"Didn't Collect Money From Bar Owners, Didn't Pay Extortion Money To Deshmukh": Sachin Waze To Chandiwal Commission

Dismissed Mumbai cop Sachin Waze made startling revelations during his cross-examination before the Chandiwal Judicial Commission on Tuesday. Waze denied collecting any money from bar owners or passing on the extortion money to former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh or his staff. Waze also did not "recollect" if either Deshmukh or anyone of his staff had asked him to collect...

Delhi High Court Orders For Treatment Of Children Suffering From Rare Diseases, Directs Centre To Ensure Availability Of Necessary Funds

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed that the treatment of children suffering from rare diseases be started forthwith at AIIMS or other Centres of Excellences established across the Country, observing that such children cannot be made to suffer when they are covered under the policy promulgated by the Central Government for the welfare of the children.Justice Rekha Palli was hearing a...

'Men Are Glorified For Sexual Adventures; Women Are Objectified In Movies': Madras High Court While Upholding Conviction For Rape

In a harrowing series of incidents where multiple women were subjected to sexual abuse and simultaneously videographed by a moneylender, the Madras High Court has upheld the conviction for the offence of rape, punishable under Section 376 of IPC.The Court also upheld the conviction of a mobile phone technician who accessed those video files and sold them to the public.While dismissing...

Mother In Law Being Owner Not Barred From Claiming Eviction Against Daughter In Law Where Residence Is A Shared Household: Delhi High Court

"Shared household would not per se be complete defence to suit for possession filed by owner of property."

Private Complaint Alleging Medical Negligence Not Valid Unless An Expert Supports Charge Of Rashness: Kerala High Court

The complainant had alleged that a hysterectomy was performed on her without her knowledge or consent.

Magistrate Issues Summons Against Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik On BJP Leader Mohit Bharatiya's Defamation Complaint

Nawab Malik, a minister in the Maharashtra government, is in for some trouble as a Metropolitan Magistrate's court at Sewree has issued summons against him under section 204a of the CrPC in a defamation case filed by Mohit Bharatiya, a former general secretary of Bharatiya Janta Party in Mumbai.The summons is returnable on December 30, 2021.Metropolitan Magistrate P I Mokashi, in an order...

'Many Food Articles Having Ingredients Sourced From Animals Are Passed Off As Veg': Delhi HC Orders Full Disclosure Of Manufacturing Ingredients

Every person has a right to know as to what he/ she is consuming, said the Court

Plea In Delhi High Court Against 'Ex Post Facto' Environmental Clearance; Notice Issued To MoEF

The Delhi High Court today issued notice on a PIL challenging an office memorandum issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change providing for ex-post facto Environmental Clearance (EC), i.e., the opportunity to obtain an EC for the projects which have already begun.The plea has been filed by Nishtha Shukla, claiming to be a student of architecture who is...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice To Excise Department Over Grant Of License For Opening Liquor Shop In Residential Area

The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice on a petition challenging opening of a liquor shop in a shopping complex situated near the residential block of city's Shalimar Bagh area.The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh took note of the petitioner's submission that opening of a liquor shop in a residential area affects the movement of women and children, and...

[S. 66A IT Act] Police Can't Lodge FIR, Courts Can't Take Cognizance Of Chargesheet: Allahabad HC Directs DGP, UP Courts

The Allahabad High Court on Monday issued a direction to all the District Courts in Uttar Pradesh and to the Director-General of Police, U.P that no FIR be lodged under Section 66A of the IT Act, 2000 and no court to take cognizance on the charge sheet filed under the said section.The order came from the Bench of Justice Rajesh Singh Chauhan as it noted that Section 66A of the IT Act, 2008...

Extend Reservation Benefit To Kodava Community: Karnataka High Court Directs Government To Accept Recommendation Of Backward Classes Commission

The Karnataka High Court has directed the state government to accept the recommendation given by the Karnataka State Backward Commission in 2010, which recommended certain benefits of reservation be extended to the Kodava community of Coorg. A single judge bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit said that,"The above advice of the Commission being as clear as Gangetic waters....

Madras High Court Dismisses As Non-Maintainable Plea Challenging AIADMK Intra-Party Polls

The Madras High Court has dismissed a writ petition challenging the legality of the intra-party elections to the post of Coordinator and Joint Coordinator of AIADMK (All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam), held on December 6.The division bench of Acting Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice PD Audikesavalu observed that the plea is not maintainable and that the petitioner has...