"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...

'20 Years Of Discrimination': Plea In Madras High Court Alleges Parayar Community Denied Hair Cuts In Pudhupatti Hamlet, Notice Issued To State

In a public interest litigation filed by a school teacher alleging caste-based discrimination in Pudhupatti hamlet of Pudhukottai District, the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court has issued notice to the respondents, including the state government and the Director-General of Police, returnable in four weeks.The petitioner, R Selvan, who belongs to the Periyar Ambedkar Makkal Kazhagam,...

Bhima Koregaon | Vernon Gonsalves, Varavara Rao & Arun Ferreira File Review Application In Bombay High Court, Seek Default Bail

The Bombay High Court has directed the National Investigation Agency to respond to a review application filed by three accused in the Bhima Koregaon – Elgar Parishad Case seeking bail and factual corrections in the order refusing them default bail. A division bench led by Justice SS Shinde gave the agency two weeks to file their reply and posted the application filed...

181 Corruption Charges & 1,439 Criminal Cases Against Central Forces Personnel: Centre Tells Parliament

The Central Government informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday that 181 personnel in the Central Forces are facing corruption charges and 1,439 personnel are facing criminal cases.This was informed by the Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai while answering a question posed by CPI(M) Member of the Parliament Dr. V. Sivadasan on the number of Central paramilitary and police...

Delhi HC Directs Animal Welfare Board Of India To Undertake Survey For Reporting Status Of Animals Held By Circuses Without Renewed Registration

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) to undertake a survey of the circuses across all the States whose registration is not renewed and to report the status with respect to animals held by each one of them. Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Jasmeet Singh was dealing with a plea filed by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) regarding...

'Parrot-Like Testimonies Of 6 Eye Witnesses, Humanly Impossible': Bombay High Court Acquits 20 Persons In Murder Case

The Bombay High Court, Nagpur Bench, has acquitted 20 persons in a murder case, citing identical and parrot-like version of all the star prosecution witnesses, calling it as "humanly impossible".A division bench of Justices Sunil Shukre and Pushpa Ganediwala, in a judgement last week, observed,"It's difficult to believe that six eyewitnesses deposed in an identical fashion with each and...