Plea In Bombay HC Against Designation of Senior Advocates [Read Petition]

The National Litigants Association has moved the Bombay High Court against the practice of Judges designating lawyers as Senior Advocates. The plea has been filed in wake of the recent decision of the Bombay High Court to designate 22 lawyers as senior. A notification in that behalf was issued by the Appellate Side of the high court on February 10, 2020. The Petitioner has pointed...

NCLAT Hauls Unitech Ltd For Defaulting Payment To Deposit Holders [Read Order]

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal has directed Unitech Limited, once India's second largest real estate investment company to repay the amount(s) to its deposit holders pendent lite along with future interest @ 12.5% p.a. from the date of maturity of the respective FDRs. It has also imposed cost of Rs.50,000/- to each of the deposit holders, setting aside the order of NCLT,...

Delhi HC Issues Notice On Plea For NIA Probe Into Funding Of Anti-CAA Protests

Delhi High Court has issued notices in a plea asking for the National Investigation Agency to investigate the funding and sponsoring of protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act. The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Hari Shankar has issued notices to Union Government, Delhi Government, and Commissioner of Delhi Police. Moved by Ajay Gautam, the petition has asked...

Delhi HC Issues Notice On Plea Seeking SIT Probe Against Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Manish Sisodia Etc For Allegedly Making Hate Speeches

The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to Delhi police, Central Government and Delhi Government in a plea seeking FIR and SIT probe against leaders of opposition parties for allegedly making hate speeches.The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Hari Shankar has issued notices to Union of India, Delhi Government and Commissioner of Delhi Police. The matter will next be...

Delhi HC Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Minority Status For Hindus In 9 States

The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to the Central Government in a plea seeking minority status for Hindus living in 7 States in India.The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Hari Shankar will next take up the matter on May 4. Filed by Ashwini Upadhyay, the plea seeks minority status for Hindus in Lakshadweep, Mizoram, Nagaland, Meghalaya, J&K, Arunachal...

Mangaluru Firing : Karnataka HC Pulls Up State For Not Acting On Complaints Against Police

The Karnataka High Court has prima facie observed that endorsements made by the police on complaints made by victims and family members of the two deceased persons in the December 19 Mangalore police firing case will have to be withdrawn, as without registration of First Information Report, the police cannot come to the conclusion that complaint is false. The incident of firing had...

BJP Candidate Moves Plea In Delhi HC Challenging Manish Sisodia's Election Win

BJP candidate from Patparganj constituency, Ravinder Singh Negi, has moved an election petition in the Delhi High Court, challenging the election of Delhi's Deputy CM Manish Sisodia from Patparganj constituency.The Petition has been filed under sections 33A, 80, 81, 84, 98, 100 and 101 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951. The Petitioner wants Sisodia's election to be declared void...

Karnataka HC Directs State To Come Out With Rehabilitation Scheme For Persons Evicted As Illegal Bangladeshi Immigrants

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday by way of last chance granted one weeks time to the state government to come out wit a scheme for rehabilitation and grant of monetary compensation to those persons who were evicted in areas of Kariyammana Agrahara, Devarabeesanahalli, Kundalahalli and Bellanduru, on the pretext that they were illegal Bangladeshi immigrants A division bench...

Centre Notifies Appointment of Advocate Abhay Kumar Ahuja as An Additional Judge Of Bombay HC

Centre has notified the appointment of Advocate Abhay Kumar Ahuja as an Additional Judge of Bombay High Court.The Supreme Court Collegium in its meeting held on 22nd January resolved to recommend Abhay Kumar Ahuja, Advocate as Judge of the Bombay High Court...

Not Mandatory To Possess Valid Foreign Passport To Apply For Indian Citizenship By Registration: Calcutta HC [Read Judgment]

"Unless such a leeway is given to the applicants, genuine persons who otherwise have all the formal documents indicating that they have been residing in India for a long time and have married a resident of India would also be unable to apply for Indian Citizenship, despite having lived their entire lives and contributed to the economy and diverse culture of this country, which is contradictory to the spirit of Article 14 of the Constitution of India."

[Identity Of Juvenile Disclosed] MP HC Issues Notices To Central & State Govt. Seeking Implementation Status Of JJ Act [Read Petition]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday issued notices on a plea filed against alleged violation of the Juvenile Justice Act in the state and disclosure of a juvenile's identity to the media. The court has hearing a petition filed on behalf of a minor, who was booked for the offence of gambling under Sections 467,468 and 34 Indian Penal Code read and 4A Public Gambling Act 1867. As...

Solitary Allegation Of Intemperate Language Against Female Employee Not Sexual Harassment : Madras HC [Read Judgment]

The Madras High Court held that solitary allegation of intemperate language against a female employee does not constitute an offence under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. The division bench comprising Justice M. Sathyanarayanan and Justice R. Hemalatha also opined that the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace...