Delhi Riots: High Court Denies Bail To Tahir Hussain In IB Staffer Ankit Sharma Murder Case

The Delhi High Court on Thursday denied bail to former Aam Aadmi Party Councillor Tahir Hussain's regular bail plea in the murder case of Intelligence Bureau (IB) staffer Ankit Sharma during the 2020 North-East Delhi riots.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna dismissed the bail plea filed by Hussain in FIR 65 of 2020 registered at Dayalpur police station. The Court observed that Sharma's murder cannot...

Rajasthan High Court Quashes Rent Tribunal's Order Rejecting Tenant's Evidence Citing Delay, Asks Him To Plant & Nurture 11 Trees

The Rajasthan High Court granted relief to a tenant whose affidavit of evidence filed with delay of over 1 month in an eviction case was not taken on record by the Rent Tribunal citing mandatory nature of Section 15 of the Rajasthan Rent Control Act. The court while setting aside the tribunal's order however imposed a unique condition on the petitioner of not only planting 11 shady plants in...

'Abusing Community Leader Not Insult To Religion': Bombay High Court Quashes FIR U/S 295A IPC For Insulting Maratha Leader Manoj Jarange

A person may represent a religion in certain ways but s/he does not become a 'religion' himself, the Bombay High Court observed while holding that any abuse or use of disrespectful words for a socio political figure cannot be equated with insult to faith.A division bench of Justices Vibha Kankanwadi and Hiten Venegavkar, sitting at Aurangabad, quashed an FIR lodged against a man, booked...

Kerala High Court Pulls Lawyer Seeking Stay On Sale Of Arundhati Roy's Book Without Noticing Smoking Disclaimer On Back Cover

The Kerala High Court on Thursday (September 25) orally questioned an advocate for filing a PIL seeking action against author Arundhati Roy's book 'Mother Mary Comes To Me' for having a photo of the author smoking on the cover, without taking note of a written disclaimer regarding smoking published on the back.The Court was hearing a PIL filed by an advocate (petitioner) seeking a stay on...

Telangana High Court Suspends Order Setting Aside Group-I Examination Results Issued By Public Service Commission

A division bench of the Telangana High Court, comprising Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice G.M. Mohiuddin, has suspended the directions in an order passed by the single judge, which set aside the Final Marks List and General Ranking List for Group-I examination conducted by the Public Service Commission.The single judge in his order had noted mass irregularities, bias,...

Owing To Flood Situation In Punjab, High Court Allows De-Silting Of Waterbodies In PIL Alleging Commercial Sand Mining

In light of the ongoing flood situation in Punjab, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has permitted de-silting operations in the State while hearing a PIL alleging illegal commercial sand mining.Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sanjiv Berry said, "considering the present day situation owing to the floods in the State of Punjab and in the interest of justice and also taking into account...

Repayment Of Misappropriated Amount In Corruption Case Doesn't Efface Criminal Prosecution: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has held that repayment of the amount of misappropriation or value of misappropriation in Corruption cases would not efface the criminal prosecution.Justice A Badharudeen delivered the judgment while considering a criminal miscellaneous petition to quash proceedings against the petitioners, accused in misappropriation of stock of foreign liquor worth Rs 27,92,523...

Karnataka High Court Expresses Inclination To Stay Bike Taxi Ban Over State's Failure To Frame Policy For Drivers

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday (September 25) orally expressed its inclination to the stay the order banning bike taxis in the State, noting that despite granting one month time the State government had not come with an appropriate policy concerning bike taxis.For context, the high court in an earlier hearing asked the State if it can examine the issue on a policy level, deferring...

Karnataka High Court Issues Notice To State On Plea Questioning Tender Issued For Bangalore Twin Tunnel Project

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday issued notice to the State government and other respondents on a public interest litigation seeking to quash the tender issued in regards to the construction of Bangalore Twin Tunnel Road.A division bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C M Joshi issued notice on the petition filed by 82-year-old Dr Adikesavalu Ravindra and others. The...

'Not Made Statements Against Commercial Activities Of Company': Joy Crizilda Tells Madras High Court In Plea By Madhampatty Pakasala

Celebrity stylist Joy Crizilda, on Wednesday submitted before the Madras High Court that she had not made any damaging statement against Madhampatty Pakasala, the catering company owned by Madhampatty Rangaraj.The submissions were made before Justice N Senthilkumar. The court was hearing an application filed by Madhampatty Pakasala seeking a permanent injunction restraining Crizilda from...

Kerala High Court Denies Pre-Arrest Bail To Trade Union Members Booked For Slapping Post Master, Forcing To Shut Post Office During Hartal

The Kerala High Court dismissed the anticipatory bail pleas of four persons, who claimed to be members of trade unions, for allegedly assaulting a post master and threatening him to close down the post office, which was kept open on a protest day.Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas observed that the offence alleged was a serious one and found it fit not to grant them pre-arrest bail....

Providing Identity, Birth Proof Of Person To Police Doesn't Amount To Disclosure Of Personal Information: Bombay High Court

The Goa Bench of the Bombay High Court has held that providing demographic information with regard to the proof of identity (POI), proof of birth (POB), and the proof of address (POA) of an individual to the police does not result in disclosing personal information.Single-judge Justice Valmiki Menezes was hearing an application filed by the State of Goa seeking a direction to the...