Bombay HC Imposes Rs 5 Lakh Cost On Adani Enterprises For Seeking Belated Review Of Order Appointing Arbitrator [Read Judgment]

The review was sought when arbitration proceedings were at final hearing stage.

'Photographs Disclose Policemen Pelting Stones On The Crowd', Karnataka HC Grants Bail To Anti-CAA Protesters [Read Order]

"The photographs produced by learned SPP-I depict that hardly any member of the crowd were armed with weapons except one of them holding a bottle. In none of these photographs, police station or policemen are seen in the vicinity. On the other hand, photographs produced by the petitioners disclose that the policemen themselves were pelting stones on the crowd.", states the Order.

Forged Order Made In Justice G S Patel's Name; Probe Initiated [Read Order]

In a shocking development, a forged order was found to have been made in the name of Justice Guatam Patel of Bombay High Court.On noticing this, Justice Gautam Patel held an urgent sitting on a Saturday afternoon.Justice Gautam Patel passed an order on February 15 and declared that a forged order has been 'put out' dated December 1, 2019 in a testamentary matter wherein it seeks make...

Delhi HC Stays NAPA's Order Against Johnson & Johnson For Wrongfully Profiteering From GST Exemption On Sanitary Napkins

Delhi HC Stays NAPA's Order Against Johnson & Johnson For Wrongfully Profiteering From GST Exemption on Sanitary NapkinsDelhi High Court has stayed a show cause notice issued by National Anti-Profiteering Authority (NAPA) to Johnson and Johnson Pvt Ltd for imposing an anti-profiteering penalty. The said notice was issued to the company for allegedly resorting to profiteering by...

Advocates Challenge Hubli Bar Association Resolution Refusing Legal Aid To Kashmiri Students Arrested On Sedition Charges [Read Petition]

A petition has been filed by 24 advocates in the Karnataka High Court challenging the resolution passed by the Hubli Bar Association, deciding that non of its members would appear for three Kashmiri Students, arrested on sediton charge for allegedly raising pro-Pakistan slogans and posting it on social media. The petition filed by advocate B T Venkatesh and others was mentioned...

Presence Of Magnesium Carbonate: Gauhati HC Directs Authorities To Test Pan Masala Products Available In Market

The Gauhati High Court has directed the state of Assam to take appropriate action under the Food Safety & Standards Act, 2006, against all those Pan Masala manufacturing companies whose products contain the Magnesium Carbonate (MgCO3) compound. To this end, the state has been permitted to collect samples of all the Pan Masalas being sold in the state of Assam and send them...

How A Footballer Turned Lawyer Created A Graphic Novel For Legal Awareness?

For 24-year-old football coach and legal consultant, Vignesh Avarekad, an unfortunate break from his football career nudged him into unknown territories, wherein he endeavored to reach the masses in his own special way – with a brightly coloured graphic novel. "Janasamanya Kanoonu Mahiti – Varnachitrada Kirukadambari" is a "gonzo" graphic novel, published by the Karnataka State...

Lawyers Abstain From Judicial Works In Jharkhand Over Alleged Attack On A Bar Association's Office Bearer

Judicial works were disrupted in Jharkhand on Monday as lawyers across the state abstained from attending courts to register their protest against the alleged attack on the president of District Bar Association, Daltonganj district by a senior judge of the local court. Registrar General of Jharkhand High Court Ambuj Nath stated, "The functioning of courts was affected as the lawyers...

Karnataka HC Dismisses Plea To Transfer Trial Of Rape Case Against Nityananda From Ramanagra To Bengaluru [Read Judgment]

The Karnataka High Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed seeking to transfer the alleged rape case, against Swamy Nityananda @Rajshekharan and others, from Ramanagra to a court in Bengaluru.The court held that the petition was 'devoid of merits'. It also directed the trial court to expedite the trial, which has been pending for a decade. Justice B A Patil, rejected the plea filed...

Incessant Lawyers' Strike: Calcutta HC Seeks Replies From President & Secretary Of Mendipur Bar Association [Read Order]

The Calcutta High Court has sought replies from the President and Secretary of the Medinipur Bar Association explaining why action must not be taken against them in light of the incessant lawyers' strike in the district. The division bench of Justices Suvra Ghosh and Joymalya Bagchi noted that the striking lawyers in the Mendipur District of West Bengal not only held back from...

Appointment Of Independent Directors In Social Audit Of MGNREGA Must To Eliminate Government Influence: Madras HC [Read Judgment]

Quashing a Government Order and subsequent notification, calling for applications to fill up the post of Director at Social Audit Society of Tamil Nadu (SASTA), the Madras High Court on Thursday held that social activists and persons experienced with working at grass root level in rural areas towards implementation of social welfare schemes shall be more suited for the post. ...

Summoning Income Tax Returns Doesn't Violate Right To Privacy As They Are Govt Documents : Telangana HC [Read Judgment]

The Telangana High Court has held that a direction to produce income tax returns in Court will not violate right to privacy under Article 21 of the Constitution, as they are government documents accessible to others.The Court held so while deciding a civil revision petition which challenged the order passed by a Trial Court dismissing an application to summon the income tax returns of...