Local Court Orders Gujarati Newspaper 'Sandesh' To Pay ₹15 Crores As Damages To Former DIG DG Vanzara For Publishing Defamatory Articles

The City Civil Court at Ahmedabad (Gujarat) on Thursday directed Gujarat-based newspaper Sandesh to pay ₹15 Crores as damages to former Deputy Inspector-General of Police from Gujarat, Dahyaji Gobaji Vanzara for publishing a defamatory article against him.The City Civil Court, Ahmedabad Judge C.S. Adhyaru ordered thus, while decreeing a suit filed by Vanzara alleging defamation and...

Abhishek Banerjee Audiotape Leak: ED Alleges Kolkata Police Forged Order Requiring Voice Sample Of Its Official; Calcutta High Court Grants Stay

The Calcutta High Court on Friday imposed a stay for 3 weeks on orders of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Alipore, South 24 Parganas wherein the Joint Director of Enforcement Directorate (ED) Kapil Raj had been directed to provide a voice sample to the Kolkata Police in connection with an audiotape leak case involving Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee. Pertinently, Additional Solicitor...

Idukki Airstrip A Threat To Periyar Tiger Reserve, No Clearance From Environment Ministry: Centre Tells Kerala High Court

The Central Government on Friday objected to the airstrip being constructed in Idukki. It submitted before the Kerala High Court that the project has not secured the requisite prior permission from the Ministry of Environment and Forest.A Division Bench of Justice C.S. Dias and Justice C. Jayachandran was adjudicating upon a PIL seeking a direction upn the State authorities not to proceed...

GST ITC Admissible On Bus Hired For Transportation Of Employees Having Capacity Of More Than 13 Passengers: Gujarat AAR

The Gujarat Authority of Advance Ruling (AAR) consisting of Atul Mehta and Arun Richard ruled that the GST ITC is admissible on buses hired for transportation of employees having a capacity of more than 13 passengers.The applicant, M/s. Emcure Pharmaceuticals Limited, submitted that it provides a canteen and bus transportation facility to its employees. The canteen and bus...

'Can't Risk Her Life': Calcutta High Court Says Govt Teacher Can Seek Transfer To Nearer School Owing To Medical Condition

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday allowed a government school teacher to seek a transfer to a school nearer to her residence after taking into account the report filed by a Medical Board which had advised her to avoid long journeys owing to her health condition. Opining that the school teacher cannot be made to risk her life, Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay underscored, "..it is observed that...

Shocking State Of Affairs, Hurts Judicial Conscience: Allahabad High Court On Non-Compliance Of 2001 Division Bench Order

The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court recently expressed shock over non-compliance of a direction issued by a Division Bench of the High Court, as long back as in the year 2001."It is a case where the appellant has taken recourse to the judicial proceedings to thwart the course of justice and a direction which was issued by the Division Bench in the year 2001 has not been complied...

Simultaneous Initiation Of Criminal Case U/S 145 CrPC & Civil Proceedings Over Land Dispute 'Abuse Of Process': Andhra Pradesh High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court recently held that multiplicity of litigation was not in the interest of parties. If civil dispute over title of land is already instituted, then parallel criminal proceedings under Section 145 of Code of Criminal Procedure is meaningless. Section 145 provides that the Executive Magistrate, if satisfied from a report from police officer can pass an...

Hanuman Chalisa Row A Plot To Overthrow Maharashtra Government : Mumbai Police Opposes Bail To MP-MLA Duo

Opposing bail to MP Navneet Rana and her husband MLA Ravi Rana, the Mumbai Police claimed that their intention behind wanting to chant the Hanuman Chalisa outside the CM's House was for collapse of law and order to such an extent that a recommendation for dissolving the Maha Vikas Agadhi Government in Maharashtra can be made. Citing witness statements, the police said that the Shiv...

Allahabad HC Denies Bail To Former Govt Clerk In Connection With ₹1500-Crore UP Gomti River Front Development Scam Case

The Allahabad High Court today denied bail to a former govt Junior Assistant/Clerk in connection with an alleged Rs.1500/- crores scam pertaining to the financial irregularities committed with criminal intent in the work of "Gomti River Channelization Project" and "Gomti River Front Development" by the Irrigation Department.The Bench of Justice Krishan Pahal denied bail to Rajkumar Yadav as...

Supreme Court Orders Release Of 62-Year Old Held In Detention Centre For 7 Years As Pakistani; Asks Centre To Decide On Granting Him Long Term Visa

The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the relase of a 62-year old man named Mohammad Qamar, who has been under detention in a Foreigners Detention Centre since 2015 on being adjudged that he belonged to Pakistan and that he was not an Indian citizen.The Court directed the Union Government to take a decision on granting him Long Term Visa. The Union's decision should be placed before the...

Bar On Cognizance U/S 195(1)(b)(ii) CrPC Not Attracted When Forgery Took Place Outside Court, Before Producing Document As Evidence: Gujarat HC

The Gujarat High Court has held that the bar of Section 195(1)(b)(ii) of Cr.P.C. would be attracted only when the offences enumerated in the said provision have been committed with respect to a document after it has been produced or given in evidence in a proceeding in any Court i.e. during the time when the document was in 'custodia legis'.Section 195(1)(b)(ii) provides that no Court...

Demolition After Khargone Riots: Madhya Pradesh High Court Issues Notice To State On Resident's Plea

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, Indore bench recently issued notices to authorities concerned in a petition filed by a resident of Khargone District whose property was demolished by the State, allegedly with a vendetta against him for belonging to the Muslim Community. Hearing the submissions of the parties, Justice Pranay Verma directed the authorities concerned to file their reply...