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Delhi Mayor Polls | AAP Leader Withdraws Plea In Supreme Court As MCD Mayor Polls Set To Take Place On Feb 6
The petition filed by Aam Aadmi Party's mayor candidate Dr Shelly Oberoi before the Supreme Court of India demanding timely conduct of Delhi mayoral elections has been withdrawn on the ground that the elections are going to take place on coming Monday (6th February 2023). The matter was listed before a bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha. At the very outset,...
'50 Years Of Basic Structure Doctrine' : Senior Advocate Arvind Datar To Deliver Justice P. D. Desai Memorial Lecture Tomorrow (Feb 4)
Senior Advocate Arvind Datar will deliver the 19th Justice P. D. Desai Memorial Lecture organized by Trustees of Praleen Public Charitable Trust on February 4 At 5.30 PMTopic: “Fifty Years of Basic Structure- Judicial Overreach or Constitutional Necessity”Details of Programme:To Attend Lecture, click hereMeeting ID: 894 0622 3059 Passcode: 04022023 For more information, click...
CJI DY Chandrachud Inaugurates ‘Virtual High Courts’ In Odisha's 10 Districts
Chief Justice of India Dr. Justice Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud on Friday virtually inaugurated ‘Virtual High Courts’ in 10 districts of Odisha. The event was attended by Chief Justice of Orissa High Court Dr. Justice S. Muralidhar and other Judges of the High Court. With this inauguration, Odisha became the first State in the country to have Virtual High Courts in districts. The...
2017 Sexual Assault Case | Pulsar Suni Approaches Kerala High Court Again For Bail, Says Has Been In Custody For Almost 6 Years
Sunil N.S., also known as 'Pulsar Suni', who is the main accused in the 2017 Actor Assault Case, has approached the Kerala High Court once again seeking bail. The prosecution case against Suni is that in pursuance of the criminal conspiracy by actor Dileep, the former along with certain other accused had abducted and sexually assaulted the victim in a moving car in the year 2017. While Suni...
Person Aggrieved With Refusal Of SHO To Register FIR Required To Move ‘Separate’ Application U/S 154(3) CrPC: Chhattisgarh HC
The Chhattisgarh High Court has recently observed that a person, who is aggrieved with the refusal on the part of an officer in charge of a police station to register an FIR, is required to move a separate and independent application under Section 154 (3) Crpc before the Superintendent of police. “…merely endorsing a copy of the application under Section 154(1) of the CrPC to...
Bombay High Court Allows Man's Plea For Transfer Of Domestic Violence Proceedings To Family Court Where His Divorce Case Is Pending
The Bombay High Court allowed a man’s application seeking transfer of domestic violence proceedings from the magistrate’s court to the family court, where he has filed a divorce petition. The court said it would not be inconvenient for the wife as both are in the same city.Justice Amit Borkar held that there is a possibility of conflicting verdicts and transfer will reduce the burden of...
Man Accused Of Selling Sugarcane Juice Adulterated With Beef Granted Bail By Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court on Monday granted bail to one Fuzail who has been accused of selling sugarcane juice which was adulterated with beef. The bench of Justice Deepak Verma granted him bail keeping in view the nature of offence, evidence, and complicity of the accused and the law laid down by the Apex Court in the case of Satender Kumar Antil vs Central Bureau Of Investigation |...
Cannot Invoke Writ Jurisdiction For Registration Of FIR When Alternate Remedy Available: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court, in its recent judgment in Ashaben Muljibhai Ghori v. State of Gujarat, has ruled that writ jurisdiction cannot be invoked for registration of an FIR. A single judge bench of Justice Ilesh J. Vora disposed of a writ petition seeking the writ court’s directions for the registration of an FIR. The petitioner argued that despite her representations, she...
Right To Travel Should Be Curtailed Only In Exceptional Circumstances, Pendency Of Appeal Where Sentence Is Suspended Not A Ground: Delhi High Court
Observing that the right to travel is a valuable fundamental right, the Delhi High Court has said that pendency of an appeal when sentence has been suspended cannot be an “exceptional circumstance” under which such right can be curtailed.Justice Jasmeet Singh allowed one Nitya Nand Gautam, a convict in a case registered under Prevention of Corruption Act, to travel to Dubai for one month...
Conduct Lok Sabha, Legislative Assembly Polls Together In 2024: BJP Leader's PIL In Delhi High Court
A public interest litigation has been moved in the Delhi High Court praying that Centre and Election Commission of India be directed to ascertain the feasibility of conducting elections to Lok Sabha and Legislative Assembly together in 2024. The plea filed by BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, who is also an advocate, seeks a direction on Central Government and Election Commission of India...
Karnataka HC Condemns Threats Made Against Senior Advocate; Madhukar Angur Apologizes For Acts Of His 'Followers'
The Karnataka High Court on Friday took strong exception to threats given to Senior Advocate M S Shyam Sundar, who is representing M/s Alliance University which has filed a petition in the court seeking to cancel the bail granted to former Chancellor of Alliance University Madhukar G Angur, who came to be arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in an alleged money laundering...
Madras High Court Dismisses Plea By AR Rahman, GV Prakash and Santhosh Narayan Challenging GST Department’s Order Claiming Service Tax
The Madras High Court has recently dismissed the pleas filed by music composers AR Rahman, GV Prakash and Santhosh Narayan challenging the proceedings initiated by the Commissioner of the GST Department levying service tax on transfer of copyright in musical work for the period between 2013 and 2017. The department had asserted that the music composers were not the owner of the...