Indiabulls Moves Application Seeking Withdrawal Of Notice In A PIL By Whistle Blowers Forum

Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing on behalf of the Indiabulls, moved an application seeking withdrawal of notice issued to Indiabulls and passing an order dismissing the writ petition. Mr Rohatgi argued that the present petition is not maintainable as Indiabulls is a private entity, thus, a PIL under Article 226 of the Constitution cannot be invoked against it. It was also...

False 498A Case: Karnataka HC Asks Wife To Pay Cost Of Rs 25,000 To Ex-Husband [Read Judgment]

Karnataka HC Directs Woman To Pay Cost Of RS 25,000 To Ex-Husband For Abusing Process Of Law By Registering Case Under Section 498A IPC To Harass Husband Also Quashes Criminal Case. . "This is an unfortunate case of an highly harassed husband by abuse of process of law," the Karnataka High Court observed while quashing a criminal case registered against a man by his ex-wife...

2G Scam: Hearing On CBI's Appeal Against Acquittal Of A Raja Begins At Delhi HC

Hearing on CBI's appeal against the acquittal of A Raja and 17 others commenced today before Justice Brijesh Sethi. Before starting his submissions, ASG Sanjay Jain, who appeared on behalf of the CBI, informed the court that the documents in the present case runs into 800 pages. Therefore, the present matter requires careful scrutiny of the court. It was also informed to the court by...

Wrongful Eviction Of Street Vendors : Delhi HC Issues Notice To NDMC

Delhi High Court has issued notice to New Delhi Municipal Corporation, and SHO, Connaught Place Police Station, in a PIL challenging the public notice which led to the eviction of various street vendors from the Jama Masjid area. Filed by the National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI), the petition seeks directions for quashing and setting aside public notice dated...

INX Media: Delhi HC Issues Notice To ED In P Chidambaram's Bail Plea

The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice to Enforcement Directorate in bail application filed by former Finance Minister P Chidambaram in the INX Media case. The application was before the bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait.In the bail application, Chidambaram has averred that ED had arrested him with mala fide intention to harm his reputation. He has submitted that the only...

Rajasthan HC To Publish Only Internet Cause List From November 18; Does Away With Manually Printed Causelist [Read Order]

The Rajasthan High Court on Wednesday decided that it shall not publish manually printed cause list, starting November 18, so as to get rid of discrepancies in manual entries as well as to save paper and conserve the environment. An order in this regard was passed by Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma, in a petition titled Jitendra Singh & Ors. v. State of Rajasthan & Ors., S.B....

Punjab and Haryana HC and Chandigarh District Court Receive Bomb Blast Threat

In a letter addressed to the Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, the Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association intimated the high court regarding a threat letter that it had received. The letter dated October 23 discloses that one Aadil Khan, a resident of Mohali, had threatened to "destroy" both the high court as well as the Chandigarh District Court on...

Abuse of Dominant Position: NCLT Imposes Rs 1 Lakh Costs On Insolvency Resolution Professional For Stalling Claim

Censuring an Insolvency Resolution Professional for not taking a decision with respect to the claim of the Applicant against a Corporate Debtor, the Mumbai Bench of the National Company Law Tribunal imposed on him costs of Rs. 1,00,000/- for "abuse of dominant position". The bench comprising Judicial Member Bhaskara Pantula Mohan and Technical Member Shyam Babu...

Delhi HC Raps Centre for Inefficient Functioning of IPAB, Issues Notice to the ASG [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has issued notice to ASG Maninder Acharya to take instructions from the central government in order to furnish information about the functioning and other important issues pertaining to Intellectual Property Appellate Board. The current matter arose from a petition filed by Novartis AG under Article 227 of the Constitution. It was moved because the appeal filed against...

Horror Beyond Imagination, Accused Don't Deserve To Live In Any Society; Bombay HC Confirms Death Penalty For Three Men Who Raped And Killed 16 Yr Old [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court last week confirmed the death sentence awarded to three men convicted of raping and killing a 16-year-old girl who was on her way back home after finishing school in Ahmednagar district at Aurangabad.Division bench of Justice TV Nalawade and Justice KK Sonawane at Aurangabad, dismissed the criminal appeal filed by all three accused in the case, Santosh Lonkar, Mangesh...

Augusta Westland: Christian Michel Moves Delhi HC To Seek Bail In The CBI Case

The alleged middleman in the Augusta Westland scam, Christian Michel, has moved the Delhi High Court seeking bail in a CBI case against him. In his bail plea, Michel has submitted that all the offences he's charged with, both under the Prevention of Corruption Act and IPC, are punishable with less than 7 years of imprisonment. Hence, they are not grave offences to warrant...

Bombay HC Sets Aside Anti-Profiteering Authority's Order Against McDonald's Franchise [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court granted relief to Hardcastle Restaurants Private Ltd, which operates several franchises of McDonald's in Western and Southern India and set aside an order of National Anti-Profiteering Authority alleging profiteering on behalf of the company for not passing on the benefits of reduction in tax on restaurant services, from 18% to 5%, to the consumers. A division bench...