Supreme Court Restrains Punjab Govt From Taking Coercive Steps Against GVK Power For 2 Weeks

The Supreme Court on Thursday directed GVK Power (Goindwal Sahib) to approach the Punjab and Haryana High Court to challenge the decision of the Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd to terminate the power purchase agreement with it.The Court however restrained the Punjab authorities from taking any coercive action against GVK power for a period of two weeks. With these directions, the...

Defence Of Accused Cannot Be Put Forth At The Stage Of Framing Of Charges: Jharkhand High Court

The Jharkhand High Court recently refused to quash criminal proceedings against a public servant, where the trial has already begun noting that at the stage of framing of charge, the defence of the accused cannot be put forth.Justice Anil Kumar Choudhary observed,"That at the stage of framing of charge the defence of the accused cannot be put forth." Further, referring to the case of Supdt....

POSH Act Applicable To Girl Students Of A School: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court on Monday observed that the provisions of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (2013 Act) is applicable to girl students of a school.A Bench comprising Justice HarishTandon and Justice Rabindranath Samanta placed reliance on the definition of 'aggrieved woman' as provided under Section 2 (a) of the 2013 Act...

JPSC| Scope Of Judicial Review In Matters Concerning Re-Evaluation Of Answer Key Is Narrow: Jharkhand High Court

Refusing to interfere with the decision of the Jharkhand Public Service Commission on disputed answers of the 2021 Preliminary Test, the Jharkhand High Court observed that, "Merely because the experts were not of the choice of the petitioner, the same cannot be a ground to doubt the decision of the subject expert committee."In a matter seeking re-examination of the JPSC PT answer sheets,...

Breaking| [UAPA] Kozhikode Twin Blast: Kerala High Court Acquits Prime Accused Nazeer, Dismisses NIA Appeal Against Acquittal Of Other Accused

The Kerala High Court on Thursday allowed the appeals preferred by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative Thadiyantevida Nazeer and Shafaz, prime accused in the 2006 Kozhikode twin blast case, thereby acquitting them. A Division Bench of Justice Vinod K Chandran and Justice Ziyad Rahman also declined the appeal filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) challenging the trial court's...

Delhi High Court Expunges Adverse Remarks Against Actress Juhi Chawla In Case Against 5G Rollout, Reduces Cost To Rs. 2 Lakhs

The Delhi High Court on Thursday expunged the remarks made by the Single Judge against Bollywood and environmentalist Juhi Chawla while dismissing her civil suit against 5G Roll. Modifying the impugned order, Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Jasmeet Singh also reduced the cost imposed vide the impugned order from Rs. 20 Lakhs to Rs. 2 Lakhs, observing that the same may be retained as some of...

Difference Between Article 226 & Article 227 Of Constitution: Gujarat High Court Explains

The Gujarat High Court has recently held that the High Court must exercise its Supervisory powers under Article 227 of the Constitution sparingly.Justice Ashok Kumar C. Joshi also discussed the difference in the exercise of jurisdiction under Articles 226 and 227 in detail. Justice Joshi termed the exercise of power under Article 227 as 'discretionary' while the jurisdiction under Article 226...

When Judgment Debtor Pleads 'No Means', Execution Court Must Conduct Enquiry Before Issuing Arrest Warrant : Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has recently held that if a judgment debtor appears before the court when served with a notice and contends that he has no means to pay off the decreed debt, the Court is bound to enquire into this contention before issuing a warrant of arrest under Order XXI Rule 40 of the Civil Procedure Code.Justice A. Badharudeen was exploring the procedure to be followed before...

BREAKING| Supreme Court Asks BJP MLA Nitesh Rane To Surrender In Attempt To Murder Case; Grants Protection From Arrest For 10 Days

The Supreme Court on Thursday directed BJP MLA Nitesh Rane to surrender before the concerned Court and seek regular bail in connection with the attempt to murder case registered against him at Sindhudurg and protected him from arrest for 10 days.With the above direction, a bench comprising Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justice AS Bopanna and Justice Hima Kohli disposed of the special...

Mere Pasting Of Circular For Interest Rate Reduction By Bank On Its Notice Board Does Not Mean It Is Communicated To Customers: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday dismissed an appeal filed by Canara Bank (E-Syndicate Bank) challenging an order of the Single judge by which it was directed to grant benefit of reduction of interest rate on Home loan to a customer from the date of issuance of the circular for reduction, instead of when the customer applied for seeking reduction. A division bench of Chief...

Delhi High Court Has Territorial Jurisdiction To Hear Plea Against UAPA Sanction: Ex-Mumbai Cop Sachin Waze Claims

Dismissed Mumbai police officer Sachin Waze on Monday claimed before the Delhi High Court that it has the territorial jurisdiction to hear his challenge to the sanction granted under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) in order to prosecute him in connection with Antilia bomb scare case.The case pertains to the recovery of 20 gelatine sticks (explosives) and a threat note in a...

Suresh Chavhanke's Alleged Hate Speech At 'Hindu Yuva Vahini' Event: Delhi Court Seeks Action Taken Report

A Delhi Court today sought an action taken report from the Police on a plea filed against Mr. Suresh Chavhanke, Editor-in-Chief of the Sudarshan TV for allegedly giving hate speech and promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, at an event organized by Hindu Yuva Vahini in December last year.Metropolitan Magistrate Jitendra Pratap Singh of the Saket Courts has now...