Toy Maker Mattel Objects To Song "Barbie Girl" In Upcoming Film; Delhi HC Denies Interim Relief [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court, on Wednesday, refused to grant ex-parte injunction against an upcoming movie titled 'Tera Intezaar' for the song 'Barbie girl'. The Court has been approached by toy-maker Mattel, Inc., which claims to be the owner of the 'Barbie' trademark. Mattel has alleged that the title and the lyrics of the song have used their registered and well known trademark without...

Task Force Constituted for Drafting New Direct Tax Legislation

In pursuance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s observation that the Income Tax Act, 1961, was drafted nearly 50 years ago and accordingly, needs to be redrafted, the government has constituted a task force in order to review the Act and to draft a new direct tax law in consonance with economic needs of the country, as per a press release by the Central Board of Direct Taxes dated November...

NHRC Issues Notice To UP Govt. For Allegedly Endorsing Police Encounters

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports claiming that the Government of Uttar Pradesh has endorsed encounter killings by the Police citing the law and order situation in the State. A detailed report has been demanded from the State within 6 weeks.A press release issued by the Commission cites official statistics available on 5 October. As...

Gujarat Becomes Second State To Ban Padmavati [Read Notification]

The State of Gujarat, on Wednesday, imposed a ban on the release of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's movie, 'Padmavati'. Gujarat is the second State to ban the movie, the first being Madhya Pradesh.The notification, issued by the State Information and Broadcasting Department, states that the Government considers it necessary to do so "in the public interest and to maintain the law and order situation...

Maha-RERA Withdraws Office Order Defining ‘Co-Promoter’ [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court, in the case of Ismail Ibrahim Patel and others vs State of Maharashtra and others, has allowed the petitioner to withdraw the petition after the Secretary, Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority, withdrew the office order dated 11.05.17, providing a definition for the term ‘co-promoter’, which is absent in the enactment.In this case, Ismail Ibrahim Patel...

CBI Court Sentences Former Chief Secretary To 5-Year Jail

A CBI special judge on Wednesday sentenced former chief secretary (CS) of Jharkhand Sajal Chakravarty to five-year imprisonment in a fodder scam case (RC 20A/96). The case is related to fraudulent withdrawal of around Rs 37 crores from Chaibasa district treasury in Jharkhand.CBI judge Sambhu Lal Shaw ordered five-year jail term for the former CS and imposed fine of Rs 4 lakh on him under...

Slighted & Intimidated By Magistrate, Court Staff Writes To Delhi HC Acting CJ

Abused, disrespected and taken in custody by a magistrate, a court staff posted at the Saket district court has written to the Delhi High Court Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal narrating how he suffered due to the “malicious and unconstitutional behaviour” of the judicial officer.In his letter to the Acting Chief Justice, a copy of which has also been marked to the District and Sessions...

Ryan Int’l Murder Case: P&H HC Gives Anticipatory Bail To Pintos With No Pointer Of Their Role So Far [Read Order]

With the CBI making important headway in the Pradyuman Thakur murder case, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted anticipatory bail to the owners of Ryan International School while observing that “in the investigation conducted so far, there is not even a pointer of involvement of petitioners in the crime in this case”.Justice Surinder Gupta granted anticipatory bail to...

Former Advocate General For Tamil Nadu & Senior Advocate Habibullah Badsha Passes Away

Former Advocate General for the State of Tamil Nadu, Senior Advocate Habibullah Badsha passed away on Wednesday.Mr. Badsha acquired a Masters in Islamic History and Bachelors Degree in Law from Madras University. He never looked back since, and was felicitated in 2008 for completing 50 years of legal service that was a balance of professional excellence and selfless social...

Indian Banks Association Declared A Public Authority Under RTI Act By Full Bench of CIC [Read Orders]

A full Bench of the Central Information Commission has declared the Indian Banks Association (IBA) a public authority accountable under the Right to Information Act, 2005.Two separate opinions were delivered by Information Commissioners Ms. Manjula Prasher and Prof. M. Sridhar Acharyulu to support the conclusion.The Commission was hearing two separate RTI applications, one filed by Mr. R.K....

Bombay HC Refuses Bail To Man Accused Of Raping Minor Daughter [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court recently refused to grant bail to a man accused of sexually abusing and raping his 16-year-old daughter.Justice AM Badar rejected the bail application filed by accused Devendra Singh.Singh was accused under Sections 354­A, 376(2),(f) and (i), 506,509 of the Indian Penal Code and under Sections 6,10 and 12 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences...

Minor Delay In Publishing Attendance Can’t Benefit Students Barred Due To Abysmal Attendance: Delhi HC [Read Order]

Minor delay by college in publishing list of students with short attendance can be of no significance in case of students barred from appearing in the fourth semester examination owing to their short attendance, the Delhi High Court said on Tuesday.A division bench of Justice S Ravindra Bhat and Justice Sunil Gaur dismissed the review petition filed by seven students of Deen Dayal...