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Plea In Calcutta High Court Challenges 'Unprecedented' Transfers Of Bureaucrats In Bengal By ECI Ahead Of State Polls
A Public Interest Litigation has been filed before the Calcutta High Court by advocate Arka Kumar Nag challenging a series of transfer orders issued by the Election Commission of India, which have resulted in a sweeping reshuffle of the administrative and police machinery in West Bengal ahead of the State Assembly elections. The matter is likely to be taken up for hearing on Monday.As per...
Uttarakhand High Court Refuses To Quash FIR Against 'Mohammad' Deepak, Restrains Him From Posting On Social Media
The Uttarakhand High Court today restrained 'Mohammad' Deepak Kumar and others from making any statements or posting videos on social media regarding the 26 January Kotdwar incident and related cases, as it noted that the same might affect the ongoing investigation into the matter. For context, on January 26, Deepak confronted Bajrang Dal members who were allegedly objecting to a...
Delhi High Court Grants Bail To Two Accused In UAPA Terror Conspiracy Case, Cites 4 Years Long Incarceration And Limited Role
The Delhi High Court on Friday granted bail to two accused in a terror conspiracy case investigated by the National Investigation Agency, observing that their prolonged incarceration of over four years and the limited role attributed to them justified conditional release pending trial. A Division Bench comprising Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Ravinder Dudeja allowed the appeals filed by...
Delhi High Court Quashes CBI Look Out Circulars Against NDTV Founders Prannoy Roy, Radhika Roy
The Delhi High Court on Friday quashed the Look Out Circulars (LOC) opened by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against NDTV's former directors and promoters Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy in 2019.“The impugned LOC is quashed, subject to the petitioners cooperating with the investigation,”Justice Sachin Datta said.The Court said that the continued operation of the LOC against Roys amounts...
Settlement Of Landlord's One Son Doesn't Extinguish Bonafide Need Of Other: Rajasthan High Court Restores Tenant's Eviction
While upholding the eviction of a tenant, the Rajasthan High Court has held that when the eviction was sought based on bonafide need of two family members of the landlord, fulfilment of such need for one family member by some other means did not automatically extinguish the need of the other. The bench of Justice Bipin Gupta was hearing a petition challenging the order of the Appellant...
Wife Earning Income Can't Be Sole Criteria To Deny Maintenance From Husband: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court has recently said that merely because a woman is earning an income cannot be the sole criteria to reject her claim for maintenance from her husband. Justice Hasmukh D Suthar in his order noted,"Having heard the learned advocates for the respective parties and considering the contents of the application as well as the conclusions of the learned Family Court, it is evident...
'Shit Show', 'High On Weed Or Opium' Remarks Disparaging: Delhi High Court Orders Newslaundry To Remove Content Against TV Today
The Delhi High Court on Friday directed digital platform Newslaundry to remove and take down its statements containing disparaging content against TV Today, which owns news channels India Today and Aaj Tak.A division bench comprising Justice C Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla said that Newslaundry's remarks calling TV Today's content as “shit show” and “high on weed or...
Delhi HC Quashes Jamia's Action Against Professor Who Sought Separate Ladies Toilet, Says Safe Workplace Includes Dignified Restrooms
The Delhi High Court has observed that a safe and secure environment for women at the workplace is not to be understood in a narrow sense and includes conditions that enable them to work with dignity, decency and due respect. Justice Sanjeev Narula quashed disciplinary action initiated by Jamia Millia Islamia against a senior woman professor over a complaint relating to use of a...
Delhi High Court Quashes Extradition Of Man Wanted In UK Murder Case, Says No Prima Facie Evidence Of Stabbing
The Delhi High Court has quashed an order recommending extradition of a Punjab-based man to the United Kingdom in a murder case, holding that the “critical link” that he stabbed the deceased with knife remained a matter of “inference and conjecture”, with no direct evidence.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna allowed a petition filed by Kanwarjeet Singh Batth challenging the 2019 inquiry...
Delhi High Court Asks Gautam Gambhir To File Correct Memo Of Parties In Suit Seeking Protection Of Personality Rights
The Delhi High Court on Friday (March 20) asked Indian cricket team head coach Gautam Gambhir to correct discrepancies in the memo describing the defendant parties in his suit seeking protection of his personality rights.Appearing for Gambhir, advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai submitted before Justice Jyoti Singh that there were "very troubling" deepfake videos of the plaintiff. "Lets say there is...
Delhi High Court To Pass Interim Order Protecting Actress Sonakshi Sinha's Personality Rights
The Delhi High Court on Friday said that it will pass an interim order protecting the personality rights of bollywood actress Sonakshi Sinha.Justice Jyoti Singh was hearing the interim injunction plea filed by the actress in her suit seeking protection of her personality rights. On Court's asking as to what were the infringing links, the counsel appearing for the actress referred to AI...











