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Karnataka High Court Quashes Complaint Against Minister KJ George, BESCOM Officials Over Alleged Irregularities In Smart Meter Procurement
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday (December 2) quashed a private complaint by BJP leaders against State Energy Minister KJ George and BESCOM officials, alleging irregularities in the issuance of tender regarding procurement and installation of smart electric meters in the State.Allowing George's plea Justice M I Arun said “Petitions are allowed. Consequently the proceedings pending before...
Assistant Law Officer And Legal Assistant Vacancy At Delhi Pollution Control Committee
Delhi Pollution Control Committee invites application for the post of Assistant Law Officer and Legal Assistant on deputation (including short term contract) basis. Name of the Post: Assistant Law Officer and Legal Assistant No. of Post: Assistant Law Officer: 01 (One) Legal Assistant: 04 (Four) Essential Qualification and Experience Assistant Law Officer · Officers of Central/State Government /Union Territory/Recognized Research Institute/ Autonomous...
Supreme Court Stays Trial Against Ex-Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa In POCSO Act Case
The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the trial proceedings against former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa in a case for 'sexual assault' of a child under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act).A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya was considering the Special Leave Petition filed by Yediyurappa against the November 13 order of...
Jammu & Kashmir Deputy CM Files Defamation Suit Before Delhi High Court Seeking Removal Of Objectionable Content
Surinder Kumar Choudhary, Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, has filed a defamation suit before the Delhi High Court seeking removal of objectionable content against him on social media. The matter was heard briefly on Tuesday (December 2) by Justice Amit Bansal who asked Choudhary to implead the uploaders of the content as defendants in his suit. Choudhary's counsel informed the...
Delhi High Court Upholds Rejection Of Patent For Amylin and AstraZeneca's Sustained-Release Diabetes Injection
The Delhi High Court has upheld the Patent Office's refusal to grant Amylin Pharmaceuticals and AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals a patent for their sustained-release exenatide injection for diabetes, ruling that the formulation was 'obvious' from existing science and lacked the inventive step required for protection. A single bench of Justice Tejas Karia in an order dated November 24 said that...
SEBI Acted With 'Due Care And Caution' In Clearing WeWork India IPO: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court on Monday observed that SEBI had exercised “due care and caution” in clearing the WeWork India IPO, while dismissing two petitions that alleged the regulator failed to act on complaints of inadequate disclosures in the offer documents of the Indian arm of global co-working space brand. A division bench of Justice RI Chagla and Farhan P Dubash said it was...
Police Lack Power To Probe Food Adulteration Under FSS Act: Rajasthan High Court Quashes FIR, Says Only Food Safety Officers Can Proceed
The Rajasthan High Court has reiterated that the police, appointed under the Police Act, does not have powers to investigate offences in relation to food adulteration punishable under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (“the Act”).The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand was hearing a petition seeking quashing of offences against the petitioner under Section 272, 273 and 420 of IPC,...
GST Bill | Lok Sabha Tables Manipur GST (2nd Amendment) Bill 2025; Track-And-Trace Mechanism Proposed For Select Goods
The Union Government on Wednesday introduced the Manipur Goods and Services Tax (Second Amendment) Bill, 2025 in the Lok Sabha to bring the State GST law in line with amendments made under Sections 121 to 134 of the Finance Act, 2025 and decisions of the 56th GST Council. The Bill proposes significant changes relating to input tax credit, distribution of credit, return filing,...
No Sexual Overtone: Gauhati High Court Quashes S.354 IPC Charge Against MLA Jignesh Mevani Accused Of Outraging Woman Cop's Modesty
The Gauhati High Court has discharged Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani from the charge of outraging the modesty of a woman police officer, holding that the materials collected during investigation did not reveal any act carrying a sexual overtone capable of attracting Section 354 IPC. The court however retained the charged against Mevani under IPC Section 352 (Punishment for assault or criminal...
Delhi High Court Pulls Up GST Authority For Issuing Personal Hearing Notice Saying Assessee's Attendance Not Needed
The Delhi High Court recently criticised the GST Authorities for issuing a “strange” personal hearing notice to an assessee, which said that the assessee need not attend the hearing as the notice is issued only for the purpose of uploading final order.“The personal hearing notice is also quite strange to say the least that no personal hearing was granted before the Commissioner Appeals...
Umar Khalid, Sharjeel, Gulfisha Fatima Bail : Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing | Delhi Riots UAPA Case
The Supreme Court is hearing bail petitions filed by Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Gulfisha Fatima and others in the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case. Bench: Justices Aravind Kumar and NV Anjaria Follow this page for live...