'Unexplained Delay Of 10 Years In Corruption Probe, Chargesheet Still Awaiting Sanction': Delhi HC Quashes FIRs Against Senior Doctor

The Delhi High Court has quashed the three FIRs that were registered by Anti Corruption Branch against a senior doctor in 2012 and 2013, observing that there was an unexplained delay of 10 years in completing investigation and that chargesheet was still awaiting sanction from the appropriate authority. The FIRs were under various provisions of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and Indian...

Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To Man Who Allegedly Posted Video On FB Depicting The Beheading Of Nupur Sharma

The Allahabad High Court has granted bail to one Nadeem Ansari who has been accused of posting a video on Facebook showing to behead former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma.The bench of Justice Deepak Verma granted him bail considering the entire facts and circumstances of the case, submissions of counsel for the parties, and keeping in view the nature of offence, evidence, the complicity of...

'Hisab Kitab' Remark Case: UP Govt's 'Inaction' Prompts Allahabad High Court To Grant Interim Relief To MLA Abbas Ansari

The Allahabad High Court today granted relief to Mau Sadar MLA Abbas Ansari, the son of jailed politician Mukhtar Ansari in connection with the Hisab-Kitab Remark case. The Court has stayed an order of the Mau Court taking cognizance of various charges under the IPC against him as the UP Government failed to file a counter affidavit in the case.For context, the bench of Justice Samit Gopal...

Kerala High Court Bars Display Of Advertisements In State Transport Buses, Cites Distraction To Other Drivers

The Kerala High Court Friday directed the Transport Commissioner and State Police Chief to take the necessary steps to ensure that no KSRTC bus exhibiting advertisements on the body are allowed to operate in public places.The division bench comprising Justice Anil K Narendran and Justice P G Ajithkumar, in a previous case, had ordered that transport vehicles owned or operated by KSRTC and...

Are Pharmaceutical Companies Indulging in Illegal Activities To 'Spread' Viral Diseases? Madras High Court Seeks Report From State

The Madras High Court on Friday directed the State government to file a report on the reasons behind the frequent 'spread' of viral diseases in Tamil Nadu.Justice SM Subramaniam passed the order while hearing a plea of a Medical Store officer who was accused of procuring excess medicine beyond permissible limit, which expired and caused great financial loss to the State Exchequer.The court at...

Rights Of Copyright Owners Must Be Balanced With Society's Right To Use Music In Marriage Ceremonies: Expert To Delhi High Court

Dr. Arul George Scaria, who was appointed as an independent expert on the legal issue of use of music in marriages, has informed the Delhi High Court that while adjudicating on the aspect of use of music in such ceremonies, in terms of Section 52(1)(za) of the Copyright Act, 1957, a proper balance has to be struck between rights of copyright owners and the rights of the users or society...

[Lumpy Skin Disease] Delhi High Court Asks Centre, Police To Respond To PIL Seeking Better Treatment Of Cows

The Delhi High Court on Friday sought a response from the Centre and Delhi Police in a public interest litigation seeking remedial steps for treatment of lumpy skin disease in cows in the national capital.A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad was hearing a plea moved by Ajay Gautam, who argued that there is no proper set up to treat the cows...

Only Students Residing In District Where Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Is Situated Are Eligible For Admissions: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court recently clarified that the students seeking admission to a Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) must be resident of the same district in which the JNV is located. The student must have completed 5th standard from the same district as well. "Candidate seeking admission to the JNV must satisfy the twin test (i) he must be studying in class V in Government /...

[NEET-UG 2022] Unless Candidate Shows Answers Are Patently Wrong, Courts Cannot Enter Into Academic Field: Delhi High Court

Dismissing a plea challenging the final answer key for one of the sets of NEET(UG) Examination 2022, the Delhi High Court has observed that courts must exercise great restraint and should be reluctant in entertaining a plea challenging the correctness of an answer key.The exam was conducted on July 17 and the answer key was uploaded on the website of National Testing Agency (NTA) through a...

Kerala High Court Exalts Police Assistance In Tracing Out Woman Alleged To Have Been Illegally Detained

The Kerala High Court recently appreciated the "invaluable assistance" rendered to it by the State Police in disposing a habeas corpus writ petition.The Division Bench consisting of Justice K. Vinod Chandran and Justice C. Jayachandran exalted the assistance of various Police Personnel within State Police Department in tracing out the person, alleged to have been illegally detained, both...

Right To Privacy Is A Right In Personam, Not Inheritable By Mothers Or Legal Heirs Of Deceased: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has ruled that the right to privacy is essentially a right in personam and therefore is not inheritable by the mothers or legal heirs of the deceased persons.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna made the observation while refusing to grant interim relief in a suit filed against Bollywood Filmmaker Hansal Mehta and others for restraining the release of their film 'Faraaz'.The movie...

Meghalaya High Court Grants Bail To Man Who Allegedly Posted On FB That CM Should Be Killed By A Militant Organisation

The Meghalaya High Court on Thursday granted bail to a man booked under UAPA for allegedly posting on Facebook that the Chief Minister of the State, Conrad Kongkal Sangma should be killed by Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC).For the uninitiated, the HNLC is an insurgent group that operates in Meghalaya's Khasi and Jayantia hills region. It aims to develop Meghalaya as a...