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A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.
CAA
CAA Implementation: Supreme Court seeks Centre’s response on pleas to stay CAA and Rules; posts matter on April 9
The Central government notified the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules last week, on 11-03-2024, which effectively brought into force the CAA.
Supreme Court adjourns Umar Khalid’s bail plea in Delhi Riots case to January 24
Supreme Court said that no further adjournment shall be granted on the next hearing.
Gauhati HC upholds judgment by Foreigners Tribunal declaring a woman to be a foreigner who entered India illegally
Gauhati HC opined that the petitioner failed to discharge her burden to prove the contents of her evidence so as to establish her Indian citizenship.
Delhi High Court dismisses Umar Khalid’s bail plea in 2020 riots case
Delhi High Court: In an appeal under Section 21(4) of the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008 (‘NIA Act’) read with Section 43-D(5)
Delhi Court grants bail to JNU student Sharjeel Imam charged for sedition during Anti CAA protests
Saket Court, Delhi: In an application filed seeking bail for Sharjeel Imam, (‘bail-applicant’) who is a JNU student alleged for
CAA Protests| No bail to activist Akhil Gogoi “at this stage”: Supreme Court
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of NV Ramana, Surya Kant and Aniruddha Bose, JJ refused to grant bail to activist Akhil Gogoi
Supreme Court refuses to interfere with Allahabad High Court’s order quashing Dr. Kafeel Khan’s detention
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of SA Bobde, CJ and AS Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian, JJ has refused to interfere with Allahabad
Shaheen Bagh Protests| Democracy and dissent go hand in hand but public spaces cannot be occupied indefinitely for expressing dissent: SC
“Each fundamental right, be it of an individual or of a class, does not exist in isolation and has to be balanced with every other contrasting right.”
Del HC | Delhi Police directed to refrain from issuing any further communication naming any accused or any witness till charges are framed and trial is commenced in Jafrabad riots case
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CAA | UN experts urge India to release human rights defenders arrested for protesting against changes to citizenship laws
UN experts called on India to immediately release human rights defenders who have been arrested for protesting against changes to the nation’s
CAA Protests| Manipur, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh get more time to file response in Sharjeel Imam’s consolidation of FIRs’ plea
Supreme Court: In JNU student Sharjeel Imam’s plea to club all FIRs filed against him for his speech during the anti-CAA protests
Patiala House Court | “When you choose to play with embers, you cannot blame the wind to have carried the spark bit too far and spread the fire”; Student activist Safoora Zargar denied bail in Chand Bagh Riots case
Patiala House Court, New Delhi: While deciding the instant bail application of student activist Safoora Zargar, who was accused of giving inflammatory
Citizenship (Amemdment) Act Row| 3-judge bench to hear matter relating to UP Govt’s ‘name and shame’ hoardings of protestors
Supreme Court: After the Uttar Pradesh government has knocked the door of Supreme Court, challenging the Allahabad High Court’s order regarding the
Delhi violence| SC directs Delhi High Court to take up the plea seeking action against BJP leaders over alleged hate speeches
Supreme Court: A bench headed by CJ SA Bobde has directed Delhi High Court to hear on Friday the PIL filed by
Delhi Violence| SC to hear plea seeking action against BJP leaders Kapil Mishra, Anurag Thakur, etc. for alleged hate speech
Supreme Court: A bench headed by CJ SA Bobde has agreed to hear on March 4 a plea seeking immediate registration of
[Delhi Violence] | Del HC | “We cannot let another 1984 happen in this country; Not under the watch of this Court”; Ensure safe passage for bodies of victims who died in riots
Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of S. Muralidhar and Anup Jairam Bhambhani, JJ., in pursuance to the mid-night hearing, was informed
Citizenship (Amendment) Act Row| Shaheen Bagh protest issue to be heard on March 23
Supreme Court: A bench of SK Kaul and KM Joseph has adjourned March 23 hearing on pleas seeking removal of the crowd
Citizenship (Amendment) Act Row| Shaheen Bagh Protest interlocutors submit report; Matter to be heard on Feb 26
Supreme Court: A bench of SK Kaul and KM Joseph, JJ has adjourned the hearing in the matter pertaining to the protests
Shaheen Bagh infant death| SC issues notice to Centre & Delhi Govt over participation of infants & children in protests
Supreme Court: A bench headed by CJI SA Bobde has issued a notice to Centre and Delhi government asking it to respond