Madras High Court Asks Leena Manimekalai, Susi Ganeshan To Appear In Person On November 1 In Challenge To Impounding Of Passport

The Madras High Court on Wednesday directed filmmaker Leena Manimekalai and film director Susi Ganesan to appear in person before the Court on November 1 around 1 pm while hearing a plea moved by Manimekalai challenging an order passed by the Regional Passport Officer, Chennai, to impound her passport.The impounding order was passed citing the pendency of a criminal defamation case against...

Proceedings Under SC-ST Act Not Vitiated Merely Because Cognizance Was Taken By Magistrate: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that criminal proceedings under SC-ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, is not vitiated merely because the magistrate had taken cognizance and committed the case to Special Court.The bench of Justices MR Shah and Aniruddha Bose observed that the insertion of second proviso to Section 14 of the Act only gives additional powers to the Special Court to take cognizance...

Come Up With Policy On Community Kitchens Scheme After Interacting With States : Supreme Court Directs Centre

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Central Government to come up with a scheme for establishing pan-India community kitchens, after interacting with the state governments.A Bench comprising the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justice Surya Kant and Justice Hima Kohli has directed the five states with highest number of hunger deaths including Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar,...

Arbitrator Has Substantial Discretion In Awarding Interest U/Sec 31 (7) (a) Arbitration Act : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that an Arbitrator has substantial discretion in awarding interest under Section 31(7)(c) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.In this case, the Arbitrator had granted interest at the rate of 18% per annum from 01.01.2003 till the date of realization. Disposing the petition under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration Act),...

Alleged Hate Speeches Against Christianity- "Open To Move Complaint Before Magistrate": Chhattisgarh HC Refuses To Direct FIR Registration

The Chhattisgarh High Court on Monday refused to direct the registration of an FIR against a man, Sohan Potai, who allegedly delivered hate speeches against the Christian Religion. The Bench of Justice Narendra Kumar Vyas, however, gave the liberty to the petitioner to approach the Judicial Magistrate First Class having territorial jurisdiction over the place of offence for filing of...

'Medical Practitioners Must Be Protected From Onslaught Of Frivolous Complaints': Madras High Court Issues Guidelines For National Medical Council

The Madras High Court on Tuesday quashed an order dated May 4, 2021 of the Tamil Nadu Medical Council (TNMC) suspending a gastroenterologist by observing that principles of natural justice were not given credence to. The Court also laid down exhaustive guidelines that are to be included in the new Regulations that are to be framed under the National Medical Council (NMC) Act, 2019 for...

'Court Has Been Deceived By False Promises': Madras HC Imposes 25 Lakh Costs For Disobeying Order Directing Payment Of Outstanding Dues

The Madras High Court on Friday imposed costs to the tune of Rs 25 lakhs on a film production studio after observing that it had needlessly dragged on an appeal filed before the Court by deceiving the Court through 'false promises' to repay the amount owed by it. A Bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice PD Audikesavalu observed, "Defaulting borrowers, like the...

Confession To NDPS Officer Inadmissible : Allahabad HC Grants Bail In Case Of 628 Kg Ganja

The Allahabad High Court recently granted bail to a man booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) in a case involving the alleged recovery of 628 Kilograms of Ganja.The Court noted that the case against the accused was based only upon the statement given by the co-accused implicating him and also upon a statement given by the accused under Section 67 of...

Decriminalize Personal Consumption Of Small Scale Drugs, Declare Certain NDPS Sections Unconstitutional : Plea In Supreme Court

In the wake of recent high profile arrests of celebrity youngsters in drug cases, a writ petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking the decriminalization of purchase of certain small scale drugs for personal consumption or for consumption of friends or relatives.The petitioner argues that the NDPS Act is being misused by the authorities to stigmatize youngsters, instead of...

WhatsApp Chats Surfaced In Media Before Coming On Court Record: Arbaaz Merchant Tells Bombay High Court In Aryan Khan Drug Case

The Bombay High Court was today told that the allegedly incriminatory WhatsApp chats of Arbaaz Khan, co-accused in the cruise shup drug case related to Aryan Khan, surfaced in the media before being placed on record. "The media had the chats before it was on the court record. This is the world we live in," Senior Advocate Amit Desai appearing for Arbaaz told Justice NW Sambre who was...

What Is The Procedure To Be Followed By ED On Receiving Letters Of Request From Contracting State Under PMLA? Delhi HC Answers

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday has passed a detailed order concerning the procedure to be followed by the Enforcement Directorate upon receiving letters of requests from a contracting State under Section 60 of the PMLA and other connected issues. Justice Pratibha M Singh, who was of the opinion that the request for freezing or seizure of assets/property must have a reasonable basis...

Centre Notifies Appointment Of J. Sathya Narayana Prasad As An Additional Judge Of Madras High Court

The Central government has notified the appointment of J. Sathya Narayana Prasad as an additional judge of the Madras High Court. The appointment has been made pursuant to a Supreme Court Collegium recommendation after a meeting held on October 6 this year."In exercise of the powers conferred by Clause (1) of Article 224 of the Constitution of India, the President, is pleased to appoint J....