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Madras High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To BJP's Prashant Umrao In FIR Over Tweets Regarding Bihar Migrant Workers In TN
The Madras High Court has granted anticipatory bail to UP BJP Spokesperson Prashant Umrao in an FIR lodged by the Tamil Nadu police against him for allegedly spreading false information on the alleged attacks against the migrant workers from Bihar in Tamil Nadu.Justice GK Ilanthiraiyan granted anticipatory bail on the condition that Umrao will file an undertaking stating that he will to tweet...
2022 Assembly Polls: Gujarat High Court Summons BJP MLA Jitu Vaghani After AAP Candidate Accuses Him Of Creating "Misinformation" Amongst Voters
The Gujarat High Court on Monday issued summons to Bhavnagar (West) MLA Jitu Vaghani in an election petition filed by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Raju Solanki alleging distribution of false pamphlets by Vaghani and his supporters in Bhavnagar (West) constituency during December 2022 Assembly elections, to create misinformation the voters. The single judge bench of Justice Rajendra M....
[RTI Act] Second Appeal By PIO Maintainable Even If He Did Not File First Appeal U/S 19(1): Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has set aside the order passed by the Karnataka State Information Commissioner dismissing the second appeal filed by Public Information Officer, on the ground that the petitioner being the PIO cannot maintain the second appeal under Section 19(3) of the Right to Information Act.A single judge bench of Justice K S Hemalekha partly allowed the petition filed by the...
Temperament Basic Attribute Of Judges, Can't Project Ill-Feelings Towards Litigants, Law Enforcing Agencies: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court at Jalpaiguri recently quashed an order of Judicial Magistrate which directed a Police Officer to appear personally before his Court to file show-cause as well as execution report of a warrant of arrest against a medical officer, failing which he shall be liable to face penal consequences. While quashing the order, the single judge bench of Justice Bibek...
Allahabad High Court Suspends UP Cabinet Minister Nand Gopal Gupta Nandi's 1-Year Jail Term In Assault Case
The Allahabad High Court on Monday suspended a 1-year jail term awarded to Uttar Pradesh cabinet minister Nand Gopal Gupta 'Nandi' by an MP/MLA court in Allahabad in January this year in connection with a 9-year-old assault case. The Court also issued a direction for his release on his furnishing a personal bond with two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court...
Doctor Liable For Negligence, NCDRC Confirms The Order Of The State Commission
A single bench of National Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission, of Dr. S.S. Kantikar (Presiding Member) in a Revision Petition , has confirmed the Order passed by the District Forum and State Commission. The NCDRC has held the Doctor negligent and directed him to pay Rs.3,00,000 as compensation and Rs.15,000 towards litigation costs.The complainant/patient was admitted to...
Preventive Detention Order Can Be Passed Against Person Already In Judicial Custody On Subjective Satisfaction Of Detaining Authority: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court recently held that an order of preventive detention can be passed against a person already in judicial custody if the detaining authority is satisfied of its necessity.A division bench comprising of Justice Alexander Thomas and Justice C.S. Sudha held that based on parameters such as the immediate possibility of release of the detenu from judicial custody and if released...
Medical Negligence, NCDRC’s Revisional Power Is Limited To Illegality, Material Irregularity Or Jurisdictional Error
The National Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission (NCDRC) bench comprising presiding members Dr. S.M. Kantikar and Mr. Binoy Kumar upheld the State Commission’s award in favour of the patient who died due to medical negligence by the doctors while performing an operation to remove the gall bladder stone. While the petitioners argued over different facts, the court held that it was...
Right To File Discharge Plea In Trial Court Available: Allahabad HC Refuses To Quash 23 Yr Old Case Against Congress MP Randeep Surjewala
The Allahabad High Court on Monday refused to quash a 23-year-old criminal case pending before the Varanasi Court against Congress' Rajyasabha MP Randeep Singh Surjewala as it noted that he has a remedy to move a discharge plea before the Trial Court.The bench of Justice Rajiv Gupta also directed that in case the Congress MP files a discharge plea before the local court within a period of...
NCLT Admedabad Orders Closure Of Liquidation Of M/s Mehta & Associates Fire Protection Systems Pvt. Ltd.
NCLT Admedabad bench comprising of Dr. Madan B. Gosavi (Judicial Member) and Shri Ajai Das Mehrotra (Technical Member) has ordered for closure of liquidation of M/s Mehta & Associates Fire Protection Systems Pvt. Ltd. (‘Corporate Debtor’) under Regulation 44(1), 45(1), and 45(3)(a) of the IBBI (Liquidation Process) Regulations, 2016 (‘Liquidation...
Karnataka High Court Orders Forest Authorities To Respond To PIL Over Wildlife Killed By Overspeeding Trains
The Karnataka High Court has asked the Forest authorities to file their replies to a PIL seeking to reduce speed limit of trains passing through dense forest during the night time on the Hospet-Vasco and Londa-Miraj railway line, to avoid wildlife being hit by speeding trains. A division bench of Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale and Justice Ashok S Kinagi directed the Deputy Conservator of...
"Triple Test" To Pass Preventive Detention Order Against Person Already In Judicial Custody? Andhra Pradesh High Court Reiterates
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has set aside the preventive detention order against an alleged sandalwood smuggler lodged in judicial custody, stating that the satisfaction of detaining authority, necessary as per the triple test, was not recorded in the detention order.The Division bench of Justice D.V.S.S.Somayajulu and Justice V. Srinivas reiterated that an order of preventive detention...