Supreme Court Refuses to Entertain Petition Seeking General Directions To Stop Re-use Of Expired Medicines By Re-stamping Instead Of Marking With Indelible Ink

On Monday, the Supreme Court refused to interfere with the order passed by the Delhi High Court qua allegations of re-use of expired medicines. Refusing to pass general directions, the Apex Court asked the petitioner to pursue appropriate proceedings qua particular instances of breach by manufacturers of medicine. A bench comprising Justices Indira Banerjee and J.K. Maheshwari heard...

Person Working At Mutt Can't Claim 'Tenancy Rights' Over Appurtenant Land Granted For Residential Use: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that a cook, working for the Sr Admar Mutt in Udupi district, cannot claim occupancy over appurtenant land which was granted to him by the Mutt for residential use. A division bench of Justice P S Dinesh Kumar and Justice P Krishna Bhatt allowed the appeal filed by the Mutt challenging the single judge bench order dated April 21, 2011, by which it...

Drugs Case: Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Interim Protection To Akali Leader Bikram Singh Majithia

The Punjab and Haryana High Court today granted interim protection from arrest to Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia in Drugs Case on the condition that he shall co-operate in the police probe. A detailed order in this regard is awaited. The Bench of Justice Lisa Gill granted him interim protection while dealing with his anticipatory bail plea in a case registered against him by...

Development Of Roads To Be Done Considering The Future, Not Just Present Requirements : Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court on Monday suggested that the State government should consider designing roads for the future- amidst all the ongoing discussion about the future with K-Rail project SilverLine.While adjudicating upon a plea alleging that a 14 km stretch of a road development project was being done with a reduced width citing financial constraints, Justice Devan Ramachandran...

How Will Doorstep Ration Delivery Scheme Prevent Corruption In Public Distribution System? High Court Quizzes Delhi Govt; Judgment Reserved

The Delhi High Court has reserved its judgment in the plea filed by Delhi Sarkari Ration Dealers Sangh, opposing the State Government's scheme for door step delivery of ration.A Division Bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Jasmeet Singh today quizzed the Delhi Government as to how the proposed scheme is better at preventing corruption in distribution of food grains, when compared to the...

Employees Of Autonomous Bodies Can't Claim Same Service Benefits As Government Employees : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that the employees of the autonomous bodies cannot claim, as a matter of right, the same service benefits on par with the Government employees.The State Government and the Autonomous Board/Body cannot be put on par and the the employees of the latter are governed by their own Service Rules and service conditions, the bench comprising Justices MR Shah and BV...

Tripura Communal Violence: Supreme Court Grants One More Week's Time To Tripura Govt To Respond To Plea Seeking Independent Probe

The Supreme Court on Monday granted one week's time to the State of Tripura to respond to a writ petition seeking an independent investigation into the communal riots which took place in the State during November last year.When the matter was called out on Monday before the bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and AS Bopanna, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta prayed for one week time to be able to...

Anonymous Calls To AoRs Regarding PM's Security Breach: SCAORA Writes To SC's Secretary General Requesting Action

Complaining about the anonymous calls received by AORs taking responsibility for PM Modi's security breach, and threatening Supreme Court not to hear the related case, the Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association has written to the Secretary General of Supreme Court of India requesting action against the same.The Association has requested that immediate action be initiated as this is...

Marital Rape : Delhi High Court Continues Hearing Petitions Challenging Exception To Section 375 IPC

The Delhi High Court on Monday continued the hearing of petitions challenging the exception to Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code, which exempts marital rape from the offence of rape.A bench comprising Justice Rajiv Shakdher and Justice C Hari Shankar heard Advocate Karuna Nundy on Monday. During the hearing, the bench discussed the possible legislative reasons for the exception to Section...

S. 482 CrPC| Can't Appreciate Evidence In Quashing Petition: Karnataka High Court Reiterates

The Karnataka High Court has reiterated that a Court hearing a petition for quashing of FIR/ charge sheet under Section 482 CrPC cannot appreciate evidence as the same lies within the domain of the trial Court. Justice Sreenivas Harish Kumar said,"It is a settled principle that while deciding the petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C, evidence cannot be appreciated as it lies within the...

Actor Dileep Moves Kerala High Court Seeking Anticipatory Bail In New FIR

Malayalam actor Dileep has moved the Kerala High Court with an application for anticipatory bail after a new First Information Report (FIR) was recently registered alleging a conspiracy designed to kill the investigating officers in the sensational 2017 sexual assault case. Dileep is facing trial as the alleged mastermind of the abduction and the sexual assault of a female actress in a moving...

Won't Give Effect To Google Play Billing Policy Clarification Till Oct 31 : Google Tells Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court on Monday disposed of the petition filed by Google India challenging an order of the Competition Commission of India rejecting its request for access to the identity of app developers/ start-ups allegedly suffering harm on account of Google Play store payments policy 2020. A single-judge bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit took on record the joint memo filed by...