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“Drug Traffickers Inflict Deadly Blow On Youth”: J&K&L High Court Rejects Bail In Commercial Quantity NDPS Case
The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has reiterated that drug traffickers inflict a deadly blow on the youth and are a hazard to society, and the social cost of permitting such offenders to re-enter the community, even temporarily, is immeasurable.With these observations, Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal on Friday dismissed the bail application of a 27-year-old accused from whose possession...
Supreme Court Seeks Status Of NIA Probe Into Deaths Of 10 Persons In Manipur CRPF Camp Encounter
The Supreme Court today sought responses from the Union and the State of Manipur in a plea seeking an investigation into the killings of 10 persons at a CRPF camp in Manipur last year. The bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Baghchi and AS Chandurkar agreed to consider the matter and issued notice to the Union and the State of Manipur.During the hearing, counsel for the petitioner,...
“Toil Without Wages Strikes At Heart Of Human Dignity”: Karnataka High Court Directs Release Of 19 Months' Pending Salary To Govt Teachers
In a case concerning government teachers who had not been paid their salaries for 19 months, the Karnataka High Court recently said, “To force these teachers or indeed any employee, to toil without wages strikes at the very heart of human dignity and stands in stark violation of Article 23 of the Constitution of India, which proscribes begar in all its forms.”Justice M. Nagaprasanna made...
Refusal Of Demand Notice By Guarantor Counts As Valid Service: NCLT Hyderabad
The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) at Hyderabad has recently held that refusal by a personal guarantor to accept delivery of a demand notice constitutes valid and deemed service under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, and has admitted the petition filed by STCI Finance Ltd. to initiate personal insolvency proceedings against Ramnath Nandakumar, personal guarantor of Natems...
Contracting Second Marriage During Subsistence Of First Constitutes Grave Misconduct Justifying Compulsory Retirement: Andhra Pradesh High Court
A Division Bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court comprising Justice Battu Devanand and Justice A. Hari Haranadha Sarma held that contracting a second marriage during the subsistence of the first marriage constitutes grave misconduct under Rule 21 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules and Rule 18(b) of the CISF Rules, justifying penalties such as compulsory retirement for members of...
Delhi High Court Protects 'Aaj Tak' Mark, Restrains News Agencies From Using It In Source Code And Meta Tags
The Delhi High Court on Friday restrained Amar Ujala and News18 from using the trademark 'Aaj Tak' in their website source code or as meta tags, after both companies informed the Court that they had already removed the infringing links and did not wish to contest the trademark suit filed by Living Media India Ltd, owner of the Aaj Tak news brand. A single bench of Justice Manmeet Pritam...
Crime Against Women And Enabling Of Manosphere
This contribution is an attempt to contextualize the recently released NCRB data on violence against women in the form of “cruelty by husband”. In its annual report for 2023, the bureau revealed a concerning trend on crimes against women with 448,211 reported cases of crimes against women- a small rise from 445,256 cases in 2022, although consistent. The national crime rate was 66.2 incidents per lakh female population, based on mid-year projections of 67.7 crore females. The overall...
Senior Citizens Playing Cards In Their House Booked Under Gambling Act, Bombay High Court Suggests Them To Settle With Complainants
The Bombay High Court on Monday (November 24) stayed proceedings in an FIR lodged against five senior citizens booked for allegedly playing cards in their house under the Bombay Prevention of Gambling Act.The court was hearing a writ petition seeking quashing of the FIR lodged under Sections 4 (which punishes keeping of a common gaming house) and 12(A) of the Act. Section 12A states that a...
'Would Be Menace To Society If Released': SIT Opposes Before Karnataka High Court Prajwal Revanna's Plea To Suspend Sentence In Rape Case
Opposing convicted former MP Prajwal Revanna's plea for suspension of life sentence and grant of bail in a rape case, the Special Investigation Team told the Karnataka High Court on Monday (November 24) that if enlarged on bail he is not only likely to indulge in similar offences but would also be a menace to the society.Special Public Prosecutor Professor Ravivarma Kumar arguing for the...
IBC | Section 7 Application Can't Be Rejected For Curable Defects In Affidavit : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday (November 24) observed that procedural defects in a Section 7 insolvency application under IBC, such as a defective affidavit, are curable and cannot be used as a basis for summary dismissal. “Mere filing of a 'defective' affidavit in support of an application would, however, not render the very application non est and liable to be rejected on that ground as it...
'Absence Of Rules Can't Justify A Ban; State Can't Go Beyond Motor Vehicles Act': Aggregators, Bike-Taxi Owners To Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court today resumed hearing the appeals filed by transport aggregators [Rapido, Uber and Ola] against a single-judge order that had barred bike-taxi operations in the State until guidelines were framed under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. Before a bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C M Joshi, Ola, Uber and a group of bike taxi owners, primarily contended...