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The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday appointed Senior Advocate KN Phanindra as Amicus Curiae to assist the court in its suo-motu case against rise in number of Dengue cases in Bengaluru and other districts of the state, especially rural areas. ".the Right to Health and Right to be Treated and Right to Live in a Healthy Environment is a fundamental …

No movie reviews within 48 hours of release, says amicus curiae appointed by Kerala HC

Amid the ongoing debate on whether or not negative reviews posted on social media adversely affect the collections of a film, the amicus curiae appointed by the Kerala High Court has recommended that films not be reviewed in the first 48 hours of their release. The report submitted by amicus curiae Shyam Padman contains strict guidelines to prevent "review bombing" …

No movie reviews within 48 hours of release, recommends amicus curiae appointed by Kerala HC

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday appointed an Amicus Curiae in the revision petition filed by social activist, Gireesh Babu, against the dismissal of a complaint seeking investigation into the alleged bribery carried out by high ranking public officials of the State in connection with the mining and other business interests of the Cochin Minerals and Rutile Ltd by. The …

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday relieved Advocate Renjith B. Marar, who was appointed as the Amicus Curia in the 2017 Actor Assault case to assist in the formulation guidelines to be issued to trial courts for preservation of digital evidence submitted to the courts, pursuant to his application seeking the same. The single bench of Justice K. Babu had, …

The Calcutta High Court today, partly allowed the appeals moved by the State of West Bengal and IIT Kharagpur, in a case pertaining to the death of a student under allegedly suspicious circumstances at the IIT. Single-judge also appointed an amicus curiae to assist the officer who carried out the second post-mortem and gave liberty to the new investigation team …

An Amicus Curiae appointed by the Orissa High Court has found evidence of wear and tear in the structures of the Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri, an Archaeological Survey of India–protected monument. Mohanty, the Amicus Curiae, expressed concern over cracks appearing on a beam in the Nata Mandap of the Shree Jagannath Temple complex. According to the Amicus Curiae’s report, …

The Supreme Court, on Monday, appointed Additional Solicitor General, Ms. Aishwarya Bhati as Amicus Curiae, in a plea assailing the Delhi High Court order regarding the administration and maintenance of Kalkaji Temple. "We request Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, ASG to assist the court as an amicus curiae. He added that an offshoot to the main matter is the challenge to the …

The Supreme Court on Thursday appointed Senior Advocate and former Additional Solicitor General Maninder Singh as amicus curiae in the case relating to the administration of Board of Control of Cricket in India.The bench of Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justices Krishna Murari and Hima Kohli appointed Senior Advocate Maninder Singh as the earlier amicus in the matter, Senior …

The official website developed by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Union of India, to help the tracking of missing children is not accessing, the Supreme Court was told on Monday.Senior Advocate KV Vishwanathan, appointed as amicus curiae in a matter relating to a missing child, informed the Court that the link of the site "www.trackingmissingchild.gov.in" is not working. …

The Delhi High Court on Monday appointed an amicus curiae over an incident of suicide committed by a jail inmate last year, who struggled for about 19 minutes inside prison cell, however no timely action was taken by the prison authorities. The Court accordingly appointed Senior Advocate Nikhil Naiyar as amicus curiae in the matter to assist the Bench in …

In a bid to resolve the fight between residents and management of housing societies over feeding of stray dogs in the premises, the Bombay high court has asked the Amicus Curiae to meet all warring society members in the NRI complex of Seawoods Estate Limited in Navi Mumbai in the presence of lawyers. The high court had appointed advocate Nausher …

The state government has failed in implementing transgender policy, according to the report submitted by the amicus curiae appointed by the Kerala High Court. The high court has now asked the state government to provide the details of measures taken to implement the transgender policy. The high court had taken suo motu cognisance and appointed the amicus curiae to study …

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Wednesday made a strong appeal to the Supreme Court to frame guidelines to rein in lawyers appointed as the court’s amici curiae in various cases, especially sensitive ones. Appearing before a Bench led by Justice N.V. Ramana, Mr. Mehta voiced indignation at the manner in which court-appointed amici curiae tended to even interfere in the …