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State has witnessed alarming spike in number of infections and deaths
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TMC chief Mamata Banerjee during an election campaign rally for West Bengal polls, in Nadia district on April 14, 2021.
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State has witnessed alarming spike in number of infections and deaths
Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal, Aariz Aftab, on Wednesday wrote to all recognised national political parties to participate in a meeting on April 16 on matters related to election campaign during the COVID-19 outbreak. The State, which is in the middle of election frenzy, has witnessed an alarming spike in the number of infections and deaths.
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x Any Person Found Flouting COVID Protocols Must Be Taken To Task Immediately ; Calcutta HC Directs District Magistrates And Chief Election Officer, West Bengal, To Ensure Strict Implementation Of COVID Guidelines During Election
Calcutta High Court has issued directions to the District Magistrate of all districts and Chief Election Officer, West Bengal, to ensure that COVID guidelines for conducting elections are implemented in a strict manner in wake of rising COVID-19 cases in the State. Noting that the guidelines issued by the Election Commission of India and Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal, need to be implemented in the strictest manner possible , the Court has directed the Administration to ensure the same. Further, the Court has directed that stringent measures must be taken
High Courts Weekly Roundup [April 5, 2021 â April 11, 2021]
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A Single Bench of
Justice Ajay Bhanot laid down the procedure to be adopted by the competent authority for inquiring into the criminal antecedents of a candidate for the purpose of selection. It elucidated the type of materials that may be considered by such authority, the standard of proof, and other aggravating/ mitigating factors for the purpose.
The Bench also made it clear that such inquiry is different from a trial/civil proceeding before a Court of law and hence, competent authority is not always bound by the findings of the court, nor is it invariably constrained by the opinion of the investigation officer. The order came on a writ petition filed by one Sanny Kumar, aggrieved by an order passed by the Superintendent of Police, Jalaun, cancelling his selection as Constable in the UP Police, in the backdrop of several criminal cases pending against him.
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The Calcutta High Court has held that in case of appeal from conviction in an offence committed against a child or a woman, the victim is not a necessary party to the appeal.
An order passed by a Division Bench comprising of
Chief Justice Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan and
Justice Aniruddha Roy states,
The victim is not a necessary party to a Criminal Appeal from conviction for offences against woman or child, punishable under provisions of the I.P.C. or POCSO Act or any other penal provision which will apply in relation to offences affecting human body against any woman and/or child , both those expressions being understood in the context of the respective legislation which deals with such offences.
A Single Bench comprising of
Justice Ajay Bhanot observed that the rule of delay and laches, as a policy of litigative repose, creates certainty in legal relations and curtails fruitless litigation thereby ensuring that the administration of justice is not clogged by pointless litigation.
The observation was made while dismissing a writ petition filed after a delay of more than 4 years, by observing it to be barred by the rule of delay and laches, without there being any satisfactory explanation as to the delay.
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Whereas the Uttar Pradesh Government is yet to respond to a query put by Allahabad High Court regarding regulation of school fees during suspension of physical classes, yet another PIL has been filed challenging exorbitant and arbitrary levy of fees by private schools in the State.