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Delhi High Court Says It Will Pass Its Order On Centre's Appeal Against Vodafone Grp Plc
A Division Bench of Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw and Justice Asha Menon today said it would pass its order on an appeal by the Centre to restrain Vodafone Group Plc from initiating second arbitration proceedings under the India-UK Bilateral Protection Agreement (BIPA), after the Centre asked the court to defer the appeal sine die, refusing to make a statement on whether it would...
Karnataka High Court Asks ED If Amnesty International Can Be Allowed To Pay Statutory Dues From Frozen Bank Accounts
The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday directed the Enforcement Directorate to respond by tomorrow whether it is willing to allow international human rights body, Amnesty International's India offices (M/s Indians for Amnesty International Trust), to make statutory dues like salaries, tax payments, etc to the tune of Rs 40 lakh per month, from the five bank accounts which have been frozen...
'Humanity Most Important': Bombay High Court On Jail Authorities Refusing Gautam Navlakha's Spectacles Sent By Partner
The Bombay High Court while hearing plea filed by two accused in the Bhima Koregaon case made significant observations regarding the news about another accused in the case Gautam Navlakha, who is currently lodged at Taloja prison.Yesterday it was reported that his spectacles have been allegedly stolen on November 27 and the prison authorities did not allow him to contact family members for...
Mere Discrimination On Ground Of 'Sex' Without Sexual Undertones Not 'Sexual Harassment' Under POSH Act: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has held that the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, does not contemplate a situation of discrimination on the basis of sex if there is no express or implied sexual advance, sexual undertone or unwelcome behaviour which has a sexual tone behind it The court observed that any form of sexual approach or behaviour that...
Bombay High Court Dismisses Plea Against Construction Of Lokhandwala-Andheri Link Roads With Rs.2 Lakh Cost
The Bombay High Court on Friday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation filed by a group of residents from Versova questioning the construction of Lokhandwala Andheri link roads citing uprooting of mangroves as a cause for concern, observing that the petitioners appear to have private interest in the matter.Division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni were hearing a...
Gautam Navlakha's Spectacles Stolen; Taloja Jail Refuses Specs Sent By Family, Says Partner
One of the accused in the Bhima Koregaon case, journalist and activist Gautam Navlakha's partner Sahba Hussain has released a statement today alleging that his spectacles were stolen and despite him being nearly blind without them, Taloja jail authorities refused to allow Navlakha to speak to his family for three days after that.Moreover, the family sent him a new pair but the jail...