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Bombay High Court Criticizes RSS Worker For "Thwarting" Rahul Gandhi's Right To Speedy Trial In Defamation Case
The Bombay High Court while granting relief to Rahul Gandhi last week, criticised the complainant - Rajesh Kunte, a worker of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) for unnecessarily protracting the trial and thwarting the Congress leader's right to speedy trial. The case pertains to Gandhi's statement made in a speech made in a political rally in Bhiwandi district during the...
Disallowance Operate Against Erring Employer Assessee When Employees' Contribution To EPF/ESI Not Made Within Due Date: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has held that the disallowance operates against erring employer assessee when employees' contribution to EPF/ESI not made within the due date.The bench of Justice A.K.Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice Syam Kumar V.M. has observed that where the employees' contribution to EPF/ESI was not made over by the employer to the statutory authorities within the due date prescribed...
Water Logging During Monsoon: High Court Orders Joint Inspection Of Bar Council Of Delhi's Office By Civic Authorities
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the civic authorities in the national capital to conduct a joint inspection of the office of the Bar Council of Delhi (BCD), situated at Siri Fort Institutional Area, over the issue of water logging due to heavy rain in the monsoon season. Justice Sanjeev Narula directed the engineers, not below the rank of Superintendents, of the Municipal Corporation...
Road Transport Corporations Act Falls Under Union List, Special Appeals Against Regulation Framed Thereunder Are Maintainable: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held the Road Transport Corporations Act, 1950 falls within the ambit of powers exercised under List I of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India. Therefore, special appeals filed under Chapter VIII Rule 5 of the Allahabad High Court Rules arising out exercise of powers by a single judge under Article 226 or 227 of the Constitution of India against...
O.21 R. 16 CPC | Transferee Of Property Can Apply For Execution Of Decree Without Separate Assignment Order: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has ruled that the Appellate Bench of the Small Causes Court made a grave error in holding that a transferee of rights in the property needs a separate assignment of the decree for its execution, as it overlooked the Explanation added through the 1977 amendment to Order 21 Rule 16 of the Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC), which clarified that a transfer of property allows...
Parties May Adduce Necessary Documentary Evidence At Later Stage If Sufficient Ground For Delay Shown: Jharkhand High Court
The Jharkhand High Court has ruled that documentary evidence not submitted at the time of filing a written statement may be introduced at subsequent stages of a suit, provided due diligence was exercised in their production.Justice Subhash Chand observed, “The learned trial court while rejecting the application of the plaintiff has not considered this legal position that if the...
Allahabad High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 8 To July 14, 2024
NOMINAL INDEX Satya Narain Shukla And Anr. vs. State Of U.P. Thru.Chief Secy. And Ors. 2024 LiveLaw (AB) 423 Tarun Goel vs. State of U.P 2024 LiveLaw (AB) 424 Inder Alias Lala vs. State of U.P. and Another 2024 LiveLaw (AB) 425 Vipin Kumar Agrawal vs. Smt. Manisha Agrawal 2024 LiveLaw (AB) 426 Shriniwas Rav Nayak vs. State of U.P. 2024 LiveLaw (AB) 427 M/S Kashi...
“India Land Of Diverse Religions & Customs”: Madras High Court Sets Aside Punishment On Muslim Policeman For Keeping Beard
The Madras High Court recently came to the rescue of a police constable, who was punished for keeping a beard "following the commandments of Prophet Mohammed". Stating that India is a land of diverse religions and customs, bench of Justice L Victoria Gowri held though police department warranted maintaining strict discipline, it would not mean that a personnel belonging to the minority...
Press Exempted From Prosecution For 'Sting Operation' Done To Uncover Truth & Inform Public Without Maladies : Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court laid down that Freedom of the Press may not include Sting Operations in all cases, but Sting Operations conducted by recognized media persons have to be considered differently, given their crucial role as the Fourth Estate in a democracy. It stated that the Court should assess whether the Sting Operation was carried out with bonafide intention to uncover the truth...
Delhi High Court Dismisses Plea To Analyse Electro Homeopathic Prescriptions For Recognition As Alternative Medicine
The Delhi High Court has dismissed a petition that sought to direct the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia Laboratory, Ministry of Ayush to analyse certain Homeopathic prescriptions, in order to enable the Inter-Departmental Committee of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to decide on the recognition of Electro Homeopathy as an alternative system of medicine. The Ministry of Health...
"Nothing Defamatory In Statements": CM Mamata Banerjee Tells Calcutta High Court In Defamation Suit By WB Governor
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday told the Calcutta High Court that her statements referencing allegations of sexual harassment against Governor CV Ananda Bose did not contain anything defamatory.These submissions were made before a single bench of Justice Krishna Rao by Banerjee's counsel, former advocate general SN Mookheerjee in a defamation suit against the CM by...
Delhi High Court Dismisses Reliance Communications' Petition, Upholds Arbitrator's Calculation Of Call Minutes Based on Total Call Seconds
The Delhi High Court bench of Justice C. Hari Shankar has dismissed a petition filed by Reliance Communications under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 noting that the arbitrator correctly divided the total number of call seconds by 60 to determine the number of call minutes. The bench noted that the company is not entitled to a whole minute if the call...