SC To Hear On Monday Challenge Against Election Commission's Decision Refusing To Prepone Voting Time During Ramzan [Read Petition]

Supreme Court has agreed to hear the petition challenging Election Commission's order refusing to prepone the voting time during holy month of Ramzaan.The vacation bench of the Supreme Court will hear the matter on MondayWith Election Commission of India rejecting the request for changing the poll timing to 5 AM instead of 7 AM, petitioners have moved apex court against the order asking for...

Ensure Main Contesting Defendant Is Listed As Defendant No 1 In IPR Cases: Delhi HC To Registry

The Delhi High Court has issued a circular directing the Registry to ensure that the main contesting Defendant is listed as Defendant No. 1 in all IPR cases. To this end, plaintiffs are now required to furnish an undertaking clarifying that the Defendant No 1 listed by them is in fact the main contesting Defendant. The notice cites the court's judgment in Microlube India Ltd....

SC Issues Notice To Delhi Govt. On Law Student's Plea Against Installation Of CCTV Cameras In Classrooms

A Supreme Court Bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjiv Khanna on Friday issued notice to Delhi government on a petition against the decision of Delhi Government to install CCTV cameras in the classrooms and also the decision to provide live feed to parents. The petition was filed by Amber Tickoo, a third-year law student, saying that students in the adolescent...

CBI Must Share Info On Corruption Or Human Rights Violation Cases Under Its Scanner; CPIOs Need Sensitization On Sec 24 RTI Act: CIC [Read Order]

Holding that the CBI is bound to share information relating to corruption or human rights violation, irrespective of whether the information pertains to the CBI or its officers or to other persons under its scanner, the Central Information Commission (CIC) has advised the CBI Director to "appreciate the necessity of sensitizing their CPIOs regarding the scope and ambit of RTI Act and that...

CPCB & SPCBs Have Statutory Powers To Take Remedial Steps To Check Air & Water Pollution: NGT [Read Order]

Environmental pollution is a reality and so are its effects, now prevalent and prominent more than ever before and recent United Nations Assessment Report sounds the bugle at how alarming rate "humans are speeding extinction and altering the natural world at an 'unprecedented' pace" by altering the natural world through environmental pollution. In this context, every effort at...

Bombay HC Grants Relief To Indian Man Sentenced To 26 Yrs In Mauritius For Heroin Possession

The Bombay High Court recently allowed a petition filed by one Shaikh Istiyaq Ahmed, who was lodged in Thane Central prison after being convicted of being a drug trafficker by the Supreme Court of Mauritius in 2014 and sentenced to 26 years in prison. He was transferred to India three years later, in 2017. Ahmed was charged with the offence of wilfully, unlawfully and knowingly being...

Internet Broadcasting Not Covered Under Sec.31D Copyright Act :Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

The internet broadcasting organizations cannot enjoy the benefits of a Statutory License under Section 31-D. The intention of the Legislature while enacting the amending legislation viz. the Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012, was to restrict the grant of Statutory License under Section 31-D to radio and television broadcasting organisations

Canon Law Vs Income Tax Act : SC Stays Madras HC Judgment On TDS Liability Of Christian Nuns & Missionaries [Read Order]

The Supreme Court today stayed the Madras HC judgment which had ruled that salaries received by missionaries and nuns of Catholic Church are liable to be subjected to Tax Deduction at Source(TDS) under Section 192 of the Income Tax Act.The bench of Justice Ashok Bhushan and K M Joseph ordered to maintain "status quo as on today" while issuing notice in the petition filed by Institute...

Delhi Court Grants Bail To Jairam Ramesh In Defamation Case Filed By Vivek Doval

A Delhi court Thursday granted bail to Congress leader Jairam Ramesh in a defamation case filed by NSA Ajit Doval's son Vivek against him and 'The Caravan' magazine for an article published in January. The complaint was filed against The Caravan and the author of the article, besides Ramesh. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal framed defamation charges against all...

Successive Bail Applications Should Be Placed Before The Same Judge Who Considered The First One: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has reiterated that successive bail applications filed by an accused should be placed before the same Judge who had refused bail in the first instance, unless that Judge is not available. In this case (Gati Limited vs.T. Nagarajan Piramiajee), the FIR was registered against the accused for the offences punishable under Sections 420, 465, 467, 468 and 472 of...

Two Advocates Removed From The Rolls By TN Bar Council For Serious Misconduct & Allegations Against A Judge [Read Order]

"An Advocate shall, at all times, comfort himself in a manner befitting his status as an Officer of the Court, a privileged member of the community; and a gentleman, bearing in mind that what may be lawful and moral for a person who is not a member of the Bar, or for a member of the Bar in his professional capacity may still be improper for an advocate," this is the quotation...

Migrant Scheduled Tribes Can Be Given Benefit Of Reservation In Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT: SC [Read Judgment]

“A person belonging to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe which is notified by the President for a Union Territory is entitled to be considered as a reserved candidate provided he is a resident of the said Union Territory.”