Kerala High Court Denies Anticipatory Bail To IT-Firm Owner Booked For Sexually Harassing Female Employee, Finds Anomalies In Probe

The Kerala High Court on Thursday (September 11) denied anticipatory bail to Venu Gopalakrishnan, owner of an IT firm in Info Park (Kakkanad) in an alleged case of sexual assault and harassment against his female employee. It however granted anticipatory bail to other accused persons, who are the employees and director of the firm.Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas observed that there were...

IBC Proceedings Not Barred By Pending Writ Petition Or Administrative Classification Of Account As NPA Or Fraudulent: NCLT Kochi

The National Company Law Tribunal, Kochi Bench, comprising Mr. Vinay Goel (Member-Judicial) and Madhu Sinha (Member-Technical), has held that the IBC proceedings are not barred by the pending writ petition or administrative classification of accounts as NPA or fraudulent. The financial creditor, Axis Bank, filed an application u/s 7 of the IBC read with rule 4 of the NCLT Rules,...

'You've Added Spice' : Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Kangana Ranaut's Plea To Quash Complaint Over Tweet On Farmers' Protest

The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a petition filed by actress and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut for quashing of a criminal defamation complaint filed against her tweet about a woman-participant in the 2021 farmers' protests.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta heard the matter.As soon as the matter was taken, Justice Mehta expressed reservations about the comments of...

Karnataka High Court Gives Sudhir Chaudhary 'Last Chance' To Argue His Plea To Quash FIR Over Alleged Communal Coverage Of State Scheme

The Karnataka High Court on Friday granted last chance to news channel Aaj Tak and its former editor Sudhir Chaudhury to argue their pleas seeking quashing of a 2023 FIR registered over alleged communal coverage of the State government's Svalambi Sarathi Scheme.For context, the FIR states that in a September 11, 2023 news programme, Chaudhary claimed that the Karnataka government was...

Supreme Court Expresses Concern Over Denying General Category Seats To Persons With Disabilities Scoring Higher Than General Cut-Off

The Supreme Court on Friday expressed concerns over the denial of general category seats to persons with disabilities who score higher than the cut-off marks for the unreserved category.The Court said that such an approach will defeat the purpose of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. The Court asked the Union Government to explain if appropriate steps have been taken to...

Why Enhanced Remuneration Can't Be Given To Law Researchers From October 2022? High Court Asks Delhi Govt

The Delhi High Court has asked the Delhi Government to explain as to why the approved enhanced remuneration of Rs. 80,000 per month cannot be paid to the law researchers with effect from October 01, 2022. A division bench comprising Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Rajneesh Kumar Gupta was dealing with a plea seeking to enhance the monthly remuneration of the High Court's law researchers...

Criminal Court Must Be Fully Satisfied Regarding Accused's Abscondence Before Invoking S.299 CrPC: J&K&L High Court

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has quashed a trial court order invoking Section 299 of the CrPC, 1973 (now Section 335 BNSS) against a petitioner accused, holding that the provision cannot be triggered casually on the mere request of the Investigating Officer.The court noted that the trial court acted merely on the statements of the Investigating Officer and a constable...

MP High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To Congress Worker Booked For 'Derogatory' FB Comment On Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Tuesday granted anticipatory bail to a former Congress councillor, Mahendra Jain, who has been accused of posting a derogatory comment against Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia from his Facebook account. A bench of Justice Milind Ramesh Phadke granted him the relief taking into account the punishment provided for the offences alleged as well the...

Surat Rape Case: Gujarat High Court Seeks State's Stand On Narayan Sai's Plea For Temporary Bail To Meet Ailing Mother

The Gujarat High Court on Friday (September 12) asked the State to get instructions on a plea filed by Narayan Sai– convicted and sentenced to life by sessions court in 2019 in a rape case– seeking temporary bail to meet his "ailing" mother. The counsel appearing for Narayan Sai submitted before a division bench of Justice Ilesh J Vora and Justice PM Raval that recently the applicant's...

Constitution Bars Preference To Either Parent In Custody Disputes Merely Based On Their Gender: J&K&L High Court

Reinforcing the constitutional guarantee of equality and non-discrimination, the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that in matters of custody of a minor child, neither the father nor the mother can claim preference merely on the ground of gender.Justice Javed Iqbal Wani, while allowing an appeal filed by a mother challenging the grant of custody to the father, observed...

Supreme Court To Commence Hearing On Judicial Officers' Eligibility For District Judge Appointment In Bar Quota From September 23

The Supreme Court's Constitution Bench hearing on the issue of whether a judicial officer, who has already completed 7 years in the Bar, is entitled to be appointed as a District Judge against the Bar vacancy, will commence on September 23.The 5-judge bench of Chief Justice of India BR Gavai, Justices MM Sundresh, Aravind Kumar, SC Sharma and K Vinod Chandran today set down the hearing...

Call For Applications: NLSIU Research Fellowships [Apply Now]

The National Law School of India University (NLSIU) invites online applications for the following NLSIU Fellowships on a contract basis.Name of the Fellowship: Graduate Research Fellowship NLSIU Postdoctoral Fellowship University Research Fellowship No. of Post: Graduate Research Fellowship: 10 (Ten)NLSIU Postdoctoral Fellowship: 5 (Five)University Research Fellowship: 5 (Five)Remuneration Graduate Research Fellowship: Between Rs. 55,000 to 65,000 per month NLSIU Postdoctoral Research...