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COVID-Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Directions To Permit Banks To Offer Moratorium On Payments To Borrowers From Classifying Loan Accounts As NPA
While highlighting the financial implications of Covid's second wave on the middle class, a plea has been filed before Supreme Court seeking directions to permit banks to offer moratorium on payments to borrowers for the period of June to August. The plea filed by a NGO Trust Distress Management Collective has sought directions to Centre and the Reserve Bank of India, to issue...
Concerns on Connectivity, Vaccine Supply And Infrastructure Will Be Taken Up By SC Registry With Centre: CJI Ramana Assures High Courts
Chief Justice of India NV Ramana has on Friday assured Chief Justices of High Courts that their concerns regarding connectivity, supply of vaccines and the urgent issues of infrastructure that are pending will be taken up by the Supreme Court Registry with the Central Government. CJI has further assured the Chief Justices of the High Courts that the authorities concerned will also...
Plea In Supreme Court Seeks CBI/ NIA Investigation Into Hate Messages On Twitter
A Special Leave Petition has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking CBI/ NIA investigation into the communal/ hate posts that went viral on Twitter last year, during the first wave of Covid-19 pandemic. The development comes at a time when the company and the Government has locked horns over the new IT Rules for regulation of user content.The petition seeking leave to appeal has...
Whether Directions To Amend Tribunal Rules Are Akin To Directing Parliament To Legislate? Supreme Court Asks In Madras Bar Association Case
The Supreme Court on Thursday considered whether directions issued by it to the Centre to amend the Rules framed by it are akin to directing the Parliament to legislate in a particular manner, thereby denuding the Parliament of its power to make law.The bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta and Ravindra Bhat was hearing the Madras Bar Association's challenge to the Tribunals...
'Defective, Vexatious' : Delhi High Court Dismisses Juhi Chawla's Civil Suit Against 5G Roll Out With Rs 20 Lakhs Cost
Imposing a heavy cost of Rupees 20 lakhs on actor Juhi Chawla , the Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed her civil suit against 5G Roll out as "defective and not maintainable""Vexatious allegations were made", a single bench of Justice J R Midha noted in the order."It appears suit was filed for publicity. Juhi Chawla circulated link of the hearing on social media", the Court observed in...
West Bengal Post-Poll Violence - Persons Prevented From Returning To Homes May Lodge Complaint With Legal Services Authority : Calcutta High Court
A 5-Judges Bench of the Calcutta High Court has ordered that any person in West Bengal, who is being prevented from returning to his/her home on account of West Bengal post poll violence, may lodge a complaint with the State Legal Services Authority. The Court said that such people will be at liberty to send their complaints to the official Email ID of the authority. It further...
Supreme Court Issues Notice On Life Convict Asaram Bapu's Plea To Suspend Sentence For Medical Treatment
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice in a plea filed by self-styled godman and life convict, Asaram Bapu, challenging the Rajasthan High Court's order wherein his petition seeking temporary suspension of sentences to pursue medical treatment was dismissed.A Bench of Justices BR Gavai and Krishna Murari heard Senior Advocate Sidharth Luthra's submissions on behalf of the Petitioner...
'If A Man & Woman Are In A Room, Man Makes A Request & Woman Complies, Do We Need To Say Anything More' : Supreme Court In Plea Against Bail To Varun Hiremath In Rape Case
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the petition challenging the Delhi High Court's order granting pre-arrest bail to TV journalist Varun Hiremath accused of raping a 22 year old woman in Delhi.A vacation bench comprising Justices Navin Sinha and Ajay Rastogi dismissed the petition filed by the complainant in the rape case.Senior Advocate Nitya Ramakrishnan, appearing for the...
Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Anticipatory Bail Granted To Journalist Varun Hiremath In Rape case
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the petition challenging the Delhi High Court's order granting pre-arrest bail to Mumbai TV journalist Varun Hiremath accused of raping a 22 year old woman in National Capital, in connection with the FIR lodged in Chanakyapuri Police Station.A vacation bench comprising Justices Navin Sinha and Ajay Rastogi dismissed the petition filed by the complainant...
"Court May Pass Many Judgments, But Parliament Can Say We Would Not Accept Because It Is Not In The Interest Of People"; AG KK Venugopal To SC In Tribunal Case
"If the Union of India losing a case can become the subject matter of legislation, that will become the order of the day!", the Supreme Court remarked on Thursday, asking how the government could have "knocked down" the basis of its order by bringing in an ordinance.The bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta and Ravindra Bhat was hearing the Madras Bar Association's challenge to the...
'Security Deposit Limited To 2 Months For Residence; Enhanced Rent After Tenancy Period' : Key Features Of Draft Model Tenancy Act
The Union Cabinet, on Wednesday, approved the Model Tenancy Act.Now, this Model Act will be circulated to all States / Union Territories for adaptation by way of enacting fresh legislation or amending existing rental laws suitably. According to the Government, Model Tenancy Act aims at creating a vibrant, sustainable and inclusive rental housing market in the country."It will enable creation...