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Street Planning Part Of Master Plan, Governed Under Delhi Development Act: Petitioners Oppose Street Vendors Act In High Court
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday continued hearing a bunch of pleas challenging the vires of Street Vendors Act, 2014.Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Jasmeet Singh heard Senior Advocate Sanjeev Ralli appearing for the petitioners, who have challenged the legislative competence of the Central Government to enact the impugned Act of 2014.During the course of hearing today, Ralli submitted...
Church Feud: Kerala High Court Issues Interim Orders, Respective District Collectors To Monitor The Situation
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday started issuing interim orders in the batch of petitions where vicars sought police protection to enter churches to perform religious service and rituals which is an aftermath of the Orthodox-Jacobite factional dispute. The Court has directed the respective District Collectors to supervise and monitor the situation. Today, Justice Devan Ramachandran...
Karnataka High Court Permits KSLU To Conduct Intermediate Semester Examination For LLB Students
The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday permitted Karnataka State Law University (KSLU), to hold the intermediate semester examination for LLB students. However, the results of the examinations shall be subject to further orders of the court.A division bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum while hearing an intra-court appeal filed by...
"Bestial & Brutal Act; Victim Must Have Died Everyday": UP Court Awards Death Sentence To Man Who Repeatedly Raped 14-Yr-Old Daughter
An Uttar Pradesh Court (Bahraich District Court) on Tuesday awarded Death Penalty to a person after finding him guilty for raping his own 14-year-old daughter for two consecutive years, after noting that the act was contrary to all the norms established by law, religion, and humanity and is going to destroy the institution of the family. Importantly, the Additional Sessions Judge,...
'Prima Facie May Not Have Committed The Offence': Calcutta High Court Grants Bail To BJP Leader Rakesh Singh In NDPS Case
The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday granted bail to BJP leader Rakesh Singh who had been arrested by the Kolkata police on February 23 in connection with his alleged involvement in a drug recovery case. Singh had been arrested pursuant to the arrest of another BJP leader Pamela Goswami for the alleged seizure of contraband substance (76 grams of cocaine) from a car she was travelling in...
Bombay High Court Disposes Father Stan Swamy's Petitions ; Allows Jesuits To Initiate Separate Proceedings
Four and a half months after Father Stan Swamy's demise, the Bombay High Court has allowed the Jesuits to initiate separate proceedings to clear the odium attached to his name and reputation because of the Bhima Koregaon – Elgar Parishad case. A division bench of Justices Nitin Jamdar and Sarang Kotwal disposed of as withdrawn Swamy's bail appeal and another petition challenging...
Awaiting Centre's Clarification If Families Of Non-Resident Keralites Who Died Of COVID -19 Abroad Are Entitled To Compensation: State To High Court
The State government informed the Kerala High Court today that the question of whether families of non-resident Keralites who died abroad due to COVID-19 were eligible for ex-gratia relief of Rs 50,000 was to be clarified by the Centre.Justice N. Nagaresh was adjudicating upon a plea filed by an NGO seeking a declaration that such family members were entitled to compensation of Rs. 50,000....
Madras High Court Sets Aside Acquisition Proceedings Of Former CM Jayalalithaa's 'Veda Nilayam' Residence; Property To Be Handed Over To Legal Heirs
The Madras High Court on Wednesday set aside the land acquisition proceedings of former CM J Jayalalithaa's residence, 'Veda Nilayam', at Poe's Garden, Chennai. The single bench of Justice N Seshasayee has allowed the petitions filed by J. Deepak and J. Deepa, both the children of Late Jayalalithaa's brother, challenging the Tamil Nadu Government order for acquiring 'Veda Nilayam'...
Bombay High Court Rejects Tarun Tejpal's Plea For In-Camera Hearing Of Rape Case Appeal
The Bombay High Court at Goa on Wednesday rejected an application moved by journalist Tarun Tejpal under Section 327 CrPC for conducting hearings through in-camera proceedings against his acquittal in a 2013 rape case. Tejpal, co-founder and former Editor-in-Chief of Tehelka Magazine, was acquitted of all charges on May 21 by a fast track court in Mapusa, Goa. He was accused of forcing himself...
Sabarimala Spoiled Jaggery Row: Kerala High Court Asks Petitioner To Analyse Concept Of 'Halal' Before Arguing The Case
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday questioned the petitioner organisation that had challenged the alleged use of halal-certified jaggery at the Sabarimala temple if it fully understood the concept of halal. A Division Bench comprising Justices Anil K. Narendran and PG Ajithkumar was hearing a petition filed by a Hindu body alleging that spoiled halal-certified jaggery was being used to...
Delhi High Court Grants Six Weeks Time To Centre To Frame Rules To Deal With High Value Cases In Debt Recovery Tribunals
The Delhi High Court has granted six weeks time to the Central Government for coming up with the Rules to deal with high value cases, where the recovery is in excess of Rs. 100 crores in relation to the Debt Recovery Tribunals. Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Jasmeet Singh also directed the Secretary, Department of Financial Services to communicate to all the Non Banking Financial...
Delhi Court Orders Registration Of FIR Against Sambit Patra For Allegedly Publishing Fabricated Video Of CM Arvind Kejriwal On Social Media
A Delhi Court on Tuesday ordered registration of FIR on a complaint filed against BJP Spokesperson Sambit Patra for allegedly publishing a fabricated video of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on social media. Metropolitan Magistrate Rishabh Kapoor passed the order in a complaint case filed by Atishi, belonging to the Aam Aadmi Party alleging that the video was published on Patra's twitter...