Jaypee Infratech Case : Publication Of Homebuyers' Names In List Of Creditors Will Not Violate Privacy, Rules NCLT [Read Order]

The Allahabad bench of National Company Law Tribunal has held that disclosure of the names of homebuyers in the list of creditors will not result in violation of privacy.The Tribunal was dealing with the resolution process of Jaypee Infratech Ltd(JIL), following directions from the Supreme Court. The SC had directed on August 9 to include homebuyers in the Committee of Creditors(CoC),...

Protect CIC From Vacancies & Appointment Of Former Bureaucrats: Former CIC Prof. Sridhar Acharyulu To President

Former Central Information Commissioner Prof. M. Sridhar Acharyulu has written a letter to President of India Ram Nath Kovind, demanding that the Central Information Commission (CIC) be protected from being diluted through vacancies and increased appointment of former bureaucrats.The letter states, “Your Excellency, the nation looks up to you with a fond hope to strengthen the Right...

Actor Dileep's Plea For Copy Of Memory Card : SC To Hear Prosecution First

The Supreme Court bench of Justices A. M. Khanwilkar and Ajay Rastogi deferred to Wednesday the hearing on Malayalam film actor Dileep’s plea for procuring a copy of the memory card containing visuals of the alleged sexual assault committed against an actress.The bench expressed a desire to first hear the prosecution (State of Kerala). It has been the state’s stance that the said memory...

Delhi HC Seeks CBI Response On Defacto-Complainant Sana's Plea For Hearing Him In Asthana Case

The Delhi High Court Tuesday sought the CBI's response on a plea by Hyderabad-based businessman Satish Babu Sana seeking to be heard in a matter relating to the quashing of an FIR registered against Special Director Rakesh Asthana on bribery allegations.Justice Najmi Waziri also sought reply of Asthana, CBI Director Alok Verma and Joint Director A K Sharma on the plea of Sana requesting him to...

Madhya Pradesh HC Rejects Plea Alleging Lack of Sufficient Security to EVMs [Read Order]

“These strong rooms are under the security of Central Armed Paramilitary Forces with a triple cordon of security.”The Madhya Pradesh High Court has disposed of a plea of a Congress leader who had expressed his concern over the alleged lack of sufficient security in some districts in respect of polled/unused electronic voting machines (EVMs) and Voter-verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT)...

Shashi Tharoor Files Criminal Defamation Case Against Ravi Shankar Prasad For Calling Him “Murder Accused”

Congress leader Dr. Shashi Tharoor has filed a criminal defamation case against Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, after the latter called him an “accused in a murder case” during a press conference. The case was filed on December 7 in the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate of Thiruvananthapuram.Mr. Prasad had made the remarks after Mr. Tharoor referred to an article quoting an unnamed...

Mere Movement Of SIM Doesn’t Prove Movement Of Accused Along With It: Punjab & Haryana HC [Read Order]

In a setback to investigating agencies, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has ruled that mere movement of SIM card would not be sufficient to prove the movement of the person allegedly using the SIM card.A bench comprising Justice AB Chaudhari and Justice Kuldip Singh asserted, “To repeat, the prosecution cannot claim that by movement of SIM cards from one place to another, that it has...

PIL In Delhi HC Seeking Entry Of Women Into Nizamuddin Dargah [Read Petition]

A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Delhi High Court on December 6 that seeking to permit the entry of women into sanctum sanctorum of Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah. The plea was moved by a group of female law students from Pune, who on visiting the holy shrine in Delhi were aggrieved with ban on women entry.The PIL, which is likely to be taken up in the Court next week,...

Arnab Goswami Directed To Appear In Shashi Tharoor's Criminal Defamation Case On Feb 28

The Chief Judicial Magistrate, Thiruvananthapuram, has issued summons to Arnab Goswami, Editor-in-Chief of Republic TV, directing him to appear in court on February 28,2019 in the criminal defamation case filed by Dr.Shashi Tharoor.Dr. Tharoor,the MP of Thiruvananthapuram, had filed the case in June 2017 alleging that Goswami had made defamatory statements against him in a program in Republic...

Advocates ID Card Issued By Bar Councils Valid Identity Proof For Domestic Air Travel, Clarifies CISF [Read Letter]

Now, identity cards issued by Bar Councils to advocates can be used as a valid identity proof for domestic travel through airports in India. This has been clarified by the Central Industrial Security Force in response to a query by Advocate Mohit Kumar Gupta.The letter sent by Additional Director General of Airport Sector, CISF to Gupta on December 5 states "instruction has been issued to...

No Gender Based Restrictions Can Be Imposed For Trekking To Agastyarkoodam Peak : Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

The High Court of Kerala has declared that no gender-based restrictions can be imposed in the annual trek permitted by Forest Department to Agastyaroodam peak in Thiruvananthapuram district."In case permission is being granted for trekking in the year 2019, it is made clear that restrictions shall not be imposed only on the ground of the gender of the trekker", observed Justice Anu...

Wastage Of Food, Water In Marriages In Delhi Under Supreme Court Radar

There is huge wastage of food and water at wedding functions in Delhi even as an "unconfirmed report" has stated that three girls recently starved to death here and people continue to face water shortage, the Supreme Court said Thursday seeking to know the government's plan to deal with the issue.Commercial interest of owners of motels and farmhouses, where marriage ceremonies take place,...