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Delhi High Court Refuses Urgent Hearing Of PIL Seeking Preventive Action Against Cockroach Janta Party's Protest
The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to urgently hear a public interest litigation seeking urgent preventive directions to the authorities in relation to a proposed protest by Cockroach Janta Party, scheduled to take place at Jantar Mantar on June 06.The petition, filed by Save India Foundation, seeks a direction on the Union Government, Delhi Police and other authorities to take preventive...
High Court Rejects Centre's Appeal Against Order In Pleas Challenging 'Kerala Story 2' Movie Certification, Keeps Maintainability Issue Open
The Kerala High Court on Friday (June 4) dismissed as infructuous the appeals filed by the Central government, the CBFC and the producer challenging a single judge's common interim order passed in pleas challenging certification granted to 'Kerala Story 2 - Goes Beyond' film which was released on February 27.The Court, however, left open the question of law raised by the CBFC and Union...
"You May Arrest, But You Cannot Humiliate": Calcutta High Court Orally Remarks On Police Parading Accused With Ropes Around Waists
The Calcutta High Court on Friday expressed concern over the alleged police practice of parading accused persons in public with ropes tied around their waists, observing that while the State has the authority to arrest and prosecute individuals, it cannot subject them to humiliation."You may arrest them, you may prosecute them, but you cannot humiliate them," a vacation bench led by Justice...
Allahabad HC Comes To Aid Of AIBE-20 Candidate 'Failed' Over Bonafide OMR Mistake As BCI Admits He 'Passed'
The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday directed the Bar Council of India (BCI) to manually verify the OMR answer sheet of a candidate who was declared 'failed' in the All-India Bar Examination-XX due to an inadvertent omission in filling his question booklet code. A bench of Justice Shekhar B Saraf and Justice Abdhesh Kumar Chaudhary intervened in the writ plea filed by candidate Love...
Past Conduct Of Evasion During Investigation Can Be Considered While Denying Accused Permission To Travel Abroad: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court recently held that the past conduct of an accused, who was evading arrest and absconding at the time of investigation, can be considered for denying him permission to travel abroad. Justice C Kumarappan observed that while the court has to exercise its discretion in a humane and compassionate manner, considering the past conduct, there was every possibility of...
No 'Right To Visibility' Exists On Private AI Platforms: Calcutta High Court Refuses To Direct ChatGPT To Display IndiaMart Links
The Calcutta High Court has dismissed IndiaMart's plea seeking interim directions against OpenAI, holding that a private business cannot compel ChatGPT to display or prioritize its website links in AI-generated responses. The Court observed that there is no legal right entitling one private entity to have its business promoted on another private platform and that any such direction would...
High Court Cannot Conduct Enquiry Into Whether Building Deviations Are Minor Or Major; Remedy Lies Before Special Tribunal: J&K&L High Court
The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has dismissed a writ petition challenging a revised building permission order issued by the Srinagar Municipal Corporation regularizing alleged deviations in construction, holding that the High Court does not have any mechanism or yardstick to conduct a roving enquiry into the question whether a deviation is minor or major in nature.The...
'FIR For Scheduled Offence Not Necessary For Civil Action Under PMLA': Kerala High Court Upholds ED Probe Against CMRL
The Kerala High Court on Friday (June 5) dismissed an appeal by Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited (CMRL) and its officials challenging an order of the Single Bench that dismissed their plea to quash the proceedings initiated by the Enforcement Directorate in an alleged case of misappropriation of public funds.The Division Bench of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and Justice K.V. Jayakumar...
Repossession Clause Doesn't Permit Banks To Take Law Into Their Own Hands; Vehicle Seizure Without Due Process Illegal: Uttarakhand HC
The Uttarakhand High Court has held that existence of a repossession clause in a loan agreement does not authorize a financial institution or its agents to take law into their own hands for recovery of dues. The Court further reiterated that although disputes arising purely out of contractual obligations ordinarily may not warrant interference under Article 226, a writ petition would...
Allahabad HC Stays Arrest Of News24 Journalist Accused Of Promoting Enmity, Defaming Municipal Corp Over X Post
The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday granted interim protection from arrest to News24 Reporter Shahnawaz in connection with an FIR registered against him in Moradabad for reposting a video on X (formerly Twitter) allegedly defaming the Municipal Corporation.A bench of Justice Vikram D Chauhan and Justice Lakshmi Kant Shukla directed that no coercive action be taken against the journalist until...
Madras High Court Criticises Vigilance Department For Not Probing Allegations Of TNSTC Scam
The Madras High Court has asked the Vigilance Department to probe allegations of fake records being created to show that buses were plying on roads. While doing so, Justice B Pugalendhi criticised the Vigilance Department for not probing the matter earlier despite receiving complaints and merely forwarding the same to the Additional Chief Secretary. The court added that the...