TVF Founder Arunabh Kumar Gets Anticipatory Bail In Sexual Harassment Case

The Dindoshi sessions court on Monday granted anticipatory bail to CEO of The Viral Fever (TVF) Arunabh Kumar in cases of sexual harassment registered against him.On March 29, an FIR was lodged at a police station in Andheri booking Kumar for offences punishable under Sections 354 A (sexual harassment) and 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of the Indian...

Maharashtra CIC Directs Maintenance Of E-Register With RTI Application And Disposal Details [Read Order]

In an effort to bring about transparency and accountability, the Maharashtra State Chief Information Commissioner recently directed the Chief Secretary of the Government of Maharashtra to maintain an e-register with details of all RTI applications and their disposal. The order has been directed to be implemented by 15 June, 2017.Appreciating the suggestion put forth by the complainant,...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Bombay High CourtThe Bombay High Court has fined two contemnors Rs.5 lakh for deliberate and willful breach of its interim orders which restrained them from creating any tenancies with regard to a property that belongs to a trust.The high court has commuted the life sentence of a man who poured kerosene on his wife, burnt her and later extinguished the fire with water, as he had...

No Defense Can Be Claimed Under FEMA For Enforcement Of Foreign Arbitral Awards Enforcing Put Options: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

In Cruz City 1 Mauritius Holdings v. Unitech Limited, Justice Vibhu Bakhru held that foreign arbitral award can be enforced in India pertaining to put options, exit at assured return, and guarantee arrangements and the provisions of FEMA and related regulations cannot be claimed as defense by Indian parties.In this matter, an investor Cruz City (Mauritius Company) sought to enforce a...

Extradition Litigation: Sr. Advocate Dayan Krishnan At NALSAR [Video]

Senior Supreme Court Advocate and extradition law expert Dayan Krishnan, who has been appointed as the Special Public Prosecutor in the extradition of David Coleman Headley, as Special Counsel in the extraditions of Ravi Shankaran and Mr. Varley in the Goa paedophile ring scandal, among others, delivered a guest lecture, hosted by The Nyaya Forum for Courtroom Lawyering, at NALSAR,...

Jharkhand State Legal Services Authority Creates Two National Records

The Jharkhand State Legal Services Authority (JHALSA) has registered its name in the Limca Book of Records on two accounts.Firstly, it has created a record by disbursing over Rs 127.54 crore to 5,578 employees of the Universities of Jharkhand. The grievances included non-payment of arrears of 5th and 6th Pay Commission, post retirement dues etc. As per the certificate, the task was...

Delhi HC Permits DU, IP To Go Ahead With Counselling For Post-Graduate Medical Admissions [Read Judgment]

The High Court of Delhi on Thursday refused to interfere with the admission process for postgraduate medical courses in Delhi University and Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University for the academic year 2017-18.Justice V. Kameswar Rao observed that there existed no prima facie case for restraining the two Universities from holding counselling for postgraduate medical seats. The Court,...

CIC Directs Inquiry Into Leak Of IT Returns To Third Parties [Read Order]

The Central Information Commission on Monday directed the Income Tax Department to investigate into an incident of IT returns of an RTI applicant being released to third parties without his consent.“Keeping in view the facts of the case and the submissions made by both the parties and considering the gravity and seriousness of the issues raised by the Appellant, there is an emergent...

Young Age Can't Be Ground To Grant Anticipatory Bail In A Gang Rape Case: MP HC [Read Order]

A Gwalior bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed the anticipatory bail application of an accused in a gang rape case with observation that “the young age of the applicant is not a ground for grant of anticipatory bail”.The applicant took the plea that he is a young boy aged about 21 years is a student and his detention in the jail would spoil the career.In addition to it,...

Gujarat HC Refuses Plea For CBI Probe In Una Dalit Flogging Case [Read Order]

Not a rarest of rare case to direct CBI investigation, the bench said.The Gujarat High Court has refused a plea for CBI investigation in the Una Dalit flogging incident.Four Dalit youths, who were found skinning the carcass of a dead cow, were beaten up allegedly by ‘Gau Rakshaks’.Thereafter, they were illegally put in the police lockup and there also they were beaten by...

Patna HC Orders Re-Evaluation On Student’s Plea [Read Judgment]

In an ‘exceptional’ order, the Patna High Court has ordered re-evaluation of answer sheet of a Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) student of Intermediate Examination (Science), 2016, though there is no provision for re-evaluation under BSEB regulations.Kavya Singh, a student of MK College, found that she did not get the marks she deserved in her physics paper and sought copies of...

Bombay HC Rejects Plea of School Director Who Insisted On Settling Rape Case Over ‘Cup Of Tea’ [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court has rejected a revision application filed by one Yashwantrao Mane, director of a Trust that runs an ashram school that has been charged for offences punishable under Section 19 r/w Section 21 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 2012, Section 202 of IPC and Section 3(2)(vi) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Protection of Offences) Act...