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Raigad Police Files 1914 Pages Charge-sheet Against Arnab Goswami And 2 Others in the 2018 Anvay Naik Abetment To Suicide Case
Raigad police on Friday filed a charge sheet against Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami and two others in a 2018 Anvay Naik abetment of suicide case.The charge sheet was filed before a court in Alibaug in neighbouring Raigad district, where the case for alleged abetment of suicide of interior designer Anvay Naik and his mother Kumud has been registered.Besides Goswami, the other...
Justice GR Udhwani Of Gujarat High Court Dies Of Covid-19
A sitting Judge of the Gujarat High Court, Justice GR Udhwani passed away this morning due to COVID-19. The 59 years old Judge was elevated as an Additional Judge of the Gujarat High Court on 12th November, 2012 and was confirmed as Permanent Judge on 10th July, 2014. Born on 25th November, 1961, Justice GR Udhwani obtained his degree in Law from Sir LA Shah Law College, Ahmedabad...
Father Stan Swamy Gets Straw & Sipper, Files Fresh Application Expressing Fear Of Transfer From Taloja Jail
Father Stan Swamy, the 83-year-old jesuit priest from Ranchi who was arrested from his home in October for his alleged role in the caste based violence that took place at Bhima Koregaon in January 2018, has been provided with straw and sipper that he has been asking for since November, his lawyer informed the Special NIA Court on Friday.Appearing on behalf of Father Stan, Advocate Sharif...
N95 Is A Generic Term: IPAB Stays Operation Of Registration Of N95 Trademark
The Intellectual Property Appellate Board has stayed the operation of registration of 'N95' as trademark.The term N95 is a generic term in the mask industry, the same is not capable of being neither registered or protected as trade mark nor the same can be appropriated by any one entity, the Board observed while considering a Rectification Application is filed by SASSOON FAB International...
'State Duty Bound To Protect Right To Shelter' : Karnataka High Court Directs Govt To Reconstruct Migrants' Huts Burnt Down During Lockdown
Asserting that the State is bound to protect the right to shelter, the Karnataka High Court on Friday directed the state government to reconstruct at its own cost the huts/shanties of migrant workers in Bengaluru, which were burnt down by unknown miscreants when the occupants had left for their native places after the announcement of the lockdown.The Court direct that the State, within...
Delhi High Court Directs RBI To Reconsider Jindal Steel And Power Ltd Application To Remit $300 mln To Mauritius Subsidiary
The Delhi High Court today remanded to the Reserve Bank of India, 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 application, the court noted that the RBI's order dated 30.12.2019, vide which it had rejected...
Delhi Riots: Delhi High Court Directs Shifting Of Jamia Student Asif Iqbal Tanha To Guest House For Writing Exams
The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the jail authorities to forthwith take Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) student Asif Iqbal Tanha, to a guest house located in Lajpat Nagar, Delhi so that he is able to study and appear in examinations scheduled from 04th December. The Bench of Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri was hearing an application filed by Tanha under Section 439 Cr.P.C. read with...
"Public At Large Has Been Callous, Negligent & Irresponsible": Himachal Pradesh High Court Issues Directions For Govt. To Tackle COVID19
Noticing the steep surge in COVID-19 cases, the Himachal Pradesh High Court on Thursday (03rd December) issued ssveral directions for the State Government to tackle COVID cases in the State.While observing that it is not the Government which is solely responsible for the rise in COVID Cases, the Bench of Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan and Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua also...
"Reckless And Ill Founded Allegations Against A Woman Who is Not A Party": Allahabad High Court Dismisses Plea Against Alleged Sex Racket
The Allahabad High Court on Thursday strongly reprimanded a writ Petitioner for disclosing the identity of a woman, both to the Police and in the judicial proceedings, allegedly involved in a sex racket. "The woman against whom allegations are levelled is not party to the proceedings. Even otherwise we are of the view that minimum standard of decency demands that identification of a...