Political Parties Should Take Responsibility And Instruct Members To Wear Face Masks & Maintain Social Distancing : Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday issued notice to political parties-Bharatiya Janata Party, Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (M), Indian National Congress, Janata Dal (S) and Kannada Chaluvali Vatal Paksha, calling upon them to make a statement, whether they are willing to issue instructions to its members/followers to strictly abide by the rules regarding wearing...

Order Of Commercial Court U/Sec 9 Of Arbitration & Conciliation Act Appealable: Kerala High Court

An order under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, passed by a Commercial Court below the level of a District Judge is appealable under Section 13(1) of the The Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts Act, the Kerala High Court has held.The Court observed thus while considering a petition challenging an order passed by...

Delhi Riots: Court Takes Cognisance of Charge Sheet Against Sharjeel Imam, Umar Khalid in UAPA Case

A Delhi court Tuesday took cognisance of the supplementary charge sheet filed against former JNU student Umar Khalid and JNU student Sharjeel Imam in a case of the north east Delhi riots.While the court decided to proceed against them for the offences under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, it did not take cognisance of the offences of sedition, criminal conspiracy and...

Allahabad High Court Seeks Govt Response On Enforcement Of Clinical Establishments Act, 2010

The Allahabad High Court has called upon the State Government to apprise it about steps taken to regulate clinical establishments in the State, in view of Article 47 of the Constitution as well as the Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2010. "As per mandate of article 47 of the Constitution of India, it is the duty of the State to raise the level of...

Delhi HC Injuncts Unauthorised Broadcast Of India-Australia International Cricket 2020 Series By Websites On Sony Pictures's Plea

The Delhi High Court today accepted Sony Pictures' Network India Pvt Ltd's plea before it claiming exclusive media rights in the forthcoming India Australia International Cricket Series, 2020 and injuncted websites like www.b1.mylivecricket.biz and others from doing any unauthorized broadcast of the international series. The court also issued summons and notice on the suit after...

'ICMR Confident About Availability Of Covid Vaccine In Near Future': Allahabad High Court Orders 24x7 Vigilance For Wearing Of Masks In 6 Cities

The Allahabad High Court has ordered the Police authorities to ensure that people moving in public spaces mandatorily wear masks, to prevent the spread of Covid-19 virus. A Division Bench of Justices Siddhartha Varma and Ajit Kumar has asked the Additional Advocate General to see that surveillance is done viz-a-viz wearing of masks in the districts of Lucknow, Ghaziabad,...

Supreme Court Grants Interim Bail To UAPA Accused To Take Care Of Their Old Parents

The Supreme Court has granted interim bail to two UAPA convicts for one month to take care of their parents.Hafiz Abdul Majeed and Arun Kumar Jain and some others were convicted for offence under Section 18, 18B and 20 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, and were awarded punishment of life imprisonment. The High Court, upheld the conviction and modified the sentence...

Overloading In Vehicles: Allahabad High Court Calls Upon Transport Commissioner In Plea For Compliance Of Motor Vehicles Act

The Allahabad High Court has called upon the Transport Commissioner, Uttar Pradesh to respond on the issue with regard to compliance of the mandatory provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. A Division Bench of Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Piyush Agrawal has asked the Commissioner to file a complete response in the form of an affidavit before next date of listing,...

Delhi High Court Orders Aniruddha Malpani To Take Down Prima Facie Defamatory Tweets Against Coding Unicorn WhiteHat Jr

A day after ordering in favour of WhiteHatJr in its defamation suit against Pradeep Poonia, the Delhi High Court today ordered yet another Twitter user, Aniruddha Malpani to take down some specific 'deprecatory, defamatory' tweets against WhiteHat Jr – a platform teaching coding to children. The court issued notice and summons on WhiteHat's plea and posted the matter for further...

Ramani's Tweets Per Se Defamatory, Tarnished Akbar's Reputation, Geeta Luthra Argues

Before the court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ravinder Kumar Pandey, Senior Advocate Geeta Luthra started her final arguments afresh today on behalf of MJ Akbar in his criminal defamation case against journalist Priya Ramani. While addressing the court, Ms Luthra submitted that Priya Ramani's tweets, which were made without any care and caution, tarnished Akbar's...

TRP Scam : Karnataka High Court To Pass Order Tomorrow On Anticipatory Bail Plea Of Republic TV COO

The Karnataka High Court will on Wednesday pass its order on the anticipatory bail application filed by Chief Operating Officer Priya Mukherjee of ARG Outlier Media Private Ltd which runs RepublicTV & R Bharat channels. A single bench of Justice H P Sandesh will be passing the order. Mukherjee has sought transit bail as she is apprehending arrest in the Fake Television...

Centre Decides To Block 43 More Mobile Apps Citing Security Concerns

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on Tuesday blocked 43 mobile apps, mostly Chinese, citing threat to security of state. The Ministry has decided to invoked powers under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, read with the relevant provisions of the Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for Blocking of Access of Information by Public)...