Madhya Pradesh High Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Pragya Thakur's Election As Loksabha MP For Want Of Prosecution

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed an Election plea challenging Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur's election from Bhopal in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections "for want of prosecution".The order passed by the bench of Justice Vishal Dhagat reads thus:"...since petitioner (Rakesh Dixit) is not appearing despite repeated opportunities being granted to him,...

Prima Facie Offence Of Money Laundering Not Made Out: Bombay High Court Grants Bail To Anil Deshmukh's Former Secretary Sanjeev Palande

The Bombay High Court granted bail to Sanjeev Palande, personal secretary and co-accused of former state home minister & NCP leader Anil Deshmukh in the money laundering case being investigated by ED. "This material, taken at its face value, is not sufficient to rope in the applicant for the offence of money laundering. The capacity in which the applicant rendered the services at...

'Sleepless Nights & Nightlife Not Meant For Students; Absolute Freedom Not Good': University Defends Girls Hostel Curfew

A written statement has been filed by the Kerala University of Health Sciences in the issue pertaining to the notification issued by the Higher Education Department barring female students from going out of the Government Medical College hostels after 9.30 PM. In the statement filed through the Standing Counsel of the University, Advocate P. Sreekumar, it has been averred that the writ...

'Prima Facie Case Of Copyright Infringement': Delhi High Court Orders Blocking Of Website Unauthorisedly Using Louis Vuitton Photographs

The Delhi High Court has ordered blocking of a website which was using photographs of the famous French luxury brand Louis Vuitton without its authorization, observing that a prima facie case of copyright infringement has been made out.Justice C Hari Shankar restrained www.haute24.com, its owner and and agents from copying or publishing the allegedly infringing photographs on the website,...

Madras High Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Regulated Places For Alcohol Consumption After Closing Of TASMAC Bars

Acting Chief Justice T Raja and Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy of the Madras High Court has ordered notice to the Additional Chief Secretary, Prohibition and Excise Department and the Managing Director, TASMAC on a plea for framing guidelines, rules and regulations with regard to the place for consuming alcohol by purchasers after closing time of TASMAC shops and bars attached thereto....

Labour Rights Activist Shiv Kumar Was Kept In Illegal Confinement, Badly Tortured By Haryana Police: Inquiry Officer To High Court

An inquiry report submitted by a judicial officer before the Punjab and Haryana High Court has confirmed that Haryana Police kept activist Shiv Kumar in illegal confinement and also badly tortured him last year."It is held that allegations of illegal confinement and custodial torture of Shiv Kumar are duly proved on record," Inquiry Officer Deepak Gupta said in a report placed before...

NIA Act | Scheduled UAPA Offences Can Be Probed By Investigating Agency Of State Govt: JKL High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently ruled that the provisions of the National Investigation Act (NIA Act) Act do not prohibit the investigation of the Scheduled offences which include the offences under the ULA(P) Act, by Local Investigating Agencies. Justice Sanjay Dhar observed,"It only provides that when a Scheduled offence is investigated by a local investigating...

Vagal Inhibition Death: Bombay High Court Sets Aside Culpable Homicide Conviction, Says Accused Couldn't Have Known Their Act Would Cause Death

The Bombay High Court recently set aside the conviction of three persons convicted for culpable homicide of a chicken shop owner, observing that the cause of his death was unusual and they could not have known their assault would result in his death.The court took note of the doctor's report wherein he had said that the death was caused possibly due to cardiac arrest due to vagal...

GST ITC Not Available On ​​Goods And Services Used For Construction Of A Pipeline Laid Outside The Factory Premises: AAR

The Maharashtra Authority of Advance Ruling (AAR) has held that Input Tax Credit (ITC) is not available on goods and services used for the construction of a pipeline laid outside the factory premises.The two-member bench of M. Rammohan Rao and T.R. Ramnani has observed that, as per the explanation to Section 17 of the GST Act, "plant and machinery" does not include a pipeline laid outside...

Social Media Important Pillar Of Democracy As Long As It Is Not Misused: Bombay High Court

The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court on Monday cautioned against the misuse of social media, while acknowledging that it has become a powerful medium for exchange of views. "One has to be careful when one expresses one's view or makes comments that the words used are not obscene or indignified or demeaning. In other words, a balance has to be struck between the need for healthy...

Writ Jurisdiction Cannot Override Efficacious Statutory Dispensation: JKL High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court on Tuesday reiterated that where statutory remedy is created by law, the writ petition should not be entertained ignoring the statutory dispensation, unless it is inefficacious. A bench comprising Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal observed,"Where a right or liability is created by a statute, which provides for a speedy remedy for enforcing it, the...

Governors Are Appointed As University Chancellors As Per State Laws, Centre Tells Lok Sabha

While the tussle between the centre and some state governments intensifies over the appointment of the Governor as the Chancellor of state universities, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday that the appointment of any constitutional functionary to the leadership position was well within the purview of the state legislature. In a response to an unstarred question by...