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Law & Order A State Subject, NIA Can't Proceed Prior To Registration Of Crime By State Police: Habeas Corpus Plea In Rajasthan HC, Notice Issued
The Rajasthan High Court at the Jaipur bench has recently issued notice to NIA in a Habeas Corpus petition which challenged the FIR registered by the agency on the ground that it has no statutory power to "register" any criminal incident involving the schedule offences within a State.The plea states that Centre has no power to pass any order under section 6(3) of NIA Act as law and order is...
Delhi High Court Dismisses PIL Seeking Censor Board For Non-Film Songs Released On Internet
The Delhi High Court has dismissed a public interest litigation which had sought setting up of a regulatory authority or censor board to review and censor the non-film songs and their contents including their lyrics and videos, before their release on internet. The petition had sought immediate ban on all non-film songs with "obscene/vulgar" content. A division bench of Chief Justice...
Award Debtor Failed To Take Recourse To S. 26 of Arbitration Act; Cannot Challenge Award Claiming Expert Was Not Examined: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has ruled that if an award debtor has failed to take recourse to the provisions of Section 26 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (A&C Act), it cannot seek to set aside the award on the ground that the expert, whose report was relied upon by the arbitrator, was not examined by the opposite party. The bench of Justice Manish Pitale was dealing with...
Sexual Abuse: High Court Directs Delhi Govt To Set Up ‘One Stop Centres’ For Women And Children In Every District
Dealing with a plea seeking action against media houses for revealing identity of victim and accused persons of Hyderabad rape case, the Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government to set up “one stop centres” in every district in compliance of a Supreme Court decision of 2018. A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad referred to...
‘Victim's Body Language Didn't Reflect Trauma, Remained Quite For Long Time’: High Court Grants Bail To Former Punjab MLA
Granting bail to former MLA Simarjit Singh Bains in a rape case, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday observed that there is no evidence that the victim reflected any trauma through her body language or conduct or complained to anyone about the forcible assault."There is no allegation that she did not do so because she was under a shock. There is no evidence that the consent...
An Ineligible Candidate Is A "Stranger", Cannot Challenge Recruitment Procedure: Madras High Court Reiterates
The Madras High Court recently reiterated that a candidate who is ineligible to participate in a recruitment process is a stranger to such process and cannot challenge the appointments made therein.Justice Abdul Quddhose thus dismissed the plea of a sanitation worker who had challenged the appointments of candidates as Junior Assistants in Coimbatore Corporation.The petitioner being ineligible...
Bengaluru Consumer Forum Directs Ola Cabs MD To Compensate Customer For Defunct AC
A Consumer Court in Bengaluru has directed Bhavish Aggarwal, Managing Director of ANI Technologies Private Limited which operates OLA cabs, to compensate a consumer who was provided with a cab wherein the air conditioning was not operational.A bench led by President M. Shobha partly allowed the complaint filed by one Vikas Bhusan and directed Aggarwal to refund the trip cost of Rs.1,837,...
Non-Domicile Candidates Not Entitled To Appointment Under 33% Reservation For Punjab Women: Punjab and Haryana High Court
The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently held that the non-domicile women cannot be considered for appointment against the 33% reserved posts for women belonging to Punjab.The issue before the court was whether the reservation is confined to the women of the State of Punjab or it is applicable to all the women belonging to other states also.While dismissing the petitions related to...
Vice News Journalist Angad Singh Blacklisted, Depicted Country In Negative Manner In ‘India Burning’ Documentary: Centre to Delhi HC
The Central Government on Friday informed Delhi High Court that Vice News journalist Angad Singh has been blacklisted despite being an OCI holder. It also said he had depicted India in a "negative manner" in the “India Burning” documentary.Justice Prathiba M Singh was hearing Singh’s plea against the Central Government’s refusal to permit his entry to India. Singh was deported from...
Contract Cancelled Last Minute On Political Interference, Arbitrary: Karnataka HC Directs State To Pay For Film Made For Global Investors Meet
The Karnataka High Court has directed the State government to release balance payments due to M/s BBP Studio Virtual Bharat Pvt Ltd, which was appointed to produce a 3D film during the Global Investors Meet, held in November 2022, but the contract was cancelled last minute and film was not showcased at the event. A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna quashed the...
Patna High Court Stops Grant-in-Aid Of 609 Madrasas In Bihar Till Completion Of Enquiry On Entitlement, Questions Govt On Delay
The Patna High Court on Tuesday directed the Bihar Government to halt the release of grant-in-aid in favour of 609 Madrasas until the pending enquiry on their entitlement and compliance of statutory provisions is not concluded.The division bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Partha Sarthy further ordered that the enquiry shall be completed within four weeks from the date of the...
Magician Gopinath Muthukad To Get Recognition Certificate From Kerala High Court For His Uplifting Work For Specially-Abled Children
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday recognised the efforts being made by magician Gopinath Muthukad for upliftment of the differently-abled children, and asked the Registrar General to convey the appreciation of court to Muthukad and the entire team of Different Art Centre (DAC).The court appreciated the famous magician in its decision on a petition challenging the exclusion of 'mentally...