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'Judicial Remedies Denied': Calcutta High Court Orders Admin To Immediately Upgrade Existing VC Facilities In Courts
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the High Court administration to immediately undertake measures to augment existing video conferencing facilities in all Court rooms of the High Court as well as the Court room of the 15th Additional District Judge in the Alipore (South 24 Parganas). The Court was adjudicating upon a plea seeking relief on the ground that the petitioner had been...
Yogesh Gowda Murder Case : CBI Could Not Walk-In & Hijack Trial Without Magistrate's Permission, Argues Rohatgi For Accused Vinay Kulkarni
Opposing the bail, the counsel for CBI argued that the case was not of reinvestigation and that the state was empowered to order further investigation under section 173(8) of the CrPC, 1973.
Decriminalization Of Indian Politics: 13 Key Observations Made By Supreme Court Today
The Supreme Court delivered a significant judgment today emphasizing the need to decriminalize Indian politics. The following are key observations made by the bench of Justices RF Nariman and BR Gavai in its judgment today:Candidates with criminal antecedents should not be permitted to be the law-makers.No one can deny that the menace of criminalisation in the Indian political system is...
'Trying For Amicable Settlement': SpiceJet Tells Delhi High Court On Air Tariff Dues Owed To Airport Authority Of India
Commercial airline SpiceJet Limited has informed the Delhi High Court that it is trying to settle the matter relating to payment of tariff dues worth Rs. 158 crores to the Airport Authority of India amicably. The company also owes Rs. 82 crore worth interest that accrued on the due amount.Justice Rekha Palli was hearing an application moved by the company, seeking extension of time for making...
Exclusion Of Advocates From Post Of DRT & DRAT Presiding Officers Challenged; Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Response
The Supreme Court on Monday sought the Centre's response in a plea challenging the exclusion of Advocates from being eligible for the post of Presiding Officer and Chairman, Debts Recovery Tribunals and Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunals under the Tribunal, Appellate Tribunal and other Authorities (Qualifications,Experience and other Conditions of Service of Members) Amendment...
Karnataka High Court Quashes BBMP Bylaws Levying Fees On Developers As Ultra Vires Municipal Corporations Act
The Karnataka High Court has declared the bye-laws under which the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) demands Ground Rent, Licence Fee, Building Licence Fee, Scrutiny Fee, Security Deposit, from developers to be ultra vires to the Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act and held them to be unenforceable. A single bench of Justice M Nagaprsanna while deciding on a batch of...
Respond To Karnataka's Request For 35 Lakh Vaccine Doses Per Week : High Court To Centre
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday directed the Government of India to respond to the request made by the State of Karnataka for releasing 35 lakh doses of vaccine per week. The State government in its written submission filed before the court said that if 35 lakh doses of vaccines are provided to the state every week, the state will cover all eligible beneficiaries in...
Delhi High Court Stays CIC Order Requiring TRAI To Furnish Alleged Phone Tapping Information To Advocate Under RTI Act
The Delhi High Court on Monday stayed an order of the Central information Commission (CIC), requiring the Telecom Authority of India (TRAI) to collect and furnish information about alleged tapping of an Advocate's phone, in terms of the Right to Information Act.A Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh was hearing a LPA preferred by TRAI from a single bench order...
Tokyo Paralympics: Shuttler Raj Kumar Withdraws Plea Before Delhi High Court Challenging Non-Selection
Arjuna Awardee shuttler Raj Kumar has withdrawn his plea filed before the Delhi High Court, challenging his non-selection for the Tokyo Paralympics, slated to commence from August 24, 2021.The development comes after Advocate Nalin Kohli, representing the Badminton Association of India, apprised the Court that Kumar's was not selected under the bipartite system since all the players selected...
No CET For Class 11 Admissions; Admit Students Based On Class 10 Marks : Bombay High Court To Maharashtra Govt
Allowing a student's plea, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday set aside the Maharashtra Government's decision to hold a common entrance test (CET) based only on the State Board's syllabus for class XI or first-year junior college admission. "The state government does not have the power under law to issue such a notification and this court can intervene in extreme cases of gross...
