Centre Notifies Amendments To Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act and Insurance Act

The Centre has notified amendments to Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act and Insurance Act.Both these amendments received the assent of the President of India yesterday (25th March), and shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020, was passed by Parliament on...

Delhi High Court Rejects RBI Appeal Against Order For Reconsideration Of JSPL Plea For $300 mln Remittance To Mauritius Subsidiary

The Delhi High Court today dismissed an appeal by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) against an earlier order of a Single-Judge which had directed the RBI to reconsider an application by Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) to transmit $300 million to its wholly owned subsidiary Jindal Steel and Power (Mauritius) Ltd (JSPML).Directing the central bank to reconsider its decision on JSPL's...

"Hands Of Investigators Cannot Be Tied": Delhi Court Rejects Plea By Mehmood Pracha Against His Office Raids

A Delhi Court on Friday disposed off Advocate Mehmood Pracha's application challenging Delhi Police Special Cell's second raid after observing that the objections raised by him are baseless.Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Pankaj Sharma ordered thus:"The plea of the applicant about his offer of target data in Pen drive can only be considered by the IO subject to the issue of admissibility...

Delhi High Court Refuses To Stay Feature Film 'Haathi Mere Saathi' Release

Days before the release of Hindi Feature Film 'Haathi Mere Saathi' (alternately titled 'Kaadan' in Tamil and 'Aranya' in Telugu), the Delhi High Court heard an urgent petition filed by 'Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd' seeking a stay on its release. The multinational pharmaceutical company (through ) sought stay on release via any media platform such as cinemas, OTT, etc., alleging that...

Kerala High Court Directs State Government To Notify Forward Community List For EWS Reservation

“The Model Code of Conduct need not restrain the Government from publishing the same”, the Court said.

Investigating Officer Not To Indulge In Any Act That Tacitly Creates An Advantage In Favour Of The Accused: Bombay High Court

While hearing a petition filed by the father of a woman killed in a motor accident alleged to involve a Sub-Inspector of Police, the Bombay High Court made some crucial remarks about the how investigating officers were to investigate such offences. The Bench of Justices Ravindra V. Ghuge and B. U. Debadwar emphasized that an Investigating Officer required to investigate the crime...

Any Eventuality That Interrupts Supply Of Water To Agricultural Fields Amounts To Violation Of Right To Trade Under Article 19: Allahabad High Court

Any eventuality that adversely affects supply of water to agricultural fields virtually amounts to violation of Article 19 as that affects business and profession of agriculturists.

Law Students' Plea Seeking Implementation Of Manual Scavengers Act: Allahabad High Court Seeks UP Govt's Response

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday (25th March) directed the Uttar Pradesh Government to file its response in a plea moved seeking implementation of the provisions of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013 in the State of Uttar Pradesh. Having perused the recommendation made in the plea, the Bench of Chief Justice Govind Mathur and...

"Don't Pass The Buck, Look Into Allegations": Madras High Court To Election Commission On Plea Alleges BJP Targeting Voters Via Aadhaar Data

In response to a Public Interest Litigation petition filed alleging that the Puducherry unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has misused Aadhaar details of voters for election campaigning purposes, the Madras High Court on Wednesday (24th March) directed the Election Commission to look into the allegations immediately and with the degree of seriousness that it deserves. Calling it a matter...

Ensure That At Every Political Gathering Masks Are Worn By All, Social Distancing Norms Are Maintained: Madras High Court

In a plea seeking directions to Election Commission and the State Government for stopping all election campaign due to the pandemic, the Madras High Court on Monday (22nd March) refused to interfere in view of the fact that assembly elections have been notified. The Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy was hearing the plea of one A. Jalaudeen,...

[Ambani Explosives Scare Case] Shocking That A Police Officer Is Involved in Planting Explosives In A Case He Was Investigating – NIA to Court

A Special Court under the NIA Act on Thursday extended the custody of suspended police officer Sachin Waze till April 3, in the case regarding explosives found near Mukesh Ambani's house in Mumbai. The NIA represented by ASG Anil Singh sought Waze's custody for 15 days citing the terror charges recently invoked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, the death of Mansukh Hiren and...

Take Special Efforts To Persuade Citizens To Take COVID Vaccine : Karnataka High Court To State

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday suggested to the state government to make special efforts to persuade citizens residing in thickly populated localities who are more vulnerable to infection to take vaccines. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Aravind Kumar said "There are large numbers of people which include workers on construction sites and...