Supreme Court To Hear MediaOne Channel's Plea Challenging Centre's Telecast Ban On March 10

Update : The hearing date was subsequently advanced to March 10 after a second mention by Senior Adv Dushyant Dave (The first report mentioned the hearing date as March 11)The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on Thursday (March 10) the special leave petition filed by Malayalam news channel MediaOne against the judgment of the Kerala High Court which upheld the Centre's decision to not...

Rajasthan High Court Weekly Roundup: February 28 To March 6, 2022

Nominal IndexAkhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) v. The State Of Rajasthan and Ors.; 2022 LiveLaw (Raj) 81 Chitranshi Goyal v. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.; 2022 LiveLaw (Raj) 82 Prakash Chand Saini v. State Of Rajasthan; 2022 LiveLaw (Raj) 83 Bhagwati Singh (Since Deceased) S/o (Late) Shri Raja Mansingh v. Raja Laxman Singh S/o (Late) Shri Raja Mansingh and...

Delhi High Court Dismisses Alapan Bandyopadhyay's Plea Challenging CAT's Order Transferring His Case To Delhi From Kolkata

The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed the plea filed by Former West Bengal Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay, challenging the order passed by Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench which had transferred his petition filed before the Kolkata Bench to the Principal Bench at New Delhi.The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh while pronouncing the...

Section 377 IPC Attracted Even When Penetration With Sexual Intent Happens On Any Part Of Body Other Than Vagina: P&H High Court

In a significant observation and widening the scope of Section 377 of IPC (Unnatural offences), the Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that this offence is attracted even in a situation where the penetration happens to be on any other part of the body of a victim (other than Vagina) with sexual intent.The Bench of Justice Vinod S. Bhardwaj further observed that Section 377 is to be...

Proper Facts & Evidence Must Be Placed Before Court To Invoke PIL Jurisdiction: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has observed that a citizen approaching the court in a public interest jurisdiction holds greater duty to make full research and present necessary facts before the court to cause further investigation. In the present matter, serious allegations were made by the petitioners with respect to mis-management of the respondent No. 2, Arth Credit...

No Complaint Reported Against Any Police Officer Of Treating A Juvenile As An Adult During July To December, 2021: Delhi High Court Told

The Delhi High Court has been informed that no complaint has been reported against any police officer in the city regarding a juvenile being treated as an adult during the period of July 1 to December 31, 2021. The development came after the Court had last month directed the Secretary of Delhi State Legal Services Authority ('DSLSA') to submit a report on implementation and compliance of the...

Any Remuneration Received By A Partner Of A Partnership Firm Is Not Service: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand

The Bangalore Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has quashed the service tax demand on the grounds that any remuneration received by a partner of a partnership firm is not a service.The two-member bench of Ashok Jindal (Judicial Member) and C. J. Mathew (Technical Member) has ruled that the partner of a partnership firm is none other than the...

High Courts Can't Issue Directions For 'No Arrest' or 'No Coercive Action Till Final Report Filed' While Refusing To Quash Criminal Proceedings: SC Reiterates

On Monday, the Supreme Court set aside the order of the Allahabad High Court to the extent that without quashing the FIR in the petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India read with Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 ("Cr.P.C."), it had directed that the accused shall not be arrested till the final report is submitted. A Bench comprising Justices...

Bombay High Court (Maharashtra And Goa) Weekly Roundup: February 28 To March 6, 2022

NOMINAL INDEX Shashikala Surendra Ambade & Ors. Versus The State of Maharashtra & Ors Dr Anand Teltumbde vs National Investigation Agency Pavan Morarka Versus The Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax – 2(3), Mumbai Yohan Tengra vs State of Maharashtra Larsen & Toubro Limited Versus Girish Dave, Director of Income-tax (International Taxation) HDFC Bank...

'Sufficient Material Shown To Convict Appellant': Madhya Pradesh High Court Denies Bail To Man Convicted For Offences Under UAPA And Explosives Act

The High Court of Madhya Pradesh recently denied bail to the Appellant convicted for offences punishable under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 and the Explosive Substances Act, 1908, observing that the contentions put forth by the Appellant would have to be considered at the later stage of final hearing. The division bench of Chief Justice Ravi Malimath and...

Discretion Of Any Authority Cannot Be An Arbitrary Or Unregulated; To Be Exercised Fairly: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court recently considered the workings of the doctrine of pleasure, whereby authorities have a right to act as per their discretion. A bench of Justices S.V. Gangapurwala and S.G. Dige regarded that the doctrine of pleasure does not unable an authority to be arbitrary. The petitioner is appointed as a Part Time Chairman of Aurangabad Housing and...

Plea In Supreme Court Seeks To Collect Data On Link Between Pornography & Sexual Crimes

In the light of the alarming increase in cases of sexual assault and rape against women and innocent children in various parts of the country, a writ petition has been filed in Supreme Court seeking formulating a SOP by police to examine the impact of viewing of pornographic material while investigation of the said cases.Preferred by Nalin Kohli as petitioner in person, it has been argued in...