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Personal Information Having No Relation To Any Public Activity, Public Interest Cannot Be Disclosed Under RTI Act: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court on Monday observed that any personal information having no relation with any public activity or public interest cannot be disclosed under the Right to Information Act. The Court also said that disclosure of such information can cause an unwarranted invasion into one's privacy.The observation came from a division bench comprising of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice...
Bhima Koregaon Violence Caused By Another Group : Jaising Argues Relying On Ex-CM's Statements, Pune Police Affidavit
The caste violence at Bhima Koregaon on January 1, 2018, was not caused by the "lawful" Elgar Parishad event held the previous day, and the case would not attract the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, researcher Rona Wilson told the Bombay High Court. Senior Advocate Indira Jaising for Wilson submitted that she would be relying on two statements made by then...
Delhi Police Moves High Court Against Trial Court Order Imposing Rs. 25K Cost For It's ''Farcical & Callous' Investigation In Delhi Riots Case
The Delhi Police has moved the Delhi High Court against the Trial Court's order which had imposed Rs. 25,000 cost on it by calling the investigation as 'farcical' and 'most callous' in connection with a Delhi Riots case.The trial court was dealing with a revision petition filed by SHO, PS Bhajanpura challenging an order directing them to register a seperate FIR of one Mohd. Nasir who had...
Kerala High Court Grants Interim Anticipatory Bail To Two Accused In ISRO Espionage Case
The Kerala High Court on Monday granted interim anticipatory bail to former police officers S. Vijayan and Thampi S. Durga in the ISRO espionage case for two weeks. The duo was accused of being a part of the conspiracy to falsely implicate, arrest and torture ISRO scientist NambI Narayanan for espionage.Justice Ashok Menon while passing the interim orders also extended the interim bail granted...
Section 138 NI Act- Jharkhand High Court Explains Bouncing Of Non-MICR Cheques, Notice Under Certificate of Posting
The Jharkhand High Court last week made some pertinent observations regarding the essentials required for prosecution under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (Act) for the bouncing of non-MICR (Magnetic Ink Character Recognition) cheques. The Court also issued directions on what would constitute a valid mode of service for the dispatch of a demand notice. Justice Anubha...
Lok Sabha Clears Factoring Regulation (Amendment) Bill Amid Opposition Protests
The Lok Sabha today passed the Factoring Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2021 with an aim to liberalize the Factoring Regulation Act, 2011 by widening the scope of entities which can engage in factoring business. The Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on September 14, 2020. It was referred to the Standing Committee on Finance on September 25, 2020 and the Committee's report was tabled...
Delhi High Court Seeks Centre, Delhi Govt's Response On Plea For Building Seperate Public Toilet Facilities For Transgenders, Third Gender
The Delhi High Court has sought the response of Centre and Delhi Government on a plea seeking directions for building seperate public toilet facilities for Transgenders and third gender. A division bench comprising of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh issued notice to Union of India through Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Delhi Government and Delhi Municipal Corporations....
Bhima Koregaon Case : Bombay High Court Reserves Order On Surendra Gadling's Bail Plea To Attend Mother's Death Anniversary
The Bombay High Court on Monday reserved for orders the temporary bail appeal of Bhima Koregaon- Elgar Parishad Case accused – Advocate Surendra Gadling to perform his mother's funeral rites on her first death anniversary on August 15, 2021. A division bench of Justices SS Shinde and NJ Jamadar said they would pronounce the order on July 30 2021, after hearing submissions...
Parliament Passes Bill To Declare Two Food Technology Institutes As Institutions Of National Importance
The Lok Sabha today passed the National Institutes of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management Bill, 2021, to declare certain institutes of food technology, entrepreneurship, and management as institutions of national importance. These institutes are: the National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management, Kundli the Indian Institute...
Kangana Ranaut's Passport Renewal : Bombay High Court Refuses Javed Akhtar's Intervention
The Bombay High Court, on Monday, refused to hear lyricist Javed Akhtar's interim application in Kangana Ranaut's quashing petition regarding the Didda Copyright Ro asking him to approach the complainant or the public prosecutor as he was not a party in the present proceedings.Akhtar accused Ranaut of deliberately concealing his defamation case pending against her to mislead the court and get...
Indicate In Mark Cards Of Karnataka Open School Students That They Appeared For SSLC Exams In Regular Format : High Court
The Karnataka High Court on Monday refused to interfere with a government notification mandating nine days regular format SSLC examination for students registered with the Karnataka Open School System. The examination began today. A division bench of Justice B V Nagarathna and Justice P Krishna Bhat disposed of the petition filed by a student Puneeth Acharya Y. However, it...