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Does Right To Privacy Include Right To Drink Alcohol? Gujarat High Court Reserves Judgment On Maintainability Of Pleas Challenging Liquor Prohibition
The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday reserved order on the maintainability of a batch of petitions challenging the prohibition on manufacture, sale and consumption of liquor in the state vide the Gujarat Prohibition Act, 1949, on grounds of 'manifest arbitrariness' and violation of 'right to privacy'. A Division Bench of Chief Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Biren Vaishnav reserved...
Foreign State Cannot Claim Sovereign Immunity Against Enforcement Of Arbitral Award Arising Out Of Commercial Transaction: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that a Foreign State cannot claim sovereign immunity under sec. 86 of Code of Civil Procedure against enforcement of an Arbitral Award arising out of a commercial transaction.A single judge bench comprising of Justice JR Midha observed thus:"In a contract arising out of a commercial transaction, such as the transactions which are subject matter of the...
Allahabad High Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Uttar Pradesh 'Love Jihad' Act
Apart from dismissing all petitions challenging the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Ordinance, the Allahabad High Court today issued a notice on a plea challenging the Act of 2021.It may be noted that all the petitions challenging the ordinance have been dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to file a fresh petition challenging the Act, however, those petitions that...
'Constitutional Mandate To Conduct Elections In Time-Bound Manner Cannot Be Defeated' : Supreme Court Sets Sep 15 Deadline For TN Local Body Polls
The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the State Election Commission in Tamil Nadu to conclude the entire process of the local body elections in the nine newly carved districts by 15th September, 2021, including publication/notification of election schedule and the result of the elections. A Bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and Aniruddha Bose was hearing a Miscellaneous Application in a...
Delhi High Court Refuses To Stay CCI Probe Against WhatsApp's Privacy Policy
The Delhi High Court has refused to stay the Competition Commissionof India's (CCI) enquiry against WhatsApp's new privacy policy. A vacation division bench of Justices Anup Jairam Bhambhani and Jasmeet Singh was hearing an appeal by WhatsApp and its parent company Facebook Inc against a single bench order declining to interfere with CCI's investigation. Appearing for WhatsApp, Sr....
Another Judge Of Karnataka High Court Urges Lawyers To Avoid 'Your Lordship', 'My Lord'
Justice Jyoti Mulimani of the Karnataka High Court has appealed to members of the bar appearing before her to address the court as 'Madam'. In a note attached to the causelist reads as "The Learner members of the bar are requested to address the court as Madam." Recently, Justice P Krishna Bhat of the High Court had put up a note requesting advocates to avoid addressing court with honorifics...
'Rs 431 Crores Loss To Times Now Due To TRP Rigging' : Mumbai Police In Chargesheet Against Republic TV Chief Arnab Goswami
Arnab Goswami, Managing Director of ARG Outlier Media Pvt Ltd, connived and conspired with BARC's ex-CEO Partho Dasgupta to illegally tamper with Television Rating Points and ensured that Republic TV remained in number one position, the Mumbai police have said in its supplementary charge sheet. Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) measures the TRPs, which dictates...
No Prima-Facie Reason To Exclude Meat & Chicken From Mid-Day Meals : Kerala High Court Stays Lakshadweep Administration's Order
"We are unable to understand how there could be a change in the menu of food-items given to the children, prepared taking into account, the vital aspect of health factor", HC observed.
"No Coercive Action": Delhi High Court Grants Interim Protection To NewsClick Editor-In-Chief In Money Laundering Case
The Delhi High Court on Monday granted interim protection to NewsClick Editor in Chief Prabir Purkayastha and PPK Newsclick Studio Private Limited, which owns the news portal till July 5 in connection with the money laundering case registered against it by the Enforcement Directorate. A single judge bench comprising of Justice Jasmeet Singh directed the Enforcement Directorate to not take...
Karnataka Govt Proposes To Constitute High Powered Committee To Examine School Fees
The State Government has sought permission from the Karnataka High Court to constitute a High Powered Committee which would amongst other things go into the matter of fixation of fee and other incidental matters for the academic year 2021-22. In its application, the state has contended that the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic has hit much harder making the situation more grimmer. "We are...
'Fair & Reasonable': Supreme Court Refuses Interference With CBSE, ICSE Schemes For Class 12 Assessment
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to interfere with schemes propounded by CBSE and ICSE for evaluation of Class XII students, noting that there are other set of students who are supporting and do not want any interference their way.Further, the Bench observed that it finds that the schemes "fair and reasonable", which take into consideration concerns of all students and are in larger...