False Report On Judge- Karnataka HC Refuses To Accept Unconditional Apology By Deccan Herald

The Karnataka High Court on Friday refused to accept the unconditional apology tendered by Editor/Publisher and Reporter of Deccan Herald newspaper, while hearing a criminal contempt petition issued to them for printing a false report titled "Rs 9 crore seized in raid on judge." A bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Pradeep Singh Yerur said "There were inconsistencies in...

Delhi HC Agrees To Form A Committee To Look Into The Incident Of Shouting In Court After Order In Jamia Violence Case

The Delhi High Court on Friday agreed to form a committee to look into the incident of shouting in Court yesterday.This was after certain lawyers mentioned the matter before the bench headed by Chief Justice on Friday morning seeking suo moto action.On Thursday, after the Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Hari Shankar had denied interim protection to Jamia students...

Valdaris Custodial Death: Bombay HC Directs Trial Court To Book Cops For Murder Of 25-yr-old

The Bombay High Court on Thursday directed the trial court to book eight police officials from Wadala Railway Police in the murder of 25-year-old Agnelo Valdaris who died in police custody five years ago after being picked up on charges of theft.Division bench of Justice BP Dharmadhikari and Justice SS Jadhav allowed the petition filed by Agnelo's father Leonard and directed the trial court...

Bombay HC Reserves Order In PIL Seeking Expeditious Sale Of HDIL Assets In Order To Pay Back PMC Bank Depositors [Read Petition]

The Bombay High Court on Thursday reserved its order in a Public Interest Litigation filed by Advocate Sarosh Damania seeking public auction of all Housing Development and Infrastructure Limited (HDIL) assets either mortgaged with the crisis-hit Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative Bank or attached by the Economic Offences Wing, Mumbai. A division bench of Justice Ranjit More and Justice...

Allahabad HC Seeks Reply From UP Govt. & AMU Admin On Alleged Police Brutality Against Aligarh Students[Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court has asked the Uttar Pradesh government and the AMU administration to file their replies on a plea alleging infliction of unwarranted Police brutality upon students of the Aligarh Muslim University, during their standoff against the Citizenship Amendment Act. The Petitioner, Mohd. Aman Khan seeks judicial inquiry by a 'Court Monitored Committee' against the acts...

Jamia Violence: Delhi HC Denies Interim Protection To Students, Asks Govt To File Reply

Delhi High Court has denied interim protection from coercive action to Jamia students against whom FIRs have been lodged by the Delhi Police.Interim protection from coercive action was sought as one of the interim reliefs by multiple petitions that have demanded a judicial enquiry against the alleged acts of violence committed by Delhi Police against the students of Jamia Millia...

Created Control Room To Monitor TV Channels:Karnataka Govt. Tells HC [Read Affidavit]

Karnataka State government has filed an affidavit in the Karnataka High Court stating that it has set up a 24*7 control room, in Bengaluru for monitoring and receiving complaints about programmes telecast on Cable and Sattelite, television channels. As per the affidavit filed by Secretary Information and Public Relations Department, Captian P Manivannan, citizens can...

Nirbhaya Case: Delhi HC Dismisses Plea Of Convict Claiming Juvenility In 2012, Imposes Cost On Lawyer

The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed plea of one of the four convicts facing the gallows in the Nirbhaya gang rape-and-murder case claiming that he was a juvenile at the time of the offence in December, 2012. Justice Suresh Kumar Kait also imposed cost of Rs 25000 on the convict's advocate A P Singh, who did not appear in the court despite several communications sent to him on...

RBI's Approval For Chanda Kochhar's Dismissal In Accordance With Statutory Provisions; Central Bank Tells Bombay HC

The Reserve Bank of India on Thursday told the Bombay High Court that the Central Bank's approval for Chanda Kochhar's termination from ICICI bank as CEO and Managing Director was in accordance with the law.Division bench of Justice Ranjit More and Justice SP Tavade were hearing Kochhar's plea challenging her termination.RBI's counsel, Senior Advocate Venkatesh Dhond submitted an affidavit...

Breaking : Gauhati HC Directs Restoration Of Mobile Internet From 5 PM Today [Read Order]

"Shut down of mobile internet service virtually amounts to bringing life to a grinding halt"

Widow's Right To Claim Compensation For Death Of Husband Will Not Abate On Remarriage; Entitled To Equal Share As Parents : Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has held that the right of a widow to claim compensation on account of death of her husband due to motor vehicle accident will not abate on remarriage, and that she was entitled to equal share as the parents of the deceased for 'loss of dependency'.Holding thus, her share was enhanced from Rs. 3,00,000 as awarded by the Tribunal, to Rs. 56,00,000/-. "re-marriage of...

Bombay HC Reserves Order In Anticipatory Bail Pleas Of Gautam Navlakha And Anand Teltumbde

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday reserved orders in anticipatory bail applications filed by Gautam Navlakha and Anand Teltumbde. Justice PD Naik noted that the interim protection from arrest granted to both the accused would continue until further orders. Pune police has alleged that journalist/activist Gautam Navlakha and scholar Anand Teltumbde had Maoist links and had a...