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Pune Porsche Car Accident | Owner, Manager Of Hotel That Allegedly Served Alcohol To Minor Accused Remanded To Police Custody
A Pune court on Tuesday sent three persons accused in the Porche car accident case, which caused deaths of two persons, to police custody until May 24, 2024. The arrested individuals are Prahlad Bhutada, owner of Cosie hotel, Sachin Katkar, bar counter manager at Cosie, and Sandeep Sangle, manager of Blak club. They are accused of serving alcohol to the juvenile who was allegedly driving the...
IDFC First Bank Shareholders And Debenture Holders Approve Merger Proposal At NCLT Meeting
IDFC First Bank has announced that its shareholders and non-convertible debenture (NCD) holders have approved the merger proposal with its parent company, IDFC Limited. This development came during a meeting convened by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on May 17, 2024. The proposal, formally known as the composite scheme of amalgamation, was presented to the...
TikTok and ByteDance Sue U.S. Government Over Law Mandating Divestiture or Ban
TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, have initiated legal proceedings against the U.S. government in response to new legislation mandating ByteDance to divest its ownership of the social media platform or face a ban within the United States. The suit, filed on Tuesday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, claims the legislation violates the First...
Bar Council Of Punjab & Haryana Issues Show Cause Notice To Chandigarh Lawyer Arrested For Posing As Judicial Officer To Flout Traffic Rules
The Bar Council of Punjab & Haryana has issued a show cause notice to a lawyer who was arrested for allegedly posing as a judicial officer and flouting traffic rules in Chandigarh. In a viral video, Prakash Singh, an advocate by profession, was seen arguing with the traffic police after he was stopped for hanging a cloth on his number plate. He claimed that he was a Judicial Magistrate...
BJP MP Brij Bhushan Singh Pleads Not Guilty To Sexual Harassment Charges Before Delhi Court
BJP MP and former WFI Chief Brij Bhushan Singh on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to the sexual harassment charges framed against him with respect to five women wrestlers.“Iska koi sawal hi nahi. Galti kiye hi nahi,” Singh told court when the judge asked him if he pleads guilty to the charges or not. Earlier this month, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Priyanka Rajpoot of...
More Than 50% Candidates Failed AIBE 2023, RTI Reply Reveals
Only 69,646 out of 1,44,014 candidates who appeared for the 18th edition of the All India Bar Examination (AIBE 18) held on December 10, 2023, passed, according to information obtained through a Right to Information (RTI) application. The RTI reply, filed by Shibu Babu, disclosed that a total of 1,48,781 students registered for the exam, with 74,368 failing and over 4,700 absent. This means...
Govt Allocates All Habeas Corpus Matters Pending In Both Wings Of Jammu & Kashmir And Ladakh High Court To Advocate General
The Jammu and Kashmir government has issued an order allocating all Habeas Corpus cases, including appeals arising from them, to the Advocate General of J&K. This directive applies to both wings of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. “It is hereby ordered that all the Habeas-Corpus cases including LPAs arising out of these matters in both the wings of the Hon'ble High Court...
SEBI Imposes Rs 8 Lakh Penalty On Reliance Home Finance For Disclosure Violations
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) imposed a penalty of Rs. 8 lakh on Reliance Home Finance Limited (RHFL) for violations related to the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (LODR Regulations). The violations pertain to the company's failure to disclose material events and delays in disclosing crucial information as required under the...
Royalty Sharing Is Mandatory Whenever Sound Recordings Are Communicated To Public, Calcutta High Court Restraints Vodafone From Using Unlicensed Caller Tunes
The Calcutta High Court single bench of Justice Ravi Krishan Kapur held that, under the Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012, authors have statutory rights to royalties whenever sound recordings are publicly communicated. The bench directed Vodafone to cease unlicensed use of copyrighted works and to pay royalties to the Indian Performing Right Society (IPRS), a society which enforces the...
SEBI Issues Consultation Paper Allowing Indian Mutual Funds To Invest In Overseas Funds
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) announced its intention to allow Indian mutual funds to invest in overseas funds, provided these funds have a limited exposure to Indian securities.Under the existing regulations, SEBI-registered mutual funds can invest in various overseas securities. These include American Depository Receipts (ADRs), Global Depository Receipts (GDRs), equity...
Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Justice Rajesh Sekhri For Fresh Term As Additional Judge Of Jammu & Kashmir And Ladakh High Court
The Supreme Court of India has recommended Justice Rajesh Sekhri for a fresh term as Additional Judge of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.“The Collegium resolves to recommend that Mr Justice Rajesh Sekhri be appointed as an Additional Judge of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh for a fresh term of one year with effect from 29 July 2024”, reads the...
Delhi Court Seeks Action Taken Report On Complaint Against Prime Minister Narendra Modi Over Alleged Hate Speech
A Delhi Court on Friday sought action taken report from the Delhi Police on a complaint against Prime Minister Narendra Modi over alleged hate speech given by him on April 21 in Rajasthan. The complainant, Qurban Ali, has alleged that the speech has been made in violation of the Model Code of Conduct, promotes enmity between religious groups and makes statements that are imputations...