Blacklisting Orders May Cause Civil Death Of Institutions: SC Sets Aside Indefinite Blacklist Order Issued Against A Pharma Company [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has set aside an indefinite blacklisting order issued in the year 2009 against VETINDIA Pharmaceuticals Limited.An order of blacklisting operates to the prejudice of a commercial person not only in praesenti but also puts a taint which attaches far beyond and may well spell the death knell of the organisation/institution for all times to come described as a ...

"Brutally Manhandled By Maharashtra Police": Arnab Goswami Seeks Interim Bail From Bombay High Court

Bail Hearing Before CJM Will Be Deliberately Delayed By Maharashtra Police; Arnab Goswami Contends In Interim Bail Application Before Bombay HC An interim application has been filed on behalf of Arnab Goswami before the Bombay High Court seeking his immediate release and interim stay on all proceedings in the FIR of 2018 relating to suicide of Anvay Naik and his mother.Allegedly the deceased...

Tablighi Jamaat Case: Delhi Court Orders Deportation Of 8 Foreigners During Pendency Of Revision Against Their Discharge

A Delhi Court on Friday order for deportation of 8 Kazak nationals related to Tablighi Jamaat while a revision petition against their discharge is pending before it. The order was passed by Additional Sessions Judge, Saket in light of the order of Supreme Court's in Maualana Ala Hadrami v. Union of India. In this case, the accused persons had urged that despite discharged by...

Arnab Goswami's Habeas Plea Against His Arrest In 2018 Abetment To Suicide Case -LIVE UPDATES From Bombay High Court

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Bombay High Court Quashes BARC's Order Imposing Fine on TV Today Network

The Bombay High Court has quashed and set aside an order passed by the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) imposing a fine of Rs five lakh on TV Today Network Limited, which owns news channel India Today, for alleged viewership malpractices.A division bench of Justices Nitin Jamdar and Milind Jadhav on November 5 quashed and set aside the July 31, 2020 order passed by BARC's Disciplinary...

Plea In Supreme Court Seeking Direction To Maharashtra Governor To Frame Parameters For Nomination Of MLAs

A writ petition has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking a direction upon the Governor of Maharashtra to frame criteria for the purpose of nomination to the Legislative Council of the State, in terms of Article 171 of the Constitution. The plea has been filed by a Head Master from Latur District in Maharashtra, Dr. Jagannath Shamrao Patil, stating that in the absence...

Insulting Or Abusing SC-ST Person Within Four Walls Of A House Is Not An Offence Under SC-ST Act: Supreme Court [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has held that insult or intimidation of a SC-ST person within the four walls of the building, is not an offence under Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.In this case, the FIR stated that the accused entered illegally in to four walls of the victim's building and started hurling abuses and gave death threats and used...

Supreme Court Stays Allahabad HC Order Directing ECI To Hold Bye-Elections UP's Suar Constituency

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Allahabad High Court order directing the Election Commission for holding by election for the Assembly Constituency Suar, Uttar Pradesh.A bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde, AS Bopanna & V. Ramasubramaniun stayed the order of Allahabad High Court dated October 23."We are going to stay the order of the Allahabad High Court which says to conduct by...

Functioning Of Himachal Pradesh Govt Sordid, Despotic And Nepotic: High Court [Read Order]

The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Monday pulled up the State Civil Supply Corporation for arbitrary exercise of discretion in the matter of grant of largesses and remarked that the instant case clearly depicts "sordid, despotic and nepotic functioning" of the State Government. A Division Bench comprising of Justices Tarlok Singh Chauhan and Jyotsna Rewal Dua reminded the authority that...

Delhi High Court Holds "To Have A Name And Express The Same" Is Protected Under Articles 19 & 21, Allows DU Student's Plea

In a landmark judgment, the Delhi High Court today while hearing a DU student's plea, held that "to have a name and express the same" is protected under Articles 19(1)(a) and 21 of the Constitution and allowed the student petitioner before it to change his name, stating that "normally a person would have a right to have his name changed subject to fulfilment of...

Karnataka High Court Quashes Special Judge Order Referring Corruption Complaint Against Minister CT Ravi To ACB

The Karnataka High Court has partly allowed a petition filed by Minister C.T. Ravi, seeking to quash proceedings initiated against him on alleged charges of corruption. Justice John Michael Cunha quashed and set aside the order dated October 6, 2016, issued by the Special Court under the Prevention of Corruption Act, referring the complaint made before it under Sections 13(1)(e)...

MIB Directs NBSA To Take Appropriate Action Against 'AajTak' Channel For Allegedly Violating HC Order In Hathras Case

The News Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA) has issued notice to Aaj Tak news channel for allegedly violating Allahabad High Court's order for maintaining confidentiality of the investigation in the Hathras Case. Notices were issued after the Central Ministry of Information and Broadcasting asked the authority to take appropriate action against the channel, in view of the...