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Karnataka High Court Refuses To Quash Corruption Case Against Yediyurappa; Deprecates Laxity In Investigation
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday refused to quash a criminal complaint registered under the Prevention of Corruption Act, against Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, who is alleged of de-notifying parcels of land and allotting it to entrepreneurs, during his tenure as the Deputy Chief Minister of the state, between February 2006 and October 2007. A single bench of Justice...
Five Month Old Infant Moves High Court Seeking Ban On Vehicular Movement Inside Cubbon Park
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the state government and other respondents on a public interest litigation filed by a five-month-old infant, seeking to ban traffic movement within and through Cubbon park, in Bengaluru. A division bench of Justice B V Nagarathna and Justice Nataraj Rangaswamy issued the notice directing the respondents to file their statement...
'Republic Bharat' Show Promoted Hate Speech And Intolerance, Finds UK Broadcast Regulator
The United Kingdom's communications regulator Office of Communications(OfCom) on Tuesday found that a program of Arnab Goswami's 'Republic Bharat' breached broadcasting conditions by promoting "hatred and intolerance" against a group of individuals.The order held that the discussion "Poochta Hai Bharat" telecast by the channel on September 6, 2019 violated the conditions in the OfCom...
Centre Extends Suspension Of Insolvency Proceedings By Another 3 Months Till March 25, 2021 - Read Notification
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs on Tuesday(December 22) issued a notification to extend the suspension of insolvency proceedings by another three months with effect from December 25 till March 25, 2021.The new notification comes ahead of the end of the present suspension period which is set to end on December 25.In June, the Centre had suspended IBC proceedings for a period of six months...
Residents Of Jammu And Kashmir May Approach NHRC For Grievances On Violation Of Human Rights As State Commission Was Wound Up: High Court
The Srinagar bench of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court has held that that The residents of Jammu and Kashmir, if having any grievance regarding violation of their human rights, may have to approach the National Human Rights Commission. "Prior to the enactment of the Reorganization Act, the Jammu & Kashmir Protection of Human Rights Act, 1997 was applicable in J&K. In exercise of...
Madras HC Grants Police Protection To Advocate Who Didn't Abide By Bar Association's Boycott Call, Stays His Suspension From Association
While reprimanding The Nagercoil Bar Association which called for the strike, the Madras High Court on Friday (18th December) granted police protection to an Advocate who was suspended by the Association as he didn't abide by the Boycott Call of the Association. The Bench of Justice N. Kirubakaran and Justice B. Pugalendhi also put an interim stay on his suspended and has allowed him...
Madhya Pradesh High Court Quashes MP Govt's Order Cancelling Accommodation Allotted To Congress MLA
Granting relief to a Congress Party MLA from Katni, Vidhan Sabha Area (Vijayraghvendra Singh), the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday (17th December) quashed Madhya Pradesh Government's Order cancelling the accommodation allotted to him. The Bench of Acting Chief Justice Sanjay Yadav and Justice Vijay Kumar Shukla observed that Government's order "does not record any reason...
'Filed Without Doing Any Homework': Delhi High Court Dismisses PIL With Costs Payable To DSLSA's Access To Justice Programme
The Delhi High Court recently dismissed a PIL, filed without doing any homework, with directions to the Petitioner to pay costs of Rs. 25,000/- to the Delhi Legal Service Authority (DLSA). A Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan stated that the amount will be utilized for the authority's "Access to Justice" programme. The Court was hearing...
Encroachment Of Public Land In The Garb Of A Place For Worship Ought To Be Discouraged, Says Delhi High Court
Dismissing a suit filed by a temple manager seeking permanent injunction against the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) from forcefully dispossessing him from 4 temple properties built on public land, a Single Judge bench of Justice Prathiba M. Singh observed, that a trend could be seen of public land being "sought to be encroached upon under the shelter of a place of worship. As is seen in...
Delhi High Court Orders Removal Of Allegedly 'Disparaging' Articles Against AMUL Products
The Delhi High Court has ordered removal of the articles titled "WHITE LIE OF AMUL AND BLACK TRUTH OF ANIMAL MILK" from a website named ditchdairy.in and its facebook page .The court has also restrained the defendants from uploading of articles identical or similar to the said articles on the website / Facebook account till the next date of hearing.Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing...
NSA Detention- Legal Obligation In Such Cases Must Be Discharged With 'Great Sense Of Responsibility': Orissa High Court
While quashing the order of preventive detention under the National Security Act (NSA) of one Sk Mabud, the Orissa High Court last week ruled that the legal obligation in cases related to Detention under National Security Act needs to be discharged with great sense of responsibility. The Bench of Justice S. K. Panigrahi and Justice Sanju Panda observed, "The exercise of that power...