Karnataka HC Defers Hearing Of Plea Against J&K Communication Blockade Citing Pendency Of Similar Case In SC

The Karnataka High Court on Fridaydeferred adjudication on a plea filed a Kashmiri student challenging communication blockade in Jammu and Kashmir, taking note of the fact that the petition filed by journalist Anuradha Bhasin in the Supreme Court substantially covers the larger issue of communication black out. Justice Alok Aradhe passed the order while hearing a petition filed by a...

Economic Offences Constitute A Class Apart: SC Cancels Bail Granted To Bhushan Steel Ltd CFO Nittin Johari [Read Judgment]

"Specifically, heed must be paid to the stringent view taken by this Court towards grant of bail with respect of economic offences."

Signs & Gestures Made By Dumb Witness Possess Evidentiary Value: Patna HC [Read Judgment]

The Patna High Court on Thursday clarified that signs and gestures made by nods or head by a dumb witness possess evidentiary value. "In view of the provisions of Section 119 of the Evidence Act, the only requirement is that witness may give his evidence in any manner in which he can make it intelligible, as by writing or by signs and such evidence can be deemed to be oral evidence within...

Special Judge Allows Robert Vadra'a Plea For Traveling to Spain

Special CBI Judge Arvind Kumar has allowed Robert Vadra to make his travel to Spain. Earlier in June, Vadra was also allowed to make a trip abroad on the ground or medical treatment.Senior Advocate KTS Tulsi, Vadra's counsel in the present money laundering matter, had submitted that Mr Vadra has to go to Spain to attend a trade expo which is scheduled to take place between September 27-30. It...

NLSIU Student Body Alleges Registrar Of Obstructing Appointment of Vice-Chancellor, Cites Conflict Of Interest

The Student Body of National Law School of India University, Bangalore, has released a statement highlighting that the present Registrar of the University is needlessly obstructing the appointment of the next Vice-Chancellor. As per the procedure, Dr. Sudhir Krishnaswamy has already been selected by the Sub-Committee chaired by Justice Bobde for the said post, however, the same has not...

NGT Directs MP Govt. To Execute Measures For Conservation Of Son Gharial Sanctuary, Check Illegal Mining Activity

NGT has directed the state authorities of Madhya Pradesh to take effective steps for the conservation of the Son Gharial Wildlife Sanctuary in the Sidhi district of Madhya Pradesh and submit the report in three weeks. A plea was filed by one Nityanand Mishra in 2014 for the protection of Gharial population from the unregulated sand mining in the in the area of 200 km stretch of...

Sikkim HC Dismisses Plea For Live Streaming In Nishan Sahib Case [Read Order]

The High Court of Sikkim on Thursday refused to live stream the proceedings of the Nishan Sahib Case. The order was passed in a petition seeking action against the State authorities who were alleged to have removed the holy Guru Granth Sahib Ji and to have uprooted Nishan Sahib from the Gurudwara at Gurudongmar Lake in Sikkim by, in August 2017. The application seeking live telecast of...

'Homebuyers Cannot Be Made To Wait Indefinitely For Possession' : NCDRC Directs Developer To Refund Money [Read Judgment]

NCDRC has held that purchasers cannot be made to wait indefinitely for possession of building unit, and has directed real estate developer Golden Peacock Residency Pvt. Ltd. to refund Rs. 4.12 cr. with interest to the homebuyer. The order came on a complaint filed by one Alok Kumar under Section 21 (a) (i) of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 ('the Act') against the developer...

Madhya Pradesh Bar Seeks Transfer of Justice Sanjay Yadav Out Of The State [Read Letter]

In a letter addressed to the CJI Ranjan Gogoi, the Madhya Pradesh High Court Bar Association has requested the transfer of Justice Sanjay Yadav out of the State, owing to his consistent misbehavior. Justice Sanjay Yadav is presently the third senior most judge of the MP High Court. Since the Supreme Court Collegium has recommended elevation of the two senior-most judges of the...

Non-Payment Of Dues : Karnataka HC Dismisses Plea By Construction Company To Wind Up BDA [Read Order]

Karnataka High Court junks plea filed by IL&FS construction company seeking directions to wind up Bangalore Development Authority for non-payment of dues. Observing that "The word company cannot be imported from any other statute in order to bring in the purview of BDA Act, (Bengaluru Development Authority)," the Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a...

"As Usual, It Is Always Someone Else's Fault, Never His"; Bombay HC Dismisses Petition By US National Who Violated Visa Conditions

Joshua Sadagursky, 29-year-old resident of Massachusetts, USA filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court seeking a writ of certiorari to quash and set aside a notice issued to him by the Bureau of Immigration wherein, he was declared an "inadmissible passenger" and asked to go back to the United States.Sadagursky's contention was that he had a five-year multiple-entry business visa...

Karnataka Directs Govt. To Consider Forming Expert Committee To Study Conditions At Elephant Camps

Karnataka High Court has directed the State Government to consider forming an experts committee to study the conditions prevalent at elephant camps in the state. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Mohammad Nawaz while hearing a petition filed by advocate N P Amrutesh said the conditions may not be satisfactory. As per an earlier affidavit filed by the...