BREAKING| Allahabad HC Quashes UP Police FIR Against Siddharth Varadarajan & Ismat Ara Over "The Wire" Report On Farmer's Death During Protest

The Allahabad High Court has quashed the FIR registered against The Wire's founding editor Siddharth Varadarajan and reporter Ismat Ara in Rampur over a report on the death of a protester in New Delhi during the farmers protest on Republic Day 2021.The FIR was lodged under IPC sections 153B (imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration) and 505(2) (statements creating or...

Play Store Payment Policy: Karnataka High Court Extends Interim Order Restraining CCI From Divulging Confidential Information Of Google

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday extended its order passed earlier, temporarily restraining the Competition Commission of India (CCI) from divulging confidential information of Google India Pvt Ltd to the complainant Alliance Of Digital India Foundation till the next date of hearing. This is in light of the fact that CCI is currently probing if Google employs anti-competitive...

Courts This Week- A Weekly Round Of Important Legal Developments In The Country [Episode-117]

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Kerala Court Cancels Bail Granted To Ex-MLA PC George In Hate Speech Case

He was granted bail hours after his arrest by a Judicial Magistrate with strict conditions.

'Right To Travel Abroad For Livelihood Affected': Calcutta High Court Stays LOC Issued By CBI Against Captain Of Merchant Ship

The Calcutta High Court has recently stayed a Lookout Circular (LOC) issued against a Captain in Merchant Shipping, who is also a Director in a company against which criminal proceedings were initiated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for default in payment of loan. The Court opined that such an action would curtail his right to travel abroad for livelihood.A Bench comprising...

Child Is Not A Commodity, Parent's Income & Better Education Prospects Not Sole Criteria For Deciding Custody: Chhattisgarh High Court

Granting guardianship of a 9 years old to her mother, the Chhattisgarh High Court has observed that such cases could not be solely decided by interpreting legal provisions. Justice Goutam Bhaduri held that, 'it is a human problem and has to be solved with a human touch.The father filed an appeal seeking custody of his child against a judgment where visitation rights were denied to him. He...

Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah Mosque Dispute: Allahabad High Court's Order Copy Submitted In Mathura Court

The Allahabad High Court's May 12 order directing a local court in Mathura to decide two applications pending before it, filed in connection with the Sri Krishna Janambhumi Dispute, within 4 months, has been submitted before the Mathura Court yesterday.The order has been submitted by Manish Yadav, one of the plaintiffs who has moved a suit before the Mathura Court seeking to shift Shahi...

Gyanvapi Dispute: New Suit Seeking Right For Hindus To Worship Inside Mosque Transferred To Varanasi Fast Track Court

A fresh suit seeking permission to worship the deities (Shiva Linga) reportedly found in the Gyanvapi Masjid has been transferred to the fast track court. The matter will now be heard on May 30.Today, the case was transferred from Civil Judge - Senior Division to Civil Judge Senior Division / Fast Track Court Mahendra Pandey.Plaintiff Kiran Singh has sought ad interim injunction against...

Haryana Govt. To Share Data Of Commercial Rent Or Lease Deed with Haryana Excise and Taxation Dept. To Curb GST Evasion

To combat GST avoidance, the Haryana government would exchange data on business rent or lease documents with the Haryana Excise and Taxation Department. Pranab Kishore Das, ACS and FCR, and Anurag Rastogi, ACS (E & T), met to discuss the subject of GST avoidance in the rental of immovable property other than those rented out for residential reasons. Any rental of immovable...

Supreme Court To Hear NCLT Bar Association's Plea Challenging 3 Year Tenure Of NCLT Members In June

The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing of a petition filed by the NCLT Bar Association challenging the notification of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs fixing the tenure of the members of National Company Law Tribunal as 3 years.A vacation bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud and Bela M Trivedi deferred the hearing to June 15 on being told by the Solicitor General of India...

S.437 CrPC | Woman Can Be Granted Bail For Non-Bailable Offence Even If It Is Punishable With Life Sentence/ Death: Karnataka High Court

Observing that it is not the law that bail should always be denied in a case where the offence punishable is of death or life imprisonment, the Karnataka High Court recently granted bail to a woman accused of murdering her husband. A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed the petition filed by one Netra and granted her bail relying on section 437 of the Criminal...

Breaking: No Quarrying Or Construction Work On Lands Assigned For Cultivation: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday ruled that no quarrying activities are permitted on land assigned for cultivation and thereby directed the State Government to take steps for the resumption of such land, notify and exempt the provisions of requiredOverruling a Single Judge decision, a Division Bench of Chief Justice S. Manikumar and Justice Shaji P. Chaly in a batch of petitions moved by...