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Ensure Drinking Water Supply In Multiplex : Kerala Consumer Forum Directs PVR
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Ernakulam (Kerala) has recently passed an order directing PVR cinemas, Lulu Mall to ensure that it supplies uninterrupted supply of drinking water to all customers during its business hours. The order was passed by a Bench of D.B. Binu (President), V. Ramachandran and Sreevidhia T.N. The Commission was considering a consumer complaint by...
Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking CBI/SIT Investigation Into Murder Of Congress Leader's Driver In Madhya Pradesh
The Supreme Court yesterday issued notice on a petition seeking transfer of investigation into the 2023 murder case pertaining to Salman Khan, who was allegedly run over by a car at the behest of politically influential persons.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh passed the order, after hearing Advocate Varun Thakur.The petition, filed by Salman Khan's widow, seeks transfer...
Supreme Court Directs MP High Court To Conclude Civil Judge Recruitment Process As Per 2023 Advertisement Soon
The Supreme Court today side aside the June 2024 order of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, which had directed re-computation of marks and weeding out of "ineligible candidates", who do not satisfy the Amended Recruitment Rules, from the main examination for Civil Judge entry-level posts. A bench comprising Justice PS Narasimha and Justice AS Chandurkar noted that no ineligible candidates...
Kerala Court Acquits Congress MP Rajmohan Unnithan In Defamation Case Filed By KP Sasikala Citing Lack Of Evidence
A Magistrate Court in Kerala's Cherthala has acquitted Rajmohan Unnithan, Congress MP representing Kasargod, in a defamation case filed by K P Sasikala, former President of Hindu Aikya Vedi.The case arose from a complaint which claimed that defamatory statements were made against K P Sasikala, during a televised debate program titled “Counter Point” aired on Manorama News, a Malayalam...
Is Scheduled Caste Reservation In Special Component Plan Colleges Bound By 50% Ceiling Limit? Supreme Court To Consider
The Supreme Court is set to examine the issue whether the reservation for Scheduled Castes in special educational institutions, which are established with the funds and schemes specifically earmarked for SCs, are bound by the rules of reservation applicable for ordinary colleges. The issue arose from a judgment of the Allahabad High Court which struck down the 70% SC reservation in four...
Delhi Court Refuses To Transfer Paranjoy, Newslaundry Appeals Against Adani Gag Order To Judge Who Quashed It For Other Journalists
The Principal District and Sessions Judge at Delhi's Rohini Court on Tuesday (September 23) has refused to transfer the appeals filed by journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta and digital news platform Newslaundry against ex-parte gag order restraining reporting against Adani, to the judge who had quashed that order qua four other journalists.Principal District and Sessions Judge Gurvinder Pal...
Supreme Court Dismisses CCI's Appeal Against Delhi High Court Verdict Quashing Probe Against Ericsson & Monsanto
The Supreme Court recently dismissed the Special Leave Petitions filed by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) challenging a Delhi High Court judgment which had quashed the CCI proceedings against Ericsson and Monsanto.A bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Sandeep Mehta passed the order considering the Delhi High Court's observation that once a settlement had been reached between...
Telangana Phone Tapping Case | State Says Ex-Intelligence Chief Destroyed Digital Evidence, Urges Supreme Court To Cancel Interim Protection
The State of Telangana on Monday submitted before the Supreme Court that former Telangana intelligence officer T Prabhakar Rao, prime accused in the Telangana phone tapping case, wiped his iPhones and an official laptop while enjoying interim protection from arrest.Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, for the State, said this amounted to destruction of digital evidence even as proceedings were...
Chandni Chowk Illegal Constructions : Supreme Court Vacates Stay On MCD's Sealing Orders With Effect From Dec 31
Dealing with the matter pertaining to unauthorized and illegal constructions in Delhi's Chandni Chowk area, the Supreme Court today asked the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court to appoint a Presiding Officer for Appellate Tribunal, Municipal Corporation of Delhi (ATMCD).The order was passed by a bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh, after it was informed by the Municipal...