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TopicUttarakhand High Court

Topic: Uttarakhand High Court

After 6 requests for transfer & letter to PMO, railway employee’s 9-yr-old paraplegic son moves court

Suffering from multiple congenital disorders, Sandarbh Gupta has submitted a plea in Uttarakhand High Court that his father, in Lucknow since 2020, be posted near Dehradun.

Legal aid, a decade delayed: Uttarakhand convict with psychosis spent 10 yrs in jail without appeal

The Supreme Court has pulled up the state of Uttarakhand in connection with the case of Pramod Singh, was sentenced to life term for killing his mother, in 2011.

Uttarakhand HC stays panchayat elections after reservation row

The high court bench stayed the polls scheduled to take place in 2 phases on 10 & 15 July after petitions filed against reservation rotation process for 3-tier panchayat elections.

Dhami govt is going out on a limb for ‘honest’ Corbett ex-chief. But inquiries paint different picture

IFS officer Rahul under lens in connection with illegal tree felling & construction at Corbett Tiger Reserve. In March, Supreme Court pulled up Uttarakhand govt on matter.

Why an Uttarakhand HC order may put Centre in a spot over contentious 360-degree appraisal process

HC directed Centre to provide all records on empanelment of IFS Sanjeev Chaturvedi, who claimed that despite having requisite qualifications, he was denied promotion to joint secy post.

Giving bail to 50 Haldwani violence accused, HC raps probe officer ‘who woke up only to seek more time’

Uttarakhand HC granted the default bail noting that no 'substantive progress' had been made in 90 days of investigation while the accused languished in judicial custody.

Marital rape exception applies to anal sex, cannot charge husband under Section 377 — Uttarakhand HC

Section 375 of the IPC defines the offence of rape, but carves out an exception for married couples. Citing this, HC ruled that a husband cannot be tried for anal sex with his wife.

‘Shifting Uttarakhand HC won’t resolve accessibility issue. Create a permanent bench instead’

A permeant bench of the Uttarakhand High Court should be created in Dehdradun. Here's how it will help and why the capital city is the right choice.

Judges’ desire, lawyers’ ire—Uttarakhand High Court relocation order brings out old wounds

Although the Supreme Court has stayed the Uttarakhand High Court order for a plan to shift the court out of Nainital, it has revived insecurities that led to the state’s formation in 2000.

Uttarakhand HC asks EC if virtual rallies, online voting viable options for assembly polls

A division bench of the HC posed the question to ECI while hearing a PIL seeking postponement of the upcoming elections in Uttarakhand due to rising Covid cases.

On Camera

Bads of Bollywood brought Emraan Hashmi out of our guilty pleasure closet, made him cool

With his cameo in Bads of Bollywood, Emraan Hashmi, who has long shifted away from his signature bold image, got the chance to revive his boyhood charm.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

Govt inks deal with HAL for 97 new Tejas Mk1A; previous order’s deliveries likely to begin next yr

There were no plans to have Mk1A version. However, compromise was reached between HAL & IAF in 2015 since original plan for getting Mk2 would've been time-consuming affair.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.