Dadri Lynching | Victim Akhlaq's Wife Moves High Court Against UP Govt's Proposal To Withdraw Charges Against Accused

The wife of Mohammad Akhlaq, the victim of the 2015 Dadri lynching case, has moved the Allahabad High Court against the Uttar Pradesh Government's decision to withdraw the case against the accused, as well as the withdrawal application filed by the Prosecutor in a court in Gautam Buddha Nagar.For the uninitiated, Akhlaq was lynched by a mob in the Dadri area of ​​Gautam Budh Nagar in 2015 over the allegations that he had eaten beef during Eid and had stored it for later consumption as...

'Come Back To India For Challenging Vires Of Fugitive Economic Offenders Act': Bombay High Court To Vijay Mallya

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday asked former liquor baron Vijay Mallya to file an affidavit stating when he proposes to return to India, making it clear that his challenge to the constitutional validity of the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act, 2018 (FEO Act) will not be entertained unless he submits to the jurisdiction of the court.A Division Bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar...

Delhi High Court Orders Take Down Of Illegal Sale Of Merchandise, Social Media Posts On Former Cricketer Sunil Gavaskar

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday passed an ad interim injunction order protecting the personality rights of former Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar.Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora ordered take down of various listings pertaining to illegal and unauthorised sale of merchandise using Gavaskar's personality attributes. The judge also ordered removal of various social media posts available on...

Karnataka High Court Pulls Up CBIC For Non-Compliance, Seeks Clarity On Applicability Of S. 9(5) CGST Act To Uber's 'Subscription' Model

The Karnataka High Court directed the CBIC to clarify whether passenger transportation services under Uber's subscription model attract GST under Section 9(5) of the CGST Act. Justice S.R. Krishna Kumar also directed the CBIC to place the matter before the GST Council, if required, and file a status report. Section 9(5) of the Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) Act, 2017, is...

Karnataka High Court Stays Defamation Case Against Asianet News Network Over Broadcast On Alleged Financial Irregularities In KEONICS

The Karnataka High Court stayed criminal defamation proceedings against Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd, its journalists and news anchors over broadcast of its bulletin regarding audit observations and alleged financial irregularities concerning Karnataka Electronics Development Corporation Ltd (KEONICS).The defamation complaint has been filed by an IAS officer and former Managing Director...

“You Do Not Care About The Poor”: Bombay High Court Raps Civic Bodies Over Construction Workers' Safety Amid Air Pollution Crisis

While hearing a suo motu PIL concerning worsening air pollution in Mumbai, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday came down heavily on the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), questioning the lack of concrete measures to protect construction site workers who are exposed to hazardous air conditions.A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice...

PM Modi Degree Defamation Case: Gujarat High Court Reserves Verdict On Arvind Kejriwal's Plea Seeking Separate Trial From Sanjay Singh

The Gujarat High Court on Monday (December 22) reserved verdict on a petition moved by AAP Chief and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal seeking separate trial from AAP leader Sanjay Singh in a criminal defamation case filed by Gujarat University over alleged remarks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's education Degree.Justice MR Mengdey reserved the verdict after hearing all the...

GST | Delhi High Court Grants Interim Relief To ICICI Bank Over Demand Of ₹216 Crores For Minimum Balance Non-Maintenance Charges

In yet another writ petition by ICICI Bank, the Delhi High Court has granted interim relief to ICICI Bank in a demand pertaining to charged levied by the Bank for not maintaining a Minimum Average Balance (MAB). As is the norm in the banking sector, while opening a bank account, the customer signs an Account Opening Form post which the banking relationship is activated. One of...

J&K Terror Funding Case: Delhi High Court Rejects Pleas Of Accused Against Framing Of Charges

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday rejected the appeals filed by sons of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin and others challenging the framing of charges against them in a Jammu and Kashmir terror funding case. A division bench comprising Justice Vivek Chaudhary and Justice Manoj Jain said that the appeals were not maintainable in view of Section 21 of the National Investigation Agency Act.Section 21 allows appeals against order, judgment and sentence but bars appeals from interlocutory...

NDPS Act | Rajasthan High Court Allows Interim Release Of Seized Vehicle After Finding Owner Not Named As Accused

Rajasthan High Court granted relief to a petitioner whose car was seized by the police in relation to an NDPS case, after contraband was recovered from it, noting that the no involvement of the petitioner was found in the case during investigation, neither was he impleaded as an accused in the FIR.The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand relied upon the Supreme Court ruling in the case of Bishwajit Dey v. State of Assam, in which it was held that where no allegation was made in the charge-sheet...

Conversion From Private To Public Company Doesn't Affect Existing Contracts: Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court has recently clarified that when a company changes its class under the Companies Act, 2013 for instance, from a private company to a public company or vice versa, the mere issuance of a fresh certificate of incorporation does not wipe out its existing legal commitments. Its contracts, liabilities and obligations continue to subsist and remain fully...

'No Respect For Law': Patna High Court Orders FIR & SIT Probe Over Irregularities In Excise Vehicle Auctions, Awards ₹12 Lakh Compensation

The Patna High Court recently directed the Economic Offences Unit (EOU) to register an FIR into the affairs of the Excise Department, Muzaffarpur, in connection with the arbitrary auctioning of seized vehicles.A Division Bench comprising Justice Rajeev Ranjan Prasad and Justice Sourendra Pandey was hearing a writ petition seeking a writ of certiorari to quash and set aside the auction sale of a Mahindra Scorpio vehicle, or in the alternative, to grant compensation of ₹12 lakh, being the insured...