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Delhi High Court Issues Summons To Netflix, Others In Sameer Wankhede's Defamation Suit Against Series 'Ba***ds of Bollywood'
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (October 8) issued summons in a defamation suit filed by IRS Officer Sameer Wankhede against Red Chillies Entertainment, Netflix and others over his allegedly defamatory portrayal in the new Netflix series “Ba***ds of Bollywood” directed by Aryan Khan.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav also issued notice on the application for interim relief and listed...
![[Finance Act] Retrospective Abolition Of ITSC Doesnt Nullify Settlement Applications Filed Between Feb 1 To Mar 31, 2021: Delhi High Court](https://www.livelaw.in/h-upload/2020/02/05/500x300_369852-delhi-high-court-intervenes-in-the-control-of-experiments-on-animals.jpg "[Finance Act] Retrospective Abolition Of ITSC Doesnt Nullify Settlement Applications Filed Between Feb 1 To Mar 31, 2021: Delhi High Court")
[Finance Act] Retrospective Abolition Of ITSC Doesn't Nullify Settlement Applications Filed Between Feb 1 To Mar 31, 2021: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that the Finance Act 2021, which retrospectively abolished the Income Tax Settlement Commission (ITSC), responsible for enabling compromise between the state and its tax payers, cannot create a void.For context, the Finance Act 2021 envisaged replacing the ITSC with a body known as the Interim Board of Settlements from 01.02.2021. However, the Act came into force...
State Responsible To Set Up Trauma Centre, Art Institution For Pilgrims Welfare; Nathdwara Temple Board Can Only Help: Rajasthan High Court
Rajashtan High Court modified its order dated October 3, 2017, to the extent of shifting the responsibility of developing a Trauma Centre and National Level Institution to promote Indian Art, at Nathdwara, Rajasthan, from the Nathdwara Temple Board to State Government/functionaries, clarifying that the Board shall provide all assistance for the purpose.The matter related to a writ petition...
Odisha State Bar Council & High Court Bar Association Call For 'Pen-Down' Protest Against Murder Of Advocate Pitabash Panda
The Odisha State Bar Council (OSBC) and the Orissa High Court Bar Association (OHCBA) have called for a 'pen-down' protest on Wednesday (October 08) against the brutal murder of OSBC Member as well as seasoned lawyer Advocate Pitabash Panda.Advocate Panda was shot dead by two unknown miscreants yesterday (October 06) near his house in the city of Berhampur. Though he was immediately taken to...
S. 27 Evidence Act | Only Disclosure Leading To Recovery Of Weapon Admissible; Statement About Its Use Not Admissible : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (October 7) acquitted three individuals for the offence of murder (Section 302 IPC) after noting that the prosecution had relied on their disclosure statements under Section 27 of the Evidence Act (“Act”), where they confessed that the weapon recovered was the weapon of crime. A bench of Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Prasanna B. Varale held that only...
Poor Assistance By Advocates Hinders SC's Direction For Disposal Of Bail Pleas In 2 Months : Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has strongly criticized the "poor quality of assistance" being rendered by several advocates to courts already burdened with heavy dockets, calling it a "very sad state of affairs”" A bench of Justice Subhash Vidyarthi observed that such conduct of the lawyers becomes "a hurdle in speedy dispensation of justice" and thwarts the Supreme Court's recent...
Mere Payment Of Rent By Partnership Firm Does Not Confer Tenancy Rights: HP High Court
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that when the tenancy is in the name of an individual, mere payment of rent by a partnership firm does not confer tenancy rights in its favour unless there is a valid tenancy in the name of the firm.Justice Ajay Mohan Goel remarked that: “Maybe even if some payments were made by some partnership firm, this does not mean that the said partnership...
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Legal Researcher Vacancy At The Rajasthan High Court, Jodhpur [Apply Now]
The Rajasthan High Court, Jodhpur invites online applications for the post of Legal Researcher on contractual basis for deputing with Hon'ble Mr. Justice Vinod Kumar Bharwani.Name of the Post: Legal Researcher No. of Post: 01 (One) Age Limit: 33 Years Essential Qualification and Experience • A candidate must be a fresh law graduate or Postgraduate in law from universities/colleges/ Institutions established by law in India. • A candidate must have a basic knowledge of computers. How to...
Non-Use Of Mandatory Portal Can't Be Ground To Reject Appointment When Portal Was Non-Functional: Bombay HC
A Division bench of the Bombay High Court comprising Justice M. S. Karnik and Justice Sharmila U. Deshmukh held that rejection of a teacher's appointment approval was unsustainable because the mandatory 'Pavitra Portal' was non-functional at the time of recruitment, and the Education Officer failed to respond to the school's prior communications. Background Facts A vacancy...
