Kerala High Court Seeks Clarity On Travancore Devaswom Board's Global Event At Sabarimala, Says Can't Use Devotees' Money

A lawyer has moved a PIL before the Kerala High Court seeking a direction restraining the State government and the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) from conducting an event titled 'Global Ayyappa Sangamam' in the premises of Sabarimala Shrine and Pampa from 16-20 September.According to the plea, the event is veiled as one related to devotion, tourism and secular promotion, but in reality, is...

Did You Instigate Protestors Or Not? Bombay High Court Asks Manoj Jarange To Respond To Allegations Of Damage To Public Property In Mumbai

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed Manoj Jarange and organizers of the protest for Maratha Reservation in Mumbai to file an affidavit responding to allegations of large-scale damage caused to public properties in the city during the protest. The court said this while noting that the issue for which Jarange and his supporters protested in Mumbai had been resolved now. The development...

Special Judicial Magistrate Vacancy At Mirzapur District, Uttar Pradesh

The High Court of Judicature at Allahabad invites application for the post of Special Judicial Magistrate at Mirzapur District.Name of the Post: Special Judicial Magistrate Essential Qualification and Experience • A person shall not be qualified for appointment as a Special Judicial Magistrate unless he/she: (a) holds or has held any post under the Government; and (b) possesses the degree of law or otherwise is well experienced in relation to legal affairs to the satisfaction of the High...

Money Deposited By Borrower As Precondition For Sanction Of Guarantee Ceases To Be Corporate Debtor's Asset Upon Invocation Of Guarantees: NCLAT

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) New Delhi bench of Justice Ashok Bhushan and Mr. Barun Mitra (Technical Member) has held that Margin Money deposited by the borrower as a precondition for sanction of Bank Guarantees, being payable towards the Bank Guarantees invoked by the beneficiary, ceases to be the Corporate Debtor's asset once such guarantees are invoked....

Sikh Remarks Row | Didn't Incite Sikhs To Rise In Rebellion; Intent Can't Be Inferred From Stray Sentence: Rahul Gandhi Submits In Allahabad HC

Challenging an order of the Varanasi Court directing a re-hearing of a plea seeking registration of an FIR against him over his alleged remarks on Sikhs, Rahul Gandhi, Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, today submitted before the Allahabad High Court that he had not incited the Sikh community to rise in rebellion and that his entire speech was not considered by the Court to...

Delhi High Court Stays Advertisement For Appointing Only Retired Public Prosecutors As APPs

The Delhi High Court has stayed an advertisement restricting appointment of only retired public prosecutors as Assistant Public Prosecutors (APPs).Justice Sachin Datta passed the order on a plea filed by one Vikas Verma challenging the advertisement issued by the Delhi Government's Directorate of Prosecution on August 22. The impugned advertisement was for engagement of Public Prosecutors...

We Must Filter Out Disharmonious Things: Karnataka High Court Grants Interim Relief To MLA In FIR Over Comment On Inter-Religious Marriage

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday (September 3) directed the police not to take any coercive steps against Vijayapura MLA Basangouda R Patil (Yatnal), booked in a FIR for allegedly making a controversial statement promising Rs. 5 Lakh to any Hindu youth who marries a Muslim woman.Issuing notice on Yatnal's plea for quashing the FIR registered against him, Justice M I Arun in his interim...

Kerala High Court Asks State Bar Council To Receive Enrollment Application Of Retired Govt Employee Who Pursued LLB In Evening Classes

The Kerala High Court has directed the Bar Council of Kerala to receive the application for enrollment of a retired government employee, who completed LLB course by attending evening classes.Justice Easwaran S admitted the writ petition and issued an interim order directing the Bar Council of Kerala to receive the application.The writ petition was filed challenging the denial of enrolment to...

ED Can Inspect Court Files, Documents Attached In Complaint Filed By Income Tax Dept: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has said that Enforcement Directorate (ED) can inspect documents filed before the Court with complaint lodged by the Income Tax ( I.T.) Department.The complaint was filed by the I.T. Department against the petitioners under Section 277 of the Income Tax Act, read with the provisions of the IPC, wherein information in the form of master sheets...

Delhi High Court Lawyers Write To CJI Urging To Review Transfer Of Justice Tara Vitasta Ganju

The lawyers of the Delhi High Court have written letters to Chief Justice of India BR Gavai requesting to review the proposed transfer of Justice Tara Vitasta Ganju. The letters have been written by 66 women lawyers and 94 other lawyers of the Delhi High Court. In the letter written by 94 lawyers, it has been mentioned that Justice Ganju has served the Bar for 30 years before elevation to...

Purpose Of A&C Act Stands Defeated If There Are Delays In Executing Arbitral Award: Jharkhand High Court

The Jharkhand High Court division bench comprising Chief Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan and Justice Rajesh Shankar observed that the purpose and the object of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, and the Commercial Courts Act, 2015, would stand defeated if there are delays in the execution of the Arbitral Award. The present petition was filed by M/s/ R.K. Construction...

Supreme Court Directs AIFF To Conduct ISL 2025-26; Appoints Justice Nageswara Rao To Oversee Selection Of Commercial Partner

The Supreme Court recently accepted a proposal offered by the All India Football Federation (AIFF) and its commercial partner for the football season 2025-26 and ordered the AIFF to take steps for timely commencement of the football competitions under its control."we direct AIFF to take such measures as may be necessary for timely commencement of football calendar and to maintain...