West Bengal Civil Court Issues Notice To WhatsApp On Plea Against New Privacy Policy

A civil court in West Bengal has issued notice to WhatsApp Inc on a plea seeking temporary injunction to restrain the messenger platform from implementing its new privacy policy in India.The Court of Civil Judge (Jr. Divn), 1st Court, Contai, Purba Medinipur District, issued notice to WhatsApp on February 2 directing it to "show cause as to why the plaintiff's prayer for temporary...

'Panchayati Divorce' Has No Legal Sanctity, Such Customs Ceased To Exist After Formulation Of Hindu Marriage Act: P&H High Court

While noting that the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 is a complete Code and provides for the conditions of marriage as well as the procedure for divorce, the Punjab and Haryana High Court last month clarified that a 'Panchayati' divorce has no recognition in the eyes of law. The Bench of Justice Alka Sarin observed that in view of Section 4 of the Hindu Marriage Act,1955 all customs...

BREAKING - Centre & UPSC Agree To Grant Extra Chance To Candidates Who Had Last Attempt In October 2020 & Are Not Age-Barred As One-Time Relaxation

The Central Government on Friday informed the Supreme Court that the Centre and Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) have agreed to grant a "one-time, restricted relaxation to prospective candidates" who had given their last attempt of the UPSC exam in October 2020, and were not age-barred. ASG SV Raju submitted to the Bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar that the extra chance would...

[Delhi Riots]No CCTV Footage Or Complaint Made By Witness Or Constables: Delhi HC Grants Bail To Alleged Associate Of Tahir Hussain

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted bail to one Liyakat Ali who was sent to judicial custody by a Delhi Court for his involvement with suspended AAP Councillor Tahir Hussain in the North East Delhi Riots that broke out in February 2020. A single judge bench comprising of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait disposed of the bail application by granting him bail. Three FIRs had been registered...

'No Person Can Be Permitted To Intimidate Or Terrorize Judges' : Karnataka High Court Issues Contempt Notice Over Threatening Letter

The Karnataka High Court on February 3 issued a notice under the contempt of courts Act, to a 72-year-old person, who wrote a letter to the High Court registry claiming that he has decided to kill two erring Judges amongst the "highly corrupt 28 Judges of this Court and the Apex Court along with two corrupt Advocates". A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Sachin...

'Lock Down A Force Majeure Event' : Madras High Court Directs Complete Waiver Of License Fee During Total Lockdown Period

In a notable judgment, the Madras High Court has directed a Municipal Corporation to waive the license fee for running a shop in a bus stand during the entire period of total lockdown from March 24, 2020 to September 6, 2020.A single bench of Justice G R Swaminathan observed that the benefit of a Government Order issued by the Tamil Nadu Government - which waived license fee for two...

Jammu & Kashmir High Court Stays Levy Of Revised Stamp Duties On Registration Of Documents

The Jammu and Kashmir has stayed a circular that issued revised stamp duty rates to be levied during registration of documents. A Single Bench of Justice Sanjay Dhar passed the order on a petition challenging retrospective application of the said revised rates. Noting that the plea raises an important questions of law, the Judge stayed the circular dated December 13, 2020 and...

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Elevation Of 11 Judicial Officers As Allahabad High Court Judges

The Supreme Court Collegium in its meeting held on 4th February, 2021, approved the proposal for elevation of 11 Judicial Officers as Judges of the Allahabad High Court. The following names have been recommended by the Collegium: 1. Mohd. Aslam, 2. Anil Kumar Gupta, 3. Anil Kumar Ojha, 4. Sadhna Rani (Thakur), 5. Om Prakash Tripathi, 6. Naveen Srivastava, 7....

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends 2 Names As Chhattisgarh High Court Judges

The Supreme Court Collegium in its meeting held on 4th February, 2021has approved the proposal for elevation of the following persons as Judges of the Chhattisgarh High Court:ADVOCATE: Shri Narendra Kumar Vyas,andJUDICIAL OFFICER: ShriNaresh Kumar Chandravanshi.Read Collegium...

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Elevation Of 8 Judicial Officers As Calcutta High Court Judges

The Supreme Court Collegium in its meeting held on 4thFebruary, 2021 has approved the proposal for elevation of the following Judicial Officers as Judges of the Calcutta High Court:1.Ms. Kesang Doma Bhutia,2.Shri Rabindranath Samanta,3.Shri Sugato Majumdar,4.Ms. Ananya Bandyopadhyay,5.Smt. Rai Chattopadhyay,6.Shri Bivas Pattanayak,7.Shri Subhendu Samanta, and 8.Shri Ananda...

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Aditya Sondhi, Rajendra Badamikar, Khazi Jayabunnisa Mohiuddin As Karnataka High Court Judges

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the appointment of Senior Advocate Aditya Sondhi and judicial officers Rajendra Badamikar and Khazi Jayabunnisa Mohiuddin as Karnataka High Court Judges. Read collegium...

'This Script Is Well Written' : Supreme Court On Mukul Rohatgi's Advice To Withdraw Sonu Sood's Plea,

The Supreme Court on Friday has allowed Actor Sonu Sood's plea for withdrawal of his petition as also the civil suit being L.C. Suit No.1368 of 2020 pending before Bombay City Civil Court at Borivili Division, Dindoshi, Bombay, in view of the application for regularisation filed pursuant to the notice dated 2 24.10.2020 under Section 44 of the Maharashtra Regulation and Town Planning...