Delhi HC Restrains Cobrapost From Releasing ‘Operation 136: Part II’ That Claims To Expose Paid News With Communal Leaning On Dainik Bhaskar's Plea [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has by way of an ex-parte injunction restrained Cobrapost, on the plea of Dainik Bhaskar, from releasing its documentary “Operation 136: Part II” which is an expose on media houses, including indulgence in paid news, peddling communal agenda, mass polarization, and acceptance of illegal black currency.Justice Valmiki Mehta granted the ex-parte injunction on...

Intra-Court Appeal Maintainable Against Judgment Passed Under Art 226 Exercising Criminal Jurisdiction: Kerala HC DB Sets Aside Order To Probe Syro-Malabar Church Land Deal Case [Read Judgment]

A Division Bench of Kerala High Court has set aside a single bench judgment that ordered the police to investigate into allegations against the Major Arch Bishop and others of the Syro-Malabar Church in connection with the Syro-Malabar Church land deal.The Bench has held that an intra-court appeal is maintainable under Section 5 of the Kerala High Court Act against a Judgment passed by a...

AILET 2018 Results For Admissions To NLU, Delhi Declared

National Law University, Delhi has declared the results for All India Law Entrance Examination (AILET), 2018. For checking your result, visit the official AILET 2018 website.The examination was conducted on 6 May for a total of 73 seats available for their integrated BA LLB course. In addition, 10 foreign nationals would also be admitted on the basis of the marks obtained by them in their qualifying examinations.This year, Devansh Kaushik of Jaipur, with 98.25 marks secured the first rank, while...

Bombay HC Restrains Jackson Labs From Manufacturing Or Selling Drug Deceptively Similar To Wockhardt's Spasmoproxyvon [Read Order]

A vacation bench of the Bombay High Court has granted a permanent injunction restraining Jackson Laboratories Pvt Ltd from manufacturing or selling their trademark Spasmo-pronyvon or any other drug that is deceptively similar to Wockhardt Limited’s pain relief drug, Spasmoproxyvon.Justice SJ Kathawalla was hearing a notice of motion in a suit filed by Wockhardt Limited against...

Delhi HC Refuses To Interfere With AICTE's Exam For Distance Education Engineering Graduates In Furtherance Of SC November Order [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to interfere with the exam being conducted by the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) for engineering graduates who had obtained their degrees through distance education from certain deemed universities between 2001 and 2005.In November last year, the Supreme Court had, after considering the deteriorating effect of the commercialization...

Mysterious Deaths, Rapes, Malnutrition, Unsanitary Conditions In Nari Niketans, Child Care Institutes: U’khand HC Shocked, Issues String Of Directions [Read Judgment]

Shocked at the pathetic state of shelter homes like Nari Niketans and Children Homes where many inmates, including a deaf and dumb girl, was subjected to rape and forcible abortion, the Uttarakhand High Court has passed a string of directions ranging from regular inspection of such custodial institutions, segregation of normal and mentally ill inmates to strict action against those...

Penalty Provisions Not Mandatory; Information Seeker Can’t Resort To Penalty Proceedings Under RTI Act, As Of Right: Chhattisgarh HC [Read Order]

Matter of penalty is between the Commission and Erring Information Officer in which the petitioner/information seeker has no right, the Court said.Holding that the penalty provisions under the Right to Information Act is discretionary, the Chhattisgarh High Court has observed that the matter of penalty to be awarded under the Act is between the Information Commission and erring...

Courts Are Public Institutions And Not Fiefdom Of The Rich: Delhi HC Slams NDTV For Playing Game Of ‘Tarikh Pe Tarikh’ For 7 Years [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court, while dismissing a suit filed by NDTV for non-prosecution against MJ Akbar and other journalists of The Sunday Guardian, has observed that the procedure and time of the court is not for sale and is not to be regulated by the litigants but is to be regulated by the court.The suit was filed as early as in 2011, and NDTV had obtained an interim injunction in December...

Ensure Every Rape Victim In Delhi Is Offered Panel Lawyer & Counseling Services From Earliest Stage Of Trial: Delhi HC To DSLSA [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday reiterated the guidelines laid down by it in the case of Delhi Commission for Women v. Delhi Police, and directed the Delhi State Legal Services Authority (DSLSA) to ensure that every rape victim in Delhi is offered the services of a DSLSA panel lawyer and counseling services from the earliest stage of the case, till its conclusion.The Court had, in...

Submit Report On Problems Faced By Transgender Community Within 3 Months: Gauhati HC To State Transgender Committee [Read Judgment]

The Gauhati High Court on Tuesday directed a State Transgender committee to submit a report after an in-depth study into the problems faced by the transgender community and suggest measures that can be taken by the State Government to ameliorate their problems.The Bench comprising Chief Justice Ajit Singh and Justice Suman Shyam set a limit of three months for this committee to submit...

Madras HC Grants Interim Stay On Construction Of Vedanta Group's Sterlite Copper Plant In Thoothukudi [Read Order]

In the aftermath of the police shooting that killed eleven protesters, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Wednesday directed Vedanta to stop the construction of Unit II of its Sterlite copper plant in Thoothukudi in south Tamil Nadu.The Bench comprising Justice M. Sundar and Justice Anita Sumanth allowed a Petition filed by one Ms. Fatima, who had alleged that Environmental...

Rise In Minimum Wages: Bombay HC Rules In Favour Of Cleaning Services Against Indian Railways [Read Judgment]

In a writ petition filed by A2Z Cleaning Services seeking a revision in reimbursement given by the Indian Railways with regard to cleaning and housekeeping services provided by them, the Bombay High Court has ruled in favour of the petitioners.A bench of Justice BR Gavai and Justice Bharati Dangre directed the respondents i.e., Union of India through Ministry of Railways and Ministry of...