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Delhi High Court Imposes ₹1 Lakh Cost On Litigant Challenging Justice Chandrachud's Appointment As CJI
The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a public interest litigation challenging the appointment of newly sworn-in Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and imposed a cost of Rs. 1 lakh on the petitioner.A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad called it a "publicity interest litigation"The petitioner Sanjeev Kumar Tiwari in the PIL argued that...
'Family Should Not Suffer For His Acts': Delhi HC Grants Interim Bail To Accused For Arranging Daughter's Admission Fee For LLB Course
The Delhi High Court on Thursday granted interim bail for a period of ten days to the accused in an Arms Act case to allow him arrange money for paying daughter's admission fee for LLB Course.Justice Talwant Singh said the interim bail shall not be extended under any circumstances and the petitioner Nihal Ahmed shall surrender once the period of ten days is over."Keeping in view the fact that...
Objection On Maintainability Hits Root Of Judicial Proceeding If It Raises 'Pure Question Of Law' Or Points 'Inherent Lack Of Jurisdiction': Calcutta HC
The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday in hearing a writ petition clarified the position of law that an objection on the maintainability of a writ petition cannot be raised at the eleventh hour and that such an objection cannot go into the root of the judicial proceeding unless such an objection is made on a point of pure question of law or inherent lack of jurisdiction. The...
Certificate Qua Payment Of Interest U/S 30(1)(aa) Workmen's Compensation Act Not Required If Employer Files Appeal Against Composite Award: J&K&L High Court
The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court on Wednesday ruled that an appeal by an employer against an award of compensation under Section 30(1)(a) of the Workmen's Compensation Act is barred, unless it is accompanied by a certificate issued by Commissioner to the effect that the appellant had deposited the amount payable under the order appealed against.However, no such...
After NIA Fails To File Chargesheet, Delhi Court Grants Default Bail To Kashmiri Youth In UAPA Case
A Delhi Court has granted default bail to a 25-year-old Kashmiri youth, after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) failed to file chargesheet within the statutory period against him in a case registered under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 1967.The Principal District & Sessions Judge Dharmesh Sharma of Patiala House Courts granted bail to Fayaz Ahmad Khan who was arrested by the...
Mumbai Suburban Collector's Conduct Borders On Contempt: Bombay High Court On Delay In Crematorium Reconstruction
The Bombay High Court on Thursday pulled up Mumbai Suburban District Collector Nidhi Chaudhari for not complying with its direction to reconstruct a decades-old crematorium on Erangal Beach in Mumbai. "The conduct of the Collector is such that the same borders on contempt", the division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Madhav Jamdar stated in its order. On...
City Bursting At The Seams, Unauthorised Constructions Can't Be Allowed To Stand In Perpetuity: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has said that unauthorized constructions are a bane to "orderly development" of the city, which is bursting at its seams, and they cannot be allowed to continue to stand in perpetuity. Justice C Hari Shankar made the observation while dismissing a Delhi resident Sher Mohammad's plea challenging an order passed by Principal District & Sessions Judge on September 14....
'No Final View Formed, No Abuse Of Process Of Law': Lokpal Seeks Dismissal Of JMM Chief Shibu Soren's Plea In Delhi HC
The petition filed by Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Chief and Rajya Sabha MP Shibu Soren challenging the proceedings against him is "completely misconceived", the Lokpal of India has argued before the Delhi High Court.Soren had approached the court challenging the proceedings initiated by Lokpal pursuant to a complaint dated August 5, 2020 filed by BJP's Nishikant Dubey, alleging that he...
Allahabad HC Acquits Rape Accused In Jail For Over 19 Yrs, Raps Jail Authorities For Not Considering Case For Remission
The Allahabad High Court recently rapped the Uttar Pradesh state authorities for not considering the case of a rape accused (now acquitted by the High Court) for remission despite the fact that he spent over 19 years in jail (more than 21 years with remission).The accused was convicted in a rape case [u/s 376 of IPC r/w Section 3 (2) (v) of SC/ST Act] in October 2003 by the Special Judge...
All India Gaming Federation Moves Madras High Court Against TN Govt Ordinance On Online Gaming
The All India Gaming Federation has moved Madras High Court challenging Tamil Nadu government's recent ordinance banning online gambling in the State. The ordinance promulgated by the State last month also regulates other online games.According to the ordinance, online gambling and online games are addictive and increase the threat to public order. The ordinance also states that issues of...
Appeal Against Orders Of Patent Office Would Lie Before High Court In Whose Jurisdiction Appropriate Office Is Located: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court on Thursday ruled that after the enactment of the Tribunal Reforms Act 2021, appeals challenging the order of the Patent Office would lie before the concerned High Courts having territorial jurisdiction over the "appropriate office" from where the patent application originates, as being the "situs of the said application."Justice Pratibha M Singh observed that in...
Protracted Acquisition Proceedings By Maharashtra Govt To Blame For Delay In Bullet Train Project: Godrej & Boyce To Bombay High Court
The "inordinate delay" in land acquisition for the Bullet Train project is the Maharashtra State's own doing, the Godrej & Boyce said in a rejoinder before the Bombay High Court refuting allegations of delaying the project. The company, Mumbai's largest private landowner, claimed that the government and National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd (NHSRCL)'s responses to its...