Franklin Templeton Files Additional Affidavits After Karnataka HC Reserves Judgment

The Karnataka High Court on Monday posted a batch of petitions challenging the winding up of six debt schemes of Franklin Templeton, (FT) for the purpose of recording that FT Asset Management India Private Limited and FT Trustees Private Limited have filed two affidavits. The Court had reserved judgment on September 24. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Ashok...

Former Chief Justice of Kerala High Court Justice KK Usha Passes Away

Former Chief Justice of High Court of Kerala Justice KK Usha passed away on MondayJustice K. K. Usha had enrolled as an advocate in the year 1961. She was appointed Government pleader in the Kerala High Court in 1979.She was a judge and then Chief Justice in the High Court of Kerala from 25 February 1991 to 3 July 2001.She was the Chief Justice from 2000 to 2001. She was the first woman to...

"Rights Under Articles 19(1) And 25 Denied Without Any Reasons": Allahabad HC Allows The Majlis In Waqaf Imambada Masjid [Read Order]

"Considering the fact that no orders have been passed and only the petitioners are being restrained by means of oral communication, it is clear that the rights of the petitioner enshrined under Article 19(1) read with Article 25 are being denied without any reasons whatsoever."The Allahabad High Court on Monday granted permission for performing a Majlis (religious congregation) at the...

Advance Ruling On 18% GST Application To 'Parota' Is Void Ab Initio :AAAR [Read Order]

The Karnataka Appellate Authority of Advance Ruling (KAAR) has declared the ruling given by the Authority of Advance Ruling(AAR) on the application of 18% Goods and Service Tax(GST) to whole wheat parota (fried flat bread) and Malabar Parota to be void ab initio.The appellate authority made such a declaration on the finding that the applicant, ID Fresh Food(India) Pvt.Ltd, had filed...

[Offences Under The POCSO Act] Sessions Court Can't Entertain Anticipatory Bail Pleas; Only Special POCSO Courts Are Empowered To Do So: Madras HC [Read Order]

The Madras High Court (Madurai Bench) on Wednesday (30th September) ruled that the Special courts, as designated under the provisions of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 [POCSO Act] alone are empowered to entertain pre-arrest bail petitions in respect of offences under the POCSO Act.The Bench of Justices M. Sathyanarayanan and V. Bharathidasan further held that the...

2G Case : CBI's Appeal Not Maintainable; Did Not Follow Filing Procedure, Accused Argue In Delhi HC

Accused in the 2G spectrum case have argued that the leave to appeal filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation against the acquittals of A Raja and others is not maintainable as the agency did not follow the procedure prescribed for filing such an appeal. While addressing the Single Bench of Justice Brijesh Sethi, the counsel appearing for the accused argued that the appeal...

Bombay HC Seeks Details From State About 11 Deaths That Allegedly Occurred Due To Culpable Negligence Of Hospitals [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court on Monday directed the State government to file an affidavit providing details of deaths that occured due to alleged mismanagement of dead bodies in State run and Municipal hospitals. In the previous hearing, the Court has noted that if allegations of culpable negligence are true then families of such victims would be entitled to compensation.Division bench of Chief...

Habeas Corpus Pleas Against Preventive Detention Should Be Heard By Division Bench: Gujarat HC [Read Judgment]

"It is the duty of the court to see that the efficacy of the limited yet crucial safeguards provided in the law of preventive detention is not lost in mechanical routine, dull casualness and chill indifference on the part of the authorities entrusted with their application." In a significant order passed by the Gujarat High Court last month, it has been strongly recommended that...

Tumkur Court Reserves Order On Private Complaint Seeking FIR Against Kangana Ranaut For Tweets Against Farmers

A Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) at Tumkur in Karnataka, on Monday has reserved order on a private complaint filed by Advocate Ramesh Naik L seeking to register a first information report against actress Kangana Ranaut for her tweet on farmers opposing the Farmers Bill. The complaint filed by advocate Ramesh Naik L states that Ranaut has posted a message from her Twitter...

Delhi Court Orders To Provide Security To JNU Student Leader Umar Khalid In Prison

A Delhi court has sent former JNU student leader Umar Khalid to judicial custody for 14 days in a case related to the communal violence in north-east Delhi in February.Metropolitan Magistrate Dev Saro of Patiala House court also directed prison authorities to provide him adequate security and to take proper precautions that no harm is caused to him, while acting on the application filed by...

Interim Bail In Habeas Petition Challenging Detention Only In Exceptional Circumstances: Madras HC [Read Judgment]

The Madras High Court has observed that interim bail in habeas corpus petitions challenging preventive detention can be granted only in exceptional circumstances, when it is made out that the intervention of the cour is indispensable.Holding thus, a division bench comprising Justices T S Sivagnanam and Pushpa Sathyanarayana recalled an order passed on June 15 to grant interim bail to a...

[Criminal Cases Against MPs/MLAs] Telangana HC Directs Lower Courts To Take Up Hearing Of The Pending Cases On Day To Day Basis [Read Notification]

The Telangana High Court on Saturday (03rd October) told the lower courts to take up the hearing of pending cases against MPs and MLAs before their courts, on day to day basis (as directed by the Supreme Court).By way of a Notification released on 03rd October, the Telangana High Court gave the above-said direction to Metropolitan Sessions Judge-Hyderabad, Special Judge for the trial of...