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'Will Popularize Alcohol Consumption': PIL In Bombay HC Challenges Maha Cabinet Decision Permitting Sale Of Wine In Super Markets
A PIL filed in the Bombay High Court challenges the Maharashtra Cabinet's recent decision to the to permit the sale of wine in supermarkets and walk-in stores through 'self-purchase'. The petition filed by Sandip Kusalkar, who runs NGO for empowering the youth, states that the Maharashtra Government's decision is contrary to its de-addiction policy and a Government Resolution...
Gross Suppression Of Facts, Petitioner Himself Contesting Candidate: Calcutta HC Imposes 50K Cost On Plea Alleging Fake Caste Certificate For Elections
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday while hearing a plea alleging issuance of fake Scheduled caste certificate to a candidate contesting from a scheduled caste constituency, imposed costs to the tune of Rs. 50,000 on the petitioner for suppressing the fact that he himself was also a contesting candidate in the concerned Bidhannagar municipal polls.A Bench comprising Chief Justice...
Delhi High Court, District Courts To Commence Complete Physical Hearings From March 2; Restricted Functioning Till Feb 28
The Delhi High Court and district courts will function with restricted physical hearings till February 28. There shall however be complete resumption of physical hearings from March 2. According to the office orders issued by the Registrar of High Court:"The aforesaid arrangement shall continue up till 28.02.2022 and from 02.03.2022, there shall be complete resumption of physical hearings in...
Bhima Koregaon: Prof Anand Teltumbde Seeks Interim Bail To Visit Nonagenarian Mother Following His Brother's Death In An Encounter
Professor Anand Teltumbde accused in the Bhima Koregaon - Elgar Parishad case has approached the Bombay High Court seeking interim bail to visit his 92-year-old mother for 14 days following his brother - Milind's - death in an encounter. A division bench led by Justice SS Shinde sought details of Teltumbde's interim application and listed the matter for hearing on Wednesday, February...
90% Police Officers Corrupt, Incapable; Rest Can't Do All The Investigation, Time To Sensitize The Force: Madras High Court
In a contempt petition filed against a Police Inspector alleging willful disobedience of the court order, Madras High Court observed that the police department is running with 90 per cent corruptive officers as on date.Justice P. Velmurugan remarked that the Department is also plagued by police officials not having the required expertise to go forth with an investigation. According to the...
Allahabad High Court Issues Show Cause Notice To A Civil Judge For His Failure To Sign Order Sheet
The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday issued a show casue notice to the Presiding Officer of the Court of Civil Judge (Junior Division), South, Lucknow, asking him as to why the disciplinary proceedings be not initiated against him for not signing the order sheet.The Bench of Justice Sangeeta Chandra directed the Civil Judge (Junior Division), South, Lucknow, Mr. Piyush Bharti to submit...
Issuance Of Faulty Test Result From Accredited Medical Laboratory Not Cheating If There Was No 'Intention To Deceive': Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday ruled that to attract the offence of cheating, the person making the false representation should have knowledge of the fallacy and yet have proceeded to represent the same to another party with the intention of deceiving them. While partly allowing a petition, Justice Sophy Thomas observed that issuance of a faulty test result from an accredited...
Allahabad High Court Directs Second Autopsy Of The Body Of Kasganj Custodial Death Victim Altaf
The Allahabad High Court on Thursday directed a second autopsy of the body of the Kasganj Custodial death Victim, Altaf by a team of doctors from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi.The Bench of Justice Anjani Kumar Mishra and Justice Deepak Verma was hearing the plea moved by Chand Miyan (father of the Altaf) seeking a CBI probe and second autopsy in the...
Kerala High Court Directs To Implead Central Govt As Party To Plea For Compensating Families Of Those Who Died Of Covid-19 Abroad
The Kerala High Court on Thursday asked the State to produce on record the letter penned by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan addressed to the Prime Minister apparently seeking permission to disburse amounts from the State Disaster Funds to families of those Indians, who died abroad of Covid-19. Justice N Nagaresh also directed the petitioner to implead the Central government and the...
After Bombay High Court's Stinging Observations On DGP Appointment, Maharashtra Govt Decides To Reconsider Its Stand
Hours after the Chief Justice of Bombay High Court observed that the Maharashtra Government had gone out of its way to recommend its senior most IPS officer - Sanjay Pandey's name for Director General of Police, the State said it would reconsider its stand. Until now, the State had maintained that the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has erred in not considering Pandey's name and...
Can't Dictate Filmmakers To Use Only Decent Language In Films, They Have Artistic Discretion Limited Only By Article 19(2): Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court on Thursday while dismissing a plea seeking to remove Malayalam movie Churuli from OTT platform SonyLiv for its allegedly excessive use of obscene language, observed that a filmmaker has the discretion to decide what type of language should be used by the characters in his film. Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan added that as long as the language used in a movie was within...