given go by ; mind has to be applied even at this stage with regard to the material available on record” the judge remarked.

  • The other sections invoked in the charge sheet are “exclusive variable” by a Magistrate, the court said. It ordered for the case to be transferred before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (North -East).


Petition against govt. funding of fest dismissed

  • The Delhi High Court declined to entertain a petition seeking to declare as illegal the AAP's government's decision of organising Ganesh Chaturthi from State treasury and releasing advertisements. 


Odisha varsities failed to improve employability: CAG

  • CAG said that Odisha's premier State-run universities have failed in improving employability of students, who’s performance in competitive examinations remained poor.


Bombay HC to State: transfer blast accused to hospice

  • The Bombay High Court directed the Maharashtra Government to transfer alleged Maoist leader Nirmala Uppuganti, an accused in the 2019 Gadchiroli ED blast case, from prison to a hospice for palliative care.

  •  A bench of Justices S.S. Shine and N.J. Jamadar directed authorities to shift Ms. Uppuganti from the Byculla women’s prison to a hospice by September 15.


Judge death: HC unhappy over tardy pace of probe

  • Observing that no new fact has been discovered in the investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the death case of Dhanbad Judge Uttam Anand, the High Court of Jharkhand expressed annoyance over the slow pace of the probe.


Explain objections in interfaith marriage case, HC tells Gujarat

  • The Gujarat High Court has asked the State Government to file an affidavit explaining its objection in an interfaith marriage case, in which the police had lodged a first information report (FIR) booking the husband, his parents and the priest for solemnising the marriage under the new State's law that seeks to ban religious conversion through interfaith marriages by September 20.


Jharkhand Speaker forms panel to look into Namaz room issue

  • Amid a raging controversy over allotment of a 'Namaz '(Islamic prayer) room in the Jharkhand  Assembly, Speaker Rabindra Nath Mahto formed an all party, seven member panel, on the last day of the monsoon session to look into the issue and come out with a report within 45 days.

C­295 induction critical for IAF

  • The procurement of 56 C-295MW transport aircraft From Airbus Defence and Space S.A.,  Spain approved by the Cabinet Committee on Security marks the culmination of a decade- long process by the Indian Air Force(IAF) to replace the ageing Avros, pending signing of a formal contract.

  • The project would give a boost to aerospace ecosystem in India wherein several Micro,  Small and Medium Enterprises spread over the country would be involved in manufacturing of parts of the aircraft,  the Ministry statement said.

  • On the project spread, the Ministry said that a large number of detailed parts, sub assemblies and major component assemblies of aero structure were scheduled to manufacture in India. The programme would act as a catalyst for employment generation.


Extracted & Compiled by- Ms. Asma Praveen, BA- LLB (Hon.), Glocal University, Uttar Pradesh

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