Kashmir Remark Row: No FIR Ordered Against Kerala MLA KT Jaleel, Clarifies Delhi Court; Media Persons Undertake To Publish Apology For Misreporting

A Delhi Court on Wednesday clarified that it has not summoned Kerala MLA K.T. Jaleel over his remarks made on Kashmir on social media platform Facebook a couple of months ago. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Harjeet Singh Jaspal of Rouse Avenue Courts, who was dealing with a complaint case filed by Advocate G.S. Mani, said that the matter had not even reached the stage of...

Suspension Of Sentence U/S 389 CrPC Need Not Be Considered In Heinous Cases Unless Appeal Remains Undecided For 5/6 Years: J&K&L High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently ruled that it has only to be after 5/6 years in case the appeal is not disposed of, that suspension of sentence and grant of bail under Section 389 CrPC be considered, in a heinous case like murder. The bench comprising Justices Ali Mohammad Magrey and MD Akram Chowdhary was hearing an appeal alongside an application through the...

State Obliged To Protect Citizens From Ferocious Dogs, But People Can't Take Law Into Hands To Harm Dogs : Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday observed that the State Administration is obligated to protect the citizens from the attacks of ferocious dogs by identifying and containing such dogs and removing them from public places. A bench of Justice A. K. Jayashankaran Nambiar and Justice Gopinath P. J., in the special sitting convened after noting the increasing instances of dog bites reported...

SEBI Order No Bar To Initiation Of CIRP; NCLT Mumbai Initiates Insolvency Proceedings Against Pancard Clubs

The National Company Law Tribunal ("NCLT"), Mumbai Bench, comprising of Justice P. N. Deshmukh (Retd.) (Judicial Member) and Shri Shyam Babu Gautam (Technical Member), while adjudicating an application filed in Mr. Nitin Suresh Satghare & Ors. v Pancard Clubs Limited, has initiated Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process ("CIRP") against Pancard Clubs Ltd., while observing...

COVID-19: Delhi High Court Closes Plea Seeking Infrastructural Facilities To Handle Dead Bodies In Wake Of Pandemic

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday disposed of a petition filed last year during the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic seeking directions to the Delhi Government to formulate and implement an effective plan with sufficient infrastructure to provide certain facilities pertaining to the dead bodies infected from COVID including mortuary, funeral, transportation and handling facilities.A...

Arbitrator Can Award Interest On Interest Under The A&C Act: Orrisa High Court

The Orissa High Court has held that the arbitrator can award separate interest on claims which are in nature of interest for delayed payment. The Bench of Justice Arindam Sinha held that bar under Section 3 of the Interest Act, 1978 does not apply interest under the A&C Act. It held that under Section 31(7)(a) of the A&C Act there is no bar on the grant of interest...

Anti-CAA Protests At AMU | Students Shouldn't Indulge In Such Activities Which Bring Bad Name To Great Educational Institutions: Allahabad HC

"The students take admissions in Universities or any educational Institution for the purpose of education and not indulge in these kind of activities, which brings bad name to the great educational Institutions," remarked the Allahabad High Court as it dismissed a bunch of pleas raising issues pertaining to certain incidents (during the Anti-CAA Protest) which took place in Aligarh...

Bombay High Court Orders Inquiry Into Father's Allegations That Police Prosecuted His Minor Son For Murder As Adult On Failure To Offer Bribe

The Bombay High Court has ordered an inquiry to be conducted into a father's allegations that his son was being wrongfully treated as an adult in a murder case despite being a juvenile.Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Madhav Jamdar passed the order in a petition praying for a writ of habeas corpus for release or production of the petitioner detained at the Thane Central Prison.The court...

Mere Exculpatory Statement To ED Not Ground To Believe That Accused Is Not Guilty Of Money Laundering: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that a mere exculpatory statement made to officials of Enforcement of Directorate (ED) cannot suffice to form a reasonable ground to believe that the accused is not guilty of the offence of money laundering. Justice Asha Menon made the observation while denying bail to one Bimal Kumar Jain, who was booked by ED for indulging in money laundering, alleging that...

Bengaluru Civil Court Temporarily Restrains Samsung India From Using Concierge Trademark

A civil court in Bengaluru on Tuesday issued a temporary injunction restraining Samsung India and one Story Experiences from using the trademark 'CONCIERGE', claimed by Concierge conglomerate comprising Lesconcierges Services Pvt. Ltd. and Club Concierge Services (India) Pvt. Ltd. Plaintiff company's founder Dipali Sikand claims to be the registered owner of the 'CONCIERGE' mark since May...

High Court Directs Delhi Govt To Release 15.5 Crores To DSLSA For Meeting Compensation Claims Of Rape Victims

The Delhi High Court yesterday directed the Delhi Government to release a sum of Rs. 15.5 crores to Delhi State Legal Services Authority (DSLSA) within a period of 10 days in order to meet the compensation claims of rape victims.Justice Jasmeet Singh was dealing with a bunch of pleas wherein a predecessor bench had sought to streamline the process of supplying FIRs pertaining to commission...

BJP Rally Clashes | "No Unnecessary Arrests, Ensure Protection Of BJP Leaders": Calcutta High Court Seeks Report From State Govt

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the state's Home Secretary to submit a report in respect of the alleged incident related to BJP's Nabanna Chalo (March to Nabanna) rally, which turned violent yesterday and during which, several BJP workers and police personnel came face to face and some of them got injured.The bench of Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava and Justice Rajarshi...