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"Attempt To Nullify Supreme Court Judgement":SC Issues Notice On Plea Challenging UP Qualifying Service for Pension and Validation Ordinance of 2020
The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice on a plea to examine the challenge to the validity of the Uttar Pradesh Qualifying Service for Pension and Validation Ordinance of 2020 which was passed on October 21 last year.The bench of Justices Abdul Nazeer and K. M. Joseph was hearing the petition by the UP Ground Water Department Non Gazetted Employees' Association, which submits that...
Whether Vehicle Owner Himself Can Receive Compensation Under His Own Insurance Policy If He Was At Fault? Supreme Court To Examine
Whether the owner himself can be a recipient of the compensation under his own Insurance Policy, if he was at fault? The Supreme Court would examine this legal issue raised in a special leave petition filed against Allahabad High Court judgment.In this case, the person who was allegedly responsible for the accident was the person driving the vehicle whose wife died in the incident and the...
More Evidence Found Against Republic TV In TRP Scam Case, Mumbai Police Tells Bombay High Court
The Mumbai Police on Wednesday told the Bombay High Court that it has found more evidence against Republic TV in the Television Rating Points (TRP) scam case.In the light of that fact, the Mumbai police told the Court that it did not want to continue its earlier undertaking to refrain from taking coercive action against the accused in the case.This submission was made by the counsel of...
High Court's Power Under Article 226/227 To Interfere With Arbitration Process Needs To Be Exercised In Exceptional Rarity: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has observed that the power of the High Courts under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India to interfere with an arbitration process needs to be exercised in exceptional rarity, wherein one party is left remediless under the statute or a clear 'bad faith' shown by one of the parties. If the Courts are allowed to interfere with the arbitral process beyond the ambit of...
'Love Jihad Laws' Are A Grave Assault On Personal Liberty: Jamiat-Ulama-I-Hind Moves SC Seeking Impleadment In Plea Challenging UP & Uttarakhand Laws
An impleadment application has been filed to add Jamiat-Ulama-i-Hind as joined party the petition challenging the Constitutional validity of Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020 (hereinafter referred to as the "Impugned Ordinance") and the Uttarakhand Freedom of Religion Act, 2018. [Vishal Thakra & Ors. V. Union of India]Jamiat-Ulama-i-Hind has...
'Courts Are Physically Working": Allahabad High Court Closes Suo Moto PIL For Extension Of Limitation & Interim Orders During Lockdown
The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday closed the suo moto PIL registered by it for extension of limitation and interim orders expiring during the lockdown period. Looking to the physical working of the Courts in the State of Uttar Pradesh, a Division bench comprising of Justices Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Rohit Ranjan Agarwal observed that there is no need to continue the PIL to...
Delhi Court Dismisses Mehmood Pracha's Revision Against Trial Court Order on His Plea for Raid Footage As Not Maintainable
A Delhi Court has dismissed as not maintainable the Delhi riots lawyer Mehmood Pracha's revision petition against an order of the Trial Court which had which ordered for the video footage of the raid on his office to be preserved, but made no directions on his demand for a copy of the raid footage.Rejecting the revision, the Additional Sessions Judge has held that under Section 165(5) CrPC,...
Even If Prosecutrix Is Quite Friendly With A Man, He Doesn't Get License To Establish Sexual Relations Without Her Consent: J&K High Court
Noting that even if prosecutrix was quite friendly with the petitioner for a long time, yet the same does not give a license to the petitioner/accused to have sexual relations with her, without her consent, the Jammu & Kashmir High Court recently denied the benefit of regular bail to petitioner for offence under Section 376 IPC. Importantly, the Bench of Justice Sanjay...
Plea Against Colors TV Show 'Namak Isqh Ka': Allahabad High Court Directs Petitioner To Approach Competent Authority First
The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a PIL seeking to stop public exhibition of a new programme (serial) launched on Colors TV, titled "Namak Isqh Ka". A Lucknow based dance society, namely 'Cultural Quest' had approached the High Court stating that the show's promo wrongly puts a question mark upon marrying ladies who have danced on any occasion. They had contended that a TV...
'This Matter Has To Get Precedence' Madras HC Orders For A Comprehensive Roadmap For Clearing Pending Criminal Cases Against MPs And MLAs
A division bench of Madras High Court comprising of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice senthilkumar Ramamoorthy on Tuesday observed that a comprehensive road map must be made considering the "litigative resourcefulness" of the legislators against whom cases are pending in the trial courts and High Court to ensure that the cases are disposed of at the earliest. The...
TRP Scam-Materials Show That Partho Dasgupta Manipulated TRP For Particular TV channels Using Office Of CEO Of BARC: ACMM Court-Read Order
While rejecting the bail plea filed by former CEO of BARC Partho Dasgupta, the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at Esplanade, Mumbai observed- "The material available on record shows the involvement of the present accused in the alleged crime. The present applicant played the vital role in the commission of offence. He was CEO of BARC from June, 2013 to November, 2019....