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Plea Filed In Calcutta HC To Direct Advocate General To Decide On Sanction For Contempt Against Derek O'Brien, Ashok Deb
Two separate petitions have been moved before the Calcutta High Court seeking directions to be issued to the Advocate General of West Bengal Kishore Datta to decide on the applications filed before him seeking permission to initiate contempt of court proceedings against Member of Parliament Derek O'brien and West Bengal Bar Council Chairperson, Ashok Kumar Deb. Both Deb and O'brien belong to...
Municipality Heads Will Be Personally Liable If Any Manual Scavenging Activity Is Detected: Madras High Court
In a bid to eradicate the evil of manual scavenging which has claimed several lives in the past, the Madras High Court on Wednesday observed that Municipality Heads will be personally liable in case any person is found to be indulging in manually cleaning the sewers.It also directed the heads of corporations and municipalities to file a written undertakings to the effect that no manual...
Supreme Court Grants Protection From Arrest To Man Accused Of Raping Olympian Mayookha Johny's Friend
The Supreme Court today granted protection from arrest to C.C Johnson, the man accused of raping Olypian Mayookha Johny's friend, and for capturing her nude photographs to blackmail her. The bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and AS Oka have also asked the counsel to place on record before the next date of hearing an affidavit explaining as to whether the counsel has handed over all...
'Will Open Pandora Box, Approach Consumer Court': Delhi High Court Disposes Plea Alleging Dead Rat In Amul Buttermilk Packet
The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to entertain a woman's plea alleging that a dead rat or rotten chicken flesh was found in Amul's buttermilk Packet, thereby affecting her mental and physical well being post it's consumption. The petitioner had sought a compensation of Rs. 20 lakhs.Asking the petitioner to approach the consumer court, Justice Rekha Palli opined that allowing such...
Magistrate Applied Mind While Initiating Defamation Proceedings'Against Kangana Ranaut On Javed Akhtar's Complaint : Bombay High Court
A procedural irregularity by the Metropolitan Magistrate while taking cognisance of the complainant cannot be a ground to quash proceedings, the Bombay High Court observed dismissing actor Kangana Ranaut plea in lyricist Javed Akhtar's defamation complaint. Justice Revati Mohite Dere refused relief to Ranaut, who filed a petition under Section 482 of CrPC and sought to quash the...
"Marital Dispute Given 'Love-Jihad' Angle By Religio-Political Groups": Wife, Husband Move Gujarat HC To Quash FIR Under 'Anti-Love Jihad' Law
The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday sought the response of the State Government which objected to a joint plea filed by an Interfaith married couple seeking quashing of an FIR under the Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Act, 2021 ['Anti Love Jihad' law] allegedly registered by the Wife against her husband.The woman categorically submitted before the Court that the FIR had been registered...
Requirements Under Schemes Not To Be Insisted Upon Mindlessly: Karnataka High Court Directs State To Sanction 94-Yr Old Freedom Fighter's Pension
Granting relief to a 94-year-old Freedom Fighter, who was denied Freedom Fighters Pension by the state government, the Karnataka High Court recently directed retrospective payment with effect from March 1998 and directed the State to settle all the arrears, within a period of six weeks. Petitioner Gundurao Desai had challenged an endorsement issued by the government in July...
Personal Appearance For The Purpose Of Seeking Registration Of Marriage Would Include Video Conferencing: Reiterates Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court on Thursday observed that personal appearance for the purpose of seeking registration of marriage by a couple would include video conferencing mode.Relying on the settled judgments on the subject, Justice Rekha Palli said that it will allow the petition filed by a NRI couple, seeking exemption from physical appearance for Marriage Registration. The Couple claimed to have...
Frequent Attacks From Political Rivals: Municipal Chairperson Moves Kerala High Court Seeking Police Protection
The Chairperson of the Thrikkakara Municipality has moved the Kerala High Court seeking police protection apprehending danger to her life and limbs from members of the rival political party and their henchmen. The petitioner Ajitha Thankappan heads the governing body constituted by the majority Councillors belonging to the Indian National Congress who emerged victorious in the latest...
Special Court Discharges Cabinet Minister Chhagan Bhujbal in Maharashtra Sadan Scam
Granting relief to Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Chhagan Bhujbal, a Special Court at Mumbai has discharged him, his son Pankaj and nephew Sameer in the Maharashtra Sadan Scam case investigated by the Anti- Corruption Bureau. Special Judge HS Satbhai also discharged then Public Works Department Secretary Devdutt Marathe and four others. The court hadearlier discharged five others in...
'Abhorring, Misuse Of Public Funds': Madras High Court Interdicts State From Printing Photos Of Chief Ministers On Textbooks, Schoolbags
The Madras High Court on Tuesday reprimanded the practice of displaying photographs of Chief Ministers or other public functionaries on school bags, textbooks and stationery to be used by school children and accordingly directed that such a practice must be discontinued with immediate effect. A Bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice PD Audikesavalu termed such a practice...
After Supreme Court, Delhi High Court Also Refuses To Hear Plea Against GNCTD Organising Ganesh Chaturthi
After the Supreme Court denied urgent listing of a plea to prohibit the Delhi Government from organizing Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, today the Delhi High Court also refused to entertain the matter.A Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh after hearing the petitioner remarked, "this petition has been filed without proper...