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CBI Explains In Delhi High Court Money Flow Allegedly Linking Christian Michel With Agusta Westland, Opposes Bail
The Central Bureau of Investigation has informed the Delhi High Court that Christian James Michel, accused in connection with Augusta Westland case, received kickbacks for the VVIP chopper deal and should not be released on bail.Advocate D. P. Singh appearing for the agency submitted that two companies owned by Michel, one based in Dubai and another in London, received over 40 million...
Removing Trustees & Directing Trust To Conduct Elections Is Beyond Jurisdiction Of Public Trust Registrar: Madhya Pradesh High Court
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that Registrar of Public Trust has no discretionary power under the Madhya Pradesh Public Trust Act, 1951, to remove the existing Trustees and direct the Trust to conduct elections for the same. Justice Subodh Abhayankar was essentially dealing with a Writ Petition, wherein the Petitioners sought for quashing of the order dated 17.11.2021, passed...
Ansal Brothers Delayed Trial By Tampering Evidence, Can't Seek Benefit Of Old Age: Prosecution Opposes Suspension Of Sentence In Delhi HC
The Delhi High Court on Friday continued hearing the plea filed by real estate barons Sushil Ansal and Gopal Ansal, seeking suspension of their seven-year jail terms in the evidence tampering case in connection with the Uphaar fire tragedy that happened in the year 1997.Senior Advocate Dayan Krishnan appearing for the prosecution primarily contended that the Ansal brothers are...
Salman Khan Files Defamation Suit In City Civil Court In Connection With Panvel Land Deal
Actor Salman Khan has approached the Mumbai City Civil Court in a defamation suit against a Mumbai resident Ketan Kakkad, Twitter Inc, Google and others regarding Kakkad's remarks and videos on social media over a land parcel in Panvel. The bone of contention is a 2.5 acres plot situated beside Khan's palatial farmhouse 'Arpita Farms', in Panvel. Kakkad claims he purchased the land...
Controversy Regarding Chairmanship Of Bar Council Of Madhya Pradesh: High Court Refrains From Interfering With The Order Of BCI
The High Court of Madhya Pradesh, while hearing a petition on Thursday, refrained from interfering with the proceedings initiated by the Bar Council of India regarding the controversy of Chairmanship of the Bar Council of Madhya Pradesh. The bench comprising of Chief Justice Ravi Malimath and Justice Purushendra Kumar Kaurav was essentially dealing with a Writ Petition, wherein...
Being Indian Citizen Every Girl Has Right To Live Peaceful Life: MP High Court Refuses To Quash POCSO Case Based On Compromise
"Every girl being a citizen of India has a right to live her life peacefully and without any threat to her dignity and life," observed the Madhya Pradesh High Court as it refused to quash a POCSO Case based on a compromise between the 17-year-old victim and a man, accused of stalking and harassing her for two years.The Bench of Justice G. S. Ahluwalia noted that it was a case where...
'Wholly Illegal': Calcutta High Court Quashes Decision To Outsource Services Of Contractual Employees Of Indian Statistical Institute To Gov Contractor
The Calcutta High Court on Friday came down heavily on the administration of the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) for its decision to outsource the services rendered by a batch of contractual employees who had been working as gardeners since 2013 to a government contractor. The Court set aside the resolution dated January 3, 2022, which contained such a direction and further ordered that...
PG Medical Courses: MP High Court Refuses To Grant Incentive Marks To In Service Doctors Who Served In COVID Affected Districts
While holding that in the absence of specific categorization, Government Doctors and medical officers working in Civil and District Hospitals are also entitled to benefit of reservation meant for in-service doctors in the PG Medical Courses, the Madhya Pradesh High Court, however, refused to grant 10% additional/incentive marks to such doctors who had served in COVID-19...
Marital Rape - 'Classification On Basis Of Marriage Unreasonable' : Amicus Curiae Tells Delhi HC
The Delhi High Court on Friday continued hearing a batch of petitions challenging the exception to Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code, which exempts forceful sexual intercourse by a man with his own wife from the offence of rape, provided the wife is above 15 years of age.Senior Advocate Rajshekhar Rao, appearing as amicus curiae in the matter, told a bench comprising of Justice Rajiv...
PG Medical Courses- Grant Reservation Benefits To Dist Hospital Doctors As In-Service Candidates: MP High Court To State Govt
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that in the absence of specific categorization, Government Doctors and medical officers working in Civil and District Hospitals are also entitled to benefit of reservation meant for in-service doctors in the PG Medical Courses and the counseling to be conducted by the State Government.This ruling has come from the Division Bench of Justice Sujoy...
Sikkim High Court Issues Directions To Address Indiscriminate Felling Of Trees Under Gangtok Smart City Project
On Monday (10th January), the Sikkim High Court issued directions to the Forest, Environment and Wildlife Management Department, Government of Sikkim to prevent indiscriminate felling of trees in order to implement the Gangtok Smart City proposal. A letter petition from Kailash Pradhan, an Architect from Sikkim concerned about the erratic and rampant felling of trees in...