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Monkey Menace: PIL In Delhi High Court Seeks Panel For Implementation Of 2007 Directions
A public interest litigation before the Delhi High Court has sought setting up a committee to ensure implementation of directions issued by a coordinate bench in 2007 to curb 'monkey menace' in the national capital.A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad renotified the matter to March 22 and asked Advocate Shashwat Bharadwaj, appearing in person,...
Delhi High Court Stays Trial Court Proceedings Against BJP Leader Harish Khurana In Defamation Case By Manish Sisodia
The Delhi High Court on Friday stayed the trial court proceedings against Bhartiya Janata Party spokesperson and media relations incharge Harish Khurana in a defamation case filed by deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia.Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma issued notice on Khurana’s plea challenging the trial court order summoning him in the matter. Justice Sharma also sought Sisodia’s response on...
Mere Pendency Of Criminal Case Not Sufficient to Refuse Passport Renewal: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court recently directed the passport authorities to not reject a man's passport renewal application merely because of pendency of criminal proceedings against him, observing that mere pendency of proceedings is not sufficient to deny him the right to renew passport.“In the facts of the case merely because the offence under Sections 406, 420, 120(b) read with 34 of IPC is...
Delhi High Court Directs CRPF To Grant Age Relaxation Of 3 Years As ‘One Time Measure’ For Recruitment Of Head Constables (Ministerial)
The Delhi High Court has ordered that there will be age relaxation of three years in the upper age limit as a “one time measure” for candidates intending to apply for the posts of Head Constable (Ministerial) in CRPF 2022 examination. An advertisement for the posts was issued on December 27 last year. A division bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Neena Bansal Krishna has...
Tripura High Court Functioning With Only Two Judges, Collegium Recommendations Held Up: Lawyers Write To CJI
Lawyers, members of various Bar Associations of Tripura have written to CJI DY Chandrachud requesting him to take steps to fill the vacant posts of judges at Tripura High Court, which has a sanctioned strength of 5 judges and is presently functioning with only 2 judges including the Acting Chief Justice due to transfers and retirements. The representation signed by a total of 258...
BREAKING | Bombay High Court Rejects Rapido's Plea Against Refusal of Licence To Ply Bike-Taxi In Pune
The Bombay High Court today rejected a petition by Roppen Transportation Services Pvt Ltd (Rapido), a bike-taxi aggregator, against Pune RTO's refusal to grant it a license for plying two and three-wheeler taxis.A division bench of Justice GS Patel and Justice SG Dige pointed out that there are discrepancies in Rapido's stand as on one hand, it is saying license cannot be rejected on the...
Karnataka High Court Quashes Cheating Case Against Matrimonial Website Employees
The Karnataka High Court has quashed a case registered against two employees of a matrimonial website by a woman subscriber, who was cheated by a man she had come into contact through the portal.The woman in her complaint in 2017 said that she had created her profile on the "Kannada Matrimony" and subsequently she came into contact with a person by name of Amit Deepak through the portal....
Daughter-In-Law Can’t Claim Maintenance From Father-In-Law U/S 125 CrPC: Patna High Court
The Patna High Court has clarified that a daughter-in-law is not entitled to claim maintenance from her father-in-law under Section 125 of the Code of the Criminal Procedure. The Single Judge Bench of Justice Sunil Dutta Mishra further held that a Family Court cannot invoke Section 125 CrPC to grant interim maintenance while deciding an application for maintenance under Section 19 of...
Delhi High Court Refuses Interim Injunction To KRBL In Trademark Infringement Suit, Says Vikram Mills Can Use 'India Gate' Mark For Dalia
The Delhi High Court has refused to grant an interim injunction in favour of KRBL Limited, a market leader in the business of processing, marketing and exporting rice, in a case accusing Vikram Roller Flour Mills of infringing its right over the 'India Gate' mark by its use in respect of 'dalia'. Justice Amit Bansal said Vikram Mills has placed sufficient material on record showing use of...
ISRO Espionage Case : Kerala High Court Allows Anticipatory Bail Applications Filed By RB Sreekumar & Other Accused
The Kerala High Court on Friday allowed anticipatory bail applications of former Police and Intelligence Bureau officers, including former Gujarat ADGP RB Sreekumar and former Kerala DGP Siby Mathews, in the case relating to the alleged framing of former ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan in the 1994 ISRO Espionage case.A bench of Justice K. Babu passed the order. The Court directed that the...
State Cannot Exceed Governing Statute And Rules To Refuse Renewal Of Excise License: Calcutta High Court
A single judge bench of Calcutta High Court on Thursday held that the state must act within legislative intendment of a statute in the matter of grant of excise licences to persons and entities under the provisions of Bengal Excise Act, 1909 and the 2003 Rules. Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya while hearing a writ petition observed: “The State cannot add to the legislative object...
Feces Mixed In Water Tank: Madras High Court Seeks Report From State On Alleged Atrocities Upon SC Community
The Madurai bench of Madras High Court has sought a detailed report from the District Collector, Pudukottai and the Superintendent of Police in relation to the unfortunate incident of mixing human feces in overhead tank which resulted in the hospitalisation of persons belonging to scheduled caste community in Pudukottai district.When the case came before a bench of Justice D Krishnakumar...