Supreme Court Collegium Recommends To Make 9 Additional Judges Of Madras High Court Permanent

The Supreme Court Collegium has approved the proposal for the appointment of the following Additional Judges of the Madras High Court as Permanent Judges of that High Court:The judges are1. Justice Govindarajulu Chandrasekharan, 2.Justice Veerasamy Sivagnanam, 3. Justice Ganesan Ilangovan, 4. Justice Ananthi Subramanian, 5. Justice Kannammal Shanmuga Sundaram, 6. Justice Sathi Kumar...

Trademark Infringement Suit: Delhi High Court Awards 2 Lakhs Damages & Over 9 Lakhs Cost In Favour Of Starbucks

The Delhi High Court has awarded Rs. 2 lakhs damages and an amount of Rs. 9,60,100 in favour of Starbucks Corporation in a trademark infringement suit filed by it over the usage of its registered trademark'FRAPPUCCINO'. Justice Jyoti Singh was dealing with the suit filed by the plaintiff, Starbucks Corporation against one Teaquilla A Fashion Cafe, seeking a decree of permanent...

"Mere Recovery Of Phones & SIM Cards Used For Conversing With Pakistani Number Not Sufficient To Prove Conspiracy": Delhi Court Acquits 5 Men Charged With UAPA

A Delhi court recently acquitted five persons accused of having connections with Lashkar-e-Taiba while observing that mere recovery of the mobile phones and sim cards used to converse with a Pakistani number is not sufficient to prove conspiracy of terror plot. Additional Sessions Judge Dharmendra Rana of the Patiala House Courts acquitted Mohd Shahid, Mohd...

Delhi High Court Seeks Report On Publication Of Names & Particulars Of Proclaimed Offenders In Police & Complaint Cases In Public Domain

The Delhi High Court has recently called for a detailed report suggesting the ways as to how to streamline the system so that the names and particulars of the persons who have been declared as proclaimed offenders or proclaimed persons in police cases as well as in complaint cases are published in public domain so that further steps may be taken to bring such persons before respective Courts...

Enemy Property Case: Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To Samajwadi Party MLA Azam Khan

The Allahabad High Court today granted bail to Samajwadi Party Leader and UP MLA Azam Khan in an alleged case of grabbing Enemy Property and using it for the construction of the Mohammed Ali Jauhar University. The FIR in the instant case was filed against Azam and others alleging that during the Partition of the Country, one Imamuddin Qureshi went to Pakistan and his land was recorded as...

Allahabad High Court To Hear Plea Seeking Constitution Of Committee To Inquire Into History Of Taj Mahal On May 12

A petition seeking a direction to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to open the sealed doors of over 20 rooms inside the Taj Mahal premises so that the alleged controversy pertaining to the "history of Taj Mahal" can be put to rest would be heard by the Allahabad High Court on May 12.The plea was listed before the bench of Justice DK Upadhyay and Justice Subhash Vidyarthi today,...

Lakhimpur Kheri Violence: Complainant Granted 2 Weeks' Time To File Counter Affidavit In Ashish Mishra's Bail Plea Before Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court on Monday granted two weeks' time to the informant/complainant in the Lakhimpur Kheri Violence case to file his counter-affidavit in bail plea moved by Prime Accused and Union Ministers's Son, Ashish Mishra/Monu.Mishra's bail plea was remanded back to the High Court for fresh consideration by the Supreme Court last month while allowing the appeal filed by the...

Stamp Duty Refund Also Applicable To All Development Agreements Signed Between Sep, 2020- March 2021 - Bombay High Court

All Development Agreements signed between September 1, 2020 and March 31, 2021 would qualify for 1.5-2% refund of stamp duty as per the scheme announced by the Maharashtra Government during the Covid-19 pandemic in the year 2020, the Bombay High Court ruled. In a landmark judgement last week, the HC held that the stamp duty payable on a Development Agreement is as per the duty payable...

Bombay High Court Imposes 2 Lakh Cost On Adani Electricity For Workers Union, Says Law So Unambiguous Even Reliance Or BSES Didn't Raise Dispute

The Bombay High Court has imposed costs of Rs. 2 lakh on Adani Electricity Limited payable to Mumbai Electric Workers' Union while dismissing a petition in which the company claimed it was no covered under Maharashtra Industrial Relations Act, 1946 (MIR Act). A division bench of Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice MS Karnik observed that it was so "unambiguously clear" that the...

'Completely Motivated': WB Gov Objects To Maintainability Of PIL Before HC Seeking Joint Probe By CBI & ED Into Alleged Irregularities In TET 2014

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the State government to raise its preliminary objection in writing to the maintainability of the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition seeking a joint probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) into the alleged irregularities in the 2014 Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) in West Bengal.TET 2014 was conducted...

Punjab And Haryana High Court Stays BJP Leader Tajinder Bagga's Arrest Till July 6; No Stay On Investigation

The Punjab and Haryana High Court today stayed the arrest of BJP Leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga till July 6. This development comes three days after the High Court had, in a midnight hearing, directed the police not to take any coercive action again him till May 10.The Bench of Justice Anoop Chitkara was hearing Bagga's plea againt an order of the Local Court in Punjab (SAS Nagar) issuing...

Birbhum Massacre| Calcutta HC Reserves Order On Plea Seeking Cancellation Of Bail Of Two Juvenile Accused Allegedly Granted Bail Without Inspecting Case Diary

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday reserved its order on plea seeking cancellation of bail of two juvenile persons accused in the case pertaining to the violence in Birbhum district of West Bengal, in which ten persons were killed allegedly in retaliation to the murder of local All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Bhadu Sheikh. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is currently...