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"ICC Can't Comment On Personal Conduct Of Parties": Delhi High Court Shuns Moral Policing By Internal Committee In Cases Of Sexual Harassment At Workplace
The Delhi High Court in a progressive judgment delivered on a writ petition by a female employee of Punjab National Bank has held that the jurisdiction of Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) established under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, is limited to allegations of sexual harassment and whether a complaint is made out or not,...
Alleged Assault On Judicial Officer: Patna High Court Take Suo Moto Cogniznace, Directs DGP To Submit Action Taken Report
The Patna High Court on Friday (18th December) took Suo Moto cognizance on the basis of news published in the newspaper report dated 18th December related to the alleged assault on a Judicial Officer. The Chief Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice S. Kumar took cognizance of the alleged assault on ADJ, Hilsa (Nalanda) Jay Kishor Dubey who was travelling in his official car...
Delhi Court Closes Defamation Case After Jairam Ramesh Apologizes To Vivek Doval
Criminal defamation proceedings instituted against Indian National Congress leader, Jairam Ramesh, by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval's son, Vivek Doval, were closed today by a Delhi Court pursuant to an apology by Ramesh.Ramesh in his apology said that he wanted to clarify that the alleged defamatory statements were made by him drawing conclusions from an article published by The...
Donation From Guruvayoor Devaswom Funds To Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund Illegal : Kerala High Court
'All the properties, including movable and immovable properties and money, dedicated to or endowed in the name of Lord Guruvayurappan or any property acquired in any manner by Guruvayur Devaswom shall vest in the idol of Lord Guruvayurappan, consecrated in Sree Krishna Temple, Guruvayur.
Kerala High Court Raises Permissible Number Of Daily Pilgrims At Sabarimala Temple As 5000
The High Court of Kerala has raised the number of permissible daily pilgrims at Sabarimala temple as 5000 with effect from December 20.The Court also directed that Covid-19 negative certificate should be insisted from the pilgrims after conducting RTPCR test within 48 hours of reaching Nilakkal, from NABL accredited ICMR approved laboratories from December 30, instead...
Change Of Name Is A Part of Right To Expression Under Article 19 & Article 21 of Constitution of India: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has recently held that change of name is an expression guaranteed under Article 19 (1) (a) of the Constitution of India. A Single Bench of Justice Pankaj Bhatia observed, "The individual 'name' is a facet of right of expression, which is guaranteed under Article 19(1) (a) read with Article 21 of the Constitution of India. The freedom of...
Current Position With Respect To The Provisions Contained Under Chapter X XI XII Of The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019
On 9th August, 2019 the Motor Vehicles Act (Amendment)Act, 2019 was published in the Gazette of India (hereinafter referred as 'the Amendment Act). By this amendment, the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (hereinafter referred as 'the Principal Act) has been drastically amended. The Government of India wanted to bring about what was known as Road Transport and Safety Statute but it had many road blocks and, therefore, in the year 2019 instead of reintroducing Road Safety Bill, amendments were...
Can Centre Give A Commitment To Not Implement Farm Laws To Facilitate Discussions? Supreme Court Asks Attorney General
The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Attorney General for India if the Union Government can give a commitment that the contentious farm laws will not be implemented while the court is hearing the petitions seeking removal of farmers protests."Can the Union say no executive action will be taken under the laws in order to facilitate the negotiations", CJ SA Bobde asked AG KK Venugopal.The...
Should Gautam Navlakha's House Arrest In 2018 Be Included For Computing Period For Default Bail? Bombay High Court To Decide
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday reserved judgment on the appeal filed by Gautam Navlakha, accused in the Bhima Koregaon case, challenging the order of NIA court granting extension of time under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act( UAPA) for filing chargesheet.Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Navlakha, submitted that the extension application under Section 43D(2) of UAPA was...