EC Censures Arvind Kejriwal For Inciting Voters For Bribery [Read Order]

The Election Commission (EC) has censured Arvind Kejriwal for his contentious remarks on’ bribery’ made at a rally in Goa. The EC rapped the Delhi CM and AAP chief for violating the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) and forewarned of stern action in case of similar violations in the future.The order stated, ‘The Election Commission hereby, CENSURES you for violating the aforesaid provisions...

DRT Allows Banks To Recover Rs.6,203 Cr From Vijay Mallya, His Firms [Read Order]

Mallya’s claim of banks coercing him to execute guarantee can add a bit of humour value in this otherwise serious claim for recovery of thousands of Crores of public money, the Tribunal said.The Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT), Karnataka, has allowed banks to recover Rs.6,203 crore from Vijay Mallya, Kingfisher Airlines and associated companies.Presiding Officer K Srinivasan also held that...

Fill Up NCST Vacancies In 3 Months: SC Tells Centre [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has directed the Central Government to fill up vacancies in the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) within three months.A Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of India JS Khehar issued this direction while hearing a writ petition filed by one Radhakanta Tripathy. He had sought for a direction to the Central Government to appoint NCST members.In response to...

Bombay HC Refuses To Interfere With A Winding Up Petition, Holds When Debt Is Undisputed Court Need Not Interfere [Read Judgment]

Applying the principles laid down by the Supreme Court in M/s Madhusudan Gordhandas & Co. vs Madhu Woollen Industries Pvt ltd, the division bench of Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice MS Sonak has held that once the debt owed by a debtor company is established as undisputed then the court shall wind up the particular company.This was held while the bench was hearing an appeal...

Jallikattu: TN Governor Promulgates Ordinance Allowing The Bull-Taming Sport

Tamil Nadu Governor Vidyasagar Rao, on Saturday, promulgated the ordinance for conducting Jallikattu. In its attempt to tame the bulls of passion favouring the Jallikattu, the Tamil Nadu Government had proposed to bring in an ordinance to allow the age-old bull-taming sport Jallikattu after a three-year ban.Apparently, the ordinance, which already got clearance from the Tamil Nadu Governor,...

Indian Data Protection Norms Inadequate: Vidhi Report [Read Report]

A report, prepared by think-tank Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, has claimed that India’s existing data protection norms are inadequate and address only a portion of what jurisdictions across the world have done for data protection.The report titled, ‘Building an effective data protection regime’ has been drafted by Ms. Sreenidhi Srinivasan and Ms. Namrata Mukherjee, research fellows...

Pharmacies To Strictly Adhere To Laws And Regulations: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

The Kerala High Court has said all medical shops and medicine dispensing units, both in public and private sector, are bound to comply with respective Acts and Rules and Regulations.The court directed the state and other authorities to ensure strict adherence to the norms and take severe action against medicine dispensation by unqualified persons.Justice Shaji P Chaly, acting on a petition by...

Petition In Bombay HC Against Jolly LLB 2, Says Indian Judiciary Projected In A Derogatory Manner

An advocate has filed a writ petition before the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court seeking certain alterations in the movie Jolly LLB 2. The petitioner Ajay Kumar Waghmare has alleged that from “whatever is shown in trailers of the film that have been released on television and social media” it(the movie) is nothing but an “attempt to project the Indian Judiciary and the...

In A Bizzare Twist, CBI “Drops” The Idea Of Consulting Scotland Yard In Pansare And Dabholkar Murders

The Central Bureau of Investigation informed the Bombay High Court today that they have “dropped” the idea of taking Scotland Yard’s opinion in the murder of Govind Pansare, Narendra Dabholkar and MM Kalburgi.The bench of Justices SC Dharmadhikari and BP Colabawalla were informed by CBI’s counsel Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh, that Scotland Yard had in writing stated that...

Fair Investigation Part Of Fundamental Rights: Law Commission Chairman Dr BS Chouhan

Law Commission of India Chairman Justice Dr BS Chouhan on Friday said that fair investigation is a part of Fundamental Rights under Articles 20 and 21 of the Constitution of India and for this reason the investigation must be fair, transparent and judicious.He was delivering the 15th lecture of the Lecture Series initiated by the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) on "Fair Investigation...

Magistrate Can’t Direct Further Investigation On Defacto Complainant’s Plea: Orissa HC [Read Judgment]

The Orissa High Court in Nandita Sethi vs. State of Orissa, has held that a magistrate cannot direct further investigation of the case at the instance of a de facto complainant after taking cognizance of offences on the basis of charge sheet submitted by police.A magistrate, on a petition filed by the defacto complainant, had ordered further investigation of the case under Section 173(8) of...

Co-Operative Banks Can’t Accept Deposits Under PM Garib Kalyan Deposit Scheme: Finance Ministry

Ministry of Finance has clarified that the Co-operative Banks are not authorised to accept deposits under PM Garib Kalyan Deposit Scheme(PMGKDS) 2016.Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Deposit Scheme (PMGKDS), 2016  was notified vide Notification No. S.O.4061(E) dated December 16, 2016.According to the Ministry, Para 7 (1) of the notification stands amended as under:“7. Authorised...