'Why Are you Aggrieved By Global Injunction Order?': Delhi HC Asks Facebook In Baba Ramdev's Case

In a proceedings challenging the global injunction order passed by the Single Bench of the Delhi High Court, the Division Bench of Justice Muralidhar and Justice Talwant Singh asked Facebook about its stand in the present appeal. The appeal was filed against an order passed by the Single Bench of Justice Prathiba Singh imposing a global injunction against Facebook to take down defamatory...

Mangalore Firing : Karnataka HC Issues Notice On PIL For Judicial Inquiry

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the state government on a PIL seeking a judicial inquiry by a sitting/retired judge of the High Court into the incident of violence and excessive use of force by the police, leading to the killing of two civilians and injuring seven others, at Mangalore during an Anti Citizenship Amendment Act.A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka...

Delhi Lawyers Hold Protest March Against CAA-NRC

A protest march against the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 (CAA) was organised on Tuesday under the banner of 'Lawyers for Democracy'. Around 3 PM lawyers, mostly from Supreme Court, started assembling opposite the main gate of the apex court. Around 3.45pm, when a large number of lawyers had gathered, the group began walking from Supreme Court to Jantar Mantar. The group of lawyers...

[Anti-CAA Protests] Police Attacked' Peaceful Protestors, Prevented Constitutional Rights': Chairman Of Delhi Minorities Committee Writes To CJI Seeking Action

Chairman of the Delhi Minorities Committee, Dr. Zafarul Islam Khan has strongly criticized the alleged police brutalities and state sponsored onslaught during nation-wide peaceful protests against the NRC and CAA. In a letter addressed to CJI SA Bobde, Dr. Khan has condemned the manner in which the Police allegedly tried to mute the dissenting voices, by unnecessarily imposing Section...

40-Year-Old Man Files Suit Before Bombay HC Seeking 1.5 Cr In Damages From Alleged Biological Mother Who Abandoned Him

A 40-year-old man has filed a suit before the Bombay High Court seeking Rs.1.5 cr in damages from one Aarti Mhaskar, who is allegedly his biological mother. Plaintiff Shrikant Sabnis, who works as a make-up artist has alleged that in order to marry one Uday Mhaskar 'illegally', his mother Aarti hatched a conspiracy to abandon him and elope with Uday, "leaving behind her own son, in...

Allahabad HC Seeks Reply From Centre & State Govt. In Plea For Regulation Of Sale & Distribution Of Acid [Read Order]

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has sought replies from the Centre and the UP State governments in a PIL seeking implementation of the Supreme Court's directions, to regulate sale and distribution of acid in the country. The bench of Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Chandra Dhari Singh has asked the governments to file their counter affidavits latest by...

JNU Violence: Delhi HC Directs Whatsapp, Facebook And JNU Authorities To Preserve Data Relating To Jan 5 Incident

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed WhatsApp and Google to preserve and provide data relating to the violence that took place in the JNU campus on January 5. The data pertains to two WhatsApp groups, namely: 'Unity Against Left' and 'Friends of RSS'. The Single Bench of Justice Brijesh Sethi has also directed the Chief Security Officer and Registrar of JNU to...

'You Are Behaving As If Jama Masjid Is Pakistan', Judge Tells Prosecutor In Chandra Shekhar Azad Bail Hearing

The bail hearing of Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar Azad witnessed some crucial observations made by Tis Hazari Additional Sessions Judge Dr. Kamini Lau.The Public Prosecutor opposed the bail application saying that Azad had incited violence through his social media posts. The Prosecutor initially refused to share the posts with Azad's counsel Mahmood Pracha. But the judge sternly said that...

Allegation Of Sharing Call Details Without Consent: Karnataka HC Says 'Service Providers Are Dutybound To Provide Information Whenever Required By Police'[Read Judgment]

The Karnataka High Court has quashed criminal case registered against, Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman, Bharti Airtel Limited, Gopal Vital, Managing Director, Rohit Malhothra, Chief Executive Officer and Stanley Agnelo, nodal officer of the company, under charges sections, 406, 504, 506(B) of Indian Penal Code, and under section 72, 72A AND 66A of Information Technology Act. ...

Shaheen Bagh: Delhi HC Directs Police To Look Into Plea For Opening Road Stretch Closed Due To Anti-CAA Protests

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday disposed off a PIL seeking reopening of the Kalindi Kunj - Shaheen Bagh stretch which is currently closed due to the ongoing Anti-CAA protests. The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Hari Shankar has directed Delhi Police to look into the grievances raised in the plea in a time bound manner and in accordance with law "in...

CCI Orders Probe Against Amazon & Flipkart For Alleged Violations Of Competition Law [Read Order]

In a set-back to Amazon and Flipkart, the Competition Commission of India on Monday directed the Director General to probe the allegations of violation of Competition Act by these e-commerce giants.The order was passed by the Commission on a prima facie finding that the Amazon and Flipkart were giving undue promotion to some sellers over other smaller sellers.The complaint was filed by a...

SC Issues Notice To ED On Karti's Plea For Return Of Rs 20 Crores Deposited With Court

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Karti Chidambaram's plea seeking return of his deposit of Rs 20 crore, which was deposited with the top court's Registry as security for traveling abroad. The matter will come up for hearing on Friday, January 17. Karti had deposited Rs 10 crore on two separate occasions, in January and May 2019, when the...