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'Mastermind' Behind Phone Tapping Case: State Opposes Ex-Special Intelligence Bureau Chief's Anticipatory Bail Plea In Telangana HC
Opposing anticipatory bail plea of former Special Intelligence Bureau Chief T Prabhakar Rao in an alleged case of phone tapping of politicians and high court judges in the previous government led by BRS, Telangana police told the High Court on Tuesday that Rao was the mastermind behind the alleged illegal surveillance.During the hearing senior advocate Sidharth Luthra appearing for the...
Interest Of 18% Can't Be Claimed In Arbitrations Commencing Before 2015 Amendment, When Award Specifies Particular Rate: Jharkhand HC
The Jharkhand High Court bench of Chief Justice M. S. Ramachandra Rao and Justice Deepak Roshan has held that interest at the default rate of 18% under unamended Section 31(7)(b) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration Act) cannot be claimed when the arbitral proceedings commenced before the 2015 amendment and the parties have not agreed to apply the amended provision....
Have Taken Steps To Install Pollution Indicators At Construction Sites: BMC To Bombay High Court
The Bombay Municipal Corporation (BMC) today told the Bombay High Court that it has initiated steps for the installation of 'pollution indicators', which are used to check the amount of dust generated by construction works.The BMC made this submission before a division bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice M. S. Karnik in a suo moto PIL on poor air quality in Mumbai.On 09 January...
Karnataka High Court Directs Union Govt To Take Steps For Blocking 'Proton Mail' In India
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday directed the Union of India to initiate process to block Proton Mail in India. A single judge, Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed the petition filed by M Moser Design Associated India Pvt Ltd, seeking a direction to the Union Government to take such steps as are necessary to ban the use of Proton Mail in India.It said “Mandamus issued to respondents to...
Delhi High Court Dismisses BSNL's Appeal U/S 37 Of A & C Act, Upholds Arbitral Award Of Rs. 43.52 Crore
The Delhi High Court bench of Justices Vibhu Bakhru and Tejas Karia dismissed BSNL's appeal under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration Act) holding that the Single Judge correctly upheld the Arbitrator's finding that Vihaan Networks Limited carried out the work under the Advance Purchase Order, issued on BSNL's specific instructions, which...
Husband's Unexplained Relationship Outside Marriage Amounts To Cruelty, Sufficient To Rupture Marriage: Punjab & Haryana High Court
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has said that husband's unexplained relationship with another woman amounts to cruelty and that is sufficient to rupture marriage.Justice Sudhir Singh and Justice Sukhvinder Kaur observed, “Though, the stand of the appellant-husband is that he had no illicit relations with said (lady), yet we find that maintaining relations with a lady outside the...
J&K High Court Grants Bail To 74-Yr-Old Father-In-Law In Rape Case Filed By Daughter-In-Law
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court granted ad-interim anticipatory bail to the petitioner against whom charges are filed under heinous offence like rape filed by his own daughter-in-law. The FIR also includes other offences, including section 333, 76, 115(2), and 352 of BNS.A bench of Justice Sanjay Dhar granted the anticipatory bail after noting that there is prima facie merit in the...
Section 219 CrPC Doesn't Mandate Common Trial Of Two Separate Cheque Dishonour Complaints Merely Because Accused Is Same: Karnataka HC
The Karnataka High Court has said that Section 219 of Criminal Procedure Code does not mandate that two cases of cheque bouncing, being prosecuted by two different complainants arising from separate causes of action, can be tried together only for the sole reason that the accused person is the same.Justice Shivashankar Amarannavar held thus while dismissing a petition filed by one...
Delhi High Court To Hear Bail Pleas Of Accused In Parliament Security Breach Case Next Week
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (April 29) listed on May 07 the bail pleas filed by two accused persons in the 2023 Parliament security breach case.A division bench comprising Justice Subramonium Prasad and Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar adjourned the bail appeals filed by accused Neelam Azad and Manoranjan D at the adjournment request made on behalf of the ASG, who will be representing...
Pleas In Delhi High Court Against Single Judge Order Holding Restaurants Can't Mandatorily Levy Service Charge
Two appeals have been filed in the Delhi High Court against a single judge ruling which held that service charge and tips are voluntary payments by consumers and cannot be made compulsory or mandatory on food bills by restaurants or hotels.The appeals have been filed by National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) and Federation of Hotels and Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI)....
Order Granting Or Refusing Temporary Injunction Is 'Discretionary', Not Adjudication On Subject Matter Or Merits: Bombay HC Full Bench
The Bombay High Court has observed that an order of temporary injunction is not a prima facie adjudication on the subject matter or merits of the case, but an exercise of discretion by the court.The Court did so while answering a reference between conflicting decisions of division benches of the high court in Colgate Palmolive Company & Anr vs. Anchor Health And Beauty Care Pvt. Ltd...
Andhra Pradhesh HC Sets Aside 1996 Govt Memo Requiring Anti-Corruption Officials To Obtain Sanction Of CM Before Probing Bureaucrats
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has declared unconstitutional a 1996 government memo, which mandated Anti-Corruption Bureau officials to obtain the prior sanction of the Chief Minister before initiating enquiries, laying traps and registering cases against officers of the All India Services and Heads of Departments.A division bench of the High Court comprising Chief Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur...