Delhi High Court Stays Order Of Rs. 96 lakh Penalty Imposed By Financial Intelligence Unit To PAYPAL, Notice Issued To RBI

Directing PayPal to maintain a record of all its transactions, Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted stay on a plea by the payment gateway challenging the imposition of Rs. 96 lakh as penalty on it, for alleged violation of India's money laundering law. The relief is subject to the deposit of Rs. 96 lakh bank guarantee by PayPal before the court within a period of 2 weeks.Justice Pratibha...

Courts This Week- A Weekly Round Of Important Legal Developments In The Country [Episode-47]

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Kumbh Mela Amid Pandemic: Uttarakhand High Court Directs Authorities To Frame SOP

Noting that Kumbh Mela 2021 is scheduled to commence from 27th February 2021 and taking into account the concerns expressed with regard to organizing and conducting of the Mela, the Uttarakhand High Court on Monday (11th January) directed the State Authorities to discuss the ways and means which need to be utilized for resolving the logistical problems of organising Kumbh Mela...

Sonu Sood Is A Habitual Offender Of Illegal Construction, Want To Enjoy The Commercial Proceeds Of Unauthorised Works: MBC Tells HC

Bollywood actor Sonu Sood is a "habitual offender" who keeps carrying out unauthorised construction work in a residential building in suburban Juhu despite demolition action initiated on two occasions in the past, the Mumbai civic body stated in its affidavit filed in the Bombay High Court on Tuesday.The affidavit was filed in response to the petition filed by Sood last week challenging a...

'Creates Hindrance To Proposed Vaccination Programme': Andhra Pradesh High Court Suspends Schedule For Local Body Elections

"Decision to conduct elections certainly hampers and create hindrance to mammoth vaccination programme taken up by the Union of India," observed the Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday. A Single Bench of Justice M Ganga Rao thereby suspended the schedule set by the State Election Commission for conducting local body elections in the State, in the interest of public health. The Judge...

SC/ST Act: Allahabad HC Issues Directions Regarding Timely Service Of Notice Of Bail Pleas To Victim & Placing Of Same Before Court

While hearing the concerns of parties that certain anomalies in the practices of hearing of bail applications/bail appeals under 'The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989', the Allahabad High Court on Monday (11th January) issued certain directions regarding placing of bail application/bail appeal under the Act before the Court and timely delivery...

Madras High Court Directs Puducherry Fee Committee To Fix Fees For PG Medical Courses From 2017-18 Onwards Until Guidelines Are Framed By UGC/ NMC

The Madras High Court on Monday ordered the Puducherry Fee Committee to fix the fee for Post Graduate Medical and Dental courses in Deemed Universities, for the from the academic year 2017-18 onwards till 2020-21. Further, students shall be entitled for refund of excess fees paid by them in terms of a previous order of the High Court. The order has been passed by a Division bench...

One Member One Ward-Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Finally Challenge To Gujarat Local Body Election Rules Next Week

In the wake of the upcoming local bodies polls in Gujarat, the Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear finally the challenge to the constitutionality of the state Rules on elections to the municipal corporations from January 19.The bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan was hearing the SLP preferred against the July 29, 2015 decision of the Gujarat High Court dismissing the challenge to the...

In Digital Era, Employees Working In Different States To Be Treated As 'One Work Place' For Purposes Of Sexual Harassment At Workplace: Rajasthan High Court

The Jaipur Bench of the Rajasthan High Court has made it clear that in the digital age, posting of the Complainant in a different state from the accused would not be a barrier in prosecuting the latter for sexual harassment at workplace. "In the present digital world, work place for employees working in the Bank and who have earlier worked in the same Branch and later on shifted...

Justice (Retd.) Bansi Lal Bhat's Term As Officiating Chairperson Of NCLAT Extended Till He Turns 67 Yrs

The Central Government has extended the term of (Retd.) Justice Bansi Lal Bhat as the officiating Chairperson of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), till he attains the age of 67 years, or until further orders, whichever is earlier. The term of Justice AIS Cheema as the Judicial Member of NCLAT has also been extended till he attains the age of 67 years, or until...

Karnataka High Court Issues Notice To Centre On Plea Challenging Section 2(c)(i) Of Contempt Of Courts Act

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday issued notice on a petition challenging the constitutional validity of Section 2(c)(i) of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, which criminalises publication of such matter that may "scandalize the courts". A Bench led by Chief Justice Abhay S. Okay has issued notice to the Central Government on the petition filed by journalists Krishna Prasad and N....

MJ Akbar V. Priya Ramani- Raising Public Awareness Cannot Be Achieved By Maligning Someone, Geeta Luthra

The Courtroom battle in the criminal defamation case filed by complainant, Former Union Minister Mr. M.J. Akbar against journalist Ms. Priya Ramani continued today before a Delhi Court judge, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Ravindra Kumar Pandey. Senior Advocate Geeta Luthra continued her rebuttal arguments against the accused, Ms. Ramani in the matter. The case is currently on...