Improper Disposal Of Hazardous Waste: Gujarat HC Grants Bail To Director Of Chemical Company, Says Transporter Liable To Ensure Waste Reaches Treatment Plant

The Gujarat High Court recently granted bail to the Director of a chemical company, in connection with disposal of the hazardous waste material produced by it in a creek, causing injury to two persons.The Bench comprising Justice Gita Gopi noted that the company had entered into an agreement with M/S Sangam for transporting the waste material to the treatment plant in accordance to...

State Not Bound By Prison Authority's Recommendation For Premature Release Of Convicts: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has refused to reconsider the case of John David, convicted prisoner in the 1996 infamous murder of Pon Navarasu, for premature release.A bench of Justices P.N. Prakash and A.A. Nakkiran observed that the State Government and the Governor are not bound by the recommendation made by the jail authorities in favour of John David. The Governor alone can exercise the...

Preventive Detention Not Tenable When Other Penal Laws Sufficient To Deal With The Situation: Gujarat High Court

"Unless and until, the material is there to make out a case that the person has become a threat and menace to the Society so as to disturb the whole tempo of the society and that all social apparatus is in peril disturbing public order at the instance of such person, it cannot be said that the detenue is a person within the meaning of section 2(b) of the Gujarat Prevention of Anti...

Non Placing & Non Consideration Of Bail Order Vitiates Detaining Authority's Subjective Decision: Tripura HC Sets Aside Detention Order

The Tripura High Court recently observed that non-placing and non-consideration of bail orders, wherein bail had been granted to detenu in cases referred to in the detention order, vitiates the subjective decision of the detaining authority, and on this ground, the detention order can be set aside by the Court.The Bench of Chief Justice Indrajit Mahanty and Justice S. G. Chattopadhyay...

Section 143A NI Act - Not Mandatory For Magistrate To Order Payment Of Interim Compensation : Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has said that it is not mandatory for Magistrate Courts to pass orders directing interim compensation under Section 143A of the Negotiable Instruments (NI) Act, if the accused does not plead guilty. A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna said, "The Legislature has cautiously worded sub-section (1) of Section 143A not to make it mandatory in all cases...

PIL In Calcutta High Court Seeks Probe Into Mid-Air Turbulence In WB CM Mamata Banerjee's Flight, Centre's Response Sought

The Calcutta High Court on Monday sought response from the Union of India as well as the State government in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition seeking a probe into the incident of mid-air turbulence experienced by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's chartered flight on March 4.On March 4, Banerjee was returning to Kolkata from Varanasi after an election campaign. She boarded a...

No Opportunity Of Hearing Was Given By The GST Department: Calcutta High Court Quashes Detention Order

The Calcutta High Court bench of Justice Md. Nizamuddin, has quashed the detention order passed by the Goods and Service Tax Department (GST) on the grounds that the opportunity of hearing was not accorded to the assessee.The petitioner/assessee has challenged the order passed by the Deputy Commissioner of State Tax on the ground that the order was bad in law for the reason that the goods...

Delhi Riots: Order On Umar Khalid's Bail Plea Deferred Again, To Now Be Pronounced On March 23

A Delhi Court on Monday once again deferred passing orders on the bail plea moved by student activist Umar Khalid 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 will now pronounce the order on Wednesday, March 23.The order on Khalid's bail plea was to be...

Plea In Bombay High Court Against BMC Notices To Juhu Bungalow In Which Union Minister Narayan Rane Resides

A petition has been filed in the Bombay High Court challenging orders passed by the Mumbai civic body against a bungalow located in Mumbai's plush locality of Juhu in which Union Minister Narayan Rane and his family members reside.The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has issued orders against Aadish Bungalow in Juhu asking the owners/occupiers to demolish illegal extensions to...

[SARFAESI] Rajasthan HC Imposes 2Lac Cost For Misrepresentation, Not Availing Alternative Remedy, Not Impleading Necessary Parties & For Keeping Court In Dark

The Rajasthan High Court dismissed a writ petition with a cost of Rs. 2 lac on account of misrepresentation, not impleading the consortium banks as necessary parties and praying for relief against them in their absence, not availing the alternative remedy and keeping the Court in dark by getting ex-parte stay during the course of advocates' strike. The court noted that the petitioner...

Karnataka High Court Quashes FIR Against Dream11 Co-Founders, Says State's Ban On Online Gaming With Stakes Struck Off

The Karnataka High Court recently quashed the proceedings initiated against Bhavit Sheth and Harsh Jain, the Founders and Directors of Sporta Technologies Private Limited, which promotes the 'Dream 11' gaming app. The duo had approached the court seeking to quash the FIR registered against them by the police under the Karnataka Police (Amendment) Act, 2021, which bans online gaming...

Delhi High Court To Hear On May 10 Pleas By Meta, Google & Twitter Challenging 'Global Blocking Order' Of Content Against Baba Ramdev

The Delhi High Court will hear on May 10 a bunch of appeals filed by social media giant Meta (formerly known as Facebook), Google and Twitter against Single Judge's order imposing a global injunction upon them and directing them to take down defamatory content against Baba Ramdev.A division bench comprising of Justice Rajiv Shakdher and Justice Jasmeet Singh today said that the interim...