Jairam Ramesh's Statements Hurt Business, Vivek Doval Tells Court In Caravan Defamation Case

Vivek Doval was cross-examined before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal in a criminal defamation case he has filed against Jairam Ramesh and Kaushal Shroff, a former Union Minister and a Caravan journalist respectively. The cross was conducted by Senior Advocate Salman Khurshid who is representing Jairam Ramesh, and Mr Bhavook Chauhan who is the counsel for...

CVC Is Not An Investigating Agency In Disciplinary Proceeding Against Bank Employees: Allahabad HC [Read Order]

Dismissing the Writ Petition filed by a bank employee, the Allahabad High Court held that the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) is not an investigating agency in disciplinary proceeding leveled against employees of the bank.The Petitioner was aggrieved by the charge-sheet drawn against him by the Respondent, the Union Bank of India. He contended that charge-sheet was issued in violation of...

Foreign Banks Cannot Engage Recovery Agents In India : Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

Foreign banks have to adopt legal measures for recovery.

Cognizance Can't Be Taken Without Judicial Application Of Mind: Allahabad HC [Read Judgment]

The Allahabad High Court quashed the charge-sheet and criminal proceedings leveled against the Applicant girl, for use of unfair means in UPSC examination, stating that the Judicial Magistrate had taken cognizance of the matter without judicial application of mind and that the proceedings instituted were frivolous in nature. The Applicant was alleged to have not submitted the answer-sheet and...

NCLT, Mumbai Bench Directs Petitioner To Pay 2 Lakhs To The "Prime Minister's National Relief Fund" By Way Of Cost Payable [Read Order]

The NCLT, Mumbai bench hearing an appeal filed by Yule Investments Pvt. Ltd. seeking restoration of the company's name in the Register of Company maintained by the RoC, Mumbai, directed the Registrar of Companies, Mumbai to restore the name of the Petitioner company subject to payment of a sum of Rs. 2,00,000/- as cost payable in the account of "Prime Minister's National Relief Fund" within...

NLU-O: Indefinite Student Protest Called-Off

As the college administration conceded to all its demands, the Student Body of National Law University of Odisha called off the protest, four days after it first began. All the assurances were made in the presence of the Advocate General of Odisha who mediated the issues between the student body and administration. With regards to the most pressing issue of the protest pertaining to the construction of Girls Hostel II and library, Rs. 25 crores have been released, the administration submitted....

'Glorification Of Violence Has Given Rise To Culture Of Gangsters' : P & H HC Bans Songs Glorifying Violence In Public Events [Read Judgment]

While prohibiting the use of loudspeakers in the the states of Punjab and Haryana without prior permission from the authorities, the Punjab and Haryana High Court also took judicial notice of glorification of liquor, wine, drugs and violence in songs in the States which affected the children of impressionable age. Accordingly, the States were directed to ensure that: (i) No one carries...

Allahabad HC Transfers Judge After He Allegedly Ordered A Police Man To Take Off Uniform

After a judge in Agra allegedly asked a police constable to remove his uniform in court as punishment for not giving passage to his car, the Allahabad High Court ordered his transfer, reports the Hindustan Times.On Saturday, the Registrar General of the High Court ordered the transfer of Judge Santhosh Kumar Yadav, from the post of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate of Agra to that...

RTI Amendments: Open Letter To Three Chief Ministers By Former Information Commissioner

Dated: 26.7.2019 Respected Chief Ministers: Shri K Chandrasekhar Rao (TRS-Telangana), Shri Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy (YSRCP-Andhra Pradesh) and Shri Naveen Patnaik (Biju Janata Dal- Orissa) I am surprised when you have supported the RTI (Amendment) Bill 2019, and asked your MPs in Rajya Sabha to vote for this Bill. I do not know whether you or your MPs have read the Bill and understand...

Petition in Bihar Court Against Intellectuals Who Wrote To PM On Hate Crimes

A petition was filed Petition in Bihar court against intellectuals who wrote to PM on hate crimesin a Bihar court on Saturday against 49 eminent citizens, who had written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on lynching of minorities and hate crimes, seeking slapping of sedition and other charges. The petition was filed by an advocate before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate under...

Senior Advocate Prabhuling K Navadgi Appointed As The New AG Of Karnataka

Governor of Karnataka, Vajuhai Vala on Saturday appointed Senior advocate Prabhuling K Navadgi to be the Advocate General for the state of Karnataka, with immediate effect, in place of Senior Advocate Udaya Holla, who had tendered his resignation, on Friday. The notification issued states "In exercise of powers conferred on me by clause (1) of Article 165 of the Constitution of India....

Make Household Wastage Of Water Penal Offence: NGT Seeks Factual Report From Centre [Read Order]

With every Indian household, on an average, wasting 5 liters of water every minute and 48420000 cubic metres of water every single day, the National Green Tribunal has called for a factual and action take report from the Centre on a plea for making household wastage of water a penal offence. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice A K Goel called for a factual and action is taken a report...