If Court Doesn't Agree With The Protest Application Then The Same Could Be Treated As Complaint: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court recently observed that if the Court is not in agreement with the protest application, then the just and proper action could be to read the protest petition as a complaint by the Court.The Bench of Justice Vikas Kunvar Srivastav observed thus while hearing a plea moved under Article 227 of the Constitution of India against a 2006 order passed by the Additional...

"No Strong Opposition From NCB": Mumbai NDPS Court Orders De-Freezing Of Rhea Chakraborty's Bank Account

Over a year after actor Rhea Chakraborty's arrest in the drug case registered over actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death, a Special NDPS Court in Mumbai allowed de-freezing of her bank accounts subject to certain conditions. The NCB froze Chakraborty's bank accounts & FDs by a notice dated September 16, 2020, after her arrest on September 8 that year. Rhea claimed the account...

Karnataka High Court Orders Immediate Upgradation Of DIMHANS To Higher Psychiatry Centre

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday directed the State Government to upgrade, by March 1, 2022, the Dharwad Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (DIMHANS) to a higher psychiatry centre and install and make operational the MRI Machine in the hospital. A division bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum in its order said, "We want to...

Delhi High Court Restrains Developer From Using 'Burj' Trademark In Upcoming Projects, On Plea By Dubai Based Company

The Delhi High Court has restrained a real estate developer from using the trademark 'Burj' in the upcoming projects in a plea filed by Dubai's international hotel chain, Jumeirah Beach Resort LLC, having Burj Al Arab as its flagship hotel.Justice Jayant Nath however allowed the use of the mark 'BURJNOIDA' for an ongoing project observing that it was under construction in India for the last...

'Communal Violence Like Lava, Leaves Earth Fertile For Future Revenge' : Kapil Sibal In Gujarat Riots Case

During the arguments in the Gujarat riots case before the Supreme Court, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal got emotional talking about the dangers of communal violence and recalled that he had lost his maternal grandparents in the violence during the aftermath of partition.Sibal was appearing for Zakia Jafri, the widow of Congress leader Ehsan Jafri who got killed in the 2002 Gujarat Riots, in...

Rajasthan High Court Stays Arrest Warrant Issued Against Dhir & Dhir Associates' Alok Dhir In SBI Loan Scam Case

The Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday stayed an arrest warrant issued against Dhir & Dhir Associates' managing partner and an employee of Alchemist Asset Reconstruction, Alok Dhir in relation to the State Bank of India (SBI) loan scam. Essentially, the arrest warrant was issued by a Jaisalmer court on February 12, 2020, against Alok Dhir and another employee of...

Order XLI Rule 5 CPC Only Permits Stay Of Execution Of Decree, Not Stay Of Operation Of Judgment: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently held that Order XLI Rule 5 of the Code of Civil Procedure only provides for stay of the proceedings under a decree or stay of execution of the decree and does not empower the appellate court to stay the operation of the judgment,Justice V.G Arun allowed the original petition (Civil) with a direction to the appellate court to consider the application for stay...

[LIVE UPDATES] Gujarat Riots Case In SC : 'SIT Did No Investigation' , Sibal Argues Zakia Jafri's Plea Against Clean Chit To Narendra Modi

The Supreme Court has commenced the final hearing on a petition by Zakia Ahsan Jafri's plea challenging the SIT report giving clean chit to the then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and other high functionaries in the Gujarat riots of 2002.A Bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT Ravikumar is hearing the matter.Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal arguing for...

Delhi High Court Grants Time To Amicus Curiae For Filing Note On Removal Of Objectionable Content Of Woman From Internet, Role Of Intermediaries

The Delhi High Court has granted ten days time to amicus curiae Senior Advocate Saurabh Kirpal for filing a note on the aspect as to how the objectionable content with regards to a woman can be removed from the internet. Justice Subramonium Prasad was dealing with a plea filed by a woman seeking directions on the Centre to block websites operating as pornographic sites under pseudo names....

Mumbai Police Oppose ED's Plea To Record Sachin Waze's Statement In Money Laundering Case

Dismissed Mumbai police officer Sachin Waze is being used by the Enforcement Directorate as a "puppet" to obstruct the Mumbai police's extortion probe, it told a Magistrate's court, on Tuesday while opposing the central agency's application to record Waze's statement in a money laundering case. After hearing counsels for the Mumbai Police Crime Branch and ED, the court eventually...

INX Media Case : Delhi HC Dismisses CBI's Plea Challenging Trial Court's Order Allowing Inspection Of Documents By Accused

The Delhi High Court has dismissed the CBI's plea challenging a Special Judge's order directing it to allow the accused persons, including former Minister P. Chidambaram, to inspect the documents kept in Malkhana room collected by the agency while investigating the INX Media Case.Justice Mukta Gupta pronounced the order after reserving it in August. While reserving the judgment, the Court...

Ex-Gratia For COVID Deaths : Madras High Court Asks TN Govt If It Wants To Pay Over Rs 50K Minimum

In a PIL pertaining to ex gratia assistance payable to the heirs of deceased persons due to Covid 19, Madras High Court has held that Rs 50,000/- as fixed by the Supreme Court is the minimum amount that must be paid out of State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF). The Division Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice P.D Audikesavalu went on to note that nothing bars the...