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Supreme Court Reserves Orders On Pleas Against Construction Activities By Odisha Govt At Puri Jagannath Temple Premises
The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved orders in the petitions filed alleging illegal excavation and construction work by the Odisha Government at the iconic Shree Jagannath Temple premises at Puri.The Court will pronounce orders tomorrow.A vacation bench comprising Justice BR Gavai and Justice Hima Kohli was considering two special leave petitions filed challenging Odisha High Court's...
"People Of Rural Areas Have Much Better Eye-Sight Than That Of Town Folks": Allahabad HC Upholds Life Sentence Of 3 Murder Convicts
The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) recently upheld the life sentence awarded to three murder convicts for killing one Kadhiley in April 2004. The Court also underscored that mere delay in lodging the FIR may not prove fatal in all cases.The bench of Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Saroj Yadav further stressed that the Court the criminal jurisprudence in India recognizes that the...
PIL Filed In Orissa High Court Against Felling Of Hundreds Of Trees For Construction Of MLA Quarters In Bhubaneswar
On Wednesday, a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed against the proposal to cut around 870 numbers of age-old trees to construct multi-storey quarter buildings for Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) of Odisha, in the heart of the capital city of Bhubaneswar. It is filed by a social activist named Ms. Jayanti Das. She has impleaded ten parties as respondents including the...
Virtual Court For Traffic eChallan Cases Launched In State of Tripura
The 'Virtual Court Web Portal' has been launched in the State Of Tripura, w.e.f.1 st June, 2022 to facilitate online payment of fines by the citizens in cases relating to eChallans arising out of Traffic violations in the area within the jurisdiction of the Superintendent of Police (Traffic), West Tripura, on a pilot basis. As per the press release by Tripura High Court, the High Court...
Setting Aside Of Assessment Orders By ITAT On Technical Grounds Will Not Lead To Automatic Quashing Of Criminal Complaint: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court recently held that when an assessment order is quashed by the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal on technical grounds, the same cannot be made a ground to evade criminal prosecution before the concerned court under the Income Tax Act. Justice G Chandrasekharan was considering a plea filed by cine actor SJ Suryah for quashing the prosecutions against him before the...
Process Applications Of Pharma Colleges That Challenged 5-Year Moratorium; But Take No Final Decision : Supreme Court To Pharmacy Council Of India
The Supreme Court on Tuesday passed an interim order to direct the Pharmacy Council of India to process applications of colleges which had challenged imposition of a moratorium issued by PCI on opening of new pharmacy colleges for a period of five years with effect from the academic year 2020-21 before the High Courts.The bench has directed that no final decision regarding grant of...
Father Stan Swamy To Posthumously Receive Human Rights Honorary Award At Geneva Today
Late Father Stan Swamy, Jesuit priest and tribal rights, will posthumously be honoured at the Martin Ennals Awards, 2022, in Geneva today. The international award is sometimes called the "Nobel prize" for human rights defenders. Father Xavier Soreng SJ, Ranchi will participate in the ceremony and receive the honorary award on behalf of Father Stan Swamy. Father Stan (1937-2021), as...
'Unsavoury Incidents Occurring In Court Halls': Kerala High Court Advocates' Association Urges Junior Lawyers, Interns To Follow Dress Code, Maintain Decorum
The Kerala High Court Advocates' Association has released a notice on Wednesday urging junior lawyers and law interns to stick to the dress code prescribed for lawyers by the Bar Council of India and the High Court and to maintain the decorum of the court. "This notice is issued to highlight a major issue affecting the decorum and etiquettes to be maintained in Courts. We have...
ED Moves High Court Challenging Trial Court Condition Permitting Satyendra Jain's Counsel To Remain Present During Interrogation In Money Laundering Case
The Enforcement Directorate has moved the Delhi High Court challenging a condition imposed by a trial Court here while remanding city's Health Minister Satyendra Jain to the agency's custody till June 9, in connection with a money laundering case.The matter was mentioned before a a division bench comprising of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Sachin Datta for urgent listing which...
Explained : Johnny Depp vs Amber Heard -How US Jury Answered Defamation Claims Against Each Other?
A US Jury has delivered its verdict in the high profile defamation case between Hollywood actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, after a highly dramatic trial spread over six weeks, the live-stream of which caused a sensation in the internet.A 7-member jury constituted by the Circuit Court of Fairfax County, Virginia, unanimously ruled that a 2018 article published by Heard imputing...
PIL In Orissa High Court Seeks Cancellation Of T-20 Match Between India & South Africa At Barabati Stadium
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Orissa High Court, praying for cancellation of the 2nd T-20 match between India and South Africa, scheduled to be held on 12th June 2022 at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack. The petition is filed by a human rights activist named Sanjay Kumar Naik. He has impleaded 15 numbers of parties as respondents, including the State of Odisha,...