Madras HC Appoints Panel Led By Former Chief Justice Of J&K HC To Administer Firm [Read Order]

The Madras High Court has constituted a panel led by a former Chief Justice of Jammu & Kashmir High Court to administer the affairs of Disc Lead India Limited.The Bench comprising Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice M. Sundar held it appropriate for the panel to be led by Justice N. Paul Vasanthakumar, in the case which concerns payment of deposits to the tune of Rs. 1,137 crore made...

Delhi HC Refuses To Quash Charges Against Congress Leader Jagdish Tytler In Forgery Case [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court, on Tuesday, refused to quash the charges framed against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler and businessman Abhishek Verma in a case alleging that the duo had forged a letter addressed to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2009.The Petition before the Court had challenged an order passed by the Trial Court in December, 2015, wherein the duo was directed to face trial for...

Bombay HC Quashes FIR Against Registered Dealer In Animal Hides Booked Under MAPA [Read Judgment]

The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has quashed and set aside an FIR against a registered dealer of hide and skin of dead animals. A bench of Justice Anoop Mohta and Justice MG Giratkar was hearing a criminal application filed by 62-year-old Nagpur resident Abdul Hafeez Shaikh Kareem.He has a huge godown in the name of M/s Baba Traders, where he conducts his business. The certificate...

Himachal Pradesh HC Allows Abortion Of 32-Week-Old Foetus Of 19-Yr-Old Girl [Read Judgment]

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has allowed abortion of a 32-week-old foetus of a 19-year-old girl having mild to moderate mental retardation on the ground that it is risky for her to complete the normal period of pregnancy and deliver the child on the due date.The mother of the girl had approached the high court seeking a direction to arrange for abortion of a foetus in her womb.The...

Dying Declaration To Be Recorded In Declarant’s Own Language: Karnataka HC [Read Judgment]

Sophisticated bookish language employed in the declaration raises reasonable doubt as to whether declarant’s mind was translated into writing in its true sense, the bench observed.The Karnataka High Court has observed that the dying declaration shall be recorded in the language expressed by the declarant.In the instant case, the deceased victim, according to the prosecution case, was...

Allahabad HC Dismisses Plea Against Yogi Govt.’s Circular Making Mandatory Singing Of National Anthem In UP Madrasas [Read Order]

The message and ethos of our National Anthem and Flag therefore needs to be spread and inculcated in all educational institutions irrespective of their affiliation or denomination, the Bench said.Dismissing a plea challenging Uttar Pradesh Government’s ‘forcing’ students of Madarsas to sing the National Anthem, the Allahabad High Court has observed that the singing of the national Anthem...

Delhi HC Appoints Amicus Curiae In Petitions For Recruitment Of Women In Territorial Army & Judge Advocate General [Read Orders]

The Delhi High Court has appointed Mr. Gautam Narayan, Additional Standing Counsel for Delhi as amicus curiae in the Petitions seeking recruitment of women in the Territorial Army as well as Judge Advocate General, which is the legal arm of the Indian Army.The orders were issued by a Bench comprising Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C. Hari Shankar in the two separate Petitions filed by...

Ensure Mandatory Use Of Mic-Systems In All SC Courtrooms: Rights Group To CJI

In a representation made to Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, a group of law students and young lawyers called Whistle for Public Interest (WHIP) has requested mandatory use of microphones or public address systems in all Supreme Court Courtrooms.WHIP argues that without usage of the microphone systems in the Apex Court, litigants, journalists as well as interns struggle to decipher...

Home-Buyer Cannot Be Expected To Wait Indefinitely For Delivery Of Possession Of Flat: NCDRC [Read Order]

In an order that would come to the rescue of several home-buyers, the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has observed that on the failure of the builder to deliver the possession of a flat within the stipulated time, the buyer cannot be made to wait indefinitely.Taking note of the compensation clauses in the builder-buyer agreement, the Commission considered it a case where...

2 Yrs After She Lost Her Unborn Child,School Teacher Takes On Delhi Govt For Better Hospitals

Madhubala, a school teacher, and her husband were a happy couple in 2015, as they prepared to welcome their first child after five years of marriage.On December 14, 2015, a 9-month-pregnant Madhubala was admitted to Delhi government’s Guru Teg Bahadur hospital in Shahdara. The family was excited to welcome a new member.However, that was not to be. 27-year-old Madhubala recounts how she...

Defacing Delhi For DUSU Polls: Delhi HC Tells Prez Rocky Tuseed, DU, Others To Decide Clean-Up Plan

DUSU office-bearers and candidates who lost the recent DUSU polls appeared before the Delhi High Court on Monday and apologised for the defacement of public property caused during the campaigning for DUSU polls.DUSU president Rocky Tuseed and others apologised before Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal, who has been critical of the defacement caused to public property and had questioned...

NGT Says Big NO To Dharna, Protests At Jantar Mantar; Asks Protesters To Shift To Ram Leela Maidan [Read Judgment]

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Delhi Government, New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) and Police Commissioner to immediately stop all activities of dharna, protest, agitations, assembling of people, public speeches, using of loud speakers, etc., at Jantar Mantar road.The tribunal, on a plea by residents of Jantar Mantar Road, also directed the NDMC to remove all...