Involvement Of A Person In a Solitary Case Would Not Be Enough To Enlist Him As Rowdy : Reiterates Telangana HC [Read Order]

The Telangana HC has reiterated that once a substantially long period has lapsed between involvements of a person in different criminal cases, a rowdy sheet maintained by the Police classifying him as a habitual offender cannot survive.In the facts of the case, the Petitioner, Mir Saber Ali, had approached the high court, seeking directions to the effect that the action of the...

NGT Directs Karnataka SPCB To Take Adequate Measures For The Conservation Of Kithiganahalli Lake [Read Order]

The principal Bench of National Green Tribunal has directed the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board take appropriate action in accordance with law and conserve the Kithiganahalli lake situated in Bommasandra Pura Sabha, Anekal. A bench led by Chairperson Adarsh Kumar Goel while hearing a petition filed by one Dr Sanjay Rao said "Let the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board...

Plea Of Privacy Not Tenable To Resist Gender Detection Test By Parties In Matrimonial Disputes: MP HC [Read Order]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Friday ruled that in a matrimonial dispute, if gender of one of the parties is questioned by the other party, the court may direct such a party to undergo medical examination and the plea of violation of privacy shall not be tenable. The order was passed by Justice Subodh Abhyankar in a petition invoking supervisory jurisdiction of the high court...

Sole Proprietary Concern Cannot Initiate Insolvency Proceedings : NCLT [Read Judgment]

The NCLT Delhi has held that since a 'Sole Proprietary' concern is not a person under section 3(23) of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 ('Code'), it cannot initiate insolvency proceedings. The petitioner RG Steels approached the Tribunal as an Operational Creditor (OC) seeking for the initiation of corporate insolvency resolution process (CIRP) against Corporate...

No GST On Duty Free Shops For Sales To Outgoing Passengers : Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

In a significant judgement, the Bombay High Court has held that Goods and Services Tax cannot be levied on the Duty-Free Shop(DFS) at Mumbai airport for goods sold to outgoing passengers. The Court held that such shops are entitled to refund of input tax credit. A Division bench of Justice Ranjit More and Justice Bharati Dangre noted that duty free shops are within the limits of customs area....

Bihar Police Closes Sedition Case Against Eminent Persons Who Wrote To PM About Mob Lynching

The Bihar police today closed the FIR filed against a group of artists and intellectuals who had written an open letter to the Prime Minister last July complaining about rise in incidents of mob lynching in the country reported Hindustan Times. As per the report, the Muzaffarpur SSP, Manoj Kumar Sinha, had ordered the closure of the case citing lack of the substance in...

Kerala HC Directs Police To Ensure That Drivers & Commuters Are Not Obstructed From Using Uber [Read Order]

"What is expected from the police in a case of this nature, is to take effective and sincere efforts to see that no person using "the application is obstructed or injured or the property of such person is damaged."

Kerala HC Reinstates KSRTC Conductor Suspended For Circulating 'Derogatory' Whatsapp Post Against CM Pinarayi Vijayan [Read Order]

The Kerala High Court has directed to reinstate a KSRTC conductor placed under suspension for circulating allegedly derogatory remarks against the Chief Minister of Kerala Pinarayi Vijayan through Whatsapp. Justice Muhamed Mustaque noted that there are no other allegations other than this against S.Prasanth, who is under suspension since 10th May 2019. The court also observed that if...

ED Not Liable To Disclose Identities Of People Named In Panama Papers: CIC [Read Order]

The Central Information Commission on Friday held that the Enforcement Directorate can withhold names of tax evaders and other information relating to the Panama Papers and disclosures in this regard cannot be made under the Right to Information Act, 2005. The decision was passed in an appeal filed by one Durga Prasad Choudhary, contending that the information sought pertained to...

CBI To Finish Investigation Against Rakesh Asthana in 2 Months: Delhi HC

Delhi High Court has granted CBI 2 more months to finish its investigation into corruption charges against former CBI Director Rakesh Asthana. CBI had moved an application seeking extension of 3 months for further investigating corruption charges against Rakesh Asthana, Devendra Kumar and Manoj Sinha. It was submitted in the sealed cover that the investigation...

Can In-service Employee of 'Air India' Be Allowed To Contest Election? Bombay HC To Examine

Can a in-service employee of 'Air India' be allowed to contest election (Parliament, Legilative, local body), while in service, the Bombay High Court says this is a debatable question and will have to decide on the same. At present service rules do not allow employees to undertake political activities A division bench of Justice Ranjit More and Justice N J Jamadar, while admitting...

Child Has Right To The Affection Of Both His Parents, Says SC [Read Order]

"Ensure that visitation rights are fixed in such a manner that the child gets to know and love his father."