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Tandav Row: Allahabad HC Lucknow Bench Extends Interim Protection From Arrest For Amazon Prime Video Head Aparna Purohit In Lucknow FIR Till April 6
The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday extended the interim protection from arrest to Amazon Prime Video's India head Aparna Purohit in a FIR registered against her at Lucknow, for allegedly depicting Hindu gods in a bad light in the web-series Tandav. A Single Bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh, while adjourning hearing of Purohit's anticipatory bail plea, extended...
Breaking: Kerala High Court Issues Notice On LiveLaw's Plea Challenging New IT Rules; Orders No Coercive Action
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Central Government on a writ petition filed by LiveLaw challenging the constitutional validity of Information Technology (Guidelines For Intermediaries And Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, notified by the Centre on February 25, as imposing "arbitrary, vague,disproportionate and unreasonable" restrictions on digital news media...
Supreme Court Issues Notice In PIL Seeking Directions To Allow Female Candidates To Join And Train At National Defence Academy
Supreme Court has on Wednesday issued notice in plea seeking directions for necessary steps to be taken to allow eligible female candidates to appear for the National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination and train at the National Defence Academy;A three-judge Bench of CJI SA Bobde, Justice Bopanna and Justice Ramasubramanian issued the direction while hearing a public interest...
Breaking: Delhi Court Stays Search Warrant Issued By Delhi Police Special Cell Against Advocate Mehmood Pracha Till 12th March
A Delhi Court on Wednesday stayed the operation of the search warrant issued by Delhi Police's Special Cell against Advocate Mehmood Pracha till the pendency of his application. The matter will be heard next on 12th March 2021.Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Pankaj Sharma stayed the operation of search warrant after hearing Advocate Mehmood Pracha and Special Public Prosecutor Amit...
Limitation Period For Filing 'Section 11' Application Seeking Appointment Of Arbitrator Governed By Article 137 Limitation Act: Supreme Court
The period of limitation for filing an application under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act would be governed by Article 137 of the First Schedule of the Limitation Act, and will begin to run from the date when there is failure to appoint the arbitrator, the Supreme Court held.In rare and exceptional cases, where the claims are ex facie time barred, and it is manifest that...
Kerala High Court Stays Show-Cause Notice For IGST Demand On Ocean Freight
On Monday, 9 March 2021, the Kerala High Court issued the notice to the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) upon a plea challenging applicability of the goods and services tax (GST) on importers of goods who are not recipients of a service. Justice AM Badar additionally issued notice to the Joint Director, Directorate General of GST and the Joint Commissioner of Central...
DRI Not 'Proper Officer' Under Section 28(4) Customs Act; Has No Power To Recover Duties : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that the officers of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence(DRI) are not 'proper officers' within the meaning of Section 28(4) of the Customs Act, who are empowered to undertake process or recovery of duties.The Court observed that only an officer who did the assessment, can undertake re-assessment under Section 28 (4) of the Customs Act.The issue considered by the...
Plea in Telangana High Court Challenges Telangana District Judges Recruitment Notification 2020
A lawyer, aspiring to become a District Judge, has moved the Telangana High Court challenging the 2020 recruitment notification for the entry level judiciary exam, alleging that the same is discriminatory, unconstitutional and also opposed to the Telangana State Judicial (service & Cadre) Rules, 2017. The plea has been filed by a practising Advocate of the High Court, Vangala...
SLP Filed Only Against 'Review Order' Of HC Not Maintainable, Reiterates Supreme Court
The Supreme Court reiterated that Special leave Petitions filed only against the order of the High Court in Review Petition is not maintainable. In this case, the special leave petitions against the substantive order were dismissed in 2010 without any liberty to file a review application(s) or approach the Apex Court again in case of an adverse verdict in the review application(s). Thereafter...
Petition U/s 482 CrPC Challenging Domestic Violence Act Proceedings Maintainable: Meghalaya High Court
The Meghalaya High Court has held that petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure before it challenging Domestic Violence Act proceedings is maintainable.In this case, it was contended that the proceedings under the DV Act, 2005 are purely civil in nature and the relief contemplated under Sections 18 to 22 are civil reliefs with no criminal liabilities and as such, the...
CAA Protests: "His Movement Could Be Controlled Through Suitable Conditions": Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To Student Activist
The Allahabad High Court on Monday (08th March) granted bail to a student activist in connection with a case linked to the protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act last year. The Bench of Justice Mohd. Faiz Alam Khan granted bail to Activist Nitin Raj, U.P. vice-president of the All-India Students Association (AISA) while noting that his presence and the movement...
SC Seeks Centre's Response In Plea Challenging Notification That States No Environmental Appraisal Required For Road Expansion Projects Of Less Than 100 Km
Supreme Court has on Tuesday issued notice in Advocate Prashant Bhushan's plea challenging government notification that states that road expansion projects less than 100 km in length would not require any environmental appraisal. A three-judge Bench of Chief Justice of India SA Bobde Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian issued the direction while hearing a case against the felling...