If Law Provides, Public Authority Under Obligation To Get Info From Pvt Body And Share With RTI Applicant: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

If a public authority has a right and is entitled to access information from a private body under any other law, it is “information” as defined in Section 2 (f) of the RTI Act and the public authority is under an obligation to get that information from the private body and furnish the same to the RTI Applicant, the Delhi High Court has held.Justice Suresh Kumar Kait was faced with...

Spl CBI Court Reserves Judgment In Alleged Fake Encounter Cases Of Sohrabuddin, Tulsiram, Kausar Bi; CBI Cites Hostile Witnesses For Shoddy Probe

The Special CBI Court conducting the trial in the alleged fake encounter cases of Sohrabuddin Shaikh, his aide Tulsiram Prajapati and his wife Kausar Bi reserved its judgment on Wednesday.Judge SJ Sharma began hearing the final arguments on Monday and once counsels for all 22 accused finished arguing, the judgment was reserved. A total of 210 witnesses have been examined, out of which 92...

Muzaffarpur Shelter Home Case: SC Orders Medical Examination Of Brajesh Kumar Thakur As His Children Allege That He Is Being Tortured In Jail [Read Order]

Taking note of the allegations made by children of Brajesh Thakur that he is being tortured in Patiala Central Jail, the main accused in Muzaffarpur shelter home case, the Supreme Court has ordered his medical examination.Senior Advocate Vikas Singh had mentioned the matter at 12.55 pm before the bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur and handed over a letter written by Brajesh Kumar...

Kedarnath: Vashu Bhagnani Says Police Sitting Over Complaint Against Screwvala, Others, Bombay HC Issues Notice [Read Order]

Spelling more legal tussle over Bollywood film Kedarnath, the Bombay High Court has issued notice to the Police Commissioner, Mumbai, on a petition moved by producer Vashu Bhagnani’s Pooja Film Company and Pooja Entertainment and Films Limited over police inaction on its complaint against producer Ronny Screwvala, director Abhishek Kapoor and others for criminal breach of trust and cheating...

Bombay HC Directs Payment Of Over Rs 4.5 Cr To Family That Lost Sole Earning Member In Road Accident [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has directed New India Assurance (NIA) to pay a sum of Rs 4.56 crore as compensation to the family of deceased Ravindra Kulkarni, who was the CEO of Tata Precision Industries, Singapore.A division bench of Justice RM Savant and Justice NJ Jamdar was hearing the first appeal filed by New India Assurance against an order of Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Pune, granting...

Delhi HC Allows Abortion Of 16 YO “Adamant” Rape Survivor Despite Higher Risk [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has allowed a 16-year-old rape survivor, who was 22 weeks pregnant, to terminate her pregnancy, owing to the distress that she was going through because of the same.The order was passed by Justice Vibhu Bakhru on a petition filed by the girl through her father, praying that the respondent authorities be directed to carry out medical termination of her pregnancy.The court...

It Is A Question Of Upholding The Dignity Of Judiciary : Delhi HC In Gurumurthy's Contempt Case

The Delhi High Court Wednesday while hearing the contempt petition filed by the Delhi High Court Bar Association against S. Gurumurthy, editor of a Chennai-based news magazine said that "if he is remorseful about what he said regarding the sitting judge, then he should come forward and record an unconditional, unequivocal and clear apology."A division bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul...

Bombay HC Refuses To Stay Proceedings In Thane Court Against Raymond Founder Vijaypat Singhania's Autobiography

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday refused to stay the suit filed by Raymond Limited against Vijaypat Singhania, company’s former chairman and managing director, in a Thane court seeking an injunction against the latter’s autobiography which is tentatively titled ‘The Incomplete Man’.Justice Anuja Prabhudessai rejected Vijaypat’s plea that the suit lying before the civil court...

#MeToo: Bombay HC Grants Injunction Against Actress In A Suit Filed By Casting Director Vicky Sadana Accused Of Sexual Assault

The Bombay High Court on Monday granted a temporary injunction against an actress in a suit filed by casting director Vicky Sadana against an actress[YYY] who had accused him of sexually assaulting her in 2013 when she came to Mumbai for an audition. She is the defendant in this suit along with the Bennet Coleman Group and others.Sadana was booked under Sections 354, 509 and 406 of the...

SC Collegium Resolutions: Candidature Of 1 Judicial Officer, 3 Advocates Remitted To HC CJs [Read Resolutions]

The Supreme Court collegium, on Tuesday, remitted to the High Court Chief Justice, the proposal for elevation of the following three advocates as judges of Chhattisgarh High Court:Abhishek Kumar SinhaAshish Kumar ShrivastavaSunil PillaiThe Collegium also remitted to the High Court Chief Justice the proposal for elevation of Judicial Officer Data Mohan Jamatia as a judge of Tripura High...

SC Collegium Reiterates Recommendation To Elevate Judicial Officer Vishnukumar Prabhudas Patel As Gujarat HC Judge

The Supreme Court collegium has reiterated its recommendation for appointment of Judicial Officer Vishnukumar Prabhudas Patel as a judge of Gujarat High Court.Mr. Patel’s name had been recommended by the collegium of the Gujarat High Court on December 1, 2016, along with names of other Advocates and Judicial Officers. The proposal in respect of one Advocate and four Judicial Officers...

SC Collegium Reiterates Advocate Amit Negi’s Candidature For Allahabad HC Judgeship [Read Resolution]

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, reiterated its recommendation to elevate Advocate Amit Negi as a judge of Allahabad High Court.The collegium comprising comprising Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, Justice MB Lokur and Justice AK Sikri resolved, “We have carefully scrutinized the material placed on record including the reasons recorded in the file seeking reconsideration of the proposal...