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Mukul Roy's Appointment As PAC Chairman Breaches Constitutional Convention : BJP MLA Ambika Roy Argues Before Calcutta HC
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday heard extensive arguments from Senior Advocate C.S Vaidyanathan appearing on behalf of BJP MLA Ambika Roy in the plea moved by her challenging the appointment of TMC MLA Mukul Roy as the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. On July 9, Mukul Roy had been appointed as the Chairman of PAC by the Speaker of...
Reduction In Minimum Drinking Age Has No Connection With Drunken Driving: Delhi Govt Argues Before High Court
The Delhi Government today argued before the High Court that its decision to reduce the minimum age for consuming liquor in the national capital has no connection with the offence of drunken driving."Drunken driving is not permissible in law. So whether the minimum age is 21 or 25, it doesn't matter," Senior Advocate Rahul Mehra said.A Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh...
ISRO Espionage Conspiracy Case- Former DGP Siby Mathews Granted Anticipatory Bail By Sessions Court
A Sessions Court in Kerala on Tuesday granted anticipatory bail to former DGP Siby Mathews in the ISRO espionage case.Special CBI Judge Krishna Kumar has reserved the order in the petition filed by Siby Mathews last week.This comes ten days after a group of other accused in the matter were granted anticipatory bail by the Kerala High Court. The former DGP had preferred an anticipatory...
'There Can't Be Two Matters': Delhi HC Adjourns Challenge To Rakesh Asthana's Appointment As DPC In View Of CPIL's Plea Before SC
The Delhi High Court today adjourned hearing of a plea challenging appointment of IPS Officer Rakesh Asthana as the Delhi Police Commissioner in view of the fact that a similar petition has been filed before the Supreme Court by Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL).A Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh observed that to avoid duplicity of proceedings and the...
'Show Some Respect To The Orders Passed By The Court': Kerala High Court Slams Centre Over Delay To Appoint KAT Chairman
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday heavily condemned the Centret's failure to comply with the Court's orders for the immediate appointment of a chairperson to the Kerala Administrative Tribunal (KAT). A Division Bench of Justice A Muhamed Mustaque and Justice Kauser Edappagath remarked orally that the "orders of the Court should be treated with some respect.""How can an ordinary citizen respect...
Plea In Delhi High Court Seeks Prohibition On Johnson & Johnson's 'ORSL Drinks' Alleged To Be Deceptively Being Sold As 'ORS' Health Formula
A PIL has been filed before the Delhi High Court seeking to restrain the sale and distribution of Johnson & Johnson's 'ORSL' product, claiming that whereas on the face of it the product is indicative of Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS), its composition does not use the requisite ORS formula. "A question of utmost public importance is that if a Drink is purely a fruit juice based drink or...
1984 Anti-Sikh Riots : Supreme Court Asks CBI To Verify Medical Condition Of Ex-Congress Leader Sajjan Kumar In His Bail Plea
The Supreme Court today has asked CBI to verify the medical condition of ex-Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, convicted in 1984 anti-Sikh Riots case who is seeking interim bail on health grounds. The division bench of Justices SK Kaul and Hrishikesh Roy has also asked the investigation agency to file an affidavit by September 6, 2021. Citing that it was no small case, a bench of...
Tablighi Jamaat Congregation: Delhi HC Directs Police To Handover Keys Of Residential Premises In Nizamuddin Markaz To Maulana Saad's Mother
Dealing with a plea moved by Tablighi Jamaat Chief Maulana Saad's mother, the Delhi High Court on Monday directed the Police to handover keys of her family's residential premises in the Nizamuddin Markaz which was locked by the Police since last one year in view of Tablighi Jamaat congregation for the purpose of sanitization and disinfection by the authorities.Justice Yogesh Khanna was...
Covid Deaths At Jaipur Golden Hospital- Delhi HC Grants Further Time To Centre, Delhi Govt For Responding To Plea Seeking SIT Investigation, Compensation
The Delhi High Court on Monday granted further six weeks time to the Centre and Delhi Government in order to file their replies in the plea moved by family of 9 victims seeking a Court monitored CBI SIT Investigation into the deaths that took place in Jaipur Golden Hospital on 23rd and 24th April, seizure of important records and CCTV footage and also compensation to them.Justice Rekha Palli...
Issuance Of Legal Notice And Filing Of A Complaint Case Not Abetment Of Suicide U/S 306 IPC: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court on Monday held that issuance of a legal notice and filing of a complaint case against a person is not abetment of suicide within the meaning of sec. 306 of Indian Penal Code.Observing that filing of a criminal complaint is a legal recourse as advised to a person, Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri said:"It cannot be said that by filing a criminal complaint against the deceased,...
Unfair To Expect Children Orphaned Due To Covid To Procure Documents For Availing Benefits Under Welfare Schemes: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court on Monday observed that it will be unfair to expect children who lost their parents, one or both, due to Covid-19 to procure documents in order to avail benefits under various welfare schemes launched by the Delhi Government.Taking note of the issues in relation to the verification process of such applications, Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Jasmeet Singh also...