Melting Of Temple Jewellery Sans Appointment Of Trustees: Madras High Court Seeks State's Response Within Three Weeks

In a batch of writ petitions regarding the melting of temple jewellery into gold bars under Gold Monetisation Scheme, the Madras High Court has granted three weeks time to the state to file its counter-affidavits.The first bench of Acting Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy has also allowed one of the petitioners to file a rejoinder affidavit. In...

Allahabad High Court Refuses To Quash FIR Over Circulation Of Video Calling 'Hazrat Adam' As Father Of Hindus

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday refused to quash a First Information Report (FIR) registered over the circulation of a video on Facebook, wherein an anonymous Maulana was seen as saying that 'Hazrat Adam is the father of the Hindus'.Having perused the contents of the FIR, the Bench of Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Ajai Tyagi found that prima facie a cognizable offence was...

Sachin Waze Writes To Enforcement Directorate To Be Declared Approver In Money Laundering Case Against Anil Deshmukh

Dismissed Mumbai Police officer Sachin Waze has written to the Enforcement Directorate seeking to be declared an approver in the money laundering case against former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh. "I am willing to make truthful and voluntary disclosure of entire facts known to me regarding above referred matter before a competent magistrate. I request you to kindly treat...

Service Of Herbal Hookah Permitted Subject To Adherence With COVID-19 Protocol: Delhi Govt To High Court

The Delhi Government on Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that the service of herbal hookah in restaurants and bars in the city is permitted subject to compliance and adherence to the COVID-19 protocol and conditions. A single bench of Justice V Kameswar Rao was dealing with a petition filed by M/S Punter House Cafe which had impugned the ban of serving of herbal hookahs in restaurants and...

'Period Of 4-6 Weeks Was Only Suggestive': Calcutta High Court Dismisses Contempt Petition Against SEC Regarding Postponement Of 4 Civic Polls

The Calcutta High Court has dismissed a contempt petition filed against the State Election Commission (SEC) alleging that it had failed to comply with an earlier order of the Court directing the SEC to consider postponing elections to four municipal corporations for a short period of 4 to 6 weeks in the wake of the rising number of Covid-19 cases. The Court vide order dated January 14...

"Expression Of Opinion Or Criticism Is Not Defamation": Newslaundry Tells Delhi High Court In TV Today's Suit

Online news portal Newslaundry on Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that expression of an opinion does not amount to defamation, thereby opposing the Rs. 2 crores copyright infringement and defamation suit filed against it by TV Today, which owns channels India Today and AajTak.Senior Advocate Saurabh Kirpal appearing for Newslaundry today made three fold submissions before a single bench...

Objections Against Enforcement Of Foreign Arbitral Award Can't Be Filed In A Piecemeal Manner: Delhi High Court Imposes 1 Lakh Cost

The Delhi High Court has held that a Judgement Debtor cannot be permitted under Section 48 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, to file its objections against enforcement of an arbitral award in a piecemeal manner. Justice Vibhu Bakhru held,"The respondent cannot file its opposition in a piecemeal manner. It is seen that the present petition was filed in the year 2018 and...

SSC 'Group-D' Recruitment Scam: Calcutta HC Prohibits Payment Of Salary To 573 Illegally Appointed Candidates, Raps Enquiry Commission For Non-Filing Of Inquiry Report

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed the concerned District Inspectors of Schools to not pay any further salary to 573 candidates who had allegedly been appointed for the post of 'Group-D' (non-teaching staff) in sponsored Secondary and Higher Secondary schools under the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) despite no such recommendation by the West Bengal Central...

[Anti CAA Protests] Allahabad High Court Grants Pre Arrest Bail To Man Accused Of Raising Anti-National Slogans

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday granted anticipatory bail to a man named, Mohammad Kaif who has been accused of trying to incite religious sentiments by raising anti-national slogans during Anti-CAA protests.The Bench of Justice Raj Beer Singh considered the settled principle of law regarding anticipatory bail along with the submissions of the counsel for the parties, nature of...

S.50 NDPS Act | Personal Search Conducted In Presence Of ACP Not Bad Merely Because He Belongs To Police Dept: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has said there is no bar on a police officer, who is a gazetted officer, on carrying out a personal search to draw a mahazar, on an accused/ suspect under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. A single judge bench of Justice H P Sandesh said,"Assistant Commissioner of Police is also a Gazetted Officer...Search by the officer of the...

Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh Courts To Resume Physical Hearing From Feb 14

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has decided to resume physical hearing from Monday, February 14, 2022, in view of gradual improvement in the conditions arising out of Covid-19. The order issued from the High Court Registrar's office also communicated that all subordinate courts in the union territories will reopen for physical hearing from the said date. The following...

IT Rules, 2021: 'No Interim Order From SC Restraining High Court': Madras HC To Hear Arguments On February 25

In a batch of writ petitions challenging the constitutional validity of Information Technology (Guidelines For Intermediaries And Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, Madras High Court has instructed the parties to argue soon since there is no interim order from the apex court restraining the Court.The first bench of Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice D. Bharatha...