[PASA Act] Not Wearing Mask And Entering Into Altercation With The Police Personnel Not A Sufficient Ground To Detain Petitioner As A 'Dangerous Person': Gujarat HC [Read Order]

The Gujarat High Court on Friday (28th August) set aside an order of detention passed under the 'Gujarat Prevention of Anti-Social Activities Act, 1985' (PDF File of the Act), holding that just because the petitioner was not wearing the mask and when stopped by the police personnel, got furious and entered into an altercation with the police personnel, cannot bring the case of the detenue...

Gujarat Court Removes Narendra Modi As Defendant In Suit Seeking Damages For Deaths In 2002 Riots [Read Order]

A civil court in Gujarat on Saturday struck off the name of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the first defendant in a civil suit seeking damages for the killing of three British citizens during the 2002 riots.Principal Civil Judge of Prantij in Sabarkantha district allowed the application filed by lawyer S S Shah on behalf of Mr.Modi to strike off his name, after noting that he was neither...

[Honey Trap Scandal] 'No Need To Transfer Case To CBI', MP HC Directs SIT To Take Appropriate Steps In Accordance With Law [Read Order]

While hearing petitions demanding that the infamous 'Honey Trap Scandal' of Madhya Pradesh be investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Saturday (05th September) said that the court was satisfied with the investigation being done by the 'Special Investigation Team' (SIT) and there was no need to transfer the case to the...

All You Want To Know About NLAT For Admission To NLSIU

On Thursday, the National Law School of India University, Bangalore announced that it will hold a separate entrance examination for admission to Academic Year 2020-21 (both UG & PG), namely— National Law Admission Test (NLAT). NLSIU shall not accept CLAT 2020 scores. Here are all the relevant details pertaining to the exam: Exam Date: September 12, 2020 Exam Time: Yet to...

Decided To Hold Separate Entrance Test To Complete Admissions Before September End: NLSIU Tells Karnataka HC [Read Affidavit]

The National Law School of India University (NLSIU) has filed an affidavit in the Karnataka High court placing on record details why it decided to opt out of Common Law Admission Test, 2020 (CLAT) and decided to conduct a separate admission test. The NLSIU has submitted the affidavit in the court as recently the High Court reserved its judgment in a batch of petitions challenging...

[MJ Akbar Vs Priya Ramani Defamation Case] Ramani's Vogue Article Is Her Truth, She Stands By Her #MeToo Story Against Akbar: Rebecca John Begins Final Arguments

After a long period of more than 6 months, the hearing in MJ Akbar's defamation case against journalist Priya Ramani resumed today with Senior Advocate Rebecca M John commencing her final arguments on behalf of Ramani. Before the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vishal Pahuja, Ms John clarified at the outset that Ramani admits that she did write the Vogue article and...

'Earmark Share Of The Corpus And Her Child In Family Property' Gujarat HC Gave Unprecedented Order In Habeas Corpus Proceeding [Read Order]

The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday (01st September) passed an unprecedented order in a habeas corpus proceeding asking the parents of Respondent no. 4 (the boy with whom the teen corpus had eloped) to earmark share of the family land in her favour.The bench of Justice Sonia Gokani and Justice N. V. Anjaria also talked to the corpus, who was produced before the court. The court observed that...

"Petitioners Have Approaches Us At The Eleventh Hour"; Bombay HC Refuses Stay On Final Year Examinations Of Undergraduate Students [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court on Saturday rejected the ad-interim prayer of nine students of various streams of the Maharashtra University Of Health Science, Nashik who sought stay on examinations in physical mode of final year undergraduate medical students set to begin across the State from September 8.A division bench of Justice AA Sayed and Justice SP Tavade observed-"The Petition itself...

Rajasthan HC Directs State Govt. To Take Steps To Revise The Wages In Accordance With SC Judgment [Read Judgment]

The Rajasthan High Court has declared that non revision of the wages payable to the prisoners for last five years is ex facie violative of the provisions of Rule 31 of the Rajasthan Prison Rules, 1951 and amounts to defiance of directions issued by the Supreme Court. As per mandate of Rule 31(1) of Part XII of the Rules of 1951, all the prisoners sentenced to rigorous imprisonment...

'The Appellant And The Prosecutrix Are Ready To Solemnize Marriage', MP HC Grants 2-Month Bail To Rape Accused To Marry Complainant [Read Order]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court (Indore Bench) on Wednesday (02nd September) granted temporary two-month bail to a man (appellant) so that during this period the appellant can solemnize the marriage with the prosecutrix/complainant.The bench of Justice S.K. Awasthi was hearing the plea of the appellant who had preferred an appeal under Section 14-A (2) of the SC/ST (PA) Act, 1989, feeling...

'How S.124A Is Added?,Is It A Cruel Hand Of The State, Which Is Running Over?', U'khand HC Asks While Granting Interim Bail to Journalist In A Sedition Case

The Uttarakhand High Court on Thursday (03rd September) posed a series of detailed and serious questions for the State Government to answer by way of filing a counter-affidavit and granted interim bail to the applicant until the instant bail application is decided.The bench of Justice Ravindra Maithani was hearing the plea of one Rajesh Sharma who was seeking bail in FIR No. 265 of 2020,...

Pecuniary Jurisdiction Of Consumer Fora To Be Determined By Value Of Goods/ Services 'Paid' As Consideration: NCDRC [Read Order]

In a significant order, the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has held that for determining the pecuniary jurisdiction of Consumer fora, the value of the goods/ services "paid" as consideration alone has to be taken and not the value of the goods/ services "purchased". The order has been passed by a bench of Justice RK Agrawal (President) and Dr. SM...