Centre Extends Term Of Justice (Retd.) Bansi Lal Bhat As Officiating Chairperson Of NCLAT [Read Notification]

The Central Government has yet again extended the term of (Retd.) Justice Bansi Lal Bhat as the officiating Chairperson of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), till 31st December 2020 or until a regular Chairperson is appointed or until further orders, whichever is the earliest. Earlier, the Government had extended his term till October 16, 2020. He was first...

'Posting Wife's Nude Snaps In Public Domain Amounts To Betrayal Of Mutual Trust & Confidence', HP High Court Denies Bail To Husband [Read Order]

The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Tuesday (27th October) denied the benefit of Anticipatory Bail to a Husband accused of posting and uploading nude photographs of his wife in the public domain.Calling it "not only serious but a heinous crime", the Bench of Justice Vivek Singh Thakur observed that,"Posting and uploading nude photographs of the spouse, particularly of wife, in public...

"BMC Has Shown Its Inhuman Face";Bombay High Court Directs To Pay Lockdown Salary Dues To Physically Disabled Employees [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday repudiated the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation for issuing a circular withdrawing earlier exemption granted to physically disabled employees of the Corporation from attending office during lockdown, resulting in these employees not being paid any salary during the lockdown as their absence from work was treated as permissible leave.Division bench of...

U'khand Govt. Dismisses A Civil Judge From Service For Allegedly Torturing Her 13 Yr Old Domestic Help [Read Notification]

Accepting the full bench resolution of the Uttarakhand High Court and on the recommendation of the State Government, the Uttarakhand government has dismissed a Civil Judge from service for allegedly torturing a minor girl (13-year-old) who worked as a domestic help at her residence in Haridwar, Uttarakhand.The government has issued a notification dated Wednesday (21st October) notifying that...

[Delhi Riots] 'Police Not Serious About His Alleged Involvement In The Matter', Delhi Court Grants Bail To 66 Yr Old Man [Read Order]

"It is also evident that even the police is not serious about the involvement of applicant in the present case, as the incident allegedly took place on 24.02.2020 and the NBWs against the applicant have been obtained from the Court on 14.10.2020, when the anticipatory bail of co-accused Darshan was pending, which was ultimately granted on 21.10.2020."

Lieutenant Governor Of J&K Inaugurates J&K International Arbitration Centre At Srinagar

The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu & Kashmir, Manoj Sinha, today inaugurated the Jammu and Kashmir International Arbitration Centre (JKIAC) at Srinagar. The Jammu and Kashmir High Court had accorded approval to set up JKIAC last month and an "Arbitration Committee" for the same has been constituted. During his special address, the LG observed that the establishment of...

Aarogya Setu RTI Row : Ministry Issues Clarification; Says Names Of All Persons Associated With App Shared In Public Domain

Following the controversy generated by the Central Information Commission pulling up the central government authorities for not sharing information about the 'Aarogya Setu App', the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology(MeitY) issued a clarification statement.LiveLaw had reported today morning the order passed by the CIC wherein it was observed: "None of the CPIOs(Central...

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal Acquitted In Criminal Defamation Case Filed by BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri

The Rouse Avenue Court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of First Class on Wednesday acquitted the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of the criminal defamation charges levelled against him by the BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri in 2015. Mr. Bidhuri had alleged that Mr. Kejriwal had made defamatory remarks against him in a programme aired on 17.07.2015 and repeated on 18.07.2015...

Delhi University Vice Chancellor Yogesh Tyagi Suspended For Dereliction Of Duty [Read Order]

President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday suspended the Vice-Chancellor of Delhi University, Professor Yogesh Tyagi, for failure in discharge of the duties and responsibilities entrusted to him under the Delhi University Act, 1922. The President, who is the Visitor to the University, has also directed an inquiry against him over allegations of dereliction of duty and lack...

State Should Facilitate Establishment Of Private Schools To Fructify Right To Education: Karnataka High Court

Observing that "the Constitutional guarantee of free-primary-education will not fructify in the absence of enough number of schools and therefore, the State action should be facilitative & complimentary to the establishment of private schools," the Karnataka High Court has directed the State government to consider afresh an application made by a trust seeking permission to start...

Kerala Actor Assault Case : Victim Moves Kerala High Court Seeking Transfer Of Trial; Terms Judge 'Hostile & Biased'

In a dramatic development in the sensational Kerala actor abduction and sexual assault case, the victim of the crime filed an application in the High Court of Kerala seeking to transfer the case from the present court stating that she was aggrieved by the "biased and hostile" attitude of the presiding judge.Earlier, the Prosecution had filed an application before the trial court seeking to...

RTI Activist Saket Gokhale Moves Bombay High Court For Removal Of NCW Chairperson Rekha Sharma

Activist Saket S Gokhale has filed a civil writ petition before the Bombay High Court praying for directions to the Ministry of Women & Child Development to remove Ms. Rekha Sharma as its Chairperson for promoting anti-Muslim theory "love jihad". The petition has been filed in the backdrop of a recent tweet of Ms. Sharma, whereby she claims to have met with the Governor...