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'What Is The Purpose Of Releasing Him?': Kerala High Court Denies Bail To Former PWD Minister VK Ebrahim Kunju In Palarivattom Flyover Scam
The Kerala High Court, while dismissing the bail application filed by former PWD minister VK Ebrahim Kunju in the Palarviattom flyover scam, observed that there are serious allegations against the former minister and thus he is not entitled bail on merit at this stage.A person who was admitted to a hospital one day before the arrest and that also a hospital of his choice and he is being...
Court Issues Notice To Serum Institute Of India On Suit Against Use Of Name 'COVISHIELD' For Proposed Vaccine
A civil court in Maharashtra has issued notice to the Serum Institute of India(SII) in a passing off suit seeking to restrain the pharmaceutical company from using the trademark "COVISHIELD" or "COVID-SHIELD" or any other identical or similar name for its proposed vaccine for the Coronavirus induced pandemic.The civil suit was filed by a Nanded-based pharmaceutical company "Cutis Biotech"...
Need For More Kannabirans Felt Now With Ever Increasing Human Rights Violations : Justice K Chandru
[This lecture was delivered on 7 December 2020 as part of the KG Kannabiran Lectures on Law, Justice and Human Rights – organised by the family of KG Kannabiran (1929-2010) to celebrate his life, his work and its futures]. [Abstract: Justice K. Chandru, recalling his association with KG Kannabiran, speaks on the importance of trial courts, advocates' strikes, violence against civil liberties campaigners and advocates, Emergency, encounter killings by the police and the incident of...
Bar Association Discharges Public Functions; Writ Petition Under Article 226 Maintainable Against It : Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has held that a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution is maintainable against a Bar Association.A division bench of Justice G Narendar and Justice M I Arun, while deciding an appeal filed by Chandrakant Majagi, Advocate and Vice President of Belagavi Bar Association, said "It is held that the writ petition against the 3rd respondent Bar Association,...
US Supreme Court Rejects Trump-Backed Texas State's Suit To Invalidate Results In Favor Of Joe Biden
In a major set back to Donald Trump's bid to overturn the election results against him, the Supreme Court of the United States of America rejected a legal challenge attempted by the State of Texas backed by Trump to undo the election results in favour of Joe Biden in four states.The suit sought to invalidate the election results in the states of Michigan, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.In...
Kerala High Court Stays NCLT Order Which Held That March 24 Notification Raising IBC Threshold As Rs One Crore Will Apply Only Prospectively
The Kerala High Court on Friday stayed the order of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) Kochi bench which held that the March 24 notification raising the threshold limit for insolvency proceedings as Rupees One Crore will apply only prospectively.In the case M/s Tharakan Web Innovations Pvt Ltd vs Cyriac Njavally, the NCLT held that the March 24 Notification which enhanced the...
One Year Of CAA : Supreme Court Passive, High Courts Pro-Active In Upholding Right To Protest
Exactly a year ago, on December 11, 2019, the Parliament passed the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act 2019(CAA). The constitutionality of the Act - passed with the ostensible object of granting protection to refugees fleeing religious persecution from neighboring nations - was seriously debated on account of its exclusion of Muslim migrants and non-Muslim majority neighboring countries from its ambit. Why was the Act not received well? The changes brought to the core...
J&K Sessions Judge Recuses From Bail Hearing Saying High Court Judge Tried To Influence Decision
In a curious development, a sessions judge in Jammu and Kashmir recused from hearing an application for anticipatory bail saying that he got a message on behalf of a High Court Judge regarding the order to be passed in the case.The Principal Sessions Judge, Srinagar, Abdul Rashid Malik, made a bold move by naming the High Court judge and also his Secretary in the order.In a written order...
Karnataka Assembly Passes Bill To Ban Slaughter Of All Cattle Except Buffalo Aged Above 13 Years
The Karnataka Assembly passed on Wednesday a bill to ban the slaughter of all cattle except buffalo aged above the age of 13 years.The bill defines "cattle" as "cow, calf of a cow and bull, bullock and he or she buffalo below the age of thirteen years"."Beef" is defined as "flesh of cattle in any form".The bill titled the Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Bill,...
"Glass Ceilings Are Broken When You Empower Others To Stand As Tall As You Do": Chief Justice of High Court of Jammu & Kashmir Gita Mittal Retires
"My dear friends, I have only just begun – I have really miles to go before I sleep", said Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir Gita Mittal as she retired from office on 8th December, Tuesday. Currently, Justice Rajesh Bindal, the senior-most Judge of the High Court has been appointed as the acting Chief Justice. A Full Court Reference was conducted to bid her...
Maratha Quota : Supreme Court Constitution Bench To Start Final Hearing From Jan 25; Stay Order Continues
A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday decided to hear from January 25 the challenge against the the constitutionality of the Maharashtra Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) Act, 2018, which provided for a quota to Marathas in jobs and education. The bench refused to pass any order to lift the stay put by a three-judge bench in September this year on...