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Delhi High Court Directs ESIC To Constitute A Committee To Frame Policy For Welfare Of Contractual Workers In All Its Establishments
In a case concerning illegal termination of services of contractual workmen at Employees' State Insurance Corporation Hospital, the Delhi High Court has directed the ESIC to constitute a committee which will frame a policy for the welfare of contractual workers in all its establishments.Justice Pratibha Singh ordered:1. ESIC shall constitute a committee in order to frame a broad policy for...
Madras High Court Directs Implementation Of 'Night Travel Ban' In Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve To Prevent Roadkills
In a public interest litigation filed for effective implementation of a 2019 notification issued by the Erode District Collector banning traffic movement in Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve, the Madras High Court has directed that the restriction should come into force from February 10, 2022.The first bench of Acting Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy...
Disclosure Of Identity Of Protected Witness Defeats The Purpose Of Section 44 (3) UAPA: Calcutta HC Orders Trial Court To Redact Name Of Protected Witness
The Calcutta High Court on Friday observed that Section 44 (3) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA) mandate Courts to undertake measures to protect the identity of a protected witness and accordingly directed the concerned Trial Court to to redact the name, address and other particulars of the protected witness from the records immediately.A Bench comprising Justices...
Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Azam Khan's Plea Seeking Interim Bail To Participate In Campaign For The Upcoming UP Assembly Elections
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court refused to entertain a plea seeking ad-interim ex-parte bail filed by Mohammad Azam Khan, Samajwadi Party's candidate from Rampur in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Elections, to participate in the election campaign. Refusing to grant relief in a writ petition filed under Article 32 of the Constitution of India, a Bench comprising Justices...
Allahabad High Court Slams SHO For Handing Over Custody Of An Adult Woman To A Man, Seeks SSP's Explanation
The Allahabad High Court on Monday slammed the Station House Officer of a police station in District Budaun as he 'passed an order' to hand over the custody of an adult woman (named Shivani Gupta) to another adult man (named Swale Raza).The Bench of Justice Jahangir Jamshed Munir also sought a personal affidavit from SSP, Badaun in two days as the Court called it unpalatable as to how the...
Adani Power & Gujarat Urja Vikas Settle Dispute; Supreme Court Disposes Curative Plea
The Supreme Court on Tuesday accepted the out-of-court settlement between Gujarat Urja Vikas Ltd (GUVL) and Adani Power Ltd. The development happened in a curative petition filed by GUVL against a 3-judge bench verdict of 2019 which upheld Adani Power's termination of the Power Purchase Agreement with it.The curative petition was listed for open court hearing before a 5-judge bench comprising...
'Inputs Justify Denial Of Security Clearance' : Kerala High Court Upholds Ban On MediaOne News Channel
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday upheld the order passed by the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to not renew the license granted to Malayalam news channel MediaOne for broadcast. The Court dismissed the writ petition filed by Maadhyamam Broadcasting Ltd (the company running the channel) challenging the Union's decision.Justice N. Nagaresh held that after perusing the files from...
Bhima Koregaon Case: NIA Approaches Special Court To Handover Seized Handsets Of 7 Accused To Pegasus Committee
The National Investigating Agency moved the Special NIA Court on Saturday to hand over seized mobile handsets of seven accused in the Bhima Koregaon Elgar Parishad Case to the Technical Committee formed by the Supreme Court to investigate the use of Pegasus spyware. Special Judge DE Kothalikar sought for the accused to file their responses to the application and posted the matter...
