No 'Cut-Paste' In Chidambaram's Bail Order In INX Media Case, Clarifies Delhi HC [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court on Monday clarified that the order rejecting bail to P Chidambaram contained no 'cut-paste' from the judgment in Rohit Tandon's case. Justice Suresh Kumar Kait issued this clarification after taking suo moto notice of the report published by "The Hindu" on November 17 that the November 15 order in Chidambaram's case had copy pasted certain facts from Rohit...

Country Being Defamed And Image Of The Prime Minister Being Tarnished"; PIL In Bombay HC Seeks Ban On Tiktok

Heena Darvesh, a Mumbai resident has filed a Public Interest Litigation before the Bombay High Court seeking a ban on the popular mobile app "TikTok". The PIL claims that the Chinese application which has over 200 million users worldwide, is affecting the youth of the country as it is addictive which leads to degradation of mental health. According to the PIL filed on November...

[Pollution] Violators Of Law Cannot Be Allowed To Have Free Run : NGT [Read Order]

The National Green Tribunal, while directing State Pollution Control Boards and Pollution Control Committees to take meaningful action against Polluters in Industrial areas, said "Violators of law cannot be allowed to have a free run at the core of environment and public health. Inaction by the statutory authorities is at the cost of Rule of Law, which is the mandate of the Constitution and...

Subodh Gupta Case : Delhi HC Allows Instagram Account Holder To Maintain Interim Anonymity

The Delhi High Court on Monday allowed the Instagram account holder, who posted complaints of sexual harassment against Subodh Gupta on Instagram account 'Herdsceneand', to maintain interim anonymity by allowing the filing of vakalatnama and written statements in a sealed cover.The Single Bench of Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw ordered that interim anonymity is to be continued till the case...

INX Media: ED Moves Delhi HC To Correct Factual Errors In Chidambaram's Bail Order

The Enforcement Directorate on Monday moved an application before the Delhi High Court seeking corrections in the order rejecting bail to P Chidambaram, as passed by Justice Suresh Kumar Kait, on the grounds of it having certain factual errors. In paragraphs 35 and 36 of the judgment of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait in Chidambaram's case, portions from the order in Rohit Tandon's case can...

Rajasthan HC Directs JDA To Inspect & Ensure Compliance Of Fire Safety Norms In Coaching Centres At Jaipur [Read Order]

The Rajasthan High Court on Wednesday directed the Jaipur Development Authority to carry out inspection in all zones of Jaipur indicating what effective steps have been taken to ensure that safety requirements of coaching institutes are fulfilled. The bench of Chief Justice Indrajit Mahanty and Justice Mahendar Kumar Goyal also directed the authority to file compliance affidavit within...

NGT Southern Zone Bench To Start Hearing Cases From December 2 [Read Circular]

The Southern Zone Bench of National Green Tribunal at Chennai will be functional from December 2, 2019. As per a notification issued by the Principal bench of the tribunal, Justice K Ramakrishanan has been appointed as Judicial Member while Saibal Dasgupta is appointed as Expert member. The zonal bench has jurisdiction to hear matters pertaining to substantial question related to...

Justice C S Dias Takes Office As Judge Of Kerala HC

Justice Conrad Stansilaus Dias was sworn in as an additional judge of High Court of Kerala on Monday.The President of India had issued the warrant of his appointment on November 13. His appointment as additional judges is for a period of two years.Notably, he is the first person from the Anglo-Indian community to be take office as a High Court judge in India. With his appointment, the Kerala...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad High Court Reaffirming that a company has a separate legal identity from its owners, the High Court stayed the recovery proceedings started by the Respondents, Ghaziabad Development Authority and District Magistrate, Ghaziabad against the Petitioner, Rakesh Jain and asked them to file their responses in the matter. Held that no sanction for prosecution under the Prevention...

Justice R. Banumathi- SC Collegium Gets A Woman Member After 13 Years

The Supreme Court collegium is having a woman face, after more than a decade. Justice R. Banumathi is now one among the top five senior judges of the Supreme Court, with the retirement of Justice Ranjan Gogoi.Justice Banumathi hails from Tamil Nadu and was elevated as a Supreme Court judge in 2014. She started her judicial career as a District and Sessions Judge. Later she was elevated as...

Gravity Of Offence Not Decisive Ground to Deny Bail : Karnataka HC [Read Order]

Karnataka High Court while granting bail to an accused charged of kidnapping and rape of a minor girl, who later committed suicide, said "Gravity alone cannot be a decisive ground to deny bail, rather competing factors are to be balanced by the court while exercising its jurisdiction." Justice Ashok G Nijagganavar while granting bail to Santosh Danakankeri said that "Object of bail is...

Facts From Another Case Gets Reproduced In Delhi HC's Chidambaram Bail Order [Read Order]

[Update : The Delhi HC on November 18 clarified that there was no 'cut-paste' from the order in Rohit Tandon's case, and that the observations in paragraph 35 referred to Rohit Tandon's case and not to Chidambaram's case]The Delhi High Court's recent order rejecting regular bail to P Chidambaram in a money laundering case, seems to have reproduced facts from another order passed by the...