DJs are not part of religion : Allahabad High Court [Read the Judgment]

The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court has held that use of Disc- Jockeys (DJs) is not an essential part of religion. Chief Justice Dr. Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud and Justice  Shri Narayan Shukla held that the Public Interest Litigation filed by Hindu Front For Justice, a religious organization can not be entertained since “There is no warrant for the exercise of the writ...

IPL Spot Fixing: Suspended CSK moves Madras HC challenging Lodha Committee Verdict

In an attempt to make a comeback, IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings has reportedly approached the Madras High Court, challenging the Justice Lodha Committee verdict which had suspended Chennai Super Kings and the Rajasthan Royals’ franchise for a period of two years, apart from banning Gurunath Meiyappan and Raj Kundra for life from being involved with BCCI. Meiyappan was also...

SC picks holes in Kerala’s liquor policy and asks if gradual prohibition will ever be possible

Makes it clear it cannot direct the state to grant liquor licenses to a particular category of hotels and can either uphold or strike down the policy as a whole.The Supreme Court on Thursday picked holes in the new liquor policy of Kerala, which plans to gradually moving towards prohibition, to confine liquor licenses only to 26 five star hotels in the state and asking the three and four star...

Uphaar Case: After Supreme Court refuses it permission to reopen arguments, CBI set to file a review petition against letting off Ansal brothers

Victims association to take a decision on filing review petition after consulting their legal team led by Senior Advocate K T S Tulsi.The Central Bureau of Investigation today decided to file a review plea against Wednesday’s “shocking”decision of the Supreme Court to let off  theatre owners Gopal and Sushil Ansal, convicted in the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire tragedy which claimed 59...

Send your children to Government Schools; Allahabad High Court to Public Servants

In an attempt to draw the attention of the apathetic authorities to the sub-standard state of the Primary Government schools in the State, Allahabad High Court has reportedly directed Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary to ensure that children/wards of government officials/servants, those serving in the local bodies, representatives of people and judiciary, etc., send their wards to these...

7 Judge Bench of Allahabad HC restrains 6 Advocates from entering District Court premises

A seven-Judge bench of the Allahabad High Court has restrained 6 advocates from entering the Court premises of the District Court, after taking a serious note of the disturbance caused by these Advocates in the Court premises, by assaulting Judicial Officers and impeding Court proceedings.The Bench, comprising Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, Justice Rakesh Tiwari, Justice Rajes Kumar,...

MHA recommends rejection of mercy pleas of two Death Row convicts

President Pranab Mukherjee has been reportedly recommended by the Ministry of Home Affairs to reject the petitions of two death row convicts.The death sentence for the convicts, Mohan Anna Chavan and Jitendra Gehlot, currently lodged in Maharashtra jails, was upheld by the Supreme Court and their mercy petitions were rejected by the Maharashtra Governor.Mohan Anna Chavan was awarded...

SC extends special facilities in jail to Sahara Chief Subrata Roy till September 30; Sahara rejects offers for overseas hotels

A Supreme Court bench comprising Justice T.S. Thakur, Justice A.R. Dave and Justice A.K. Sikri has reportedly extended till September 30, the special facilities provided to Sahara Chief Subrata Roy to assist in the communication for negotiating transactions to raise money to pay market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India.Sahara was directed to submit in a sealed envelope, the...

An Adulterous wife cannot claim maintenance : Madras High Court [Read the Judgment]

The Madras High Court, in M.Chinna Karuppasamy  Vs. Kanimozhi , has held that a divorced wife is living in ‘illicit relationship’ with man other than her former husband is disqualified from claiming maintenance from her former husband. Justice Nagamutthu further held that “The decree obtained by the husband for divorce on proving the adulterous life of the wife cannot give a license to...

SC asks centre why a 3 Member panel not set up yet to monitor and regulate Govt Ads even 3 months after the order

This came on a plea by Prashant Bhushan for NGO-CPIL seeking contempt action against  friend-turned-foe Kejriwal and TN govt for violating SC rulesNoted lawyer and ousted AAP leader Prashant Bhushan, who formed a forum Swaraj Abhiyan along with Yogendra Yadav, has for the first time dragged Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government to Court.It is to be noted that before his ouster and during...

Bombay HC upholds two entry levels for admissions of Economically Weaker Sections under Right to Education Act

A Bombay High Court Bench comprising Justice Anoop Mohta and Justice Vijay Achliya has ruled that the State Government’s move to revive the January 21 resolution implementing dual-entry admissions of students of Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) was well within the framework of the Right to Education Act (RTE).Earlier in May, the Court had stayed the RTE quota admissions to...

Two foreign firms propose SC to buy Sahara’s hotels in London and New York

The Supreme Court has been approached by the two foreign firms, expressing their willingness to buy Sahara Group's three overseas hotels, Grosvenor House Hotel in London, the New York Plaza and Dream New York hotels.British Company, Kane Capital Partners, has approached the Court with a Rs 6,370-crore proposal to acquire the Sahara Group's Grosvenor House hotel in London. The offer, if...