Sachin Waze Writes To Enforcement Directorate To Be Declared Approver In Money Laundering Case Against Anil Deshmukh

Dismissed Mumbai Police officer Sachin Waze has written to the Enforcement Directorate seeking to be declared an approver in the money laundering case against former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh. "I am willing to make truthful and voluntary disclosure of entire facts known to me regarding above referred matter before a competent magistrate. I request you to kindly treat...

Service Of Herbal Hookah Permitted Subject To Adherence With COVID-19 Protocol: Delhi Govt To High Court

The Delhi Government on Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that the service of herbal hookah in restaurants and bars in the city is permitted subject to compliance and adherence to the COVID-19 protocol and conditions. A single bench of Justice V Kameswar Rao was dealing with a petition filed by M/S Punter House Cafe which had impugned the ban of serving of herbal hookahs in restaurants and...

'Period Of 4-6 Weeks Was Only Suggestive': Calcutta High Court Dismisses Contempt Petition Against SEC Regarding Postponement Of 4 Civic Polls

The Calcutta High Court has dismissed a contempt petition filed against the State Election Commission (SEC) alleging that it had failed to comply with an earlier order of the Court directing the SEC to consider postponing elections to four municipal corporations for a short period of 4 to 6 weeks in the wake of the rising number of Covid-19 cases. The Court vide order dated January 14...

Order XIV Rule 2 CPC - Issue Of Limitation Cannot Be Decided As Preliminary Issue If It Is Not A Pure Question Of Law: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that the issue of limitation cannot be decided as preliminary issue under Order XIV Rule 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure if it is not a pure question of law.Order XIV Rule 2(2) provides that if issues both of law and of fact arise in the same suit, and the Court is of opinion that the case or any part thereof may be disposed of on an issue of law only, it may try...

"Expression Of Opinion Or Criticism Is Not Defamation": Newslaundry Tells Delhi High Court In TV Today's Suit

Online news portal Newslaundry on Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that expression of an opinion does not amount to defamation, thereby opposing the Rs. 2 crores copyright infringement and defamation suit filed against it by TV Today, which owns channels India Today and AajTak.Senior Advocate Saurabh Kirpal appearing for Newslaundry today made three fold submissions before a single bench...

CUSAT Statute 18 - Teacher Who Declines To Be HOD In First Rotation Not Barred From Appointed As HOD In Second Rotation : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has observed that under Statute 18 framed by the Kerala Government which envisages the appointment of Director/HOD of Cochin University a teacher who was being considered for HOD on a rational basis would not be prohibited from being considered for appointment when second rotational term becomes due if he/she during the first term makes a request of being relieved from...

Objections Against Enforcement Of Foreign Arbitral Award Can't Be Filed In A Piecemeal Manner: Delhi High Court Imposes 1 Lakh Cost

The Delhi High Court has held that a Judgement Debtor cannot be permitted under Section 48 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, to file its objections against enforcement of an arbitral award in a piecemeal manner. Justice Vibhu Bakhru held,"The respondent cannot file its opposition in a piecemeal manner. It is seen that the present petition was filed in the year 2018 and...

Abhorrent Nature Of Crime Alone Cannot Be The Decisive Factor For Awarding Death Sentence ; Mitigating Factors Equally Relevant: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that abhorrent nature of crime alone cannot be the decisive factor for awarding death sentence.Due consideration should also be given to the equally relevant aspect pertaining to mitigating factors before arriving at a conclusion that option of any other punishment than the capital one was foreclosed, the court said while commuting the death sentence awarded to a...

SSC 'Group-D' Recruitment Scam: Calcutta HC Prohibits Payment Of Salary To 573 Illegally Appointed Candidates, Raps Enquiry Commission For Non-Filing Of Inquiry Report

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed the concerned District Inspectors of Schools to not pay any further salary to 573 candidates who had allegedly been appointed for the post of 'Group-D' (non-teaching staff) in sponsored Secondary and Higher Secondary schools under the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) despite no such recommendation by the West Bengal Central...

[Anti CAA Protests] Allahabad High Court Grants Pre Arrest Bail To Man Accused Of Raising Anti-National Slogans

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday granted anticipatory bail to a man named, Mohammad Kaif who has been accused of trying to incite religious sentiments by raising anti-national slogans during Anti-CAA protests.The Bench of Justice Raj Beer Singh considered the settled principle of law regarding anticipatory bail along with the submissions of the counsel for the parties, nature of...

S.50 NDPS Act | Personal Search Conducted In Presence Of ACP Not Bad Merely Because He Belongs To Police Dept: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has said there is no bar on a police officer, who is a gazetted officer, on carrying out a personal search to draw a mahazar, on an accused/ suspect under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. A single judge bench of Justice H P Sandesh said,"Assistant Commissioner of Police is also a Gazetted Officer...Search by the officer of the...

'It Takes Ages For Decree Holder To Realize Fruits Of Decree': Supreme Court Laments Delay In Execution

While remarking that it is a classic case where the execution proceedings themselves become a second round of litigation and it takes ages for the decree holder to realize the fruits of success of a decree with judgment debtors assisted innovatively, the Supreme Court recently dismissed a SLP assailing Delhi High Court's order.The bench of Justices SK Kaul and MM Sundresh while directing...