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Verified Sameer Wankhede's Birth Records From Municipal Ward – Nawab Malik To Bombay High Court
In an additional affidavit before the Bombay High Court, Maharashtra cabinet minister Nawab Malik claims he verified NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede's birth records from the birth register maintained by the local civic body. Malik submitted the affidavit in a defamation suit to substantiate his contention that Sameer Wankhede, despite being born a Muslim secured a central...
Jagadhatri Puja- Calcutta High Court Allows Restricted Immersion Procession Subject To Covid-19 Protocol
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday allowed for restricted immersion procession to take place for Jagaddhatri puja following all Covid-19 protocol. The Court was adjudicating upon a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition seeking the Court's leave to organise an immersion procession of Lord Jagaddhatri on November 14 by way of carrying out by 'song' from Rajbari to Kadamtala Ghat....
Calcutta HC Dismisses PIL Challenging WB Gov's Decision To Reopen Schools From November 16
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition challenging the decision of the West Bengal government to reopen schools for students of Classes IX to XII from November 16. The plea moved by advocate Sudip Ghosh Chowdhury alleged that the State government has decided to start classes for students of Classes IX to XII 'without any proper planning' and...
Odisha Bandh- Orissa HC Directs Congress Party To Ensure Peaceful Protest, No Closure Of Shops, Disruption Of Public Transport Allowed Tomorrow
The Orissa High Court on Thursday directed the Congress party in the State to ensure that whatever protest is organized tomorrow i.e. on November 12 is peaceful and does not cause any inconvenience or disruption to any member of the public. The Court in particular underscored that no attempt should be made to forcibly close any establishment or shop or prevent the plying of buses, trains and...
Register Sedition FIR Against Kangana Ranaut For Remarks at Times Now's Summit– AAP leader Approaches Mumbai Police
The Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) National Executive Member - Preeti Menon - has submitted a complaint to the Mumbai Police for registration of an FIR against actor Kangana Ranaut for her alleged seditious remarks aired on Times Now channel, yesterday. Menon sought an an FIR to be lodged at the Andheri police station under sections under Sections 504 (Intentional insult to provoke breach),...
'Senior Designation Rules Contrary To Supreme Court Guidelines'; Madras High Court Issues Notice On Challenge Against Rules
In a PIL challenging the validity of Rules 4(1) (a) and 4(1) (b) of Madras High Court Designation of Senior Advocates Rules, 2020, a bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice P.D Audikesavalu has admitted the matter and issued notice to the administrative section of High Court. According to a petition filed by five advocates, the notified rules are in contravention of...
Ready To Probe WB Gov's Sale Of 47 Percent Stake In Metro Diary: CBI Informs Calcutta High Court
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) informed the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday that it is ready to take over the probe of the Metro Diary scam pursuant to the permission of the High Court. The Court was adjudicating upon a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) moved by West Bengal Congress President Adhir Chowdhury alleging a lack of transparency in West Bengal government's sale of its...
Right To Be Forgotten: Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea By Indian, A Recently Released UK Ex-Convict, Seeking Removal Of Articles
The Delhi High Court has issued notice on a plea filed by a man namely Mohammed Umar Ashrafi, who was convicted by UK's Leicester Crown Court in 2015 and was released and deported to India after completing his sentence, seeking removal of news articles from the internet, pertaining to his conviction.Ashrafi has invoked his "right to be forgotten".Justice Rekha Palli sought response of Union...
Kerala High Court Quashes State Circular Restricting Fee Exemption On Converted Paddy Land
The Kerala High Court recently quashed a circular issued by the State government, limiting fee exemption on converted paddy land not included in the data bank only to applications filed after 25th February this year.A Division Bench of Chief Justice S. Manikumar and Justice Shaji P. Chaly also directed the concerned authority to consider the applications submitted by the petitioners...
'Preventive Detention Must Not Be Used As Added Tool To Curtail Judicial Decisions Allowing Bail': Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court recently set aside an order of preventive detention passed under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance Act, 1988 (PITNDPS Act). Pursuant to the impugned order, the petitioner had been directed to be detained and kept in Malda Correction Home, Kolkata. Proceedings under the PITNDPS Act had been initiated against the petitioner...
'No Alarm Of Immediate Third Covid Wave': Madras High Court Refuses To Interfere With GO Permitting Theatres To Operate At 100% Capacity
A writ petition filed for quashing the Government order permitting 100 per cent occupancy in cinema theatres and multiplexes in the backdrop of Covid-19 was dismissed by Madras High Court on Monday. A Division Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice P.D Audikesavalu observed that the pandemic might not have gone away, but the number of cases has surely subsided, and there is...
Tahir Hussain's Alleged Associate Moves Delhi High Court Seeking Bail In Riots Case; Status Report Sought
The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice on the bail plea filed by an alleged associate of former AAP Councillor Tahir Hussain, namely Shoaib Alam, who spent over 560 days in custody in a case concerning the North East Delhi riots (FIR 114/2020). Justice Subramonium Prasad sought status report from the Delhi Police and asked Advocate Dhruv Pande to file a compilation of photos, videos...