Actor not liable for failure to display the Statutory warning on Alcohol Consumption in the Film ; Kerala HC quashes Case against Actor Prithviraj [Read Order]

Kerala High Court has ruled that an actor cannot be prosecuted for not displaying the statutory warning “CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL IS INJURIOUS TO HEALTH” in a particular scene in a film in which he acted in the lead role.Prithviraj, a Malayalam Actor , had been booked u/s 55 I (1) & (2) of the Kerala Abkari Act. The same was done pursuant to an allegation that in one of his...

Delhi HC issues notice on Airtel’s challenge to TRAI’s Interconnect Regulations [Read Petition]

A Division Bench of Delhi High Court on Friday sought the TRAI’s response on Bharti Airtel’s petition challenging the Telecommunication Interconnect Usage Charges (Eleventh Amendment) Regulations, 2015. The Bench, comprising Chief Justice G. Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath has sought TRAI’s response by March 1.The Regulations fix termination charges for landline to wireless as zero paise...

Whether Drivers having LMV licence is required to obtain prior endorsement to drive transport vehicles? SC refers the Question to Larger Bench

A two Judge Bench of Supreme Court on thursday has referred the matters to be decided by a larger bench to resolve the issue whether drivers having licence to drive light motor vehicles is required to obtain a prior endorsement to drive the transport vehicle even when the transport vehicle is of class of light motor vehicle.The Court formulated the following questions for the consideration...

Bombay HC demands reply on unregulated marriage bureaus that are facilitating dowry payment

A Division Bench of Bombay High Court on Wednesday reportedly directed the Maharashtra Government to file a “detailed reply” on a bunch of PILs alleging that marriage bureaus in the country were functioning unregulated, with some of them openly facilitating the menace of dowry.The bench, comprising Justice V.M. Kanade and Justice Revati Mohite-Dere, directed the Government to file...

Parliament cannot change terms of a Treaty unilaterally, through Domestic Law: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

A Division Bench of Delhi High Court on Monday held that Parliament cannot change the terms of a treaty, by bringing in amendments in the domestic law.The Bench comprising Justice S. Ravindra Bhat and Justice R.K. Gauba observed, “Parliament, supreme as it may be, is not equipped, with the power to amend a treaty. It is certainly true that law laid down by the Parliament in our...

Second ‘Wife’ in bigamous marriage cannot claim to be a ‘widow’ entitled to pension: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

Bombay High Court on Wednesday held that if marriage is contracted with second lady in subsistence of first marriage, then the second lady cannot claim to be a widow entitled to pension after the death of the man. “The Indian system has adopted monogamy as a legal structure of the marriage institution and, therefore, occasional second marriage in subsistence of first marriage is held void...

SC refuses to quash proceedings against Rahul, Sonia in Herald Case; grants exemption from personal appearance [Read Order]

The Supreme Court today declined to quash criminal proceedings against Congress president Sonia Gandhi, vice-president Rahul Gandhi and five other party leaders in the National Herald case and asked them to raise all their objections and contentions in the trial court before framing of charges.A bench of Justices J S Khehar and C Nagappan said trial proceedings should continue. The judges...

Zandu Balm wins disparagement Case against Moov in Supreme Court [Read Order]

A Division Bench of the Supreme Court on Monday upheld Emami Ltd's allegations of disparagement against Reckitt Benckiser (RB). The Bench, comprising Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Prafulla C. Pant dismissed the appeal challenging the injunction against an advertisement of the pain ointment Moov manufactured by Reckitt Benkiser.“Reckitt Benckiser has been restrained by the Supreme Court...

SC stays execution of 55 year old convicted for rape and murder of 4 year old [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the execution of death row convict, Vasanta Sampat Dupare, who had been convicted of raping and stoning to death a four-year-old girl in Maharashtra in 2008.The three Judge Bench, comprising Justice Dipak Misra, Justice R.F. Nariman and Justice U.U. Lalit agreed to hear Dupare’s review petition, on his counsel’s submission that the lower Court had...

MP Judge Harassment allegations: Rajya Sabha Chairman appoints Justice Gogoi to head probe panel [Read Notification]

Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari has appointed Supreme Court Judge, Justice Ranjan Gogoi as the head of the panel investigating the allegations of sexual harassment levied against Madhya Pradesh High Court Judge, Justice S.K. Gangele. The reconstitution of the panel had to be undertaken due to retirement of Justice Vikramjit Sen.The notification issued by the Rajya Sabha Secretariat on...

SC dismisses Law Student’s Appeal against Mobile Internet Ban in Gujarat during Patel Agitation

Supreme Court of India Today upheld the Gujarat High Court Judgment which approved the 'mobile internet ban' by Gujarat Government during the Patel quota agitation in the state.The Bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur justified the ban holding that such decision can be taken by the government to maintain law and order situation U/S 144 CrPC and such decision cannot be termed as...

J&K HC considers incorporating Dogri language on currency notes and postal orders

The Jammu & Kashmir High Court on Tuesday asked both the Central Government and the Reserve Bank of India to consider incorporation of Dogri language on the language panel of currency notes and Indian postal orders, if possible.In a PIL highlighting the utter discrimination being meted out to Dogri language both, a High Court Division Bench of Chief Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar and...