Madhya Pradesh High Court Takes Strict View Of State's Delay In Filing Appeal Against Compensation Award, Directs Recovery From Erring Officers

The Madhya Pradesh High Court at Jabalpur recently pulled up the State Authorities for the delay of over 8 years in filing an Appeal against a compensation award passed by Labour court. The Court has directed the Chief Secretary of the State to conduct an enquiry to determine who was responsible for not filing the appeal within the limitation period and recover the amount involved from the...

Madhu Lynching | 'Moral Policing Can Never Be Encouraged, Let This Be The Last Mob Lynching Case' : Kerala Court [Read Judgment]

The Special Court for SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, Mannarkkad convicted 14 of the 16 persons accused in the Madhu Lynching Case. The case pertains to death of a mentally challenged tribal youth, Madhu, who was lynched in February 2018, on suspicion of theft of rice, spices from shops in the Mukkali area in Palakkad, Kerala. The Court sentenced 13 of the 14 convicted persons to...

2022 Contai Municipal Elections | Supreme Court Adjourns Hearing In Plea Against HC Direction For Forensic Audit Of CCTV Cameras To July

The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned to July 11, the hearing in a challenge against the Calcutta High Court’s order directing the state election commission to send CCTV footage of the 2022 Contai municipal elections for a forensic audit to Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) in New Delhi. The matter was being heard by a bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice...

Kerala High Court Orders Capture, Radio-Collaring & Relocation Of Rogue Elephant 'Arikomban' To Parambikulam Tiger Reserve

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday ordered that the rogue elephant, 'Arikomban', which had been wreaking havoc in human settlements in Chinnakkanal and Santhanpara Panchayaths in the Idukki District, ought to be captured, radio-collared and relocated to the Muthuvarachal/Orukomban within the Parambikulam Tiger Reserve. The Division Bench comprising Justice A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar and...

Calcutta High Court Allows Accused In 2019 Jaguar Crash Case To Travel To Saudi Arabia For Umrah

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday set aside the order of a trial court which had rejected the application of an accused for visiting Mecca to perform Umrah during the month of Ramzan. Justice Bibek Chaudhuri said a person cannot be refused permission to offer prayers at a holy place of their religion just because he once performed "Umra Haj" in the year 2018. "If this ground is accepted, as...

‘Sorry State Of Affairs’: High Court Pulls Up Delhi Govt For 'Avoiding' Responsibility To Pay For Construction Work Of Sardar Patel COVID Facility

Calling it a "very sorry state of affairs", the Delhi High Court has pulled up the national capital government for “trying to avoid its responsibility” of making payments for the construction work of the 10,000-bed Sardar Patel COVID Care Centre.Justice Gaurang Kanth observed that even after two years of successful completion of the construction work, the entity’s case for issuance of...

Krishna Janmabhoomi Case: On Idgah Committee's Plea, Mathura Court Stays Its Order Directing Amin To Survey Disputed Site

A Court in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district today stayed its March 29 order directing the Civil Court Amin (also known as court officers) to visit and survey the Sri Krishna Janmasthan-Shahi Idgah dispute case and submit an aakhya report (along with maps) before the Court on April 17. The order was passed by Civil Judge (Senior Div.) Mathura. Neeraj Gond on the application on a plea filed...

Karnataka Bitcoin Scam: High Court Directs ED To Complete Investigation Against Accused Sirkrishna's Brother In 6 Weeks, Review LOC

The Karnataka High Court has directed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to consider the representations made by Sudarshan Ramesh, brother of bitcoin scam accused Sirkrishna, seeking to recall the Look Out Circular issued against him, thereby not allowing him to leave India. The representation is to be considered after completing the investigation in the money laundering case against Sudarshan,...

Liquor Policy Case: Manish Sisodia Moves Delhi High Court Seeking Bail In CBI Case, Hearing Tomorrow

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has moved the Delhi High Court seeking bail in the case alleging corruption in implementation of excise policy for the year 2021-22 registered by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).The matter will be heard tomorrow by Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma. Sisodia was denied bail by Rouse Avenue Courts on March 31. He...

Mass Religious Conversion 'Racket' Case| Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To Islamic Scholar Maulana Kaleem Siddiqui

The Allahabad High Court today granted bail to Islamic scholar Maulana Kaleem Siddiqui who was arrested in September 2021 by the Anti-Terrorist Squad of Uttar Pradesh Police on the charges of running a mass religious conversion racket in the State and converting the religion of over 1000 people across the state. The bench of Justice Attau Rahman Masoodi and Justice Saroj Yadav passed this...

Breast Pump Is Not A Medical Device, Classifiable Under CTH 39269090: CESTAT

The Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that breast pumps have nothing to do with any medical or surgical procedures and are not used by any medical practitioner.The two-member bench of Binu Tamta (Judicial Member) and P V Subba Rao (Technical Member) has observed that the manual breast pumps are classifiable under CTH...

Krishna Janmabhumi Case: Allahabad HC Gives Last Chance To Respondents To File Reply In Plea Seeking Transfer Of Pending Suits

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday granted a last chance to the respondents to file their replies in a plea filed before the HC seeking the transfer of suits pending before the Mathura Court praying for various reliefs pertaining to the Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah Mosque dispute.The Bench of Justice Arvind Kumar Mishra-I passed this order today weeks after it entertained and agreed...