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'We're A Country Where Clerks Become Chief Justices, Tribal Lady Becomes President': P&H High Court On Elites Belittling Small Businesses
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has frowned upon the "elite class" still following the Britishers and looking down upon their own countrymen doing small businesses.A division bench of Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and Justice Meenakshi I. Mehta said that we're a country of homogenous population where "a Tribal lady of a remote village can now be the President of India, and a worker from...
ESI Contribution, Can't Exempt Establishment Based On Pvt Insurance And Not Having Local Dispensary: AP HC
Andhra Pradesh High Court: A single judge bench of Justice Nyapathy Vijay held that the mere absence of an ESI dispensary nearby cannot exempt an establishment from liability under the Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948 (“ESI Act”). The court clarified that only the appropriate govt is empowered to grant such exemptions under Section 87 of the Act, and that such exemptions ought...
Karnataka High Court Slams BJP MLC N Ravikumar For Communal Comment Against Muslim IAS Officer, Asks Him To Apologise To Her
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday orally asked the BJP MLC N Ravi Kumar who has been booked by police for his controversial remark against Kalaburagi District Collector, Fauzia Tarannum to tender an apology to her. A vacation bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj observed thus while hearing the petition filed by Kumar seeking to quash the FIR registered against him by the station bazar...
After Delhi High Court Flak, Youtuber Mohak Mangal Agrees To Take Down 'Offending Portions' From His Video On ANI
The Delhi High Court on Thursday (May 29) directed YouTuber Mohak Mangal to take down specific portions of his video on ANI, while hearing the news agency's defamation suit alleging that his recent video is disparaging and defamatory towards the agency.Prior to lunch hour, the high court had after watching the video, asked Mangal's counsel senior advocate Chander Lall to take instructions...
Liquidated Damages Clause Does Not Permit Automatic Recovery Of Full Amount, Actual Loss Must Be Proven: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri has held that the law mandates proof of actual loss despite the presence of an Liquidated Damages (LD) clause and does not allow automatic recovery of the entire LD amount upon breach. Therefore, the Petitioner's unilateral adjustment without adjudication was unlawful. The AT rightly held that such unilateral recovery does not obviate...
RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav Moves Delhi High Court Seeking Quashing Of CBI FIR In Land For Jobs Scam Case
RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav has moved the Delhi High Court seeking quashing of the FIR registered against him by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the alleged land for jobs scam case.Yadav has also sought quashing of the three chargesheets filed by CBI in the case as well as the trial court orders taking cognizance of the said chargesheets.Justice Ravinder Dudeja...
When Status Quo Order Is Passed Over Possession Of Suit Property, Party In Possession Can Raise Construction On Their Share: J&K High Court
The Jammu and Kashmir Highcourt held that where the status quo order passed by the court is qualified by the word "possession" and not a blanket status quo order, there is no restraint on the parties to the suit on raising construction on the portion of property which is in their respective possession.The petitioner had challenged the order passed by the trial court allowing the respondent...
Classic Case Of Encroachment Being Claimed As A Waqf : Allahabad HC 'Surprised' At 'Illegal' Constructions On NHAI's Property
The Allahabad High Court has expressed surprise on the actions of the Waqf Madarsa Qasimul Uloom encroaching the land belonging to National Highways Authority of India, creating construction on the same, sub-letting it and charging rent on the property.Noting that the petitioner Waqf had encroached upon the land owned by NHAI, Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal observed that “This Court is...
Court Cannot Interfere When Alternative Remedy Under CGST Act Is Available, Unless Extraordinary Circumstances Arise: Chhattisgarh High Court
The Chhattisgarh High Court has reiterated that while writ petitions can be entertained even when alternative statutory remedies are available, the same should only be done under extraordinary circumstances involving a breach of the principles of natural justice or when the procedure required for a decision has not been adopted.In this regard, a Single-Judge Bench of Justice Ravindra...
Karnataka High Court Sets Aside Govt Order Directing Withdrawal Of 43 Criminal Cases Against 'Highly Influential Persons'
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday set aside the Government order, directing public prosecutors to withdraw 43 criminal cases registered/pending against persons accused of various offences including rioting, attempt to murder, stated to include highly influential persons including politicians, in breach of Section 321 of Criminal Procedure Code. A division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria...
Remove Words Like "Hafta Wasooli", "Gunda Raj" From Video Against ANI : Delhi High Court Tells Mohak Mangal
While hearing news agency ANI's defamation suit against YouTuber Mohak Mangal alleging that his recent YouTube video is disparaging and defamatory towards the agency, the Delhi High Court on Thursday (May 29) orally suggested that certain words used by the YouTuber in his video were "offending". While rising for lunch hour, Justice Amit Bansal after watching the video asked Mangal's...
Regularization Scheme Doesn't Cover Every Unauthorized Occupant Of Govt Land: AP High Court Rejects Plea Against Eviction
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has dismissed an appeal filed by certain occupants stated to be occupying Government land who had sought protection from eviction citing a recently introduced regularisation scheme.Noting that the regularisation scheme did not universally shield all unauthorised occupations of Government land, a division bench of Chief Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Justice...