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Rights Of Copyright Owners Must Be Balanced With Society's Right To Use Music In Marriage Ceremonies: Expert To Delhi High Court
Dr. Arul George Scaria, who was appointed as an independent expert on the legal issue of use of music in marriages, has informed the Delhi High Court that while adjudicating on the aspect of use of music in such ceremonies, in terms of Section 52(1)(za) of the Copyright Act, 1957, a proper balance has to be struck between rights of copyright owners and the rights of the users or society...
UAPA Trial Without Valid Sanction Is Void; Procedural Safeguards Can't Be Sacrificed: Bombay High Court While Discharging GN Sai Baba
Acquitting former DU Professor GN Saibaba and five others in a maoist- links case under the stringent UAPA, the Bombay High Court has held the entire trial against them to be null and void in the absence of a valid sanction under section 45(1) of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act. The bench of Justices Rohit Deo and Anil Pansare noted that the sanction to prosecute GN Saibaba...
Third Gender Candidates Entitled To Special Reservation: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court has directed the state Health and Family Welfare Department and Directorate of Medical Education to provide special reservation to the third gender/ transgender in the admissions for Post Basic (Nursing) Course.The direction was passed after a transgender woman approached the court with a plea seeking quashing of the Prospectus issued for the Post Basic (Nursing) Course...
Woman's 'Provocative Dress' No Licence For Man To Outrage Her Modesty: Kerala High Court Expunges Remarks In Civic Chandran Bail Order
The Kerala High Court on Thursday, while disposing of two pleas challenging the grant of anticipatory bail to the author and social activist Civic Chandran in a sexual harassment case, expunged the 'sexually provocative dress' remark of Kozhikode Sessions Court.Justice Kauser Edappagath, while disposing of the two pleas moved by the State as well as the De facto complainant against...
BREAKING: SPLIT VERDICT IN HIJAB CASE- Supreme Court-Live Updates
The Supreme Court will pronounce judgment in the hijab case TODAYA bench comprising Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia will pronounce verdict on a batch of appeals filed against the judgment of the Karnataka High Court which held that hijab was not an essential practice of Islam and allowed the ban on wearing headscarf in educational institutions in the...
Explained| Kerala Human Sacrifice : Which States Have Laws Against Superstitions & Black Magic?
Three persons including a couple have been arrested in Pathanamthitta district of Kerala in a suspected case of human sacrifice. The couple is alleged to have killed two middle-aged women with the hope that their "sacrifice" will bring them financial prosperity. While the incident has shocked people in the state called God's own country, and elsewhere, the diabolical murder of the two women...
Decision To Withdraw 86% Currency Taken Within 24 Hours, Demonetisation Contrary To RBI Act : P Chidambaram To Supreme Court
A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday decided to examine the legal arguments raised by the petitioners against the 2016 demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency notes, refusing to accept the arguments of the Centre that the issue is now merely "academic".The five-judge Bench - comprising Justices S. Abdul Nazeer, B.R. Gavai, A.S. Bopanna, V. Ramasubramanian, and...
No Person Should Be Prosecuted Under Section 66A IT Act : Supreme Court Issues Directions To Enforce Shreya Singhal Judgment
The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed that no one should be prosecuted under Section 66A of the Information Technology Act 2000, which was struck down as unconstitutional by the Court in 2015 in the Shreya Singhal Case.The Court issued a slew of directions to the Director Generals of Police and Home Secretaries of all States to ensure that reference to Section 66A is removed from all...
Challenge To Demonetisation Not Academic : Supreme Court Seeks Affidavits Of Union & RBI
Persuaded by the petitioners to change its preliminary view that the challenge to demonetisation has become an academic issue, the Supreme Court on Wednesday commenced hearing the legal arguments raised by petitioners on merits.After the arguments of the day, the Court asked the Union of India and the Reserve Bank of India to file a comprehensive affidavit in response to the...
Head Of Educational Institution Liable If Students Are Carried In Tourist Buses Violating Norms : Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court held that the head of the educational institution would be held liable if any tourist bus, which does not meet the safety standards and standards prescribed in relation to control of noise, is used in any public place for carrying students from that educational institution."In case any contract carriage, which does not meet the safety standards and the standards...