Kerala High Court Directs Central Government To Review Certification Given To Film Maradu 357

The Kerala High Court has directed the Central Government to consider the representation of certain parties who were aggrieved by the grant of censor board certification to film Maradu 357. A Bench of Justice PV Asha issued the direction on a petition in response to a petition filed by Sandeep Mehta, KV Jose and Sany Francis who described themselves as aggrieved by the grant...

Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To Woman Accused Of Forcefully Converting Religion of 19-Yr Old

The Allahabad High Court recently granted bail to a woman, accused of abducting a 19-year-old girl and forcing her to convert her religion. The woman has been charged by the UP Police under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Ordinance, 2020. The provisions of the Ordinance, that have now taken force as an Act, declare unlawful religious conversion as...

Merely Executing Notarized Document Purporting To Adoption Deed Does Not Give A Right To Child Custody: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court recently refused permission to a couple to take custody over a two-year-old child on the strength of a "notarised adoption deed". A Bench of Justices SS Shinde and Manish Pitale ruled, "We are of the opinion that by merely executing a notarized document purporting to be an Adoption Deed, the petitioners cannot claim that they have a right to hold custody...

Supreme Court Grants Relief To Mamata Banerjee's Election Agent SK Supian, Stays High Court Order Reviving Cases Against Him In Nandigram Violence

Supreme Court Grants Relief To Mamata Banerjee's Election Agent SK Supian, Stays High Court Order Reviving Cases Against Him In Nandigram Violence

[Delhi Riots] Delhi Court Questions Police Over Non Maintenance Of Investigation File in Madina Masjid Vandalism Probe, Calls For Status Report

A Delhi Court on Thursday was surprised over the non maintenance of investigation file especially the case diaries and witnesses statements recorded probably after the last date of hearing in relation to the alleged burning of the Madina Masjid during the north-east Delhi riots that broke in February last year.Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Yadav asked the police to file a status report in...

Non Issuance Of Duplicate Share Certificates Does Not Indicate Malice Of Company At The Inception Of Transaction: Calcutta High Court Quashes Cheating Case

The Calcutta High Court has quashed a criminal case of Cheating instituted against a company and its Directors over non-issuance of duplicate share certificates to the complainant, claiming to be a shareholder in the company. A Single Bench of Justice Suvra Ghosh held that mere non-issuance of duplicate share certificates on misplacement by an alleged shareholder does not indicate...

UP Panchayat Polls: Supreme Court Rejects Pleas Challenging High Court's Order Directing 2015 To Be Taken As Base Year For Reserving Seats

Supreme Court has on Friday refused to entertain a batch of pleas filed challenging the Allahabad High Court's order dated 15th March that directed State of UP to take 2015 as base year instead of 1995 for reserving seats in upcoming UP panchayat polls, and hold elections by May 25th.A three-judge Bench of CJI Bobde, Justice Bopanna and Justice Ramasubramanian heard the pleas. One of...

Advocate Mehmood Pracha Moves Additional Sessions Court Challenging CMM's Order Rejecting His Plea Against His Office Raids

Hours after CMM Pankaj Sharma passed an order rejecting Advocate Mehmood Pracha's application challenging Delhi Police Special Cell's raids in his office, he has approached the Additional Sessions Court against the order.The matter will be heard tomorrow by Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana at 10 AM.Advocate Mehmood Pracha in the presence of Advocate RK Wadhwa, President of the New...

Centre Notifies Amendments To Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act and Insurance Act

The Centre has notified amendments to Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act and Insurance Act.Both these amendments received the assent of the President of India yesterday (25th March), and shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020, was passed by Parliament on...

Supreme Court To Conduct Advocate-on-Record Examination For Year 2021 From June 8th-11th

Supreme Court of India has on Friday notified that the Advocates-on-Record examination 2021 will be held in the Supreme Court Premises on 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th June, 2021.The notification issued on 26th Match has stated that all Advocates who complete one year's continuous training on or before 30th April, 2021 will be eligible to appear for the aforesaid examination.The applications...

Delhi High Court Rejects RBI Appeal Against Order For Reconsideration Of JSPL Plea For $300 mln Remittance To Mauritius Subsidiary

The Delhi High Court today dismissed an appeal by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) against an earlier order of a Single-Judge which had directed the RBI to reconsider an application by Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) to transmit $300 million to its wholly owned subsidiary Jindal Steel and Power (Mauritius) Ltd (JSPML).Directing the central bank to reconsider its decision on JSPL's...

Breaking: Supreme Court Stays Recovery Of Rs. 27 Cr Penalty Imposed On NDTV, Prannoy Roy And Radhika Roy By SEBI

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the recovery of the penalty of Rs 27 crore imposed by the SEBI on December 24, 2020 on NDTV promoters, Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy, as well as on their holding company for allegedly violating various securities norms by concealing information from shareholders regarding certain loan agreements.The bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and MR Shah also directed...