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Kerala High Court Extends Interim Pre-Arrest Bail Granted To Actor-Producer Vijay Babu In Rape Case
The Kerala High Court on Friday extended till Monday, the interim anticipatory bail granted to actor-producer Vijay Babu in the case where an actress accused him of sexually exploiting her.Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas extended the interim bail when he was informed that the DGP was indisposed and required time to appear in the case.Last week, the actor had secured interim pre-arrest bail...
RS Polls: Bombay High Court Refuses Immediate Relief To Nawab Malik To Cast Vote, Asks Him To Approach Appropriate Bench
Bombay High Court's Justice PD Naik refused immediate relief to Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Nawab Malik to cast his vote in the Rajya Sabha elections today with liberty to approach the appropriate bench.The court said that the petition under Article 227 and 482 CrPC was not maintainable and Malik was at liberty to approach the bench hearing bail applications."From the tenor of the...
Accused Can't Invoke High Court's Jurisdiction Under Art. 226 Or U/S 482 CrPC Through His Power Of Attorney: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has held that a power of attorney holder of an accused cannot maintain a petition be it under Article 226 or 227 of the Constitution of India read with Section 482 of the Cr.P.C. or Criminal Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna made the observation while dismissing a petition filed by one Samantha Christina...
ASG & Public Prosecutor To Be Empowered To Give Opinion On Filing Appeals: Calcutta HC Suggests Changes In CBI Circular To Curb 'Inordinate Delay'
The Calcutta High Court vide order dated June 8, 2022, has suggested that the CBI issue a fresh circular empowering the Additional Solicitor General (ASG) and the Public Prosecutor to give their opinion to the Director of Prosecution on filing appeals challenging court orders, to cut down on delay.Justice Bibek Chaudhuri had expressed displeasure at the agency for filing appeals after the...
Rajasthan Advocate Self-Immolates Alleging Harassment By SDM, SHO: HCBA Demands Officials' Arrest & Suspension
A Sikar based Advocate Hansraj Mawaliya died yesterday after setting himself on fire inside the Sub-Divisional Magistrate's office. In his suicide note, the advocate has alleged that Sikar's Sub-Divisional Magistrate Rakesh Kumar and Khandela Station House Officer Ghasiram Meena had been harassing him for bribe for every hearing in the court.It was also alleged in the suicide note that...
Bachpan Bachao Andolan Moves Gujarat High Court Seeking Proper Implementation Of Juvenile Justice Act, Notice Issued
The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday issued notice on a writ petition filed by Bachpan Bachao Andolan, a non-governmental organisation founded by Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi focussed on the rights of children and prevention of child labour, seeking proper implementation of the Juvenile Justice Act.The organisation has expressed serious concerns over the consistent non-implementation...
Treatment Of Children With Rare Diseases Cannot Be Deferred Due To Unavailability Of Long Term Clinical Trial Studies: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that the treatment of children suffering from rare diseases would not merit being deferred on the ground that long term clinical trial studies are not available or that adequate evidentiary material does not exist.Justice Yashwant Varma was was hearing a clutch of petitions concerning children suffering from rare diseases like Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy...
Motor Accident | Claimant Compensated By His Insurer Not Entitled To Compensation For Same Damages From Offending Vehicle's Insurer: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has recently established that a claimant who was compensated by his own insurer is not entitled to get any compensation again for the very same damages from the owner or insurer of the offending vehicle in cases of motor accidents. Justice A. Badharudeen held so after finding that in Economic Transport Organisation v. Charan Spinning Mills (P) Ltd, the Apex Court had...
Commission Earned On Distribution Of Indian Mutual Fund Outside India, Not Taxable: ITAT Mumbai
The Mumbai Bench of ITAT has ruled that the commission earned on distribution of Mutual Funds schemes of an Indian fund outside India cannot be taxed in India, if all the operations are carried out by the distributor outside India. The Bench, consisting of Pramod Kumar (Vice President) and Sandeep Singh Karhail (Judicial Member), held that merely because the Mutual Funds distributed...
Delhi High Court Appoints Former Justice Pankaj Naqvi As Administrator To Handle Affairs Of Judo Federation Of India
The Delhi High Court has appointed former Allahabad High Court judge, Justice Pankaj Naqvi, as administrator to handle day to day affairs of Judo Federation of India. Justice Yashwant Varma also directed that in the interim, the erstwhile President, General Secretary and Treasurer of the Federation shall extend all cooperation to the Administrator in conducting the affairs of the Federation....
Supply Of Bed Rolls Kits Amounts To Supplying Services To IRCTC, Chargeable To Service Tax: CESTAT
The Ahmedabad Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has ruled that the supply of bedroll kits to passengers of air-conditioned classes and other classes on behalf of IRCTC attracts service tax.The two-member bench of Ramesh Nair (Judicial Member) and P.Anjani Kumar (Technical Member) observed that the supply of bedroll kits to passengers for and on...
Delhi High Court Orders To De-seal Business Premises, Directs Assessee To Produce Documents
The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Rajiv Shakdher and Justice Poonam S. Bamba has ordered the department to de-seal business premises and directed the assessee to produce documents.The department has sealed the business premises of the petitioner under Section 67 (4) of the Central Goods and Service Tax, 2017 for the want of documents. As per Section 67 (4) of the Central Goods...