Saradha Chit Fund Scam: HC Grants Interim Protection To Nalini Chidambaram From Arrest

The Calcutta High Court Monday granted interim protection to Nalini Chidambaram, wife of former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram, from arrest by CBI for six weeks in the Saradha chit fund scam. Directing Chidambaram to cooperate with the investigation, a division bench headed by Justice Joymalya Bagchi kept her application for anticipatory bail pending. The court directed the...

Youth Congress Hartal: Kerala HC Initiates Suo Motu Proceedings [Read Order]

The High Court of Kerala has initiated suo motu proceedings against the state wide Hartal announced by Youth congress today. State wide Hartal was announced after two Youth Congress workers, Kripesh and Sarath Lal were hacked to death in Kasargod by unidentified assailants. The bench observed that those who called the Hartal would face severe consequences as it is in sheer violation of...

India vs. Pakistan: World Court To Begin Public Hearing In 'Kulbhushan Jadhav' Case Today

"The hearings will also be streamed live on the Court's website and on UN Web TV."

High Courts Weekly Round Up

Bombay High Court Extended the interim protection granted to scholar Anand Teltumbde from February 11 to February 22. Fixing the next date of hearing as February 22, the court added that in case of arrest, he could be released on bail upon providing a bond of Rs 1 lakh. Delhi High Court Held that the Board of Discipline under the Chartered Accountants Act 1949 can...

Pulwama: Sr. Adv. George Poonthottam Offers To Bear Educational Expenses Of Children Of CRPF Martyr From Kerala

"It is my responsibility as a citizen of this country to support those who are defending our country"

Kottiyoor Rape Case: Court Orders Inquiry Against Victim's Parents For Giving False Evidence To Save The Church Priest [Read Judgment]

While convicting the priest accused in Kottiyoor Rape case, the POCSO court at Thalassery, also ordered inquiry against the parents of the victim for giving false evidence to save the accused. The court, on Saturday, had convicted a priest of Catholic Church Robin Vadakkumchery for raping and impregnating a minor girl in 2016 and also sentence him to 20 years rigorous imprisonment. ...

PIL Seeking Ban On PUBG: Bombay HC Seeks Centre, Maharashtra Govt's Response

The Bombay High Court has asked the Centre and the Maharashtra government to file their replies in a PIL filed by an 11-year-old boy seeking a ban on the online game PUBG at all schools in the state. A division bench of Chief Justice Naresh Patil and Justice NM Jamdar sought suggestions from both the state and the Centre with regard to the averments made in the PIL. The PIL stated that...

Bihar Court Orders Probe Into Role Of Nitish, Officials In Release Of Funds To Shelter Home

A Bihar Court on Saturday directed the CBI to probe the role of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and several senior bureaucrats in the release of funds between 2013 and 2018 to a Muzaffarpur shelter home that was rocked by a sex scandal. Special POCSO judge Manoj Kumar passed the order against five officials on Saturday, a day after similar judgment was given with respect to Kumar and two...

Delhi HC Sets Aside Centre's Ban On FDCs For Type-2 Diabetes, Takes Note Of Its Therapeutic Justification For Large Population Of Patients [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has set aside the Centre's notifications banning manufacture and sale of fixed drug combinations (FDCs) used for the treatment of Type-2 diabetes mellitus in patients who do not show improvement or glycemic control with diet, exercise and the usage of dual therapy. Justice Vibhu Bakhru set aside the Centre's notifications issued last year whereby the manufacture and...

AgustaWestland: Delhi Court Dismisses Christian Michel's Bail Plea

A Delhi court Saturday dismissed the bail plea of Christian Michel, arrested in connection with an alleged scam in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal. Special judge Arvind Kumar rejected Michel's plea in the cases filed by the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate. Michel, extradited from Dubai, was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on December 22...

Fire In Delhi HC, None Injured

A fire broke out in the Lawyers' canteen inside the Delhi High Court during the lunch hour on Saturday. The fire started at about 1:30 PM in the kitchen of the canteen which is right opposite the old chamber block and leads into the main court building. The canteen is open for lawyers only and for outsiders if accompanied by a lawyer. No loss of life or injury to anyone has been...

Maratha Reservation: Survey On Backwardness Of Marathas Done By Institutes With Political Connections, Lacking Expertise; Petitioner's Adv Tells HC

On Friday's hearing in the batch of petitions challenging the 16 percent reservation for the Maratha community in government jobs and educational institutions, Advocate Pradeep Sancheti argued on behalf of Sanjeet Shukla, one of the petitioners in the case. Uday Govindraj Dhople is another petitioner in the case, apart from this, there are three other PILs tagged along in this matter,...