Delhi Police Moves High Court Seeking Cancellation Of Ishrat Jahan's Bail In Riots Case

The Delhi Police has moved the High Court challenging the bail granted to Former Congress Councillor Ishrat Jahan in FIR 59/2020 which alleges a larger conspiracy in the Delhi Riots that happened in 2020. She was arrested on February 26, 2020.The matter is listed for hearing before a single judge bench comprising of Justice Anu Malhotra tomorrow. Ishrat was granted bail by city's...

Bambiha Group 'Gangsters' Allege Deprivation Of Basic Necessities In Jail: Punjab & Haryana High Court Seeks ADG's Reply

Alleged gangsters Sukhpreet Buddha and Amit Dagar of Bambiha Group have moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court alleging that they are being tortured and are being kept in complete isolation thereby violating their fundamental rights.The bench of Justice Arvind Singh Sangwan has issued notices to the state of Punjab and the CBI and has asked the ADGP (Prisons), Punjab to file an affidavit...

Censor Board Directs Changing The Protagonist's Name In Prithviraj-Starrer 'Kaduva' To Mitigate Defamation

A day ahead of the scheduled release of Prithviraj-starrer Malayalam movie 'Kaduva', the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has demanded that the name of the protagonist character be modified after it was found relatable to a real person. The CBFC has also directed the insertion of a strong disclaimer at the beginning of the movie to mitigate defamation.This comes a week after the...

If The Issue Of Limitation Calls For An Enquiry, The Court Should Yield To The Authority Of The Arbitral Tribunal: Meghalaya High Court

The Meghalaya High Court has ruled that in a case where the issue of whether the claim raised by a party is barred by limitation or not calls for an inquiry, the Chief Justice or his designate should allow the objection to be decided by the arbitral tribunal in accordance with law. The Single Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee held that though in an open and shut case where it...

Objection Regarding 'Excepted Matter' Would Be An After-Thought If It Was Not Raised Before The Arbitrator: Delhi High Court

The High Court of Delhi has held that the objection regarding the excepted matter would be an after-thought if the same was not raised before the arbitral tribunal. The Division Bench of Justice Mukta Gupta and Justice Neena Bansal Krishna relied on the judgment of the Supreme Court in J.G. Engineers v. UOI (2011) 5 SCC 758 to hold that only the question of determination of...

Power To Frame & Amend Service Laws Does Not Mean Power To Apply It Differently To Similarly Situated Persons: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has opined that the power of the government to make or amend laws determining the service conditions of its employees cannot confer them the power to apply such laws differently to similarly situated persons. The Division Bench of Justice Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice Mohammed Nias CP observed that allowing the government to do so would be violative of all...

All High Courts Weekly Round-Up [June 27 To July 3, 2022]

Allahabad High Court NOMINAL INDEX Irfan v. State of U.P. 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 303 Manish v. State of U.P 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 304 Bhagwati Singh @ Pappu v. State of U.P 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 305 Mohar Pal And Another v. State Of U.P. And 2 Others 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 306 Orders/Judgments of the Week Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To Man Accused Of Beating People Who Were...

Slum Dwellers Rehabilitation: Delhi High Court Asks Govt About Procedure For Allotment Of Low-Cost Flats Under JNNURM Scheme

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted four weeks time to the authorities for filing an affidavit indicating the procedure of allotment of low cost vacant flats, approximately 52,000 in number, constructed under Centre's Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission Scheme. A division bench comprising of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad was dealing with...

Karnataka High Court Extends Time For Google India To Reply To CCI Probe On Playstore Payment Policy

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday permitted Google India Private Limited to file its reply to the Director General (Investigation) Report to the Competition Commission of India, by July 30, instead of July 7 as directed. A single judge bench of Justice SG Pandit orally told the company which sought eight weeks' time, "You complete your job." CCI is currently probing if Google...

Delhi High Court Slams Municipal Corporation Over Outstanding Teachers' Salaries

The Delhi High Court today expressed displeasure with the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (now Municipal Corporation of Delhi) over the issue of non payment of salaries to its teachers.A division bench comprising of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad was hearing a plea moved by five primary teachers claiming that the EDMC had failed to pay them five months...

UK Court Finds Republic Bharat Program Defamatory; Awards Damages To British Businessman [Read Judgment]

Aneel Mussarat was called an ISI "stooge" in a programme hosted by Arnab Goswami

Bombay High Court Weekly Roundup: June 27 - July 3, 2022

Nominal Index [Citations: 2022 LiveLaw (Bom) 233 to 2022 LiveLaw (Bom) 240] Ocean Sparkle Limited. V Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. And anr; 2022 LiveLaw (Bom) 233 Ajay Vaishampayan v. Union of India; 2022 LiveLaw (Bom) 234 Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited Versus The Board of Trustees of Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority and Ors.; 2022 LiveLaw (Bom)...