Ensure Completion Of Project For Installing Panic Buttons, Tracking System In DTC And Cluster Buses: High Court To Delhi Govt

The High Court has directed Delhi Government to ensure completion of its project for installing panic buttons and Automatic Vehicle Location Tracking System (AVLTS) in all DTC and cluster buses plying in the national capital. A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad said that the task must be completed within a time-frame which has been decided as...

'No Case For Interference Under Article 226': Kerala High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Former Minister Saji Cheriyan's Disqualification As MLA

The Kerala High Court on Thursday dismissed the petitions seeking a writ of quo warranto against Chengannur MLA Saji Cherian over his alleged "derogatory remarks against the constitution".The division bench of Chief Justice S. Manikumar and Justice Shaji P. Chaly observed that it is not for the court to go to the contentions, decipher the truth of it, and grant the reliefs sought by...

Infrastructure For Prosecutors: High Court Summons Delhi Govt's Home & Law Secretaries Over Unsatisfactory Response

Dealing with a suo motu petition concerning public prosecutors in the national capital, the High Court on Thursday asked Delhi Government's Home Secretary and Law Secretary to remain present on the next date of hearing.A division bench of Justice Mukta Gupta and Justice Poonam A. Bamba was hearing a suo moto case registered in 2017 for digitization of records of the office of Standing...

Upholding Conviction In POCSO Case, Madras High Court Says It 'Eagerly Awaits' Amendment In Law For Cases Involving Teenage Relationships

Upholding the conviction and 10 years sentence of a man in a POCSO case, the Madras High Court recently said that it is "eagerly" waiting for an amendment in the law to appropriately deal with cases involving relationships of adolescents.Justice P Velmurugan made the comment while upholding the conviction and sentence of one Ravi who was accused of kidnapping and forcibly marrying a 17 year...

Centre Says It Has No Proposal To Reintroduce National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) With Modifications

The Central Government has no proposal to reintroduce the NJAC (National Judicial Appointments Commission) with suitable modifications, the Union Minister of Law and Justice, Kiren Rijiju informed the Lok Sabha today. The answer was in response to a question put by Congress MP Mallikarjun Kharge and CPI (M) MP Dr. John Brittas as to whether the Government proposes...

Tapping Phone Lines Or Recording Calls Without Consent Violates Right To Privacy: Delhi High Court, Grants Bail To Former Mumbai Police Chief

The Delhi High on Thursday said that tapping phone lines or recording calls without the concerned individual's consent is a breach of privacy as enshrined under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. "I am prima facie of the view that tapping phone lines or recording calls without consent is a breach of privacy. The right to privacy enshrined under Article 21 of the Constitution demands...

Disclosure By The Arbitrator Is Not A Discretionary But A Mandatory Requirement, Non-Disclosure Vitiates The Award: Delhi High Court

The High Court of Delhi has held that disclosure by the arbitrator under Section 12 r/w 6th Schedule of the A&C Act is not a discretionary but a mandatory requirement. The Court held that the failure of the arbitrator to disclose a fact that might give rise to a justifiable doubt as to his impartiality vitiates the arbitral proceedings as well as the consequent award. The bench...

Delhi High Court Allows Income Tax Deduction On Loss On Forward Cover Purchase Contracts For Foreign Exchange

The Delhi High Court has held that reinstatement of year-end losses on forward cover purchase contracts is allowable in spite of the fact that the forward contracts have not been closed.The division bench of Justice Vibhu Bakharu and Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav, while upholding the findings of the tribunal, held that the loss on account of forward contracts cannot be...

Kerala HC Dismisses Petition Challenging Lok Ayukta's Probe Into Allegations Of Embezzlement In Procurement Of PPE Kits By KMSCL, State Govt

The Kerala High Court on Thursday dismissed the petition challenging the proceedings initiated by the Lok Ayukta on a complaint alleging corruption in the purchase of PPE kits and other surgical equipment during the COVID-19 Pandemic.The Division Bench comprising Chief Justice S. Manikumar and Justice Shaji P. Chaly, while dismissing the petition, observed that"On a perusal of the complaint,...

Wildlife (Protection) Amendment Bill Permitting Ownership Of Elephants Passed In Parliament

The Rajya Sabha today passed the Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2022 which seeks to give effect to India's obligations under the Convention on International Trade on Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ('CITES'), which requires countries to regulate trade of all listed specimens through permits. The Bill, which will amend the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 to increase...

Umar Khalid & Khalid Saifi's Discharge In Khajuri Khas FIR Does Not Mean Lack Of Evidence: Delhi Police To High Court In Delhi Riots UAPA Case

The Delhi Police on Thursday told Delhi High Court that the recent discharge of activists Umar Khalid and Khalid Saifi in Khajuri Khas FIR does not mean that there is lack of evidence against them in the UAPA case alleging a larger conspiracy behind the 2020 North-East Delhi riots.The submission was made by Special Public Prosecutor Amit Prasad before a special bench of Justice Siddharth...

Kerala High Court Rejects Objections Against Maintainability Of Election Petition Against Muslim League MLA

Rejecting Perinthalmanna MLA Najeeb Kanthapuram's objections against an election petition pending against him, the Kerala High Court recently said the case will go for trial for a decision on the rejection of 348 ballot papers in the matter.Justice A. Badharudeen in the ruling considered the question whether it is necessary to plead all essential facts in detail and if deviation or lack...