Bombay HC Rejects Airtel's Challenge Against Maharashtra Govt Accepting Jio's Bid For High Speed Internet Services

The Bombay High Court on Monday rejected a writ petition filed by Bharti Airtel challenging the notification issued by the state owned Maha IT declaring Reliance Jio's bid of Rs.1,25,659 as the lowest in reverse auction held for providing high-speed internet services across the State of Maharashtra. Division bench of Justice SC Dharmadhikari and Justice GS Patel referred to the...

Kevin Murder A Case Of Honour Killing : Kerala Court Finds 10 Guilty

A Kerala Court on Thursday found the May 2018 murder of Kevin Joseph, a Dalit Christian, to be a case of 'honour killing'.Kevin was in a relationship with Neenu Chacko, and they had applied for registering their marriage on May 25, 2018. The next day, he was abducted from his home at Mannanam at the instance of Neenu's brother Shanu. Two days later, his corpse was found in a water canal in...

Centre Notifies Appointments Of Four Lawyers As Judges Of Bombay HC [Read Notification]

The Centre on Wednesday notified the appointments of four advocates as additional judges of the Bombay High Court.They are :Avinash Gunwant GharoteNitin Bhagawantrao SuryawanshiAnil Satyavijay KilorMilind Narendra Jadhav.They will assume office in the above order of seniority and will hold position for two years.The SC Collegium had recommended the elevation of these four names along with...

No Infringement Action Maintainable In Respect Of An Unregistered Or Revoked Patent : Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has rejected the claim of Novartis seeking injunction against Natco Pharma from manufacturing a cancer drug. The Court held that there can be no claim for infringement with respect to a patent which has been revoked in a post-grant proceedings. In the present case, Novartis AG had filed a petition seeking permanent injunction, damages, rendition of accounts and delivery...

Bombay HC Quashes Non Bailable Warrant Issued Against Former NSEL Director [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court quashed and set aside a non-bailable warrant issued against one Vaidyalingam Hariharan, former Director of National Spot Exchange Limited. Court held that the said NBW issued by an MPID Court was "unnecessary, unjustified and result of non-application of judicial mind". Division bench of Justice Indrajit Mahanty and Justice AM Badar heard the appeal filed by...

Noise Pollution : Allahabad HC Bans DJs; Passes Directions For Regulating Use Of Loudspeakers [Read Judgment]

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday imposed absolute prohibition on use of DJs in the state and asked the state government to issue a toll-free number, dedicated to registering complaints against illegal use of loudspeakers. "…noise generated by DJ is unpleasant and obnoxious level. Even if they are operated at the minimum level of the sound it is beyond permissible limits…", the...

'This Case Shocked The Conscience Of The Court':Madras HC Quashes False Case Against Husband By Wife Alleging Sexual Assault Of Daughter By Husband

The Madras High Court took a stern view against a Complainant who initiated malafide proceedings under Section 6 of the Protection of Child from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 against her husband. "There were instances when the attention of this Court was drawn to similar such incidents, where false complaint were given as if the husband has committed an offence under POCSO Act against...

Karnataka HC Directs Authorities To Conduct Tree Census In Bengaluru Within 2 Weeks

The Karnataka High Court has directed the Tree Authority, constituted under the Karnataka Preservation of Trees Act, 1976 and Tree Rules, to in two weeks time commence a tree census in the city of Bengaluru. The census will be done for the first time, in 43 years. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Mohammad Nawaz said: "The census has not been carried out for the last...

CCI Imposes Penalty On LPG Gas Vendors For Cartelization In Bidding Process [Read Order]

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has imposed penalty on 51 vendors for cartelization in the bidding process in supplying LPG Gas Cylinders to HPCL. A further penalty was imposed on 48 vendors for contravention of Section 48(1) of the Competion Act, 2002. The Commission took suo motu cognizance of the case upon receiving an anonymous letter dated 25.04.2013 alleging that a cartel...

Delhi HC Rejects Ratul Puri's Plea For Copy of His Statements Made Under Section 50 of PMLA

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday rejected the plea of Ratul Puri seeking a copy of his statements made under Section 50(2) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. Ratul Puri, nephew of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, is one of the prime accused in the Augusta Westland money laundering scandal. Earlier, the High Court had also refused to grant anticipatory bail to Ratul Puri...

Relationship Through Facebook : Delhi HC Grants Bail To Person Accused Of Rape On False Promise To Marry [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has granted bail to a person who was accused of having a physical relationship with a woman on a false pretense of marriage. In Shekhar Garg v. State, a plea for bail was filed as the petitioner was accused of offences under sections 376 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code. The respondent woman had alleged that the petitioner had befriended her through Facebook and then...

Allahabad HC Adjourns Hearing Of Ex-BSF Jawan's Petition Challenging Election Of PM Modi Until Sep 4

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing of the petition challenging the election of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Varanasi until September 4.The petition is filed by former BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav, who was declared Samajwadi Party candidate from Varanasi but failed to contest the election as his nomination papers were rejected by the returning officer.The single...