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If Amazon Wins, It Will Get Rs 1400 Crores, But 26,000 Employees Of Future Retail Might Lose Jobs : Salve In Supreme Court
"This matter is about 1,400 crores invested by Amazon versus 26,000 employees losing their jobs and 8-10,000 crores of banks going bust. If Amazon wins, it will get its 1,400 crores, but one of our terms with Reliance is that not even a single employee will lose his job and the banks will be paid", Senior Advocate Harish Salve, for Future Retail, told the Supreme Court on Tuesday.The Bench...
Madras High Court Extends Interim Orders Till August 31 Except For Orders Pertaining To Encroachment
The Madras High Court on Tuesday observed that the life of all interim orders shall be extended till August 31 except for orders pertaining to encroachment matters. The order was passed pursuant to the initiation of suo moto proceedings by the Court in Re: Extension of Remand and Interim Orders on May 17. The development comes less than a month after the Bench comprising Chief Justice...
Identification Of Children Who Became Orphans During COVID Cannot Be Delayed Any Further : Supreme Court To States, UTs
While noting that the identification of children who have lost both or one parent after March 2020 cannot afford any further delay, the Supreme Court has directed the States and Union Territories to take assistance from several agencies at the grass root level for completing the process. A Division Bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao and Aniruddha Bose ordered "the...
Kerala High Court Orders Release Of 61-year-old Convict Who Spent 18 Years In Prison In 14 Cases
The Kerala High Court recently granted relief to a 61-year-old man who had spent over 18 years behind bars for sentences awarded to him in 14 criminal cases pending before different courts across the State. Justice Ashok Menon intervened in the matter and exercised the Court's power under Section 427 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) to order his release. The petitioner was convicted...
Lakshadweep Administration In A Hurry To Paint Me As Anti-National: Aisha Sultana Submits Before Kerala High Court
Lakshadweep filmmaker Aisha Sultana refuted allegations of the Administration that she was not cooperating with the investigation in the sedition case in the reply filed before Kerala High Court, claiming that the authority was in a hurry to make her look like an 'anti-national'.The Lakshadweep Administration, in its latest reply opposing Sulthana's petition to quash the FIR registered...
Can A School Purchased By Minority Community From A Person Of Another Community Claim Article 30 Rights? Supreme Court To Consider
The Supreme Court has issued notice on a special leave petition which raises the issue whether a school purchased by a minority community from a person belonging to another community is entitled to claim minority rights under Article 30 of the Constitution of India.A division bench comprising Justices S Abdul Nazeer and Krishna Murari, while issuing notice, also stayed the operation of a...
Bombay High Court Refuses Ad-Interim Relief To Raj Kundra In Porn Film Case
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday refused to grant ad-interim reliefs to businessman Raj Kundra, husband of actor Shilpa Shetty, in his plea seeking release in a pornography racket alleging "illegal" arrest. Justice AS Gadkari briefly heard senior advocate Abad Ponda for Kundra and said he would want the prosecution's reply on record before passing any order. Following...
Clean Chit Given To Political Party For Distributing 5K Injections But PASA Is Invoked In Case Of A Few Remdesivir Sales: Gujarat HC Raps Govt.
In a significant observation, the Gujarat High Court on Monday questioned the Gujarat State Government for detaining people under Prevention of Anti-Social Activities (PASA) for possessing a few Remdesivir injections, while finding act of distribution of 5K injection political party to be in "accordance with the law". The Bench of Justice Paresh Upadhyay orally remarked that "Praja...
'No Gender Discrimination': Delhi High Court Refuses To Pass Interim Order Granting Permanent Commission To Woman Naval Officer
The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to issue an order granting Permanent Commission to a woman Naval Officer in the Indian Navy by observing that the grant of Permanent Commission as per the relevant statute is subject to vacancies and that there existed no gender discrimination in this regard. A Bench comprising Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw and Justice Amit Bansal however ruled that...
Kerala High Court Stays Show Cause Notice Issued By Lakshadweep Administration For Demolition Of A Madrassa
The Kerala High Court on Monday stayed the eviction and demolition of a long-standing madrassa in Lakshadweep. Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan passed the interim order while directing the Lakshadweep Administration to file a counter affidavit within four weeks. The matter will be heard again after the said duration."Till such time, the respondents shall not make any attempt to interfere with...
'Only 27 Orphans Due To COVID? We're Not Prepared To Believe This Figure': Supreme Court Pulls Up West Bengal Govt
The Supreme Court on Tuesday pulled up the State of West Bengal for not uploading correct information of children who were orphaned during the COVID pandemic since March 2020.A bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao and Aniruddha Bose was informed by the Additional Solicitor General KM Nataraj, appearing for the National Commission for Protection of Child Right( NCPCR), that the number...