Bookie Anil Jaisinghani Moves Bombay High Court Alleging Illegal Arrest In Case Filed By Amruta Fadnavis

Bookie Anil Jaisinghani has approached the Bombay High Court challenging his arrest in a complaint filed by Amruta Fadnavis, wife of Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.A division bench of Justice GS Kulkarni and Justice RN Laddha will hear the case on Monday, March 27.Fadnavis has alleged that Aniksha Jaisinghani, Anil Jaisinghani's daughter, attempted to bribe her with Rs 1 Crore to...

Service Of Employees In Zilla Parishad Should Be Counted For Seniority When ZP Has Been Absorbed By Municipal Corporation : Supreme Court

While hearing a plea against the primary teachers who were appointed in the Zila Parishad and were later on absorbed into Pune Municipal Corporation based on their inter-se seniority, the Supreme Court observed that their service, while in the Zilla Parishad, deserves to be counted for their seniority.A Division Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice J.K. Maheshwari observed that this...

Delhi High Court Restrains Income Tax Dept From Acting On Show Cause Notice Issued To Kapil Sibal, Says Deal With His Objections First

The Delhi High Court on Thursday restrained Income Tax authorities from acting on the show cause notice issued to Rajya Sabha MP and senior lawyer Kapil Sibal on March 11 in relation to assessment proceedings pending against him. "Having heard the learned counsels of the parties, we are of the view that since the impugned notice has been challenged on jurisdiction as well as on the breach...

Subletting By Tenant Impermissible Under Bombay Rent Control Act Unless Contract Allows It : Supreme Court

In a recent ruling, the Supreme Court reiterated that it won’t be lawful to sublet after the enactment of the Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates (Control) Act, 1947 unless the contract itself expressly provides so.“The aforestated provisions make it crystal clear that, in the ordinary course and notwithstanding anything contained in any other law, unless the contract itself...

Bombay High Court Quashes Order Against Raj Thackarey, Asks Sessions Court To Decide Discharge Afresh In 2008 Agitation Case

The Bombay High Court on Thursday quashed an order passed against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray refusing to discharge him from a 2008 “unlawful assembly case” regarding agitations seeking jobs for Maharashtrians in the Railway.Justice Amit Borkar remanded the matter back to the Sessions court of Islampur directing it to decide the revision application afresh as...

Witness Went To Sleep After Seeing His Friend Murdered? Supreme Court Doubts Testimony, Acquits Convict In Murder Case After Two Decades

The Supreme Court recently set aside the conviction in a murder case after noting several blemishes in the testimony of the sole eyewitness.A bench comprising Justices BR Gavai, Vikram Nath and Sanjay Karol was deciding an appeal filed by one Narendrasinh Keshubhai Zala who was sentenced to life by a trial court in Gujarat in 2003 for the murder of one Ram. After the Gujarat High Court...

Centre Notifies Transfer Of Two Judges To Madras High Court; One Judicial Officer Appointed As An Additional Judge

The Central Government today notified the transfer of two Judges to Madras High Court - Justice Battu Devanand (From Andhra Pradesh High Court) and Justice Devaraju Nagarjun (Telangana High Court). Judicial officer P.Vadamali has also been appointed as an additional judge of the High Court.This piece of information was tweeted by the Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju today.In exercise of...

'Doctors Must Prepare Postmortem, Injury Reports In Typed, Legible Format': Allahabad HC Orders UP Govt To Issue Directions To CMOs

The Allahabad High Court has directed the State Government to issue directions orders to the Chief Medical Officers of the state regarding the preparation of postmortem reports or injury reports in typed format, which is legible.The bench of Justice Brij Raj Singh issued this direction while granting bail to one Vishwanath, who has been accused of assaulting a victim, which resulted in his...

Article 311 Constitution Not Applicable To Armed Force: Calcutta High Court Refuses To Interfere With BSF Constable's Dismissal

The Calcutta High Court on Monday refused to interfere with the dismissal order of a BSF Constable who overstayed his leave, on the ground that Article 311 of the Constitution is applicable only to the holders of civil posts and not to the members of the Armed Forces. Article 311 lays down ground rules for dismissal, removal or reduction in rank of persons employed in civil capacities under...

Can't Direct Govt To Enforce Strict Prohibition On Liquor, Directive Principles Not Enforceable: Jammu & Kashmir High Court

Observing that Courts cannot issue a writ of mandamus for enforcing the directive principles of State policy, the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently closed a petition seeking closure of liquor shops and establishments in the UT, besides seeking rehabilitation of those engaged in this business.The bench comprising Justices Sanjeev Kumar and Puneet Gupta was hearing a plea ...

Hindu Female Becomes 'Absolute Owner' Of Partitioned Property, Can't Devolve On Siblings But Would Be Subject To Succession: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that a female Hindu becomes the absolute owner of the property on acquisition of property by way of a partition deed agreed upon in the family and the property cannot be termed as acquisition by inheritance and thus would not revert to the siblings on her death. A single judge bench of Justice C M Joshi sitting at Kalaburagi, allowed the appeal filed...

BJP MLA Vijender Gupta Moves High Court Against One Year Suspension From Delhi Assembly

BJP MLA Vijender Gupta has approached the Delhi High Court challenging the motion passed by Delhi Legislative Assembly suspending him from attending the sittings of the House for one year till the next Budget Session. A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sachin Datta allowed urgent listing of the petition for tomorrow. The matter was mentioned by Senior...