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Delhi High Court Disposes Of Plea By Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita Seeking E-Mulaqat, Other Facilities For Tihar Jail Inmates
The Delhi High Court on Thursday disposed of Natasha Narwal and Devangana Kalita's plea seeking various facilities of prisoners in Tihar jail. Narwal and Kalita are accused in the larger conspiracy case of the 2020 North-East riots.Both Narwal and Kalita moved the plea in 2020 in wake of the restrictions imposed on account of COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting multiple issues faced by...
Delhi LG’s Reference To President On Removal From Post Of DDCD Vice Chairperson Not As Per Law: Jasmine Shah To High Court
Dialogue and Development Commission of Delhi (DDCD) Vice Chairperson Jasmine Shah on Thursday told Delhi High Court that reference made by Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena to the President of India regarding the issue of his removal from the post was not as per law. Justice Prathiba M Singh was hearing Shah’s plea against LG's decision asking Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to remove...
Karnataka High Court Dismisses PIL Challenging Isha Yoga Centre's Construction Activities Near Nandi Hills
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday dismissed a public interest litigation which alleged that construction of Isha Yoga Centre is allegedly causing environmental degradation and defacing entire ecosystem in the Foothills of Nandi Hills and Narasimha Devaru Range (Betta) NDB. The plea had alleged that permission have been granted by the authorities in utter violation of environmental...
Illegal Hoardings: Karnataka HC Directs BBMP, Bangalore Development Authority To Initiate Action Against Erring Officers
The Karnataka High Court has called for a comprehensive report from the State government, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike and Bangalore Development Authority on the action taken to prevent putting up of alleged illegal hoardings and flexes across Bangalore city. A division bench of Chief Justice Prasana B Varale and Justice Ashok S Kinagi has called for the report to be submitted...
'Will Benefit Large Sections Of Population': Bombay HC Permits Felling 350 Mangrove Trees For Vadodara-Mumbai Expressway
The Bombay High Court recently allowed felling of mangrove trees within the construction zone of the Vadodara Mumbai expressway observing that the proposed expressway will benefit large sections of the population.A division bench of acting Chief Justice SV Gangapurwala and Justice Sandeep V Marne held –“Its (Bharatmala Pariyojana) an ambitious and mammoth project of Government of India,...
Unmarried Daughter’s Jewllery And Mother’s Jewellery Can Be Kept In Family Home: ITAT Deletes Addition
The Allahabad Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has deleted the addition as the jewellery belonging to unmarried daughters will be kept along with the assessee’s jewellery in a family home where they are living together.The two-member bench of Vijay Pal Rao (Judicial Member) and Ramit Kochar (Accountant Member) has observed that the assessee has discharged her primary burden by...
Pendency Of NIA Cases In Designated Special Courts: Delhi High Court Seeks MHA’s Response
The Delhi High Court has sought response of Ministry of Home Affairs on a plea highlighting the pendency of cases registered under National Investigation Agency (NIA) Act in two designated special courts of the national capital.At present, the NIA cases in Patiala House Courts are being heard by two special courts i.e. Principal District and Sessions Judge and an Additional Sessions Judge...
Arbitral Tribunal Not Justified In Dismissing Claim Petition For Not Being Verified As Per CPC: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court has ruled that failure to abide by the procedural laws would not be fatal to the arbitral proceedings and thus, the Arbitral Tribunal was not justified in dismissing the claim petition/ statement of claims solely on the ground that it was not verified as contemplated under Order VI Rule 15 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC). The bench of...
Pedestrian Crossings Must Be Marked & Enforced On All Main Roads: Kerala High Court Orders State Govt, NHAI To Take Necessary Action
The Kerala High Court has ordered that the pedestrian crossings must be marked and enforced on all main roads, and called it a "forensic duty" of the authorities. Justice Devan Ramachandran was dealing with an appeal preferred by the Kerala State Insurance Department against the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal award of Rs.48,32,140 in favour of the kin of a 50 year-old woman who was hit by...
Delay In Approaching Appointing Authority For Constitution Of Tribunal, Won’t Render Claims Time Barred: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has ruled that the limitation period within which a party is required to approach the court for seeking constitution of the arbitral tribunal, cannot be conflated with the limitation period for invoking the arbitration agreement. Thus, any delay by the party in taking further steps for constitution of an arbitral tribunal, will not render the party’s substantive...
Lawyers' Protest: Calcutta HC Displeased With Police Failure To Identify Miscreants Who Circulated Defamatory Posters Against Judge
The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday expressed dissatisfaction with the progress of the investigation by the Kolkata Police in identifying the miscreants involved in the agitation held outside the courtroom of Justice Rajasekhar Mantha on January 9 following which a contempt case was initiated against the errant lawyers. On the last date of hearing, a bench comprising Justices TS Sivagnanam,...