Madras High Court Vacates Its TikTok Ban Order

The Madras High Court has vacated its earlier order that had directed prohibition of downloading TikTok Mobile Application. In the hearing that took place today, the bench comprising of Justice N. Kirubakaran and Justice SS Sundar said that it is concerned only about the crimes against children. It heard in detail the submissions made by the Amicus Curiae Arvind Datar and also...

Justice Bobde Panel Illegal; CJI Should Desist From Official Functions : Demands By Women Lawyers, Activists [Read Letter]

259 women comprising lawyers, scholars, members of women's groups and civil society have written to the judges of the Supreme Court of India seeking constitution of a Special Enquiry Committee comprising "credible individuals" to probe within 90 days the charges of sexual harassment levelled at the Chief Justice of India by a former court staff while also demanding that the CJI should...

DDA Doesn't Have Power To Punish And Forfeit Money Of A Citizen Without Any Legal Sanction: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court recently held that the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) is not empowered to punish a citizen just because it is perceived that he/she tried to defraud them. Justice CH Hari Shankar granted relief to one Kulwant Singh who allegedly tried to defraud the Delhi Development Authority and in return the DDA forfeited the money deposited...

Delhi Court Stays Non-bailable Warrants Against Kejriwal, Sisodia And Yogendra Yadav

A Delhi court on Wednesday stayed the non-bailable warrants, which were issued against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia and Swaraj India president Yogendra Yadav after they had failed to appear before it in a criminal defamation complaint filed in 2013.Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal passed the order after lawyers for the three leaders...

Myanmar SC Upholds Conviction Of Pulitzer Prize Awardee Journalists Under Official Secrets Act

The Supreme Court of Myanmar has dismissed the appeals of two Journalists sentenced to seven years in jail for violating the Official Secrets Act, the Reuters reported. The reporters working with Reuters, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, who will have to serve seven years imprisonment now, were the winners of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize Winner in International reporting. The award was 'for their...

Quoting Mahatma Gandhi, Bombay HC Imposes Rs.5 Cr Costs On Firm Dealing In Spurious Carbon Pipes [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court has imposed an unprecedented cost of Rs.5 crore on defendants in a suit for selling spurious carbon seamless pipes in a trademark infringement suit payable to Tata Memorial Hospital. Justice SJ Kathawalla began his order with a quote from Mahatma Gandhi – "There is sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed." He was hearing a suit filed by...

Service Of CNI Bishop Not A Personal Service: Calcutta HC [Read Judgment]

HC says contract can be enforced under Specific Relief Act

Woman Employee Entitled To Claim Maternity Leave For Period Of 6 Months: Allahabad HC

Allahabad High Court held that a woman employee was entitled to maternity leave for a full period of six months as against only three months she was granted by the respondent District Basic Education officer, Bijnor and directed latter to provide the petitioner woman employee maternity leave with honorarium with effect from 30.12.2018 to 31.3.2019 as was prayed by her. Court was...

FSSAI An Independent Authority And CAT Has No Jurisdiction Over It: CAT Principal Bench[Read Order]

Principal Bench of Central Administrative Tribunal dismissed an Original Application against Food Safety & Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) over jurisdictional issues. It said that FSSAI is an Independent Statutory Authority and unless a specific Notification is issued by the Central Government conferring jurisdiction on the Tribunal over the said Authority, no OA against the...

Two Judges Of Jharkhand High Court Made Permanent [Read Notification]

The Centre has notified the appointment of two Additional Judges of Jharkhand High Court as Permanent Judges.The notification makes permanent the following judges:Bhimlendu Bhushan MangalmurtiAnil Kumar Choudhary[Read...

Two Judges Of Gauhati High Court Made Permanent [Read Notification]

The Centre has notified the appointment of two Additional Judges of Gauhati High Court as Permanent JudgesThe notification makes permanent the following judges:Hitesh Kumar SarmaMir Alfaz Ali[Read...

Minor Tribal Girls Abuse Scandal: Bombay HC Issues Ex Parte Directions To Police, Local Administration For Protection Of Victims [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court on Thursday issued ex parte directions in a petition mentioned before the bench of Justice ZA Haq and Justice Vinay Joshi of Nagpur, pointing out extreme urgency seeking reliefs on behalf of three minor tribal girls belonging to the 'Gond' and 'Pardhan' tribe classified as a Scheduled Tribe in Maharashtra. The petitioners are the mothers of the girls...