'ED's Apprehension Not Filmsy': Delhi High Court Dismisses Satyendar Jain's Plea Against Transfer Of Proceedings In PMLA Case

The Delhi High Court on Saturday dismissed the plea moved by Aam Aadmi Party leader Satyendar Jain challenging the transfer of proceedings against him in a money laundering case from a Special Court to another judge recently.Justice Yogesh Khanna said that the apprehension of Enforcement Directorate (ED) was not flimsy or unreasonable."The apprehension raised were not at a belated stage, as...

Right To Privacy Entitles A Person To Carry Secrets To The Grave, Personal Space Includes Right To Be Forgotten: Calcutta High Court

Directing the police in Kolkata to immediately "withdraw" the WhatsApp messages and photographs - of a deceased woman with her friend, that were disclosed by it under the RTI Act, the Calcutta High Court has observed that right to privacy also includes the belief that a person should be allowed to carry their secrets to the grave.Commenting in context of the old chats of the woman - who died...

Reassessment Notice Issued Against A Dead Person Would Be Invalid: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that a reassessment notice against a dead person would be invalid unless the legal representatives submit to the jurisdiction of the Assessing Officer without raising any objection.The division bench of Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Justice Valmiki Sa Menezes has observed that where the legal representatives do not waive their right to a notice under Section...

Can Police Disclose WhatsApp Chats and Photos Collected During Investigation Under RTI Act? Calcutta High Court Says No

Passing an order against the RTI disclosure of private chats and pictures of a deceased woman and her friend, the Calcutta High Court has said that the providing of WhatsApp messages and photographs to the police during an investigation does not transform them "from private to non-private".Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya said the right to privacy also includes the right to be left alone or...

Orissa High Court Monthly Digest: September 2022 [Citations 130-145]

Nominal Index: Shakti Singh v. State of Odisha, 2022 LiveLaw (Ori) 130 Pramod Jena & Anr. v. State of Odisha & Ors., 2022 LiveLaw (Ori) 131 Ashok Kumar Gedi v. Jyotrimayee Behera & Ors., 2022 LiveLaw (Ori) 132 Ashis Kerketta & Anr. v. State of Odisha, 2022 LiveLaw (Ori) 133 Sanjit Kumar Mishra & Ors. v. Ranjit Mishra, 2022 LiveLaw (Ori) 134 Dara Singh...

Is Single Writ Appeal Against Two Separate Orders Of Writ Court Maintainable? Madhya Pradesh High Court Answers

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, Indore Bench recently upheld the maintainability of a writ appeal preferred against two separate orders passed by a Writ Court. Rejecting the contentions raised by the Respondents challenging the maintainability of the appeal, the division bench comprising Justices Subodh Abhyankar and S.K. Singh observed- This court is of the considered opinion that...

CBDT Extends Due Date For Filing Various Reports Of Audit For AY 2022-23 To October 7

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)has extended the timeline for filing various reports of audit for Assessment Year 2022-23 under the Income Tax Act, 1961, for certain categories of assessees. The CBDT, vide Circular No. 19/2022, dated 30.09.2022, has extended the due date from 30th September, 2022 to 7th October, 2022. "On consideration of difficulties faced by the...

Bombay High Court Orders Demolition Of Illegal Portions Of Former BJP MLA Narendra Mehta's Hotel

The Bombay High Court on Thursday ordered demolition of substantial portions of former BJP MLA Narendra Mehta's Seven Eleven Hotel in Mira Road. The division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice MS Karnik allowed the PIL filed by one Faiyyaz Mullahji and directed all construction beyond 0.2 FSI to be demolished by Mehta within two months. Mullahji represented by...

"Unbecoming Of A Fair Litigant": Allahabad High Court Censures Woman Who Protested In Courtroom Against Grant Of Bail To Accused

The Allahabad High Court last week censured the conduct of a woman who protested in the courtroom against the grant of bail to an accused. Noting that she was purportedly from the informant's side, the bench of Justice Siddharth called her conduct to be unbecoming of a fair litigant.Essentially, when the Court granted bail to accused Sapna, a woman, who was standing in court room protested...

Fake Antique Dealer Case | Kerala High Court Stays Release Of Recovered Articles

The Kerala High Court recently stayed an order passed by the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, Ernakulam for release of various curios recovered from infamous fake antiques dealer Monson Mavunkal. The counsels representing Mavunkal before the bench of Justice Ziyad Rahman A.A. argued that even though he was a party to the proceedings before the Additional CJM, no notice had been...

BMC Be Made Single Planning Authority For Mumbai, 20 Worst Roads To Be Repaired In Next 3 Months: Municipal Commissioner To Bombay High Court

The BMC Commissioner Iqbal Chahal Friday suggested that the roads and bridges in Greater Mumbai owned by authorities such as MMRDA, MSRDC, PWD, MIDC, Railways and Port Trust should be handed over to the urban local body for regular maintenance.The submission was made before the Bombay High Court during the hearing of a case related to bad condition of roads in the state.Chahal told the...

Allahabad High Court Upholds Rejection Of State's Plea To Withdraw Rape Case Against Swami Chinmayanand, Slams UP Govt

The Allahabad High Court today upheld the order of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Shahjahanpur declining to accord permission to an application of the state, forwarded by the Prosecuting Officer under section 321 Cr.P.C. seeking withdrawal of a rape case against former Union minister Chinmayanand Saraswati.The bench of Justice Rahul Chaturvedi also slammed the Uttar Pradesh Government for...