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Allahabad HC Seeks Details Of UP Govt's Circular Governing The Procedure For Filing Govt Appeals Against Acquittal Orders
The Allahabad High Court has asked the Government of Uttar Pradesh to furnish the details of its policy/government order/circular governing the procedure for filing the government appeal against the order of acquittal.The Bench of Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice Vikas Kunvar Srivastav issued this order after it dealt (and dismissed) with two such government appeals on March 30, wherein...
Kerala Actor Assault Case: Main Accused Pulsar Suni Approaches Supreme Court Seeking Bail
In another development in the 2017 sexual assault case in which Malayalam actor Dileep is an accused, his co-accused Sunil NS alias Pulsar Suni has moved the Supreme Court seeking bail. A special leave petition has been filed challenging Kerala High Court's order dated 29th March 2022 dismissing his bail application.The present petitioner Sunil NS with 9 others including actor Dileep are...
Family Of Person Employed In Regular Work-Charged Establishment, Cannot Be Deprived Of Pension Which It Would Be Entitled By Virtue Of Mp Pension Rules, 1979: Madhya Pradesh High Court
The High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Gwalior Bench recently held that a harmonious reading of Rule 4A, 6 (3) of M.P. Pension Rules, 1979 and Rule 47 of M.P. Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1976 would reveal that family of a person employed in a regular work-charged establishment, cannot be deprived of the pension, which it would be entitled for by virtue of Rule 4A of...
JKL High Court Directs J&K's Chief Secretary To Identify Illegal Immigrants From Myanmar & Bangladesh Living In UT
The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has directed the Secretary Home, Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir evolve a mechanism for the identification of all illegal immigrants and to prepare a list after identifying them in 6 weeks.The bench of Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Moksha Khajuria Kazmi issued this order on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea seeking moved by...
Section 44 Of GVAT Act Akin To Garnishee Order; Requires Debtor-Creditor Relationship: Gujarat High Court
"It can be said that in interpreting a taxing statute, the equitable considerations are entirely out of place. The reasons of morality and fairness can have no application to bring a citizen who is not within the four corners of the taxing statute within its fold so as to make him liable to payment of tax," Justice JB Pardiwala of the Gujarat High Court has opined. The Bench was hearing...
Delhi High Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Mandatory Aadhar Requirement For Availing Ration Under National Food Security Act
The Delhi High Court has dismissed a public interest litigation challenging the mandatory requirement of Aadhaar card to avail free ration under the National Food Security Act, 2013. "Supreme Court has said that if you wish to avail of state largess, you can be required to have Aadhar cards," the Division Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Navin Chawla...
CCI Orders Probe Against Zomato And Swiggy On Restaurants Association's Complaint Of Anti-Competitive Practices
The Competition Commission of India ("CCI"), on Monday, directed the Director General ("DG") to investigate and determine whether the conduct of Zomato and Swiggy are anti-competitive in terms of Section 3(1) read with Section 3(4) of the Competition Act, 2002 ("Act"). Being, prima facie, satisfied with some allegations made by the National Restaurant Association of India ("NRAI"), the...
'No Vested Right, Will Open Floodgates': Delhi High Court Dismisses Tennis Player's Appeal For Participating In Deaflympics As Substitute Player
The Delhi High Court today dismissed the appeal filed by a specially-abled tennis player, seeking to participate as a substitute player in the upcoming Deaflympics to be held at Brazil in May 2022.The Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Navneet Chawla observed that there is no vested right in the Appellant to claim that she should form part of the contingent that...
Senior Advocate Sukdhev Vyas Collapses In Rajasthan High Court, Jodhpur Premises, And Thereafter Passes Away
Advocate Darshan Ram, General Secretary of Rajasthan High Court Advocate's Association, Jodhpur has called for suspension of work in the Rajasthan High Court, District and Sessions Court, Jodhpur and other subordinate courts. Further, the Election Officer Chandra Shekhar Kotwani of the Rajasthan High Court Lawyers' Association has also written a letter to the Registrar General...
Meeran Haider Denied Bail In Delhi Riots Larger Conspiracy Case
A Delhi Court on Tuesday rejected the bail plea of Meeran Haider in connection with a case alleging larger conspiracy into the Delhi riots of 2020, involving charges under Indian Penal Code and UAPA.Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat pronounced the order today. Referring to Section 15 of the UAPA Act which defines a terrorist act, the prosecution had argued that the riots were...