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Jantar Mantar Sloganeering Case- Delhi High Court Grants Bail To Preet Singh
The Delhi High Court on Friday granted bail to Preet Singh, accused in connection with the alleged inflammatory and anti-Muslim sloganeering at Jantar Mantar.Justice Mukta Gupta pronounced the order after reserving it earlier this month on hearing Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain appearing for accused Singh and Tarang Srivastava appearing for the Prosecution.Singh is the President of Save...
Gravity Of Complaint Under Negotiable Instruments Act Cannot Be Equated With An Offence Under IPC Or Other Criminal Offence: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that the gravity of complaint under Negotiable Instruments Act cannot be equated with an offence under the provisions of the Indian Penal Code or other criminal offence.The court reiterated that that the presumption under Section 139 of the Negotiable Instruments Act would remain, until the contrary is proved. Whether there is rebuttal or not would depend...
"Twitter Has Appointed Personnel In Compliance With New IT Rules": Centre Tells Delhi High Court
The Central Government has informed the Delhi High Court that Twitter has appointed Chief Compliance Officer, Nodal Contact Person and Resident Grievance Officer in compliance of the IT Rules, 2021.The development comes with the filing of an affidavit by the Centre in the plea against non-compliance by Twitter India and Twitter Inc with the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines...
Strict Rules Of Evidence Not Applicable To A Departmental Enquiry: Supreme Court Allows Placing Of Case Diary On Record
A Division Bench of the Supreme Court has held that strict rules of evidence are not applicable to a Departmental Enquiry.With this view, Justice L Nageshwar Rao and Justice BR Gavai allowed an Additional District Judge in the state of Uttarakhand, who was facing a departmental enquiry, to place of record the case diary.On November 24, 2020, the petitioner-ADJ had filed an application for...
West Bengal Coal Scam- Delhi High Court Seeks ED's Response On Inspector's Plea Challenging Trial Court Summons In Money Laundering Case
The Delhi High Court has sought response of the Enforcement Directorate on the plea filed by Ashok Kumar Mishra, inspector-in-charge of West Bengal police challenging the summons issued to him by a Trial Court here in connection with a money laundering case related to West Bengal coal scam.Justice Yogesh Khanna issued notice on the plea while listing the matter for further hearing on...
Administrative Action Of Public Authority Cannot Be Invalidated Merely For Not Recording Reasons When It Had No Duty To Do So: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that an administrative action of a public authority cannot be struck down merely for not 'recording' reasons when there was no duty on its part to do so.The court may, when there is no duty to record reasons, support an administrative decision, with reference to the pleadings aided by materials, the bench of Justices KM Joseph and S. Ravindra Bhat observed. The...
Tripura High Court Stays Investigation Against TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee, WB Minister & Others In Khowai PS Incident
The Tripura High Court on Thursday stayed investigation against Trinamool Congress General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee, MP Dola Sen, West Bengal Minister Bratya Basu, and 3 others in a case registered against them on a suo-moto complaint in the Khowai police station incident which took place on August 8.The Bench of Chief Justice Akil Kureshi was hearing the plea seeking quashing of the...
Sourav Ganguly's Plea To Execute Award : Bombay High Court Imposes Costs On Percept Group For Not Providing Accurate Information
The Bombay High Court has said that officials of Percept Group are prima facie attempting to mislead the court in a petition filed by BCCI president Sourav Ganguly seeking Rs 36 crore payable to him according to a 2018-19 arbitral award. The court has asked the respondents, Percept Talent Management and Percept D Mark (India) Limited, to bear the day's legal expenses for not...
NCDRC Awards 2 Crore Compensation To Model For Mental Trauma And Job Loss Due To Bad Haircut, Hair Treatment
In a significant judgment, the National Consumer Disputes Redressal (NCDRC) has recently awarded Rs 2 crore compensation to a woman who had suffered mental trauma and whose career prospects had been adversely affected due to a bad haircut and hair treatment owing to the negligence of a salon at a 5 star hotel in 2018. The Bench took into consideration that the complainant Aashna Roy was a...
Delay In Filling Up Vacancies: 'Maharashtra Human Rights Commission Has Become A Defunct Body'- Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court granted the Maharashtra Government one last chance to fill up vacancies in the Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission while hearing a PIL that showed 50% of the posts are vacant. "It is disheartening to note that the Maharashtra Human Rights Commission is a defunct body, at present," a division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni...
Plea In High Court Seeks Modification Of Delhi Govt's Order Completely Banning Sale, Use Of Firecrackers Amid Diwali, Asks For Graded Regulations Instead
A plea has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking modification of Delhi Government's order imposing a complete ban on storage, sale and use of firecrackers during Diwali festival. The petition also seeks a direction on the Government to consider 'Graded Regulations' instead of a complete ban.Filed through Advocates Gautam Jha, Pankaj Kumar and Sweta Jha, the plea also seeks directions on...