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Consider Giving Interest On Late Salary Paid To Anganwadi Workers: P&H High Court Asks Punjab Government
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the Punjab Government to consider paying interest on delayed salary payments to Anganwadi workers.A bench of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sanjiv Berry had taken suo motu cognizance over the alleged non-payment of honorarium to nearly 50,000 Anganwadi workers for six months.However, the Chief Secretary submitted that arrears of 06 months'...
Orissa High Court Orders Arrest Of Cargo Vessel 'MV MAGNET TEAM' At Paradip Port Over ₹2.11 Crore Unpaid Dues
The Orissa High Court has recently ordered the arrest of cargo vessel 'MV MAGNET TEAM (IMO: 9233507)' at the Paradip Port for alleged violation of terms of the 'charter party' with a shipping company.Entertaining the urgent plea of the plaintiff-shipping and chartering company, the Admiralty Judge Justice V. Narasingh said –“This Court is persuaded to hold that unless order of arrest...
Delhi High Court To Hear Next Month Sameer Wankhede's Defamation Suit Against Netflix's 'Ba***ds of Bollywood' Directed By Aryan Khan
The Delhi High Court will hear next month IRS Officer Sameer Wankhede's defamation suit against production company Red Chillies Entertainment, OTT platform Netflix and others over his allegedly defamatory portrayal in the series “Ba***ds of Bollywood” directed by Aryan Khan.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav asked the parties to file their written submissions and listed the matter on...
Kerala High Court Eases Bail Conditions Imposed On Rapper Vedan In Sexual Harassment Case, Paves Way For International Tour
The Kerala High Court on Thursday (October 30) modified two bail conditions imposed by the Sessions Court on Rapper Vedan, while granting him anticipatory bail in a sexual harassment case.Justice C. Pratheep Kumar deleted the conditions requiring the rapper to not leave Kerala and to appear before the Investigating Officer on every Sunday.Vedan is however required to intimate the IO in...
State Becomes Repository Of Public Faith When Inviting Tenders, Must Act With Utmost Fairness & Transparency: MP High Court
In a tender dispute relating to the construction of a residential-cum-commercial project in Gwalior, the Madhya Pradesh High Court held that the State, while inviting tenders, acts as a repository of public faith and must therefore conduct the process with the highest standard of fairness and transparency.The court emphasized that cancelling a tender after its completion and restarting...
Mere Call Detail Records Without Voice Evidence Not Enough To Link Accused To Drug Trafficking: J&K&L High Court
The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, while granting bail to one accused under the NDPD Act, has ruled that mere call detail records (CDRs) showing contact between the accused and co-accused, in the absence of any voice recordings or corroborative evidence, cannot be treated as sufficient material to connect him with the alleged offence of drug trafficking under the Act.The...
Jharkhand High Court Upholds State's Refusal To Grant Environmental Clearance For Stone Mining In Saranda Forest
The Jharkhand High Court has upheld the decision of the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) refusing environmental clearance (EC) to a proprietorship firm for stone mining in the Saranda forest's no-mining zone. The Court held that the “Management Plan for Sustainable Mining in Saranda and Chaibasa of Singhbhum District, Jharkhand,” framed in 2018, applied to the...
Casual Absence Of Govt Officials Not “Sufficient Cause” To Condone Delay In Challenging Arbitral Award: HP High Court
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has dismissed an application filed by the Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board seeking condonation of delay in filing objections against an arbitral award passed in favour of HCL Infotech Ltd., holding that bureaucratic delays and internal movement of files do not constitute sufficient cause for delay.Rejecting the State's contention, the Court remarked...
Recovery From Premises Not In NDPS Accused's Possession Can't Be Attributed To Him Without Independent Witnesses: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has ruled that recovery of a contraband cannot be attributed to an accused under the NDPS Act without any proof of possession or independent witnesses. “A recovery from a place where the possession of accused is not proved cannot be attributed to be a recovery from him. Moreover, no independent public witnesses were associated at the time of recovery to corroborate...
Partnership Deed Without Proof Of Accounts Cannot Be Used As Camouflage To Conceal Subletting By Tenants: HP High Court
The Himachal Pradesh High Court held that a partnership deed without proof of books of accounts cannot be used as a camouflage to conceal subletting by the tenants. Justice Satyen Vaidya remarked that: “Evidently, the partnership deed was executed for dual purpose, firstly to camouflage the relationship and secondly to secure the interest of the tenants to get monthly...
Bombay High Court Takes Note Of Inconvenience To Citizens Due To Bachchu Kadu-Led Farmers' Protest, Asks To Clear Site Immediately
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday took suo motu cognisance of the "suffering and disturbance" caused to the citizens due to the ongoing protests at the National Highway 44 (Wardha Road) by farmers under the leadership of former MLA Omprakash alias Bachchu Kadu.Sitting at the Nagpur seat, single-judge Justice Rajnish Vyas presiding over a vacation court, also ordered Bachchu Kadu to...
MP High Court Imposes ₹2 Lakh Cost On Tobacco Company For Stalling GST Proceedings
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has imposed ₹2 lakh costs on an Indore-based tobacco company for attempting to stall the proceedings initiated against it by the GST authorities.The company came came under the scanner of the Director General of GST Intelligence back in May 2020, following an investigation into large-scale tax evasion in the pan masala and tobacco industry in Indore.The...