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Dapoli Resort Case: Bombay High Court Asks ED To Not Take Coercive Steps Against Maharashtra's Former Cabinet Minister Anil Parab Till March 20
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday asked Enforcement Directorate not to take coercive steps against Shiv Sena (Uddhav B Thackeray) leader Anil Parab till Monday in the Dapoli Resort "money laundering" Case.A division bench of Justice Revati Mohite Dere and Justice Sharmila U Deshmukh was hearing Parab’s plea to quash the ECIR registered by the ED.The High Court passed the order after it...
Ankita Bhandari Murder Case : Supreme Court Seeks Status Report On Probe From Uttarakhand Govt
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Uttarakhand government to file a status report on the investigation carried out in the murder of Ankita Bhandari, a 19-year-old woman receptionist in a resort, owned by the son of a now sacked BJP leader.A Bench of Justices KM Joseph and BV Nagarathna passed the order while hearing a plea filed by a journalist and family members of Bhandari seeking...
High Court Grants 8 Weeks To Delhi Govt For Construction Of Toilets For Transgender People
The Delhi High Court Tuesday directed the Delhi government to ensure that public toilets for transgender persons are constructed in the national capital within eight weeks, failing which it will direct personal appearance of top officials.Taking note of the status report filed by the Delhi government, a division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad...
Brahmapuram Site Fire Doused Completely, Kerala High Court Told; Court Appreciates Frontline Workers
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday recorded the submission of the District Collector, NSK Umesh and Secretary of the Cochin Municipal Corporation, Babu Abdul Khader, that 100% of the fire that broke out at the Brahmapuram waste dumping site had been contained and that there was no smouldering visible to the naked eye. The court appreciated the efforts of the frontline workers who worked day...
Juvenile Directed To Be Tried As Adult Can Seek Bail From Children's Court U/S 12 JJ Act, Need Not Resort To CrPC: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has made it clear that once an order is passed under Section 15 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, holding that a child in conflict with law is required to be tried for heinous offences as an adult, the JJ Board has no jurisdiction to consider the bail application pending before it.A single judge bench of Justice S Vishwajith Shetty...
‘No Foreign Investment Today, Prayers Have Become Purely Academic’: Delhi High Court On Subramanian Swamy’s Plea Against 2013 Tata-AirAsia Deal
The Delhi High Court has disposed of a public interest litigation filed by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy against the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance granted by Union of India in 2013 in favour of a Malaysian Company Air Asia Investment Limited.A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad closed the proceedings in view of the fact...
Chances Of 26 Weeks Old Foetus Surviving Extremely Low: Gujarat High Court Allows Rape Victim To Terminate Pregnancy
The Gujarat High Court recently permitted a rape victim to medically terminate her pregnancy of 26 weeks, stating that chances of survival of the foetus are extremely low at this gestational period.Justice Samir J. Dave observed,"according to Indian Medical Association guidelines, age of viability has been deemed to be 28 weeks of gestation or 1000 grams, both of which are not sufficed in...
Hindenburg Report | No Separate Committee Constituted To Probe Allegations Against Adani Group, SEBI Investigation Ongoing: Centre
The Finance Ministry has disclosed that no separate Committee has been constituted by it to investigate the allegations made against the Adani Group of companies by short-seller Hindenburg Research of the US.However, market regulator SEBI is probing the matter and so far investigations pertaining to imports of Power Generation, Power Transmission and Infrastructure (Port & SEZ) Equipment...
"No Link Between BMC's Alleged Malpractices And Uddhav Thackeray": Bombay High Court Dismisses PIL Seeking ED Probe With Cost
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday dismissed a PIL seeking CBI and ED investigation into the alleged "disproportionate" wealth of Maharashtra's ex-CM Uddhav Thackeray, his wife and two sons."We hold this petition is an abuse of the process of the law," a division bench of Justices Dhiraj Thakur and Valmiki Menezes said imposing Rs. 25,000 cost on Dadar residents Gouri Bhide (38) and Abhay...
NCDRC: Postal Department Is Exempted From Any Liability For Delay In Delivery Unless The Central Govt. Undertakes It In Expressed Terms
The National Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission (NCDRC) bench comprising Justice R.K. Agrawal and presiding member, Dr. S.M. Kantikar reversed the District Forum’s decision, wherein compensation was ordered to be grated to a petitioner whose article suffered a delayed delivery after it was handed over to the Postal Department. The bench upheld the State Commission’s reasoning that...
Take Decision Within 6 Months On Complaint Accusing West Bengal Police Of Committing Excesses In Nabanna Chalo Rally: Delhi High Court Directs NHRC
The Delhi High Court has directed the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to decide within six months a complaint filed over alleged police atrocities by the West Bengal police during Nabanna Chalo rally organised by Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha in October 2020.Justice Prathiba M Singh disposed of a petition moved by one Rohit Verma, a BJP volunteer, aggrieved by the Commission's inaction...
'SC/ST Lower Castes' Tweet: UP Court's Order Refusing To Direct Registration Of FIR Against Journalist Rajat Sharma Challenged In HC
An appeal has been moved before the Allahabad High Court challenging Agra Court's order rejecting an application moved before it under section 156 (3) CrPC seeking registration of an FIR against Rajat Sharma, the chairman and Editor-in-chief of India TV, for allegedly calling Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe as 'lower/small' castes.The Appeal has been preferred by Mukesh Kumar Chaudhary,...