Delhi Liquor ‘Scam’: Court Denies Bail To Vijay Nair, 4 Others In Money Laundering Case

A Delhi Court on Thursday denied bail to Aam Aadmi Party communications-in-charge Vijay Nair and four others in a money laundering case being probed by Enforcement Directorate (ED) in relation to Delhi government's excise policy.Special Judge MK Nagpal of Rouse Avenue Courts also denied bail to Sharath Reddy, Abhishek Boinpally, Benoy Babu and Sameer Mahendru.Copy of the order is...

'Litigants Going To Any Extent To Mislead Court': Allahabad HC Imposes ₹1 Lakh Cost On Govt Teacher For Filing PIL Suppressing Material Facts

Observing that nowadays litigants can go to any extent to mislead the court, the Allahabad High Court recently imposed a ₹1 lakh cost on a Government Teacher who filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea by suppressing material facts.The bench of the then Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal and Justice J. J. Munir further observed that in the post-Independence period, materialism has...

Delhi High Court Asks MEA To Seek Information From Abu Dhabi Authorities About Status Of 'Jailed' Software Engineer

The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice on a father’s plea seeking information about his son who is stated to have been jailed in United Arab EmiratesJustice Prathiba M Singh asked the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to obtain all relevant information relating to the person from the authorities in Abu Dhabi. It is the case of Zakir Hussain, 54, that despite repeated efforts made...

Bigamy Violation Of CISF Rules But Not Heinous Enough To Warrant Dismissal From Service: Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court recently upheld an order of the single judge which had set aside the dismissal of a CISF personnel who was dismissed from the service on the ground that he contracted a second marriage during the subsistence of his first marriage. While dismissing the appeal filed by Union of India, the division bench of the Chief Justice (Acting) N. Kotiswar Singh and...

Kerala High Court Stays Vigilance Court's Order On Complaint Against Former CIAL MD V J Kurian

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday stayed the order of the Enquiry Commissioner and Special Judge (Vigilance), Muvattupuzha, that had ordered for a 'quick verification' on a complaint filed against V J Kurian, the former Managing Director of Cochin International Airport Limited on charges of corruption. The allegation against the former MD is that he abused his position as Managing Director...

Gyanvapi| Varanasi Court Rejects Plea To Register Case Against Akhilesh Yadav, Asaduddin Owaisi For Alleged 'Shiva Linga' Remark

The Varanasi Court on Wednesday REJECTED a plea filed before it seeking registration of criminal cases against Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav and AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi for their alleged remark against 'Shiva Linga', purportedly found inside Gyanvapi Mosque premises in Varanasi last year.[#Gyanvapi 'Controversial' Remark Case] | #VaranasiCourt has REJECTED the plea filed...

Active PAN In Name Of Amalgamating Company, Would Not Justify Reassessment Proceedings Against It: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has reiterated that once the revenue department is aware about the amalgamation and had knowledge regarding the non-existence of the amalgamating entity, an assessment order passed against such amalgamating entity would be void and not merely a procedural defect. The bench of Justices Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Kamal Khata remarked that merely because the PAN in...

Court Orders Registration Of FIR Against Delhi Police Cop For Allegedly Assaulting Street Dog With Lathi, Picks Holes In Official Inquiry

Picking holes in the official inquiry conducted by Delhi Police in a case of animal cruelty, a Delhi Court has ordered registration of FIR against a police officer for allegedly assaulting a street dog with lathi while performing patrolling duty in Jafrabad. Metropolitan Magistrate Bharat Aggarwal of Karkardooma Courts observed that the facts disclosed by the complainants and documents on...

Execution Proceedings Cannot Be Stayed If Challenge To Decree & Execution Not Before Same Court: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has said that a court can exercise powers under Order 21 Rule 29 of the Code of Civil Procedure and pass order of staying the execution proceedings only if the suit challenging the decree and execution proceedings referred are pending before the same court and not before two different courts which are not of coordinate jurisdiction.A single judge bench of Justice S...

Kathua Rape Case: Delhi High Court Directs Registrar General To Transfer Fine Paid By News Organisations To J&K Legal Service Authority

The Delhi High Court has directed its Registrar General to deposit the amount paid by news organisations as fine for disclosing the Kathua rape victim's name, with the Victim Compensation Fund maintained by Jammu & Kashmir State Legal Services Authority for disbursement of the same to the victims or family of deceased victims of sexual violence.The high court in 2018 had taken suo motu...

Abdullah Azam Loses UP Legislative Assembly Membership After Moradabad Court Convicts Him In a 15-Year-Old Case

The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Secretariat on Wednesday declared the seat represented by Samajwadi Party (SP) MLA Abdullah Azam Khan as ‘Vacant’ two days after Abdullah was convicted in a 15-year-old case by the Moradabad Court to two years in prison. Abdullah, who represented the Suar Assembly constituency, is the son of the veteran leader of the Samajwadi Party,...

Railway Can’t Charge Waitlist Passenger, Rule To 'Usurp' Fare If Ticket Not Cancelled 30 Mins Before Departure Bad: Chandigarh Consumer Commission

The State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission at Chandigarh recently frowned upon Railways' policy to not refund the fare paid by a waitlist passenger, who could not undertake the journey due to non-confirmation of his ticket and failed to cancel it within stipulated 30 minutes period before train departure.Upholding the order passed by the District Consumer Disputes Commission grating...