The race on Sunday which was completely wet went much better and ultimately Arjun Maini was able to bring the car across the finish line in fourth after an extremely exciting race on a wet track that was drying towards the end of the race.

New Delhi Apr 24 PTI The Supreme Court granted anticipatory bail to a 21-year-old woman from Patna who was booked by Bihar police under the prohibition law after her Scooty was driven by her cousin with nine bottles of liquorThe top court also took a serious note of the fact that the girl was refused anticipatory bail by the high court and said We are clearly of the view that the High Court must not abdicate its constitutional powers and ensure that the personal liberty of the accused in appropriate cases has to be safeguarded A bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and Surya Kant in a recent order said Having regard to the facts and circumstances noted above we confirm the ad-interim order by directing that in the event of the arrest of the appellant she shall be released on bail forthwith subject to such terms and conditions as may be imposed by the trial court It said the appellant is a 21-year old girl who was denied anticipatory bail by the high courtThough there is an embargo in Section 762 of the statute we see no reason why the High Court ought not to have exercised its power as a Constitutional court to grant anticipatory bail to protect the personal liberty of the accused in a case such as the present where a 21-year-old girl is sought to be prosecuted following the recovery of liquor bottles from a scooty which though belonging to her was not being driven by her at the relevant point of time the bench saidIt added that the refusal of the high court to grant anticipatory bail in such cases leads to a proliferation of litigation before this court Many accused will not have the resources or the awareness to pursue their remedies before this court Unless the High Court exercises its constitutional duty to protect personal liberty they will continue to languish in jail the bench saidOn April 7 the top court while issuing notice to the Bihar government had granted interim stay on the arrest of the girl in connection with FIR registered at Police Station Rupaspur of district Patna BiharIt noted that the girl has been denied anticipatory bail by the impugned order of the Single Judge of the Patna High Court dated January 6In her plea before the top court the girl has challenged the high court order and sought anticipatory bail apprehending arrest in the case registered for offences punishable under Section 30a of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act of 2016 against the appellant and four other co-accusedAdvocate Gaurav Aggarwal appearing for the girl said nine bottles of liquor were allegedly recovered from a scooty belonging to the appellant and the two-wheeler was alleged to have been ridden by one of the co-accused cousin of the girlThe bench noted that a charge sheet has been filed in the caseSeveral cases arising out of the states prohibition law have reached the top court which has taken a very critical view of the cases which has started to clog the judicial systemOn April 5 in another matter the top court was informed by the state government that extensive amendments have been made to the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act of 2016 which was enacted to ban the manufacture trade storage transportation sale and consumption of liquor in the stateThe apex court is seized of pleas including the one which challenges the constitutional validity of the ActOn March 30 the Bihar Assembly had introduced and passed an amendment bill that seeks to make the law less stringent for first-time offenders in the stateOn March 10 the top court during a hearing in another matter related to the law had expressed concern over delay in disposal of bail matters in Patna High Court and suggested that having designated benches to hear cases arising out of Bihar prohibition law will help in bringing in the consistency of relief and efficient disposal of mattersThe Patna High Court had earlier told the top court that there is a phenomenal increase in the filing of bail applications due to the enforcement of prohibition in the state and roughly 25 percent of regular bail pleas are being filed under the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act aloneThe high court had said it is working with less than half of its sanctioned strength and the increase in the filing of bail applications is causing a delay in disposal of regular bail pleasOn March 8 the Bihar government has assured the top court that the stringent Bihar liquor law would be changed after the court came down heavily on it for framing such a legislation that has led to thousands languishing in jail and bail matters clogging the judicial systemSimilarly on January 11 a bench headed by Chief Justice of India CJI N V Ramana had in another matter dismissed a batch of petitions of the Bihar government challenging the grant of anticipatory and regular bails to accused under the states stringent liquor law also saying these matters have choked the courtsThe top court had noted that it was a matter of concern if anticipatory bail applications were becoming infructuous because they were taken up for the first time after a year of their filing and regular bail applications had to be filed instead PTI MNL SRY

New Delhi [India], January 27 (ANI): The Delhi High Court's Division Bench on Thursday reduced the cost from 20 lakh to Rs 2 lakh on the actor- environmentalist Juhi Chawla and also expunged observations made by a Single Judge during the dismissal of a lawsuit filed against setting up of 5G wireless networks in the country.

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Kochi Sep 22 PTI The Centre on Wednesday filed an appeal in the Kerala High Court against its order allowing the second Covishield dose after four weeks from the first for those who want to take it earlier than the present suggested gap of 84 days by saying if the decision is not set aside it could derail the vaccination policy of the country The Centre in its appeal contends that the September 3 judgement of a Single Judge of the High Court if not set aside would result in disorder in the implementation of the strategy of the Union government to fight COVID-19 The September 3 decision by Justice P B Suresh Kumar had come on a plea by Kitex Garments Ltd represented by advocate Blaze K Jose seeking permission to administer the second dose of the vaccine to its workers without having to wait for 84 days Kitex in its plea had said it has vaccinated more than 5000 of its workers with the first dose and has arranged for the second dose at a cost of nearly Rs 93 lakh but was unable to administer the same due to the prevailing restrictions Challenging the September 3 judgement the Centre said it was an attempt to evaluate the issue on the basis of the right to equality provided in the Constitution instead of viewing it from a scientific angle and if allowed would result in social disaster which should not be allowed to happen The judgement of the Single Judge will derail the vaccination policy throughout the country it said The petition further saidThe Single Judge ought to have seen that if the government is forced to honour the claims of other groups or industrial units like the petitioners Kitex Garments the same would have a cascading adverse effects on the organised and regulated pattern of vaccine administration It said The Single Judges decision would militate against the settled position that in matters related to government policy supported by scientific study the court shall not meddle with nor substitute its view with the view of the administration Therefore the judgement is illegal erroneous unjustifiable and unsustainable the petition said The petition contended that the national vaccine policy is formulated based on the opinion and advice of experts in the field and also based on clinical trials and hence any change in the policy can only be carried out based on the necessary approvals and clinical trials The Union Health Ministry officials said the decision to increase the gap between two doses of Covishield from four-six weeks to 12-16 weeks was taken by the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation in India NTAGI based on scientific data and for providing optimal protection from the infectious disease Vaccines are provided in an uniform manner for the population and are not being offered on the basis of ones paying capacity an official said The Single Judge on September 3 directed the Centre to allow scheduling on the CoWIN portal of the second Covishield dose after four weeks from the first for those who want to take it earlier than the present suggested gap of 84 days Justice P B Suresh Kumar had said that if the Central and State governments can permit persons travelling abroad to choose between early and better protection from COVID-19 there is no reason why the same privilege cannot be extended to those here who want early protection in connection with their employment or education On this the Centre in its appeal said it had offered relaxations in favour of certain persons who were a separate class by themselves and for valid reasons and Kitex cannot claim parity with them PTI PLB NVG NVG