Sanjay Hegde v. Twitter: Delhi HC Issues Notice On Plea Against Account Suspension

Delhi High Court has issued notices to the Ministry of IT & Electronics and Twitter Communications in a plea filed by Senior Advocate Sanjay Hegde seeking framing of guidelines for Twitter, and restoration of his Twitter account.Justice Navin Chawla has posted the matter after four weeks.In his plea Hegde has contended that Twitter being a private body which performs a public function...

CAA Protests : Allahabad HC Adjourns Hearing Of Adv Md Shoaib's Habeas Plea Until Next Week On UP Govt Request

The Lucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court on Monday posted the Habeas Corpus petition filed on behalf of Lucknow based senior lawyer and president of human rights group Rihai Manch, Mohammad Shoaib, for next week. The bench of Justices Shabihul Hasnain and Virendra Kumar-II, has granted a week's time to the State to file the counter affidavit. Advocate Shoaib was arrested on December...

Is Basement Parking A Garage Or Basement? Developer Says Garage, NCDRC Says Not [Read Order]

Is the basement parking provided by the developer a garage or a basement or parking area?

Maintainability Of Any Suit Depends On The Suit Pleadings Not On The Rival Party's Defence: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

Dismissing a civil revision application filed in a suit wherein the applicants are the original defendants, Bombay High Court observed that maintainability of any suit depends on the suit pleadings not on the rival party's defence.Justice Dama Seshadri Naidu was hearing the revision application filed by Shamrao, Lakshman and Swapnil Kulkarni challenging the judgment passed by the 7th...

Developer Cannot Take Advantage Of Death Of Workers To Justify Delay In Construction, Says NCDRC [Read Order]

A developer cannot cry force majeure to blame the delay in completion of housing project on deaths of workers at the construction site when the same has been caused due to lack of safety measures, the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has said. NCDRC Presiding member V K Jain said the developer cannot take advantage of the deaths of workers on its project site to cover...

Madras HC Lawyers Slam Chennai Police Actions Against Anti-CAA 'Kolam' Protests

A group of Madras High Court advocates have spoken against the actions taken by the Chennai police against anti-CAA "Kolam" protests.On 29th December 2019, Shastri Nagar police detained Gayatri Khandhadai, a lawyer and human rights defender, for drawing "kolam" against the Citizenship Amendment Act. Three other lawyers who had visited her to render legal assistance were also detained. The...

Justice Sanju Panda Appointed As ACJ Of Orissa HC [Read Notification]

The Centre has notified the appointment of Justice Sanju Panda, senior most judge of the Orissa High Court, as the Acting Chief Justice of that high court. She will succeed Justice Kalpesh Satyendra Jhaveri, who retired today. Justice Panda will take charge of her office from tomorrow, i.e., January 5. She enrolled as an Advocate at the Orissa High Court in 1985 and has 21 years...

'40% Posts Are Vacant'-Karnataka HC Refuses Further Time Sought By Govt. For Appointing Prosecutors In District Courts

The Karnataka High Court on Friday refused to grant extension to the state government which sought time till March, 31, 2020, for filing up vacant positons of Public Prosecutors, Senior Assistant Public Prosecutors and Assistant Public Prosecutors across the State. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Hemant Chandangpudar, said "If 40 percent positons are vacant...

Actor Sexual Assault Case: Kerala Court Rejects Dileep's Discharge Petition

The Special Court in Kerala which is dealing with the actress sexual assault case has dismissed the discharge plea filed by Dileep, a Malayalam movie actor who is one of the accused in the case.Reportedly, while dismissing his petition, the Court noted that there was prima facie evidence in the prosecution case.Dileep is accused as the conspirator of the crime, which was allegedly committed in...

Anti-CAA Protests: Lucknow Sessions Court Grants Bail To Activist Pawan Rao Ambedkar, Sadaf Jafar [Read Orders]

On Saturday, the Addl. District & Sessions Judge, Lucknow, Sanjay Shankar Pandey, allowed the bail application of activists Pawan Rao Ambedkar and Sadaf Jafar. They were arrested for alleged involvement in anti-CAA protests taking place on 19 December at Parivartan Chowk, Lucknow. The said protests were termed illegal due to imposition of Section 144 CrPC in the city.They...

Madras HC Has Asks RO To Produce 102 Postal Ballots That Were Not Considered While Declaring N. Murugumaran Successful In 2016 Assembly Elections [Read Order]

On Friday, the Madras High Court sought production of 102 postal ballots that were not considered while declaring the results for Kattumannarkovil Assembly Constituency in 2016. The 2016 State Assembly Elections outcome favored AIADMK's N. Murugumaran, who defeated VCK Chief Thol. Thirumavalavan in Kattumannarkoil reserved constituency by a mere 87 votes. Subsequently,...

Rajasthan HC Asks Centre To Explain Procedure Of Granting Citizenship Under CAA [Read Order]

The Rajasthan High Court has asked the Central Government to explain the procedure of the grant of citizenship to the persecuted minorities of neighbouring countries in the light of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019. The bench of Justice Vijay Bishnoi and Justice Manoj Kumar Garg was considering a writ petition suo motu registered by the Court in 2017. Amicus curiae Sajjan...