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Person With History Of Several Cases In Which He Was Acquitted Does Not Extend Him Title Of Sainthood Or Glorify His Image In Public: MP High Court
The Madhya Pradesh High Court, Indore Bench recently opined that a person having been acquitted in many criminal cases does not extend them the title of sainthood or glorify their image in public. On the contrary, it gives them an aura of arrogance and temerity to treat the law with impudence.Dealing with a petition challenging the order of externment passed against the Petitioner, the...
Offering Funeral Prayers Of A Killed Militant Cannot Be Construed To Be An Anti-National Activity: J&K&L High Court
The Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh High Court recently ruled that offering of funeral prayers of a killed militant by the public at large cannot be construed to be anti-national activity of that magnitude to deprive them of their personal liberty as guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution.A bench of Justices Ali Mohammd Magrey and MD Akram Chowdhary was hearing two appeals filed by...
COVID-19: Delhi HC Closes PIL To Implement Safety Protocol During Election Campaigns, Directs ECI To Ensure Strict Compliance
The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the Election Commission of India to ensure strict compliance by political parties of its guidelines concerning COVID-19 norms during elections.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad disposed of a PIL seeking to debar candidates and campaigners of political parties from campaigning in...
Bombay High Court To Suo Moto Analyze Rights Of Wild Animals In Human Dominated Society, Takes Cognizance Of Gadchiroli Elephants Shifting To Zoo
The Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court on Wednesday took suo moto cognizance of Forest Department's decision to move wild elephants from Gadchiroli forest to a zoo.Justices Sunil B. Shukre and Valmiki SA Menezes took up the matter after a news item published in Times of India which reported that three wild elephants had been shifted to a proposed zoo in Gujarat was brought to the...
Drugs & Cosmetics Act | Manufacturer Has Right To Dispute Correctness Of Govt Analyst Report Within 28 Days: J&K&L High Court
The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently ruled that a drug manufacturer has a right to dispute the correctness of the report of the government analyst within the statutory period of 28 days from the date of the receipt of the report as per the mandate of section 25 (3) of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940.The observation was made by a bench of Justice Rajnesh Oswal while hearing...
Perils Of Internet-Based Businesses: Delhi HC Expresses Concern Over Alarming Rise In Cases Of Trademark Infringement By Anonymous Persons
The Delhi High Court recently expressed concern over the alarming rise in cases of Trademark infringement by anonymous persons on internet. A single bench of Justice Prathiba M. Singh observed,"Matters in which unknown persons are infringing and using well-known marks, to the detriment of the holder of the mark, are mushrooming at an alarming rate."The observation comes in a suit filed by...
Delhi High Court Grants Interim Relief To 'SOCIAL' Restaurant Chain, Restrains Jharkhand Based Restaurant 'SOCIAL 75' From Using Its Trademark
Granting ex-parte ad-interim injunction in favour of famous restaurant and bar chain 'SOCIAL', the Delhi High Court has restrained a Jharkhand based restaurant 'SOCIAL 75' from using its registered trademark 'SOCIAL'. Justice Jyoti Singh also directed SOCIAL 75 to remove all references from third party websites, where its services are sold, offered or advertised. The Court was of the view...
Karnataka High Court Restores Bribery Complaint Against Former CM Yediyurappa
The Karnataka High Court has restored a bribery complaint filed against former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, his son B.Y. Vijayendra and others alleging offences under Prevention of Corruption Act. A single judge bench of Justice S Sunil Dutt Yadav partly allowed the petition filed by complainant Abraham T.J. and set aside the order dated July 8, 2021 passed by the Special Court set up...
Patanjali Approaches Delhi High Court In Support Of PIL Seeking Integrated Medicinal System, Holistic Treatment Under Allopathy, Ayurveda
Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev's Patanjali Research Institute has approached the Delhi High Court in support of a public interest litigation filed by Advocate Ashwini Upadhyay, seeking adoption of a "Holistic Integrated Medicinal System" in India.A division bench comprising of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad was informed by Patanjali's counsel that an...
Madras High Court Quashes Case Against Men Who Allegedly Raised Slogans Against PM Over Demonetization Decision In 2016
The Madras High Court has recently quashed a case against 5 persons who had allegedly indulged in a protest and had raised various slogans against Prime Minister for announcing Demonetization.The bench of Justice N. Sathish Kumar observed that the offences against the accused under Sections 143, 188 of IPC @ 143, 149, 353 IPC were not made out.Essentially, In November 2016, the members of...
Cases Against MPs/MLAs | "Heavy Cost Would Be Imposed": High Court Grants Last Chance To Punjab, Haryana Govts To File Status Report
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted the last opportunity to the State Governments in Punjab and Haryana to file status reports regarding pending criminal cases against MP/MLAs.The bench of Justice Augustine George Masih and Justice Alok Jain gave a week's time to the two governments and warned them of imposing costs if reports aren't filed within the stipulated time."This is a fit...
Delhi High Court Waives Cost Imposed On Former CBI Head M Nageswara Rao While Dismissing His Plea Against Removal Of Twitter Verification Tag
The Delhi High Court on Thursday waived off the cost of Rs. 25,000 imposed on former Central Bureau of Investigation head and Retired IPS Officer M. Nageswara Rao while dismissing his plea against the decision of microblogging website Twitter to remove his verification tag, also known as blue tick, from his account.Justice Yashwant Varma deleted the cost imposed on May 17 in view of...