Madras HC Directs To Invoke Prevention Of Corruption Act Against Police Officials "Fleecing" Convicts Coming Out On Parole [Read Order]

The Madras High Court recently pulled up the state prison authorities on being intimated that the police officials accompanying the convicts coming out on parole are taking money in the name of charges from the latter's families. "If it is happening, then it is illegal and it would amount to bribe", was the strict observation of the bench of Justices R. Kirubakaran and V. M. Hemalatha,...

Arbitration: 2019 Amendment To Section 29A Timeline Has Retrospective Effect From 23 October 2015, Holds Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Infusing clarity on the applicability of the amended Section 29A of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, ("the Act"), the Single Judge of the Delhi High Court ("Court") in the case of ONGC PETRO ADDITIONS LIMITED vs. FERNS CONSTRUCTION CO. INC, pronounced on 21 July 2020, has found that the amendments to Section 29A (1) in 2019, fixing the 12 month time frame from the completion...

Court's Proceedings Are Sacrosanct And Should Not Be Polluted By Unscrupulous Litigants: Himachal Pradesh HC [Read Judgment]

Court's proceedings are sacrosanct and should not be polluted by unscrupulous litigants, remarked the Himachal Pradesh High Court recently. The bench comprising of Justices Tarlok Singh Chauhan and Jyotsna Rewal Dua observed thus while dismissing two writ petitions. The petitioners in this case had challenged the notices by the Local authorities requiring them to vacate the houses...

Uttarakhand HC Modifies Its Earlier Judgment Setting Maximum Noise Limit For Loudspeakers [Read Order]

The Uttarakhand High Court has modified a directive issued in its 2018 judgment setting maximum noise level for loudspeakers.In the said judgment, the state was directed to to ensure that no loudspeaker or public address system shall be used by any person including religious bodies in Temples, Mosques and Gurudwaras without written permission of the authority even during day time, that too,...

Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules Comes Into Force [Read Notification]

The Central Government has notified Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020 to prevent unfair trade practices in e-commerce, direct selling and also to protect the interest and rights of consumers. Section 94 of the Consumer Protection Act 2019 empowers the Central Government to take measures to prevent unfair trade practices in e-commerce, direct selling and also to protect the...

'Victim's DNA Report Not Matching: No Ground To Rule Out Involvement In Crime, P & H HC Denies Bail To Gang-Rape Accused [Read Order]

"Merely because the DNA report (of the rape victim) does not match with the petitioner cannot be termed to be a circumstance to conclude that the petitioner is not involved in the crime", observed the Punjab and Haryana High Court in denying bail to a gang-rape accused. The petitioner before Justice Vivek Puri sought regular bail in connection with a FIR dated 04.05.2018, under...

Central Govt. Establishes Central Consumer Protection Authority [Read Notifications]

The Central Government has established the Central Consumer Protection Authority with its headquarter at New Delhi, with effect from 24th July 2020.Central Consumer Protection Authority [CCPA] is a national level regulator dealing with matters relating to violation of rights of consumers, unfair trade practices and false or misleading advertisements which are prejudicial to the interests...

Plea Before Delhi HC Seeks Action Against Hamdard Hospital For Terminating 84 Nurses [Read Petition]

A petition has been filed before the Delhi High Court seeking for appropriate action against HAH Centenary Hospital of Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (HIMSR) for terminating the service of 84 staff nurses for having raised concerns in the context of COVID-19. Filed by Advocate Subhash Chandran K.R., the plea states that HIMSR "terminated the service of 84 staff...

[Police Brutality During Lockdown]: Four Policemen Who Assaulted Deceased Man Identified Through CCTV Footage; State Informs Bombay HC [Read Order]

In a significant development, the State has informed the Bombay High Court that four policemen who assaulted a 22-year-old man in Vile Parle on March 29 during lockdown, have been identified through CCTV footage.Division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Anuja Prabhudessai were hearing a PIL filed by a lawyer Firdaus Irani who highlighted cases of police brutality during...

Medical Report Submitted By Jail Authorities Before Bombay HC States Sudha Bharadwaj Has Ischemic Disease

In a fresh medical report submitted before the Bombay High Court on Thursday by the jail authorities at Byculla District Jail, it has been submitted that advocate and activist Sudha Bharadwaj, who is seeking bail on medical grounds, is suffering from ischemic disease which leads to reduced supply of blood in the body.Although, the division bench of Justice SS Shinde and Justice SP Tavade...

[Babri Masjid Demolition] Witnesses Deposed Against Me Under The Influence of CBI: Murali Manohar Joshi Tells Spl Court [Updated]

Dubbing prosecution witnesses in the Babri mosque demolition case as liars , Veteran BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi on Thursday asserted before a special CBI court that he was innocent and implicated in the case by the then Congress government at the Centre.The 86-year-old leader pleaded innocence while making his statement under section 313 of the CrPC through video conference to the court...

Covid-19 Disease A 'Disaster': Kerala HC Upholds Taking Over Of Residential Apartment By DDMA [Read Judgment]

"The take-over is made by the DDMA in exercise of the powers under the Act, 2005."