'No Prima Facie Case Against Anurag Thakur': Delhi Police Informs Court In A Plea Seeking FIR For Hate Speeches

The Crime Branch of Delhi Police informed a Delhi Court on Wednesday that no prima facie case is made out against BJP leaders Anurag Thakur and Parvesh Sharma, for allegedly making hate speeches, to warrant an FIR against them. Sub Inspector Dheeraj has informed ACMM Vishal Pahuja today, that the Crime Branch has sought legal opinion on the specifications made by CPM leader...

2008 Malegaon Blast: Explain The Delay In Trial; Bombay HC Tells NIA

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday gave the National Investigation Agency 'last chance' to explain the delay in the 2008 Malegaon blast trial despite several orders from the High Court and Supreme Court to expedite the trial.Division bench of Acting Chief Justice BP Dharmadhikari and Justice NR Borkar were hearing an application in an appeal filed by one of the accused Sameer Kulkarni, who is...

Eligibility Limit Of NBFCs For Debt Recovery Reduced [Read Notification]

The Central government has relaxed the eligibility criteria for non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) for debt recovery under the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest (SARFAESI) Act, 2002. As per the notification issued by the Ministry of Finance on Monday, a NBFC having assets worth Rs 100 crore will be entitled for enforcement...

School Certificate Not Proof Of Citizenship Unless Proved By Testimony Of Headmaster : Gauhati HC [Read Judgment]

The Guahati High Court has upheld a declaration that a woman was a foreigner by holding that the documents such as school certificates should be proved by the testimony of the issuing authority.The Court was considering a writ petition filed by one Sahera Khatun, stated to be aged 42 years, challenging the order passed by Foreigners Tribunal Kamrup on December 1, 2018 declaring her to be...

Bombay HC Grants Interim Injunction Against 'Andaman Big Bro' For Infringement of Endelmol's Trademark [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court on Friday granted relief to Endelmol Shine Group, which owns the trademark Big Brother, and directed Andaman Xtasea Private Limited to stop using the name 'Andaman Big Bro' for their show.Justice BP Colabawalla heard Endemol's interim application in their commercial suit pressing for ad-interim reliefs. Advocate Hiren Kamod appeared for the plaintiff and stated that...

Delhi Violence : Delhi HC Asks CBSE To Consider Plea For Shifting Board Exam Centre

In light of riots that have engulfed parts of north east Delhi, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the CBSE to expeditiously decide the plea of a school located in Anand Vihar in east Delhi and five of its students who moved the Court seeking direction to change their centre for Board examination. The High Court said so while observing prima facie that the situation in the area was...

SC Collegium Recommends Appointment Of Justice BP Dharmadhikari As Chief Justice Of Bombay HC [Read Resolution]

Pursuant to a meeting held on February 24, 2020, the Supreme Court Collegium has recommended elevation of Justice BP Dharmadhikari, Acting Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court as Chief Justice of that High Court. He was appointed as the Acting Chief Justice of the high court yesterday, after a notification in that behalf was issued by the Central government. If the recommendation...

Gauhati HC Sets Aside Foreigners Tribunal Order Declaring Son Of Indian Citizens As Foreigner [Read Judgment]

The Guahati High Court has come down on a Foreigners Tribunal for declaring a person as foreigner, despite his parents being declared as Indian Citizens by other orders.On January 25, 2019, Foreigners Tribunal at Dhemaji in Assam declared 26-year old Pratap Sakharu as foreigner of post-1971 stream as per the Assam Accord.He had produced six documents before the Tribunal, including an...

PIL In Telangana HC Against SBI Advertisement Seeking Production Of 'Letter From NPR' For KYC [Read Petition]

A PIL has been filed before the Telangana High Court challenging the Advertisement dated January 26 issued by the State Bank of India, asking its customers to produce the "Letter issued by National Population Register" by February 28, 2020 as part of the KYC compliance, failing which the bank will freeze their accounts. The impugned advertisement published in the Sunday Times of...

Man Convicted For Molesting Minor Actress On Flight Moves Bombay HC In Appeal

Vikas Sachdeva, a Mumbai based businessman found guilty of molesting a 17-year-old actress on a flight, by a Special POCSO Court filed an appeal last Thursday against the said judgement sentencing him to three years in prison. A Special POCSO Court convicted the 41-year-old Vikas Sachdeva under Section 354 (assault or criminal force on woman with an intent to outrage her modesty) of IPC...

Anil Ambani Contempt Order Tampering Case : Delhi HC Directs SC Registry To Supply Necessary Documents To Police

The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the Supreme Court's Registry to supply documents required for the investigation in a plea seeking quashing of FIR registered against a Court Master in Supreme Court who was allegedly found tampering with the apex court's order in Anil Ambani contempt case.The Single Bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait has directed the Supreme Court's Registry to do...

Auditor Cannot Be Debarred For 5 Years Under Section 140 (5) Of The Companies Act 2013 In Absence Of Evidence : NCLAT

The NCLAT has set aside an order passed by NCLT in a matter relating to debarring of an auditor for a period of 5 years. The court while allowing the appeal held that though he was negligent, there was no material on record to infer that the auditor had acted fraudulently or misused his position as a statutory auditor,The Appellant was appointed as the statutory auditor in 2014 of Zen Shaving...