Rahul Gandhi Gets Bail In RSS Defamation Case

A magistrate court in Bhiwandi, Maharashtra today granted bail to Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi. A defamation case was filed against Gandhi by a Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh worker Rajesh Kunte for claiming at an election rally that RSS was involved in the assassination of the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi. The case was then filed by Kunte section 500 of the Indian Penal Code for...

Centre Okays Constitution Of Special Panel On River Inter-Linking

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday gave its approval for status-cum-progress report and constitution of a special committee for inter-linking of rivers in compliance with a Supreme Court order dated 27th February, 2012.The move, which come pursuant to the Supreme Court’s orders, will help in monitoring the ‘precious inter-linking of river projects’...

Two More PILs Filed In Bombay HC On Demonetisation [Read Petitions]

Two more PILs were filed in the Bombay High Court on Tuesday highlighting the common man’s problems post-demonetisation.Although neither petitions sought any writ against the government’s decision, suggestions were made by one of the petitioners Anil Chitre.Chitre, a 30-year old businessman from Mumbai, alleged that “black money hoarders, in a bid to secure their unaccounted cash which...

Bombay HC Rejects Gang Rape Victim's Intervention Application In Appeals By Convicts

The division bench of Justices VK Tahilramani and Mridula Bhatkar have rejected an intervention application filed by X, a gangrape victim who lost her family members in the post- Godhra riots of 2002.Bombay high Court is hearing appeals of eleven convicts in the case along with the CBI’s petition seeking death penalty for three of these convicts. They were sentenced to life by a special...

15% Service Tax On Downloads From Foreign Websites [Read Notification]

Come December 1st and you will have to shell out some extra money for downloading book, movies and the rest from foreign websites. The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) has amended existing rules to pave way for an additional levy of 15 per cent service tax on all downloads from foreign sites.The CBEC’s much sought amendments to the existing Place of Provisions of Services...

Cooperative Banks In Kerala Move HC Against Discrimination On Demonetisation Drive [Read Petition]

The Petition seeks a direction declaring that the denial of transaction right to the petitioner in exchanging currency, results in the denial of the constitutional rights of the members and violative of Article 19 and 21 of the Constitution of India.Primary cooperative banks have filed writ petitions before the Kerala High Court challenging the RBI demonetisation drive and seeking currency...

Cannot Make Permanent Marks On Blood Donors To Curb Drug Menace: Madras HC [Read Judgment]

The Madras High Court in M.Krishnaveni vs. The Chief Secretary, Secratariat, and Ors, has held that making any permanent mark on the body of a blood donor by force to prevent possible drug addicts from selling blood to buy more drugs cannot be allowed.A bench comprising Justice S. Nagamuthu and Justice M.V. Muralidaran took this decision for the court, as it is an "invasion of Article 21 of...

PIL In Madras HC Seeks GPS Etc Compulsory For Conducting Land Surveys [Read Petition]

A PIL has been filed in the Madras High Court seeking directions to the state authorities declaring land survey methods using Global Positioning System(GPS) and Electronic Total Station(ETS) equipment, legally binding on parties to the survey and determination of boundaries of lands under the Tamil Nadu Survey and Boundaries Act, 1923 and the rules 1925.The petitioner is VBR Menon, a lawyer...

Rajasthan HC Issues Notice To State On AIDS, Hepatitis Testing Methods To Screen Blood Donors

Acting on a PIL alleging use of obsolete methods screening donors for HIV and hepatitis leading to transfusion of infected blood, the Rajasthan High Court has issued notice to the state government seeking response on the matter.A division bench of Justice Deepak Maheshwari and Justice Govind Mathur issued notice to Additional Advocate General SS Ladrecha and gave 10 Jan 2017 as the next date...

Gauhati High Court Judge Justice Chaudhury Passes Away

Justice Nishitendu Chaudhury of Gauhati High Court died of dengue on Saturday at a private hospital in the city. He was 55.He was cremated with state honours in Assam.Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court and senior district civil and police officers were present at the cremation to pay their last respects. Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal offered his condolences and described him as a person...

Delhi HC Acquits Rape Accused On Benefit Of Doubt [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court in Hari Chand vs. State, has acquitted a man, earlier convicted by a trial court for committing rape.Speaking for the court, Justice SP Garg took the decision as material infirmities or inconsistencies had emerged in the statements of prosecution witnesses, making it unsafe to base conviction on the solitary testimony of the woman alleged to have been raped.The woman,...

PIL In Bombay HC Alleges Incorrect Seat Allocation In MH Law CET [Read Petition]

Law students Aditya Roongta and Ashutosh Paibhale have filed a Public Interest Litigation in the Bombay High Court alleging that the allocation of seats under women’s reservation category in Maharashtra’s Common Entrance Test(CET) for law this year has several discrepancies.A reservation of 30% of the seats in all institutes are required to be reserved for female candidates as per...