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Supreme Court Issues Notice To CBSE School On Students' Plea Alleging Irregularities In Class X Assessment
The Supreme Court today issued notice in a writ petition filed by class Xth passed out students alleging illegal action of St Xavier International School in the assessment of CBSE Class X exams.The bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT Ravikumar while issuing notice returnable on February 14, 2022 in their order said, "Issue notice. Counsel for petitioner submits that in...
Breaking: Bombay High Court Refuses Anticipatory Bail To BJP MLA Nitesh Rane In Attempt To Murder Case
The Bombay High Court on Monday refused pre-arrest bail to BJP MLA Nitesh Rane, son of Union Minister Narayan Rane, in an attempt to murder case registered at Sindhudurg. Justice CV Bhadang had reserved orders on Rane's plea on Friday. Along with Rane, the court also refused pre-arrest bail to his co-accused Sandesh aka Gotya Swant. Accused Manish Dalvi was granted anticipatory...
Calcutta High Court Seeks State Gov's Response In Plea Seeking Establishment Of Special Courts Under NDPS Act In Compliance With SC Directions
The Calcutta High Court on Friday sought response from the State government in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition seeking the establishment of Special Courts which would deal exclusively with offences under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) pursuant to the directions issued by Supreme Court in the case of Thana Singh v. Central Bureau of Narcotics....
SC Orders Extending Period Of Limitation Applicable To Proceedings & Orders Passed Under Payment Of Gratuity Act: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has clarified that the extension of limitation by the Supreme Court would apply to decisions rendered by the Authorities under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972. While hearing an appeal filed against an order of the Appellate Authority which had dismissed an appeal filed by the Petitioner on the ground that the appeal was barred by limitation, Justice Pratibha M...
Look Out Circular Curbs Right To Travel, Should Be Issued Only In Exceptional Circumstances & On Cogent Reasons: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that the State was unjustified in restricting an individual's right to travel abroad by issuance of a Look Out Circular when it could not establish any evidence that the right would be 'detrimental to the economic interests of India'. Justice Rekha Palli was hearing a Writ Petition filed by a businessperson of garment manufacturing based in Delhi to quash...
Supreme Court Affirms Winding Up Of Devas Multimedia On Plea Of ISRO Arm Antrix
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed an appeal filed by Devas Multimedia challenging the orders passed by the NCLT and NCLAT allowing the winding up of the company on a petition filed by ISRO's commercial arm Antrix Corporation Ltd.A bench comprising Justice Hemant Gupta and Justice V Ramasubramanian dismissed the appeals filed by Devas Multimedia and its shareholder Devas Employees...
Supreme Court Seeks West Bengal Speaker's Decision On Plea To Disqualify Mukul Roy By Feb Second Week
The Supreme Court on Monday orally expressed that it expects the Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly to decide on the disqualification petition moved against Trinamool Congress MLA Mukul Roy before the second week of February.A bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao and BV Nagarathna was hearing a Special Leave Petition (SLP) moved by the Speaker against the order of the...
Writ Petition Filed In Representative Capacity Without Proper Authorization Not Maintainable: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court has held that a writ petition filed in representative capacity without proper authorization or resolution is not maintainable. A division bench of Justice Sandeep Mehta and Justice Vinod Kumar Bharwani, observed,"We are of the firm view that the writ petition has been filed without proper authorization/resolution and hence, the same is not maintainable."...
Delhi High Court Orders Interim Injunction Against Unauthorized Use Of HT Media's 'Shine' Trademark By Rogue Job Search Websites
The Delhi High Court recently restrained certain rogue websites/ entities from unauthorizedly using HT Media's brand and trademark 'SHINE', 'shine learning', and copyright of its website. Justice Yogesh Khanna passed the interim injunction against 8 rogue websites/ entities from infringing the company's registered trademarks and/or copyrights, on a plea filed by the company alleging...
Actor Assault Case : Kerala High Court Allows State To Summon 5 New Witnesses; Rejects Plea To Recall 3 Witnesses
The Kerala High Court on Monday partly allowed the application filed by the State government challenging the trial court's order in the sensational actress sexual case that involves Malayalam actor Dileep, which had rejected the prayer to re-examine certain witnesses and summon additional witnesses.The prosecution had sought before the trial court to re-examine 6 witnesses, 1 witness cited...