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Honey Singh Domestic Violence Case: Delhi Court Restrains Singer From Creating Third Party Rights On Assets In UAE
A Delhi Court on Wednesday restrained Bollywood Singer and Actor Honey Singh from creating any Third party rights in the immovable and movable assets owned by him or through his companies in UAE.Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Tania Singh issued notice on an application preferred by Singh's wife, Shalini Talwar, and directed Singh to file the documents of his companies registered abroad. The...
Investigating Agency Cannot Introduce Altogether A New Case By Recording Supplementary Statement Of Complainant: Delhi Court Observes In Riots Case
A Delhi Court has observed that the investigating agency cannot introduce altogether a new case simply by recording a supplementary statement of one of the complainants pertaining to an offence, if there was no mention about the same in initial written complaints made to the police. Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Yadav made the observation while discharging a 30 year old man, Sandeep Kumar,...
"How FIRs Were Registered In Two Police Stations When Epicenter Was House Of Tahir Hussain?" Delhi Court Seeks DCP's Response In Riots Case
A Delhi Court has sought a report from DCP, North East district to explain as to how two FIRs were registered by the Delhi Police in different police stations when the epicenter of riots or the place from where the alleged petrol bombs and firing happened was the house of former AAP Councillor Tahir Hussain. The development came after Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Yadav took note of the...
Himachal Pradesh High Court Issues Notice To State Over Poor Conditions Of De-Addiction Centres
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has issued notice to the State Government over debilitated conditions of the "De-addicition centres".In a case registered suo moto, a Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Ravi Malimath and Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua also issued notices to the Additional Chief Secretary and the Director, Social Justice and Empowerment of the State.The case has been registered...
Plea In Delhi High Court Seeks Declaration Of Talaq-ul-Sunnat At Any Time Without Reason Or Advance Notice To Wife As Unconstitutional
A plea has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking declaration to declare the "assumed absolute discretion" of the Muslim husband to give divorce (talaq-ul-sunnat) to his wife at any time without any reason or advance notice to her, as arbitrary, anti-shariat, discriminatory and unconstitutional.Justice Rekha Palli, before whom the plea was listed on Thursday, said that the petition must...
Trial Court's Direction Of Obtaining Fresh Blood Sample Of Accused Does Not Amount To Further Investigation: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that a Trial Court's direction of obtaining fresh blood sample of an accused does not amount to further investigation or fresh investigation within the meaning of sec. 173(8) Cr.P.C.Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri was dealing with a Petition filed by a man, accused of committing unnatural sex with a 4 year old minor child, challenging a Special POCSO Court's...
Common Cause, CPIL Projecting 'Personal Vendetta Or Proxy War' Against Me Under Cloak Of PIL: Rakesh Asthana To Delhi High Court
Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana has told the Delhi High Court that the two organizations namely Common Cause and Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) are projecting a personal vendetta or 'proxy war' under the cloak of filing public interest litigation against him.In the affidavit filed by Asthana, he has also stated that the two organizations have been constantly...
Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Essential Defence Services Act, 2021 For Curbing Right To Strike
The Delhi High Court has issued notices to the Centre and the Defence Ministry on a plea challenging vires of certain the Essential Defence Services Act 2021, insofar as it prohibits personnel participation in strikes.A Division Bench of Chief Justice D.N. Patel and Justice Amit Bansal heard the matter today, posting it for further hearing on November 16.During the hearing, the Chief...
Noise Pollution Through Modified Silencers- "Pained To See Half-Hearted Efforts Of State": Allahabad HC Calls For 'A Visible Change'
Dealing with the suo moto matter regarding Noise pollution through the modified silencers, the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday noted that only half-hearted efforts have been made by the state authorities to control the noise pollution.The Bench of Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Abdul Moin expressed a hope to see a visible change in the noise pollution by the next date of listing...
Procedure For Adjudication Of Complaint Given In Consumer Protection Act Should Be Adhered To: Delhi High Court Tells NCDRC
The Delhi High Court recently observed that the procedure for adjudication of a complaint as mentioned under the provisions of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 had to be adhered to. A Bench of Justice Amit Bansal remarked so while hearing a petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India against an order passed by the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC),...
'Noble Cause Of Education Has Been Slaughtered At The Alter Of Politics': Calcutta High Court While Setting Aside Rustication Of 3 Visva Bharati University Students
While setting aside the rustication order of three Visva-Bharati university students, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday came down heavily on 'outsiders and political parties' for facilitating the misuse of educational institutions in order to pursue abject political motives. Three students- Sonmnath Sow, Falguni Pan and Rupa Chakrabortty had been expelled for three years on August 23 by...
Tamil Nadu Withdraws 5570 Cases Against Press, Demonstrators Who Protested Against CAA, Farm Laws
The Tamil Nadu government recently issued a Government Order withdrawing a total of 5,570 cases filed between 2011 and 2021 against media personnel and demonstrators who had peacefully protested against various laws and projects in the State.The cases ordered to be withdrawn include those against persons who protested against the 2020 farm laws, the National Register of Citizens (NRC),...