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'Not Inclined To Multiply Litigation': Allahabad High Court Rejects PIL Seeking Judicial Enquiry Into Hathras Case
The Allahabad High Court on Thursday refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking Judicial Enquiry under Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952 into Hathras case. A Bench led by Chief Justice Govind Mathur said that the case is already pending before a Division Bench at Lucknow which took suo moto cognizance of midnight cremation of the victim's body and thus, it shall not...
RERA Does Not Bar Consumer Fora From Entertaining Complaints By Allottee, Reiterates Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has reiterated that Section 79 of the RERA Act does not bar the Consumer fora from entertaining complaint on behalf of an allottee.In this case, the issue before the Delhi High Court was whether the proceedings under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 can be commenced by home buyers (or allottees of properties in proposed real estate development projects) against...
Kerala High Court Stays Govt Decision To Blacklist Pricewaterhouse Coopers From IT-Related Projects
The Kerala High Court on Friday stayed the decision of the Kerala Government to blacklist premier consultancy firm Pricewaterhouse Coopers Private Ltd (PwC) from IT-related projects for two years.A single bench of Justice PV Asha stayed the decision for a period of two weeks while issuing notice to the Kerala Government and the Kerala State IT Infrastructure Ltd(KSITIL) on the writ petition...
Karnataka High Court Directs Holding Of Elections To 198 Wards In Bengaluru Civic Body Expeditiously
The Karnataka High Court on Friday directed the State Election Commission to hold elections of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), as expeditiously as possible by publishing election program within six weeks from the date of publishing of final list of Electoral rolls. Election shall be held for 198 wards, as per notification of delimitation of ward already published. A...
Delhi High Court Restrains Publishers From Creating Audio Books From The Novels Of Hindi Novelist Anil Mohan
In a first, the Delhi High Court recently restrained publishers (5 in number) from creating audiobooks from the plaintiff's (Anil Mohan Bhardwaj) novels in which he claimed that he has subsisting valid copyright without his written consent. The Bench of Justice Mukta Gupta also restrained the defendants from publishing or re-publishing the novels, without the written consent of...
'When No Minimum Sentence Is Prescribed, Accused is Entitled To Default Bail If Charge-Sheet Not Filed In 60 Days': Delhi High Court Grants Bail To Journalist Rajeev Sharma
The Delhi High Court has granted bail to journalist Rajeev Sharma, who was arrested for allegedly leaking sensitive information to Chinese intelligence.The court observed that an accused is entitled to default bail if chargesheet is not filed in 60 days, if no minimum sentences is prescribed under the statute for the offences alleged against him.Sharma had earlier moved a petition seeking...
Delhi High Court Directs SpiceJet To Up Their Offer To AAI On Rs.158 Cr-Worth Air Traffic Dues
The Delhi High Court on Friday directed commercial airline SpiceJet to give a better offer to the Airport Authority of India (AAI) with respect to its payment plans of dues worth Rs. 158 crores on Air Traffic invoices due since 2015 and Rs. 82 crore worth interest accrued on the due amount. Sr. Adv. Nayyar on behalf of SpiceJet agreed, and said, "We will give them a better...
Delhi High Court Grants Conditional Custody Parole To Ex Bihar MP Mohd. Shahabuddin To Meet Relatives
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted custody parole for three days to former MP Mohd. Shahabuddin (a convict and an under trial in custody), who is presently lodged in Tihar jail and serving life-term in a murder case. The Bench of Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani was hearing the plea of Shahabuddin who submitted (through his Counsel, Senior Advocate Salman Khurshid) that his...
Allahabad High Court Imposes Rs 10K Cost On Plea For Speedy Disposal Of Bail Application Which Was Not Filed
The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a Criminal Writ plea with a cost of Rs. 10,000/- which was filed seeking a direction for speedy disposal of the bail application which was not filed. The Bench of Justice Ravi Nath Tilhari and Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta dismissed the plea while noting, "(The plea) is praying for a direction for speedy disposal of the bail application when...
