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Considering Heavy Rains, Kerala High Court Asks District Judiciary To Conduct Hearings In Hybrid Mode
Registrar (District Judiciary) of the Kerala High Court has issued an Official Memorandum directing all District Judges to ensure that the Video Conferencing facility provided in the District Judiciary is effectively utilized and to make hybrid mode of hearing mandatory in all courts. The direction was issued amid advance of monsoon and heavy rains in the State. The OM issued on 17th July...
Calcutta High Court Allows BJP Rally Outside CESC Office Over Alleged Increase In Electricity Prices, Limits Attendance To 1,000 Protestors
The Calcutta High Court has allowed a protest by the supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) outside the offices of the Calcutta Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) at Victoria House in Kolkata over the alleged increase in electricity prices. The protestors had approached the court for permission to hold the rally after the Kolkata Police declined to allow the same.A single bench...
Mamata Banerjee Approaches Calcutta High Court Challenging Order Restraining Her From Making Defamatory Statements Against Governor Ananda Bose
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has approached the Calcutta High Court challenging an order restraining her from making any defamatory statements against Governor CV Ananda Bose.The impugned order was passed by a single bench of Justice Krishna Rao, who had stated that if an interim order had not been passed, then it may have caused grave and irreparable injury to the...
MSME Council Has Power To Decide Issue Of Its Own Jurisdiction Under MSMED Act: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has observed that the Micro and Small Enterprises Facilitation Council has the authority to determine its jurisdiction over disputes under Section 18 of the Micro, Small Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 (MSMED).A Single Judge Bench of Bharat P. Deshpande was considering the petitioner's challenge to a notice issued by the Nodal Officer for Micro and Small...
Alleged Construction In Buffer Zone By Randeep Hooda: Madhya Pradesh HC Directs SDO To Supply Actor With Enquiry Report, Conduct Spot Inspection
Madhya Pradesh High Court has refused to quash a show cause notice issued against Bollywood Actor Randeep Hooda on allegations regarding construction in a buffer zone and instructed the revenue authorities to supply the actor with a copy of the enquiry report and conduct a joint spot inspection in the disputed property. The single-judge bench of Justice Gurpal Singh Ahluwalia...
Victim's Mother Would Not Risk Minor Daughter's Future By Concocting Story Of Molestation Due To Enmity With Accused: Bombay High Court
In the conservative Indian society, a mother may concoct a story of her own molestation but would not jeopardize the future of her daughter by falsely implicating someone in a sexual harassment case, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court recently held. Single-judge Justice Govind Sanap while rejecting the argument of a man, convicted for sexually assaulting a girl, said that even...
Rajasthan High Court Quashes FIR Lodged In Bengaluru Citing Settlement Between Parties
The Rajasthan High Court recently quashed a FIR lodged beyond its territorial jurisdiction- in Karnataka's Bengaluru, citing settlement between the married couple.Counsel appearing for the parties had relied upon Navinchandra N. Majithia Vs. State of Maharashtra & Ors. (2000) to argue that even if one of the impugned FIRs is registered out of the territorial jurisdiction of the Court,...
FIR Lodged Under IPC But Anticipatory Bail Plea Filed After Enforcement Of New Criminal Laws, Delhi High Court Says BNSS Should Apply
The Delhi High Court has observed that procedure with respect to anticipatory bail pleas filed in relation to FIRs lodged prior to enforcement of new criminal laws should be governed by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023, if the date of filing such application is on or after July 1, 2024.Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani reasoned that Section 531(2)(a) BNSS prescribes that proceedings...
Arbitrator's Findings As Per Evidence And Testimony Is Not Perverse, No Need To Interfere: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Jasmeet Singh has held that findings made by an arbitrator which are consistent with the documentary evidence and admissions made during cross-examination are reasonable and not perverse. The High Court referred to the decision of the Supreme Court in Associate Builders v. DDA (2015) 3 SCC 49 where the Supreme Court held that the grounds...
Degree Holder Can't Claim Post Reserved For Diploma, If Higher Qualification Is Not Equalised: Patna High Court
A division bench of the Patna High Court comprising the Chief Justice and Justice Harish Kumar, while deciding Letters Patent Appeal, held that an applicant with a higher qualification is not eligible for job requiring lower qualifications if there are no specific provisions where higher qualifications are explicitly recognized or equated with lower qualifications. Background...
Moin Qureshi Case: Delhi High Court Upholds PMLA Proceedings Initiated Against Businessman Sathish Babu Sana
The Delhi High Court on Friday upheld the money laundering proceedings initiated against Businessman Sathish Babu Sana in relation to the PMLA case involving meat exporter Moin Qureshi and other persons.A division bench comprising of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Neena Bansal Krishna dismissed the appeal moved by Sana challenging the summons issued to him on July 19 and 25, 2019....
Karnataka High Court Directs Actor Darshan To Approach Trial Court With His Plea Seeking Home Food, Books In Prison
The Karnataka High Court on Friday directed Kannada actor Darshan Thoogdeep Srinivas to approach the Magistrate court, where the murder case in which he is allegedly involved is pending, with his plea seeking home cooked food, clothing, cutlery, bedding and books in prison.A single judge bench of Justice S R Krishna Kumar granted liberty to the actor to file an application in this regard...