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'Beneficiaries Of State Largesse' : Karnataka High Court Holds Bangalore Turf Club, Mysore Race Club As Public Authorities Under RTI Act
The Karnataka High Court has held that Bangalore Turf Club Limited, Mysore Race Club Limited, The Institution Of Engineer (India) Karnataka State and Ladies Club, are all 'public authority' as defined under the Right to Information Act, 2005. A single bench of Justice P.B. Bajanthri, while refusing to interfere with the order passed by the Karnataka Information Commission against...
WhatsApp Message Has No Evidentiary Value Without Certificate Under Section 65B(4) Evidence Act : Punjab & Haryana High Court
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has observed that WhatsApp messages will have no evidentiary value unless they are certified as per Section 65B of the Indian Evidence Act (Rakesh Kumar Singla vs Union Of India)A single bench of Justice Jaishree Thakur made this observation while deciding a bail application in a case under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act(NDPS Act).To...
Farmers' Union Requests Supreme Court To Remove The Remaining Members Of Committee Constituted To Resolve Deadlock Between Farmers and Govt
A farmers' union has requested the Supreme Court to remove the remaining three members of the Committee constituted by the Top Court for the purpose of holding talks between the Central Government and the farmers for a resolution of the protests due to the three contentious farm laws. Filed by Bhartiya Kisan Union Lokshakti, the Reply making this request has been filed in response to...
Supreme Court Slaps Rs. 25K Costs On Gujarat Government For Its Lethargy & Incompetence Of Filing SLPs Belatedly
The Supreme Court has imposed costs of Rupees 25,000 on Gujarat Government for filing special leave petitions with a delay of more than one year.The bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul passed identical orders in about three SLPs filed by the State of Gujarat on Wednesday.In one of the SLPs, the Government stated that the delay of 476 days have not been caused deliberately but on...
Palghar Lynching:Special Court Grants Bail To 89 Accused Persons
Exactly eight months after a mob brutally lynched two sadhus and their driver to death in Palghar, a special court in Thane granted bail to 89 people arrested in the case, on Saturday. Special judge S B Bahalkar granted bail to the 89 accused who were represented by advocates Amrut Adhikari and Atul Patil. The defence argued that their clients were arrested on mere suspicion,...
Tablighi Jamaat: Supreme Court Allows Discharged Persons To Return To Home Country On Furnishing Undertaking To Its Registry
The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed about 27 persons accused in connection with the Tablighi Jamaat congregation, who have been discharged and against which order the government is at present exploring the feasibility of filing a revision, to return to their home countries on giving an undertaking/bond to the registry of the top court.The bench headed by Justice A. M. Khanwilkar was...
Lawyers Move Supreme Court Against Resumption Of Physical Hearing In Delhi Courts, Seeks For Hybrid System
Four advocates have moved the Supreme Court against the Delhi High Court's decision to resume large-scale physical hearing before itself and subordinate courts in Delhi with effect from January 18, without giving a choice to lawyers to appear through virtual mode.Advocates Kartik Nayar, Nancy Roy, Sanchit Jollyand Amit Bhagat are challenging the order of the Registrar General of the Delhi...
Farm Laws- Supreme Court's Order Granting Stay On Implementation Without Giving Reasons A Bad Precedent,Says Justice Deepak Gupta
"I do feel that the court should have been careful to tread in as this is a dangerous territory", commented former Supreme Court judge, Justice Deepak Gupta, recently.Appearing on India Today channel, the retired judge was addressing the question whether the Supreme Court's recent interim order staying the implementation of the three farm laws was, as the critics are calling it, an advent...
Breaking-"Protect Citizens' Privacy Rights": Plea In Supreme Court Challenges WhatsApp's Updated Privacy Policy
A Writ Petition has been filed in the Supreme Court against the new and updated privacy of WhatsApp, a messaging application owned by Facebook.The Petition filed by Confederation of All India Traders seeks issuance direction to Union Government to take all necessary steps / actions to safeguard and secure the privacy of citizens and national security by ensuring that mobile application...
No Responsibility Or Duty To Run Administration; Can't Issue Mandamus To Shift Mobile Tower To Another Place: Uttarakhand High Court
While refusing to issue mandamus to the respondents for shifting the Mobile Tower to another place, the Uttarakhand High Court on Friday (15th January) said that it is neither the responsibility, nor the duty of the Court to run the administration The Bench of Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and Justice Manoj Kumar Tiwari was hearing the plea filed by one Samay Sharma who moved...
No Detention Under Section 129 Of CGST Act On Mere Suspicion Of Mis-Classification Of Goods : Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has held that mere suspicion of mis-classification of goods cannot be the basis for a detention of goods under Section 129 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act 2017.A single bench of Justice A Jayasankaran Nambiar held so referring to the Gujarat High Court in M/s Synergy Fertichem Private Limited v. State of Gujarat and earlier decisions of the Kerala High Court in...