Delhi Riots Larger Conspiracy Case: Sharjeel Imam Moves High Court Challenging Trial Court Order Denying Him Bail, Hearing Tomorrow

Sharjeel Imam has moved the Delhi High Court challenging a Trial Court order which had dismissed the bail plea in connection with a case alleging larger conspiracy into the Delhi riots of 2020, involving charges under Indian Penal Code and UAPA.The matter will be heard tomorrow by a division bench comprising of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar. According to the appeal,...

Lawyer Facing Charges For Alleged Misbehavior With Cop Accuses Court's Usher Of Bribery, Seeks Adjournment: Rajasthan HC Withdraws Interim Protection

Justice Narendra Singh Dhaddha of the Rajasthan High Court, Jaipur on Wednesday withdrew the interim protection from arrest granted to Advocate Goverdhan Singh in case pertaining to misbehaviour with a female police officer, observing that the adjournment sought by the petitioner has apparently not been bona fide. Notably, Singh had posted a video on social media alleging...

Respondents Also Have Right To Legal Representation Before Regulatory Authority/ Tribunal: High Court Reads Down S.56 Rajasthan RERA Act

The Rajasthan High Court has observed that Section 56 of the Rajasthan Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016, inasmuch as it excludes Respondents' right to legal representation before the Appellate Tribunal or the Regulatory Authority or the adjudicating officer, as the case may be, is ultra vires.Accordingly, it declared that the provision includes the word "Respondent", who...

Autistic Minor Tortured In Safe Home: Calcutta HC Directs State To File Report On Progress Of Investigation

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed the concerned State authorities to apprise the Court about the steps taken in the investigation of a case pertaining to the torture inflicted upon an autistic minor child while he was in the care and custody of a safe home in Durgapur, West Bengal. Justice Rajasekhar Mantha was apprised by the father of the minor victim that despite a complaint...

'Bound To Cause Hindrance': Karnataka High Court Rejects Trade Unions' Plea For Holding Procession On International Labour Day

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday refused permission to a batch of trade unions seeking to hold a peaceful procession in the capital on International Labour Day, i.e. on May 1. A vacation bench of Justice R Devdas and Justice K S Hemalekha said, "This court is of considered opinion that there is a clear direction passed in order dated 3-3-2022 that the state government...

Exclusive Jurisdiction Clause Overrides The Seat Clause In An Arbitration Agreement: Delhi High Court

The High Court of Delhi has given primacy to an exclusive jurisdiction clause over the seat clause in an arbitration agreement. The Court held that when a clause confers exclusive jurisdiction on a court other than the seat court, then only the court on which exclusive jurisdiction is conferred shall decide all the applications arising out of the arbitration...

Shemaroo Films' Copyright Infringement Suit: Bombay High Court Grants Interim Injunction Against News Nation, Suspects Defence Of 'Fair Use'

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday regarded that the defence of de minimis and fair use has to be seen through the prism of the fact that the parties involved, Shemaroo Entertainment Limited and News Nation Network, had entered into an agreement for a non-exclusive license.The suit was filed by Shemaroo, which is primarily involved in film production, after premature termination of...

Arbitration Involving Third Parties And Leading To Other Proceedings - Not Arbitrable : Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has ruled that reference of a dispute to arbitration cannot be allowed if it would lead to splitting up of the cause of action and cause determination on matters which were not contemplated for arbitration. The Single Bench of Justice B. M. Shyam Prasad held that there cannot be a complete adjudication of the claimant's rights unless the third parties were...

Article 226 | Rule Of Alternative Remedy Is A Rule Of Discretion, Not Rule Of Jurisdiction: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has held that merely because it may not exercise its discretion under Article 226 of the Constitution in view of availability of alternative remedy, is not a ground to hold that it has no jurisdiction.A Division Bench of Justice Suresh Kumar and Justice C.S. Sudha said that the case appears to be a classic example of the 'fence eating the crop'."The rule of...

DGFT Extends Date For Mandatory Electronic Filing Of Non-Preferential CoO Through Common Digital Platform To 1 August 2022

The Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has extended the date for mandatory electronic filing of non-preferential Certificates of Origin (CoO) through a common digital platform to August 1, 2022."The transition period for mandatory filing of applications for Non- Preferential Certificate of Origin through the e-CoO Platform has been further extended till 01st August 2022," the...

Allahabad High Court Seeks UP Govt's Reply On Plea Challenging Certain Questions Asked In UP-TET 2021

The Allahabad High Court has sought the response of the Uttar Pradesh Government on a Writ Plea challenging certain questions asked in the Uttar Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test (UPTET) 2021. Essentially, 6 petitioners who appeared in UP-TET-2021 have moved the Court by submitting that certain questions that were asked in UP-TET and were successfully challenged before the Lucknow Bench of...

MP High Court Quashes Lower Court Order Allowing Application Of Alleged Rape Victim U/S 311 CrPC To Recall Herself

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently set aside the order of the trial court allowing the application moved by the Prosecutrix in a rape case to recall herself as a witness. The Court held that the impugned order of the lower court was passed by accepting the averments of the Prosecutrix as 'gospel truth', without carrying out any enquiry regarding the same. Justice Atul Sreedharan...