Telangana Court Grants Interim Injunction In Favour Of TSRTC Against Rapido's Advertisement Featuring Allu Arjun

A Telangana Court recently granted an ex-parte ad-interim injunction in favour of Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) against Rapido, an app-based bike taxi aggregator and YouTube to remove an advertisement starring Tollywood superstar Allu Arjun which allegedly defamed TSRTC.The City Civil Court's Xth Junior Civil Judge in Hyderabad has directed respondent No.2 (YouTube) to...

Benefits Provided To Dependents Of Freedom Fighters 'For Perpetuity' Need A Relook: Allahabad HC To Union, State Govts

The Allahabad High Court last week observed that it is high time when the governments have a re-look for providing concessions to dependents of freedom fighters and examine as to whether it remains desirable to allow such facilities to continue any further.Importantly, the Bench of Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Vikram D. Chauhan also stressed that benefits extended to family members...

"Natural Justice Principles Violated": Manipur HC Sets Aside Legislative Assembly Speaker's Disqualification Order Against An MLA

The Manipur High Court last week set aside a disqualification order passed by the Speaker, 11th Manipur Legislative Assembly against an MLA, Tongbram Robindro Singh in June 2020.The Bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice M. V. Muralidaran held that there was is a clear and flagrant violation of the principles of natural justice while passing the disqualification order as no...

Calcutta High Court Calls For An Inquiry Into Police Officials' Conduct For Not Investigating A Mob Lynching Case

Pulling up West Bengal Police for not following Police Regulation of Bengal in relation to a Mob Lynching Case, the Calcutta High Court last week called for an inquiry into the conduct of the Officers-in-Charge of two police stations in the state.The Bench of Justice Rajasekhar Mantha issued this order after noting lapses on the part of the Shibpur and the Shakespeare Sarani Police Stations...

Maintainance- Magistrate Empowered U/S 125 CrPC To Sentence Defaulter To Separate Terms Of Imprisonment Of Upto 1 Month For Every Month's Default: Rajasthan HC

In a significant judgment, the Rajasthan High Court has held that a Magistrate is empowered under Section 125 of CrPC to pass separate sentences over non-compliance of its order granting maintenance, and that such sentence may be of upto one-month imprisonment each for every month's default."We have no hesitation in holding that where the defaulter repeatedly breaches the order of...

Supreme Court Grants Pre-Arrest Bail To Man Accused Of Raping Olympian Mayookha Johny's Friend

The Supreme Court on Friday granted anticipatory bail to C.C Johnson, the man accused of raping Olympian Mayookha Johny's friend, and for capturing her nude photographs to blackmail her with a direction to the accused to cooperate with the investigation. The bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and A.S Oka while disposing of the special leave petition assailing the Kerala High Court's order...

"Do Little Service To This Court Or Sanctity Of It's Procedure": Delhi High Court Unhappy Over Improper Filing Of Document In Petition

The Delhi High Court has recently expressed it's unhappiness over improper filing of a notice in the form of a 'folded photograph' in the petition remarking that such filing "do little service to the Court or sanctity of it's procedure".Justice C Hari Shankar noted that the notice dated 23rd February, 2021 issued by the petitioner in the matter to the respondent, was filed in the form of a...

75% Extortion Collection Was For Param Bir Singh, 25% For Sachin Waze – Says Mumbai Police Charge Sheet

Ex-Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh had a 75% share in the extortion amount collected from cricket bookies, while the remaining 25% was for dismissed cop Sachin Waze, according to the Mumbai Police charge sheet filed on Saturday. Based on statements of several witnesses the Mumbai police's crime branch further said that it had been established that Singh was referred to...

Giving Third Degree Treatment For Extracting Confession 'Worst Crime': Patna High Court Directs Bihar DGP To 'Set House Right'

"Giving third-degree treatment to the apprehended accused and that too for extracting confession is the worst crime in a civilized society which can be committed by a Police officer," said Patna High Court recently as it observed that the Judiciary is witnessing a large number of custodial deaths caused by men in uniform.The Bench of Justice A. M. Bidar further expressed hope that...

Due To The Judicial Intervention The Growth Of Nation Shouldn't Be Stalled: Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju

Over a week after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that obstacles are put in the development of our own country sometimes in the name of freedom of expression and sometimes with the help of something else, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju today said that the developmental projects shouldn't be stalled due to the Judiciary. "It is the work of the Judiciary to decide what is right and what...

Delhi Riots: Court Frames Charges Against 9 Men, Rejects Argument Regarding Credibility Of Police Officials' For Being 'Stock Witnesses' In Similar Cases

Rejecting the argument regarding credibility of statements given by two police officials for being 'stock witnesses' in 12 other similar cases, a Delhi Court has framed charges against 9 men in connection with a North East Delhi riots case. Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat framed charges against Mohd. Shahnawaz, Mohd Shoaib, Shahrukh, Rashid, Azad, Parvez, Mohd. Faizal and Rashid @...

Karnataka High Court Refuses To Interfere With State Government Order Allowing Only Students, Teachers, Staff With One Dose Of Vaccine To Attend Colleges

The Karnataka High Court on Saturday refused to interfere with the government order, permitting only those students, teachers and staff members who have been vaccinated to attend colleges. A division bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum while disposing off a petition filed challenging the government order dated July 16, said, "We are of the...