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Patna High Court Directs Removal Of Bihar Congress's AI-Video Featuring PM Narendra Modi's Mother
The Patna High Court on Wednesday (September 17) directed the removal of the AI-generated video posted by the Bihar Congress which features Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his late mother Heeraben Modi from all social media platforms.The Court directed the intermediaries to stall the circulation of the video, if it is still being circulated, in the light of the various Supreme Court...
Delhi High Court Raps Centre For Not Granting Disability Compensation To BSF DIG Who Suffered Hearing Loss In 2001 IED Blast
The Delhi High Court has granted disability compensation to a man who superannuated from the Border Security Force (BSF) as a Deputy Inspector General (DIG) for 42% hearing loss suffered by him in an IED blast in Jammu and Kashmir in 2001.A division bench comprising Justice C Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla questioned the authorities as to why they could not have released...
Kerala High Court Orders Inquiry Into Alleged 4Kg Gold Loss From Sabarimala Dwarapalaka Idols
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday (September 17) directed the Chief Vigilance and Security Officer(SP) to look into the alleged discrepancies regarding the weight of gold in the Dwarapalaka idols of Sabarimala temple.The alleged loss of weight of gold came to light during the Court's intervention while considering a suo motu petition initiated on the basis of a report of the Special...
Rajasthan GST Act | HC Calls For 'Purposive' Interpretation Of S.107, Asks Why Assessment Orders Cannot Be Sent On Assessee's Email
The Rajasthan High Court has questioned why the tax department can send attachment orders via email, but not assessment orders, to ward off any communication gap or confusion about the date of communication.The Court was hearing a petition filed against the order of the Appellate Authority, State Tax, that had rejected an appeal preferred by the petitioner under Section 107(1) of the...
UP Lokayukta Act | Allahabad High Court Issues Notice On Ex-IPS Officer's Plea Against Exemption Provision For CM; Rejects Another Plea On Sitting Lokayukta
The Allahabad High Court on Monday issued notice on a writ petition filed by former IPS officer Amitabh Thakur challenging the constitutionality of certain provisions of the Uttar Pradesh Lokayukta and Up-Lokayuktas Act, 1975, including the provision that excludes the Chief Minister from the clutches of Law. The court, however, dismissed another plea he filed seeking a writ of...
'Vicitmization': Gujarat High Court Upholds Order Reinstating Bank Employee Compulsorily Retired For 'Heated Exchange' With Colleague
The Gujarat High Court upheld the reinstatement of services of an employee of Bank of India who was compulsorily retired in 2002, holding that the bank had failed to establish charges of misconduct and assault against him and that the penalty amounted to victimization and unfair labour practice. The Court held that the case against the employee suffered from an absence of substantial evidence,...
Indore Truck Rampage: MP High Court Initiates Suo Motu Case, Asks Police Commissioner How Heavy Vehicle Entered Residential Area
Taking suo motu cognizance of news reports about a truck entering a residential area of Indore during peak evening hours and ploughing into several pedestrians, fatal to three, the Madhya Pradesh High Court sought an explanation from the Commissioner of Police while summoning him to appear in virtually. The division bench of Chief Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Vinay Saraf directed...
Courts Must Prevent Harassment Of Individuals Having No Involvement In Matrimonial Cruelty: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has recently observed that it is the duty of Courts to prevent harassment of individuals having no substantial involvement in the alleged matrimonial cruelty.Justice Arun Monga said that general and omnibus allegations in matrimonial disputes, which are broad and non-specific cannot withstand legal scrutiny. “Such allegations, if unchecked, can lead to the misuse of...
'Disheartening' That Even Educated Parents Embroiled In Marital Discord Are Tutoring Or Influencing Children: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that it cannot countenance the practice of even educated parents, embroiled in marital discord, tutoring or influencing their minor children. A division bench comprising Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar said that unfortunately, in cases where parents are embroiled in "marital discord", it is often seen that the "child becomes...
Imposition Of Higher Property Tax On Luxury Hotels By MCD Not Arbitrary: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has recently held that the imposition of a higher rate of property tax on luxury hotels by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is not arbitrary or capricious, noting the economic profile of the clientele such establishments are designed to attract.Upholding the classification of hotels based on their star ratings as a valid exercise of legislative power,...
Appointment Based On Quashed Precedent Cannot Survive: Rajasthan High Court
In a case where a litigant was granted appointment based on a precedent which was later quashed, the Rajasthan High Court said that once a litigant is granted relief based on a judgment which later gets set aside, he cannot seek to distinguish his case from the judgment based on which he was given appointment.Justice Rekha Borana was hearing a petition filed against cancellation of...
UGC Can't Debar A University From Enrolling PhD Students Under UGC Act Or Regulations: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that the University Grants Commission (UGC) does not have the power to debar a University from enrolling PhD students under the UGC Act, 1956, or its Regulations.“Clearly, there is no provision in the Act, which confers power on the UGC to debar the University from enrolling Ph.D. scholars for alleged non-adherence of its provisions,” Justice Vikas...