Akshay Kumar Serves 500 Cr Defamation Notice To YouTuber Who Made Allegations Relating Him To The Sushant Singh Rajput Case

Actor Akshay Kumar has served a defamation notice to a 25-year-old YouTuber Al Rashid Siddique for allegedly making "defamatory, libelous and derogatory" against him, linking him to the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.In the said notice sent through law firm IC Legal on November 17, Akshay Kumar has sought an unconditional apology from Siddique and also removal of the said...

Condition Imposed By HC On Travel Restrictions To India Not To Be Considered In Future Visa Applications Of Tablighi Members: Supreme Court

Supreme Court on Monday clarified that the condition imposed by the Karnataka High Court, while quashing criminal proceedings against eight foreigners belonging to the Tablighi Jamaat, that they would not visit India within the next ten years, would not be considered while deciding their application for visa.A Bench of Justices S. Abdul Nazeer and Sanjiv Khanna, in their...

Madras High Court Permits Private Educational Institutions To Collect Balance 35% Tuition Fee For Current Academic Year

Taking note of the scant possibility of reopening of schools for physical classes during this academic year, the Madras High Court on Wednesday permitted private educational institutions to collect 35% of the balance tuition fee for the academic year 2019-2020. In July, the High Court had allowed all unaided private institutions in the state of Tamil Nadu to collect 40% of the...

'Intention To Protect Politicians', Karnataka High Court Observes On Govt Policy To Not Prosecute Persons For Not Wearing Masks

'A small man, if he forgets to wear a mask, he will be promptly penalized and when politicians come together and if there is a violation, they will be let off!', the HC observed.

Tablighi Jamaat: Delhi Court Dismisses Plea Moved By State Against The Discharge of 44 Foreign Nationals

Delhi Court has dismissed the criminal revision petitions moved by the State against the discharge of 44 foreign nationals related to the Tablighi Jamaat case. While dismissing the said revision petitions, the court of Additional Sessions Judge Sandeep Yadav noted that the evidence collected during the investigation is wholly insufficient to frame the charge against...

Calcutta High Court Denies Permission To Perform Chhat Rituals At Subhas Sarobar In Kolkata

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday denied permission to perform Chhath Puja celebrations at Subhas Sarobar, a lake situated in the eastern part of the city, amid the surging COVID-19 cases. A Division Bench comprising of Justices Sanjib Banerjee and Arijit Banerjee held that Subhas Sarobar is a large water body and must remain totally out of bounds for Chhat Puja...

'Trial Court Can't Be A Bystander' : Supreme Court Affirms Uttarakhand HC Direction For Re-Trial In Custodial Death Case

The Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed a judgment of the Uttarakhand High Court which ordered a re-trial in a 2005 case of custodial death.A bench headed by Justice D Y Chandrachud dismissed the special leave petition filed by the accused persons against the judgment delivered by the High Court.The case relates to the murder of one Raju Ram in 2005 allegedly at the hands of the revenue...

Emergency Arbitrator Award is a "Piece of Paper", Future Retail Ltd Argues Before Delhi High Court

Future Retail Ltd today continued to refuse to acknowledge the Emergency Arbitrator's award injuncting its Rs. 24,000-crore deal with subsidiary companies of Reliance Industries before the Delhi High Court. While Sr. Adv. Harish Salve termed the award a "piece of paper and nothing more", Sr. Adv. Darius Khambata argued that in the backdrop of laws as argued by him, the award was a "piece of...

TN Bar Council Moves Madras High Court For Criminal Action Against Ex-HC Judge CS Karnan

A single Bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday referred an original criminal petition, filed by the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu against retired High Court Judge, CS Karnan for passing rape threats and sexually coloured remarks against wives of judges, women lawyers and female court staff, to a Division Bench. Justice T Ravindran observed that it will be appropriate to put the...

Actor Sexual Assault Case : Kerala High Court To Pronounce Orders Tomorrow On Petitions Of Victim & Prosecution To Change Judge

The Kerala High Court will pronounce orders tomorrow on the applications filed by the prosecution and the victim seeking to change of the judge holding the trial in the actor sexual assault case.A single bench of Justice V G Arun had reserved orders on November 13 after hearing Special Public Prosecutor Suman Chakravarthy and Senior Advocate S Sreekumar, who represented the victim. The HC...

Any Creditor Of A Company In Liquidation Can Seek Transfer Of Winding Up Proceedings In HC To NCLT: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that any creditor of a company can seek transfer of winding up proceeding pending before a High court to a National Company Law Tribunal.The words "party or parties" appearing in the 5th proviso to Clause (c) of Sub­section (1) of Section 434 of the Companies would take within its fold any creditor of the company in liquidation, the...

Supreme Court Allows Uttarakhand Govt. To Demolish 4 Illegal Religious Structures On Public Land By May 31, 2021

The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the state of Uttarakhand to demolish four illegal religious structures on public land in Haridwar by the extended deadline of May 31, 2021."Out of 793 illegal structures, 5 are left. In respect of 1, there is a stay...this was a suo motu matter (before the Uttarakhand High Court) so there is no-one on the other side", began SG Tushar Mehta."The Akhil...