Delhi High Court Sets Aside Appointment Of Prof. Mazhar Asif As Acting Chairperson Of JNU's Centre Of Spanish & Latin American Studies

The Delhi High Court has set aside the appointment of Professor Mazhar Asif as the Acting Chairperson of Centre of Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Latin American Studies in the Jawaharlal Nehru University.Justice V Kameswar Rao disposed of the petition filed by Rajiv Saxena, a Professor at the Centre, assailing decision of the JNU wherein it had concluded that no professor at the Centre...

Kerala High Court Disposes Plea Questioning Practices Related To Engaging Foreign Pilots On Contract In Indigo Airlines

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday directed a former Indigo Airlines Captain, a Portuguese national who had questioned practices related to engaging foreign pilots on contract by the Airlines, to approach the appropriate authorities.Justice P.V Kunhikrishnan allowed the petitioner to approach the appropriate forum regarding the contentions raised over alleged violation of laws by the...

'Country Made Pistol Hardly Satisfies Description Of Prohibited Arms': Bombay HC Grants Bail To Rtd. Delhi ACP In Pro-Khalistan Terror Case

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday granted bail to a retired ACP from Delhi, Sunderlal Parashar (62), accused by the National Investigation Agency of providing arms to a man who was allegedly a part of the pro-Khalistan movement. A division bench of Justices SS Shinde and NJ Jamadar allowed Parashar's appeal under section 21(4) of the NIA Act, challenging the rejection of his...

Interest Under Customs Act Statutory, Cannot Be Waived Unless Authorised By Act: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has ruled that a Court cannot waive the payment of interest while exercising its jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution, since it is a statutory imposition. Justice Gopinath P dismissed a plea seeking a waiver of interest imposed by the respondent authorities on the petitioner for its failure to meet the export requirements under an advance...

Validity Of Sanction Order Can Also Be Raised In The Course Of Trial: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that the validity of sanction order can also be raised in the course of trial.In this case, the petitioner's contention before the Apex Court was that the Trial Court has taken cognizance of the offence without there being valid sanction as per the provision of Section 19 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The petitioner had earlier approached the...

'Investigation Bound To Fail If Police Leaks Case Related Documents': CBI Opposes SI Abhishek Tiwari's Bail Plea In Delhi High Court

Opposing the bail plea moved by sub-Inspector Abhishek Tiwari, who is accused subverting ongoing investigation against former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, the CBI said that investigation is bound to fail if members of police start leaking related documents and strategies.In its affidavit, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said:"The present offence is committed by a...

NIA Court Denies House Arrest Option To Dismissed Cop Sachin Waze In Antilia Bomb Scare Case

A Special NIA Court on Wednesday refused house arrest for dismissed police inspector Sachin Waze, a prime accused in the Ambani Terror Scare and Mansukh Hiran Murder Case. Sachin Waze had sought to be kept in house custody for three months following his open-heart surgery at a private hospital on September 13. While the National Investigation Agency investigating the case opposed...

Firecrackers Regulation- CBI Report Shows Manufacturers Used Banned Chemicals; Serious Issue : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that the CBI's preliminary enquiry against six firecracker manufacturers based in Tamil Nadu have revealed that they have been using barium and barium salts in the making of firecrackers in violation of the ban imposed by the Court on the use of such chemicals."Considering the report submitted by the CBI, it prima facie appears that the Court's...

Breastfeeding An Inalienable Right Of Lactating Mother Protected Under Article 21; Right Of Infant To Be Breastfed Also Assimilated With Mother's Right : Karnataka High Court

"Between the genetic mother and the foster mother, the claim of the former should have priority over the latter", the Court said.

Tripura's Advocate General Declines Consent To Initiate Contempt Proceedings Against CM Biplab Kumar Deb

The Advocate General for Tripura Siddhartha Shankar Dey today declined to grant his consent to initiate contempt of court proceedings against State's Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb for his alleged remarks "insulting the Courts of India and for scandalizing and attempting to lower its dignity".The letter requesting AG Dey's consent was sent by a law student, Yashraj Singh Chauhan and in...

Right To Be Forgotten Depends On How Far It Has To Be Stretched, Rights Have To Be Balanced: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday observed that the Right to be Forgotten depends on how far it has to be be stretched and that the rights of a person have to be balanced.The oral observation came from Justice Rekha Palli who said: "Right to be Forgotten depends on how far it has to be stretched. Tomorrow, people who defraud the banks will come and say 'please remove the judgment'. We have...

District Consumer Forums Qualified To Issue Commissions For Local Inspection: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has ruled that a District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission is empowered to issue commissions for local inspection as vested in a civil Court under the Code of Civil Procedure.Justice P.B Suresh Kumar while dismissing a plea that challenged an order issued by such a Commission, remarked:"Merely for the reason that the powers as vested in a civil court under the Code...