[Delhi Riots] Not Part Of 'Conspiracy' Meetings, No Recovery: Meeran Haider Argues For Bail In High Court

Meeran Haider, accused in the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case, told the Delhi High Court on Wednesday that he was not part of the “conspiracy meetings” alleged to have precipitated the 2020 riots.Haider's counsel was making rebuttal submissions in his bail plea before a division bench comprising Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Shalinder Kaur. The counsel said that Haider was not a...

Nagpur Civic Body Tenders "Unconditional Apology" For Defying Supreme Court Directive & Demolishing Houses Of Riots Accused

The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) on Tuesday offered an "unconditional apology" to the Bombay High Court for defying the orders of the Supreme Court in Re: Directions in the matter of Demolition of Structures, and demolishing the alleged illegal portions of the houses of the accused in the recent communal violence case.The NMC filed its affidavit before a division bench led by Justice...

Kerala HC Asks District Collectors To Stay All Pending Arbitration Proceedings Under National Highways Act Unless Pursued By Litigants

The Kerala High Court ordered that all arbitration proceedings invoking the National Highway Act, 1956 pending before the District Collectors to be kept on hold till further orders.“In the interest of justice, we are of the view that the proceedings now pending before the District Collector have to be kept on hold till a further decision is taken in this matter. Therefore, we direct that...

Suspicion Over TASMAC Employees Taking Bribe Enough To Search Head Office, Court Cannot Scrutinise Place Of Search: ED Tells Madras High Court

On Wednesday, Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, appearing for the Enforcement Directorate (ED), informed the Madras High Court that the agency had raided the headquarters of the TASMAC because it had "grounds to believe" that proceeds of crime or evidence connected to proceeds of crime were present at the premises.Yesterday, a division bench of Justices SM Subramaniam and K Rajasekaran...

'Complaint Has Retaliatory Motive': Allahabad HC Grants Bail In Rape Case, Says Laws Being Misused After Failed Intimate Relations

Last week, the Allahabad High Court granted bail to a 42-year-old man accused of rape by a 25-year-old woman, noting that the FIR seemed to arise more from the 'emotional aftermath' of their failed relationship, rather than from any bona fide grievance of criminal wrongdoing. The Court observed that the FIR appeared to have been lodged after the relationship between the applicant and...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Imposes ₹1 Lakh Cost On Man For Suppressing Material Facts

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has imposed a cost of Rs. 1 lakh on a plea seeking quashing of complaint under Negotiable Instrument Act (NI Act), for suppressing that summoning order was challenged in revision and dismissed.Justice Mahabir Singh Sindhu said, "now it is well settled law that a litigant, who attempts to pollute the stream of justice or who touches the pure fountain of...

Active Bombs Remark: Punjab & Haryana High Court Says 'No Coercive Action' Against Congress MLA Pratap Singh Bajwa Till April 22

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday (April 16) sought Punjab Government's response on Leader Of Opposition (LOP) and Congress MLA Pratap Singh Bajwa's plea seeking quashing of FIR filed against him for charges including misleading information that endangers the country's sovereignty and unity.Bajwa allegedly said on a TV show that “50 bombs have reached Punjab”.Vacation bench...

Telangana HC Asks Registrar To File Complaint Over Allegedly Fabricated HC Order Relied On In Land Dispute Case

The Telangana High Court has directed its Registrar (Judicial) to lodge a police complaint for enquiring into alleged forgery of certain high court orders including a 37-year-old order which is stated to have been relied upon in various collateral proceedings in connection with a land dispute. It further directed the State Government constitute a Special Team to investigate into the...

MUDA Case: Karnataka High Court Issues Notice To CM Siddaramiah, Others On Appeal Against Order Rejecting Transfer Of Probe To CBI

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday issued notice to Chief Minister Siddaramiah, his wife Parvathy and others on an appeal preferred by Snehamayi Krishna challenging an order rejecting his plea for transfer of Lokayukta police's investigation into alleged Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) "scam", to the CBI. A division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice K V Aravind...

Identify And Act Immediately Against Clinics Run By Fake Doctors Hoodwinking Innocent People: Karnataka High Court Tells State Govt

The Karnataka High Court has directed the state government to immediately act, identify and pull the curtains down on those clinics which are run by "quacks" in the state.Justice M Nagaprasanna said “It is these quacks, who project themselves to be Doctors are endangering the life of innocent rural people, by opening clinics in remote areas and hoodwinking them. Such instances have...

Delhi High Court Permanently Restrains Footwear Seller From Using Harley Davidson's 'Eagle Logo', Imposes ₹5L Costs

The Delhi High Court has granted a permanent injunction in favour of the American company, Harley-Davidson LLC, against trademark and copyright infringement by a seller of footwear using the 'Eagle' logo similar to that of Harley-Davidson.The motorcycle manufacturer, Harley-Davidson LLC (plaintiff) also manufactures a wide range of products including shoes, apparel and accessories. It...

[Arbitration Act] No Automatic Stay On Award Upon Filing Of Appeal U/S 34 Within Time: Allahabad High Court Reiterates

Following the judgment of the Supreme Court in Board of Control for Cricket in India Vs. Kochi Cricket Pvt. Ltd. and others and Hindustan Construction Company Limited and others Vs. Union of India and others, the Allahabad High Court has reiterated that automatic stay on the operation of arbitral award is not granted merely by filing appeal under Section 34 of the Arbitration and...