Conduct Lok Sabha, Legislative Assembly Polls Together In 2024: BJP Leader's PIL In Delhi High Court

A public interest litigation has been moved in the Delhi High Court praying that Centre and Election Commission of India be directed to ascertain the feasibility of conducting elections to Lok Sabha and Legislative Assembly together in 2024. The plea filed by BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, who is also an advocate, seeks a direction on Central Government and Election Commission of India...

Karnataka HC Condemns Threats Made Against Senior Advocate; Madhukar Angur Apologizes For Acts Of His 'Followers'

The Karnataka High Court on Friday took strong exception to threats given to Senior Advocate M S Shyam Sundar, who is representing M/s Alliance University which has filed a petition in the court seeking to cancel the bail granted to former Chancellor of Alliance University Madhukar G Angur, who came to be arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in an alleged money laundering...

Madras High Court Dismisses Plea By AR Rahman, GV Prakash and Santhosh Narayan Challenging GST Department’s Order Claiming Service Tax

The Madras High Court has recently dismissed the pleas filed by music composers AR Rahman, GV Prakash and Santhosh Narayan challenging the proceedings initiated by the Commissioner of the GST Department levying service tax on transfer of copyright in musical work for the period between 2013 and 2017. The department had asserted that the music composers were not the owner of the...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea Against ASI’s Refusal To Permit Birth Anniversary Celebration Of Chhatrapati Shivaji At Agra Fort

The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice on a plea seeking permission to organize a cultural programme at Agra Fort on February 19 on the occasion of birth anniversary of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. Justice Prathiba M Singh was hearing a plea moved by Maharashtra based registered trust R.R. Patil Foundation along with Ajinkya Devgiri Pratishthan, challenging a communication of...

Adani-Hindenburg Issue : PIL In Supreme Court Seeks To Declare 'Short Selling' As Offence Of Fraud, Probe Against Nathan Anderson

In the wake of the Adani group shares taking a beating in the stock market following the publication of a report by US-based short-selling firm Hindenburg Research, a PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court.The petition filed by serial litigant Advocate ML Sharma seeks to declare 'short-selling' as the offence of fraud. He seeks investigation against Nathan Anderson, the founder of...

'Safety & Hygiene For Schoolgirls Paramount': Bombay HC On Startup's Plea To Relax Tender Conditions For Sanitary Napkin Disposal Machines

Noting that the safety and hygiene of a girl child was paramount, the Bombay High Court disposed of a start-up's petition seeking relaxation of certain tender conditions regarding sanitary napkin vending and disposal machines to 9,940 schools across the State.A division bench of Acting Chief Justice SV Gangapurwala and Justice Sandeep Manre were hearing a petition by Kirvan Vendsol Pvt...

Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Seeking To Declare Ayodhya Ram Mandir Land As 'Buddha Vihar'

Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha on Friday refused to entertain a petition seeking to declare the land in Ayodhya where Ram Mandir is being built, as 'Ayodhya Buddha Vihar'. The petition came three years after a five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court had given its verdict in the Ayodhya dispute. The court had, in November...

‘Once A Daughter Always A Daughter’: High Court Says Punjab Policy Excluding Married Daughters From Compassionate Appointment Violates Articles 14 & 15

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that the policy excluding married daughters from the benefit of compassionate appointment upon the death of their fathers is unconstitutional on account of being violative of Articles 14 and 15 of the Constitution of India. The division bench of Justice G.S. Sandhawalia and Justice Harpreet Kaur Jeewan said: “We are of the considered...

Centre Notifies Appointment Of Judicial Officer Aribam Guneshwar Sharma As Manipur High Court Judge

The Central government on Friday notified the appointment of judicial officer Aribam Guneshwar Sharma as judge of Manipur High Court.The notification dated 3rd February 2023, reads "In exercise of the power conferred by clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Aribam Guneshwar Sharma, to be a Judge of the Manipur High Court, with effect...

Body Building Competition A Secular, Neutral Activity; Won't Aggravate Differences Between Shiv Sena Factions: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court recently permitted a member of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena to organise a bodybuilding competition, observing that it is a secular activity and does not aggravate differences between two political parties.A division bench of Justice Sunil B. Shukre and Justice M. W. Chandwani, while quashing Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation’s (KDMC) communication withdrawing...

PIL Against Religious Conversions : Ashwini Upadhyay Withdraws Affidavit With Objectionable Comments Against Minorities

The Supreme Court on Friday considered a batch of petitions in relation to religious conversions. Some cases in the batch seek action against religious conversions by force or allurement and other cases challenge the validity of anti-conversion laws passed by various States. The matter was listed before a bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha. In...

Supreme Court Grants Interim Protection To Indore Law College Professor In Case Over 'Hinduphobic' Book In Library

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice and sought the response of the state of Madhya Pradesh with respect to the anticipatory bail plea of Dr. Mirza Moziz Beg, an assistant professor at Indore’s Government Law College, which has been embroiled in controversy over the presence, in its library, of an allegedly ‘Hinduphobic’ and ‘anti-national’ book titled Collective Violence...