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No Stamp Duty Leviable On Award Of Compensation Passed By An Arbitrator Under Section 3G(5) Of The National Highways Act: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has ruled that an award of compensation passed by an Arbitrator under Section 3G(5) of the National Highways Act, 1956 does not attract stamp duty. The Single Bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj held that an award of compensation passed by the Land Acquisition Officer under the Land Acquisition Act or under any other similarly situated enactment, including...
Rape Case Against Actor Vijay Babu: Kerala High Court To Continue Hearing On Bail Application On Monday
The Kerala High Court on Friday observed that there was no bar to entertaining the application filed by Malayalam actor-producer Vijay Babu's plea for anticipatory bail merely on the ground that the applicant was not in India presently and was abroad.Justice Gopinath P was satisfied that since there was a reasonable apprehension of arrest, the applicant could file for anticipatory bail...
Jahangirpuri Violence: High Court Seeks Delhi Police's Response On Bail Plea Of Accused
The Delhi High Court on Friday sought response of the city police in a bail plea filed by one Babuddin, an accused in relation to the clashes that broke out last month in city's Jahangirpuri area during a Hanuman Jayanti procession.A single judge bench comprising of Justice Yogesh Khanna issued notice on the bail plea challenging the Trial Court order denying the accused bail in...
On Centre's Plea, Rajasthan High Court Stays CAT's Order Granting Notional Annual Grade Increment To Central Govt Employees
The Rajasthan High Court, Jaipur has stayed Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Jaipur's order which disposed of the Original Application of the Central government employees-respondents/ applicants and directed the petitioners-Union of India to grant one annual grade increment payable on 1st July to all applicantsNotably, the Union stated that the respondents/ applicants completing 6...
Object Of Rent Control Act Is Not To Deprive Landlords Of Their Bona Fide Properties: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court has observed that the basic object of the Rajasthan Rent Control Act, 1950 is to save the harassment of tenants from unscrupulous landlords. The court added that the said object may not be misconstrued to deprive the landlords of their bona fide properties for all times to come.Justice Sudesh Bansal observed,"It may be noticed that the rent control legislation...
Intends To Encash Goodwill Of HT Media In Trademark 'Hindustan Times': Delhi High Court Grants Ex-Parte Ad Interim Injunction Against Rouge Website
The Delhi High Court has granted ex-parte ad interim injunction in favour of HT Media Limited which runs news publications in various languages under the registered trademark Hindustan Times, against a rogue website using a deceptively similar domain name.Passing an ex parte ad interim injunction in favour of HT Media, Justice Pratibha M Singh restrained the use of...
Orissa High Court Restrains MP Anubhav Mohanty, Wife Varsha Priyadarshini From Commenting Against Each Other During Pendency Of Divorce Case
Today, the Orissa High Court has ordered Member of Parliament (MP) from Kendrapara and Odia actor Anubhav Mohanty to refrain from making any video/comment against his wife and actor Varsha Priyadarshini in any media, including social media during the pendency of their divorce proceedings. A similar direction was passed against his wife. The Court ordered, "Considering the...
Rat-Hole Coal Mining: Meghalaya High Court Directs State To Implement SC & NGT Directions
The Meghalaya High Court has recently directed the State Government to comply with all the directions issued by the Apex Court and the National Green Tribunal (NGT) with respect to rat-hole mining, within four weeks. While expressing grief over non-compliance of the orders, the Full Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee, Justice H.S. Thangkhiew and Justice W....
Police Sub-Inspector Is Empowered To Investigate & File Charge Sheet: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has held that a Police Sub-Inspector is empowered to investigate and file charge sheet. There is no defect in the charge sheet filed by the Police Sub-Inspector after due investigation. A single judge bench of Justice K Natarajan said, "The Police Sub-Inspector or Inspector both are in charge of the police station..., there is no defect in the charge sheet filed...
Sharjeel Imam Files Bail Plea In Delhi Court, Seeks Benefit Of SC's Sedition Order
Sharjeel Imam has moved Delhi's Karkardooma Court seeking interim bail in an FIR against him involving the offence of Sedition under sec. 124A of Indian Penal Code, in view of recent Apex Court order wherein the sedition law has been kept in abeyance till the Union Government reconsiders the provision.Imam was booked vide FIR 22/2020 by the Delhi Police. The alleged offence under UAPA was...
Highly Unlikely That Housewife Would Narrate Her Misfortune To Neighbours: Calcutta HC Upholds Conviction Of Husband For Dowry Death
The Calcutta High Court has recently upheld the conviction of a husband for the commission of the offence of dowry death under Section 304B of the IPC after opining that it is impossible for witnesses such as neighbours to state whether the victim housewife was tortured within the four corners of the matrimonial home or not.A Bench comprising Justice Bivas Pattanayak and Justice Joymalya...