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Delhi High Court Adjourns Hearing On MJ Akbar's Plea Against Priya Ramani's Acquittal In Criminal defamation Case To May 5
The Delhi High Court on Thursday adjourned to May 5 hearing in the appeal by former Union Minister MJ Akbar challenging the acquittal of journalist Priya Ramani in the criminal defamation case filed by him over the "metoo" sexual harassment allegations made by her. The adjournment came in the view of Justice Mukta Gupta not holding the Court for the day. Senior Advocates Geeta Luthra and...
Pursuant To Filing Of PIL In Gauhati HC, Assam Govt Brings Out Policy To Rehabilitate People Who Lands Were Lost Due To Flood/ Erosion
The Government of Assam, in response to a PIL filed before the Gauhati High Court seeking welfare schemes for people residing in flood/ erosion prone areas of the state, has come up with a comprehensive policy for rehabilitation of such families. The State has informed a Division Bench comprising of Chief Justice Sudhanshu Dulia and Justice Manas Ranjan Pathak that on January 6,...
DMK Moves Madras High Court Seeking Elimination Of Old EVMs, Live CCTV Coverage Of Voting, Etc.
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) on Wednesday (24th March) moved the Madras High Court with its plea seeking certain directions on the Election Commission to ensure the free and fair conduct of the coming State Assembly Elections. Hearing the plea, the Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy directed the Election Commission to come up with a...
Ensure That 'Kumbh Mela' Doesn't Turn Into COVID Breeding Ground, COVID Test Mandatory: Uttarakhand High Court
Days after Uttarakhand's Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat publicly announced that pilgrims would not need to bring RT-PCR COVID-19 test report while coming for Kumbh Mela, the Uttarakhand High Court on Wednesday (24th March), in effect, made the test mandatory. However, media reports have suggested that the State Government has now issued an official order making it mandatory for...
Potentiality Of Acquired Land Has To Be Taken Into Consideration To Determine Market Value: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that potentiality of the acquired land is one of the primary factors to be taken into consideration to determine the market value of the land.The question whether a land has potential value or not primarily depends upon its condition, situation, use to which it is put or its reasonable capability of being put and also its proximity to residential, commercial...
UAPA- "In Absence Of Any Connection Between Alleged Act And Property Recovered, It Cannot Be Assumed That Property Was Acquired By Terrorist Act": Patna HC
The Patna High Court on Monday observed that in absence of any connection between the act alleged and the property recovered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, it cannot be assumed that those properties were acquired by the terrorist act. The observation came by a single judge bench comprising of Justice Birendra Kumar while dealing with a petition filed by the family members of...
Karnataka High Court Directs Penal Action Against Participants Of Public Rally For Not Wearing Facemasks
The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday directed the State Government to ensure that penal and other actions are initiated in accordance with law against those persons who attended rallies held on March 23 violating COVID-19 norms regarding social distancing and wearing of face masks. Advocate G R Mohan appearing for one of the petitioner today filed a memo before the court drawing...
'Strict' Election Commission Can Ensure Govt. Funds Aren't Brazenly Used For Campaigning Purposes Madras High Court
The Madras High Court on Tuesday (23rd March) observed that in an ideal situation, there should be a level playing field where the government functionaries do not use the perks and benefits in the office while they campaign for election purposes. The Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy was hearing a plea seeking a prohibition on Ministers...
Setting Out Two Separate Prayers For Injunction, One For Infringement And Other For Passing Off A Singularly Unwise Practice: Bombay High Court
“I would venture to suggest as a matter of law that the operative injunction order should only be as an injunction without a restriction specifying infringement or passing off”.
Collector Of Dadra And Nagar Haveli Sandeep Kumar Singh Seeks Quashing Of "Politically Motivated" FIR In MP Suicide
Sandeep Kumar Singh, the collector of Silvassa has moved the Bombay High Court seeking quashing of the FIR registered against him in connection with the suicide of Member of Parliament Mohan Delkar. Singh has said that the FIR is politically motivated and Mumbai Police does not have the jurisdiction to investigate the case. The petition was briefly heard by the division bench...
"Ensure Safety And Security Of Umar Khalid And Others"; Delhi Court Directs Tihar Jail Superintendent
A Delhi Court on Wednesday directed the Tihar Jail Suprintendent and police personnel to ensure safety and security of Umar Khalid and other co accused persons while sending and receiving them back to Jail from the Court including the transit for the purpose of his physical production tomorrow in the Delhi riots larger conspiracy hearing.The direction came from Additional Sessions Judge...