Bombay High Court stays Maharashtra Government’s circular on sedition

Bombay High Court has stayed Maharashtra Government’s circular dated August 27, which had endowed authority on Police forces to charge those spreading anti-establishment views with the contentious provisions of sedition, as prescribed under Section 124 (A) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).The Bench, comprising Justice V.M. Kanade and Justice Shalini Phansalkar Joshi directed Maharashtra Police...

US Judge holds the song ‘Happy Birthday to You’ to be in Public Domain and denies Copyright claim [Read the Jt]

A federal court single bench in Los Angeles has held that the song ‘Happy Birthday to You’ needs to be freely available in the public domain, a move that is considered to be a setback to the Warner Chappell Music company that has been collecting royalties from the song for decades in the US until 2030, and in the EU until 31 December 2016..US district judge George H King declared on...

Age determination test of Cricketers conducted by BCCI, is not arbitrary, unreasonable or discriminatory ;Delhi HC [Read Jt]

Delhi High court on Tuesday, allowed the appeal filed by BCCI and has held that the age determination tests conducted by BCCI cannot be held to be arbitrary, unreasonable or discriminatory. Bench comprising of Chief Justice G.Rohini and Justice Jayanth Nath, setting aside the judgment of single Judge, said that the interference under Article 226 is not warranted and no mandamus could be...

SC rejects PIL seeking direction to Centre to declassify confidential documents on Netaji

The Supreme Court today rejected a PIL seeking direction to the Centre to declassify confidential documents on Subhas Chandra Bose.A Bench comprising Justices A R Dave and A K Goel, said, "Let the Ministry of Home Affairs and Principal Secretary, PMO, reply to the representation of the petitioner."The petitioner referred to the recent disclosure of 64 confidential files by the West...

NSE vs. MoneyLife ; Bombay HC stays 50 Lakh Fine order on NSE

A Division Bench of  Bombay High Court  Today stayed a single-bench order which slapped a penalty of Rs 50 lakh on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) for two weeks. There was a notice of motion defamation case filed by the exchange against Money life magazine. The bench has also asked Moneylife to file a reply within two weeks to NSE's revision application.Last week, the NSE had filed...

Allahabad HC awards 5 Lakh compensation to a youth who complained of brutal police torture [Read Judgment]

Allahabad High Court, on Monday, awarded Rupees Five Lakh compensation to a youth who complained of  brutal police torture. “Awarding of compensation is demand of the situation, looking to the agony that a young man has to undergo”, a division bench of Justices V.K. Shukla and Arvind Kumar Mishra­ observed.Gyanesh Rai, the petitioner, apparently was an aspirant to the post of...

Dengue Outbreak: Ajay Maken files PIL in Delhi HC alleging “unpreparedness” and “lack of coordination”

Congress Leader Ajay Maken on Saturday filed a PIL in the Delhi High Court, accusing the Delhi Government of not taking preventive steps to curb the outbreak of dengue in the city. The PIL is likely to come up for hearing on Monday before the Bench of the Chief Justice.The Petition reportedly alleges that the Government failed to initiate awareness campaigns and a dengue outbreak alarm was...

Delhi High Court dismisses plea for Ban on the Film ‘MSG 2’ [Read the Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea seeking a ban on screening of 'MSG 2: The Messenger', on Wednesday, on the ground that the film's trailer depicts a fantasy to the viewers and has to be understood in that light only.A Bench of Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw said the reference in the film to "Adivasi’s" is not found to be relatable in any manner to scheduled tribes.The plea filed by...

Delhi High Court stays Sajjan Trial in 1984 Riot case

The Delhi High Court issued a stay till the next date of hearing on October 12th, on the ongoing trial of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case after a plea sought transfer of the case to a different Judge.The plea field by two main complainants in the case arising out of a massacre in Sultanpuri area alleges evidence was not being recorded properly by the Court of...

Haryana Panchayat Elections: SC stays news Bill on mandatory Educational qualification

The Supreme  Court on Thursday ordered a stay on the new  law that makes educational qualification compulsory for contesting panchayat elections in Haryana.The three-phase elections to Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) in Haryana, which has nearly 72,000 posts in panchayat samitis and zila parishads, will be held on October 4, 11 and 18.On September 7, the Haryana Assembly passed a bill...

Infosys not liable to pay VAT for software “implementation” process: Karnataka HC

Offering respite to information technology service providing companies such as Infosys Ltd., a Division Bench of the Karnataka High Court has reportedly ruled that such companies are not liable to pay Value Added Tax for software “implementation” process, which happens after installation of customized software.Rejecting the State’s contention that the process of implementation of...

Delhi HC stays Govt’s directive that family members of employees of Transport Department shall not be granted licence for Driving Schools

Delhi High Court on 15th September stayed the condition that member of the society or an individual or a Director of a company cannot be a family member or an immediate sibling of any current employee of the Transport Department, is stayed.It is pertinent to mention that such a condition was not imposed by the State of Tamil Nadu and was not adjudicated upon by the Madras High Court in...