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Pre-Institution Mediation Necessary Only In Cases Where Plaintiff Does Not Contemplate Urgent Interim Relief: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has ruled that pre-institution mediation under the Commercial Courts Act, 2015 is necessary only in cases where a plaintiff of the suit does not contemplate an urgent interim relief.A division bench of Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice Amit Mahajan said the question as to whether a suit involves any urgent interim relief is to be determined solely on the basis of the...
Private Party Affected By Registered Gift Deed Based On False Docs Can Institute Case For Cheating & Forgery, No Embargo U/S 195 CrPC: Karnataka HC
The Karnataka High Court has held that an affected private individual would not be barred from initiating proceedings under Section 419, 420, 468 and 471 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) against an accused who submits fabricated documents before a Sub-Registrar, for registering a gift deed. A single judge bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj clarified that the embargo under Section 195 CrPC...
Can Delhi Govt Issue OBC Certificate For Children Of A Single Mother On Basis Of Her Caste Certificate? High Court To Consider
The Delhi High Court is set to consider a question as to whether the Delhi Government, being a union territory, is empowered to issue Other Backward Class (OBC) certificate for children of a single mother on the basis of her caste category.A woman has moved a petition before the court seeking directions for issuance of OBC certificate to her two children on the basis of her caste certificate....
Calcutta High Court Directs Former Andaman Chief Secretary Charged With Gang Rape To Appear Before SIT
The Calcutta High Court's Circuit Bench at Port Blair on Friday, while dealing with an anticipatory bail application filed by Jitendra Narain, a former chief secretary of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, ordered him to appear before the Special Investigation Team ('SIT'). The petitioner is facing investigation in connection with the alleged offence of gang rape committed on on 14th...
Police Misbehaviour Can't Be Tackled By Issuing Circulars, Superior Officers Will Be Personally Responsible For Overlooking Misdemeanor: Kerala HC
The Kerala High Court on Thursday directed the State Police Chief to file a further report on the manner in which its directions insisting the Police to behave well with the citizens were being complied with. Justice Devan Ramachandran, on being informed by the Government Pleader Joshy Thannickamattom, that a circular had been issued by the State Police Chief in this regard, observed that, "It...
Experts Have To Decide Nature Of Game, What Does Tax Officer Know?: Karnataka High Court Query In Gameskraft Hearing Against ₹21,000 Crore GST Notice
The Karnataka High Court Thursday observed the experts have to decide the nature of the game and not the GST officer, while hearing the online gaming platform Gameskraft's petition against the notice demanding Rs 21,000 Crore tax from it. The tax has been demanded by Directorate General of GST Intelligence on the ground that activities being carried on Gameskraft is betting and amounts to game...
Non-Disclosure Of Reasons Behind Centre's Blocking Orders Infringe Users' Right To Appeal, Article 14: Twitter Argues Before Karnataka HC
Twitter India today told the Karnataka High Court that orders issued to it by the Central government for blocking certain user accounts directly affect those users' right to free speech and expression and thus, the orders must be communicated to them. When pointed by the Court that the governing statute (Information Technology Act) uses the expression "reasons to be recorded" and...
Frivolous Litigations Can Be Put To End At Any Stage: Delhi High Court While Dismissing Vegetable Vendor's Plea
Observing that the judicial institution is grappling with huge pendency due to frivolous litigations, the Delhi High Court has said that an endeavour must be made by courts to dismiss the same on the very first date without any further delay.Adding that such frivolous litigations should be "nipped in the bud", Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma further observed that courts do not have the luxury...
Married Woman Being Asked To Do Household Work Does Not Mean She Is Treated Like Maid Servant: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court recently observed that a married woman being asked to do household work does not mean that she is being treated like a maid servant. The court also observed that without description of alleged acts of the husband and in-laws, it cannot be determined whether they committed cruelty towards the wife. "If a married lady is asked to do household work definitely for...
Chhath Pooja 2022: Bombay High Court Quashes BMC Order Revoking Permission To Group Backed By NCP Leader
The Bombay High Court has quashed BMC's decision to revoke the permission granted to a Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) backed organisation to hold Chhath Pooja in Ghatkopar, Mumbai on October 30-31st. The court also reversed the BMC's decision granting permission to another charitable organisation Atal Samajik Sanskruti Seva Pratisthan, backed by BJP. A division bench of Justices...
2019 Hate Speech case: Samajwadi Party Leader And UP MLA Azam Khan Convicted By UP Court
Samajwadi Party leader and former Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan has been found guilty in a 2019 Hate Speech case by a Rampur Court. Khan had made provocative remarks against Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath and the then DM of Rampur, Aunjaneya K. Singh during the Lok Sabha Elections 2019.He has been convicted under under Sections 153a (promoting enmity between two groups),...