'Lost Years Can't Be Restored', Orissa HC Sets Aside 34 Yrs Old Judgment Convicting 2 Persons U/S 304 Part II & 324 Of IPC Respectively [Read Judgment]

The Orissa High Court on Tuesday (1st September) set aside 34 years old judgment and order dated 21.07.1988 passed by Sessions Judge, Dhenkanal in S.T. Case No.53-D of 1986.The said judgment and order of conviction of the appellant no.1 Nitia @ Nityananda Behera under section 304 Part II of the Indian Penal Code and that of the appellant no.2 Madhia @ Madhab Behera under section 324 of the...

Chhattisgarh HC Stays Proceedings For Allotment Of Govt Land To Congress Party [Read Order]

The Chhattisgarh High Court on Tuesday stayed the proceeding with respect to allotment of a Government land to the Congress Party, for construction of their offices in Kurud District, Chhattisgarh. The Division Bench comprising Chief Justice PR Ramachandra Menon and Justice Parth Prateem Sahu observed that the Petitioner had made out a prima facie case and it is pertinent to seek...

Hyderabad Court Stays Release Of Netflix Show 'Bad Boy Billionaires' On Plea By Ramalinga Raju

A local civil court in Hyderabad has issued an interim stay restraining Netflix from airing its web series 'Bad Boy Billionaires-India' on a petition filed by B Ramalinga Raju who was convicted in the multi-crore accounting scandal of Satyam Computer Services Limited.The XXV Additional Chief Judge B Prathima, while issuing notices to Netflix Inc in USA, Netflix Entertainment Services India...

Bangalore University's Alternate Guidelines For Law Students Have BCI Approval; Can Be Implemented : Karnataka HC

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday disposed of a petition filed by two final year students of the Bangalore University, seeking directions to the Bar Council of India (BCI) to dispense with the mandatory regulations for all final year students to engage themselves in moot courts, internships, pre-trial preparation etc, for the academic year 2019-20 A division bench of...

Facebook To Update Its Terms To Enable It To Remove Or Restrict Users' Contents

The Facebook is set to bring an update to the 'terms' to enable it to remove or restrict access to user's content, service or information if it 'determines' that doing so is reasonably necessary to avoid or mitigate adverse legal or regulatory impacts to Facebook."We also can remove or restrict access to your content, services or information if we determine that doing so is reasonably...

J&K HC Dismisses Plea Complaining Of Arbitrary Pricing Of Air Tickets By Private Airlines [Read Judgment]

The Jammu & Kashmir High Court recently dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) complaining that "the pricing of airlines tickets by private airlines is arbitrary; that airlines use differentiated pricings whereby the price discrimination is effected and air services are sold at varying prices simultaneously to different segments, to the prejudice of the consumers."A Bench comprising...

Implement Provisions Of Transgender Act : Karnataka HC To State Govt [Read Order]

The Karnataka High Court has directed the State Government to take steps for implementation of the relevant provisions of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 and also extend all kinds of reservation to members of the community. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Ashok S Kinagi said "By way of interim relief, we direct the State Government...

Madras HC Issues Notices On Plea Seeking Govt To Take Over Fee Collection In Pvt Schools/ Colleges [Read Order]

The Madras High Court on Monday issued notices on a PIL seeking a direction upon the State Government to "take over" the financial transactions of all private schools and colleges in Tamil Nadu, with respect to the salary of teachers/ professors and students' fees. A Division Bench comprising Justices MM Sundresh and R. Hemalatha has issued notice to the Respondents, returnable within...

All Women, Whether Or Not Belonging To Reserved Category, Entitled To Compete For Posts Earmarked For Women Under General Category:Gujarat HC [Read Judgment]

"All women, irrespective of whether they belong, or do not belong, to the reserved category are entitled to compete for posts earmarked in favour of women under the General Category", the Gujarat High Court has ruled. Chief Justice Vikram Nath and Justice J. B. Pardiwala observed that there is no reservation for posts in the General Category, and horizontal reservation in favour of women...

Bombay HC Allows Members Of Parsi Community To Offer Prayers For Their Departed Ones At The Doongerwadi Tower Of Silence [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday allowed Bombay Parsi Panchayat's plea seeking directions to allow members of the Parsi community to offer prayers for their dear departed ones at the Doongerwadi Tower Of Silence in South Mumbai's Malabar Hill area, on September 3 between 7 am and 4:30 pm after an undertaking by the petitioners that all social distancing norms and guidelines issued by the...

Anticipatory Bail To Retd. DGP Cancelled Upon Addition Of Murder Charge To FIR In 1991 Custodial Death Case [Read Order]

An Additional Sessions Judge, Mohali on Tuesday rejected the plea for anticipatory bail by former state DGP S. S. Saini in connection with a 1991 custodial death case, in the wake of the recent addition of section 302 IPC in the FIR against him. On May 11, an equivalent court had granted anticipatory bail to Saini in the initial FIR, prior to the addition of the murder charge. ASG Rajnish...

Gujarat HC To Resume Physical Functioning From Sept 14 In Phased Manner [Read Order]

The Gujarat High Court has decided to resume physical hearing of cases from September 14 onwards, in a phased manner. In an administrative order issued by the High Court Chief Justice, it is intimated that the following Benches will be constituted to take up matters in a weekly running board (cause-list): One Division Bench for In-Jail Conviction Appeals i.e. of which the...