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FIR Lodged On Derogatory Social Media Posts Against Allahabad HC Judges For Ordering Removal Of 'Name & Shame' Banners [Read FIR]
An FIR has been lodged in respect of demeaning and defamatory remarks being circulated on social media against Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Ramesh Sinha, who passed orders on suo motu proceedings against 'name and shame' banners erected by UP administration. The FIR has been lodged against an unidentified person by RTI Activist Dr. Nutan Thakur in the Gomtinagar Police...
Madras HC Quashes Ban On Placing Hoardings On Land Not Belonging To Municipal Corporations [Read Judgment]
The Madras High Court on Thursday struck down the ban on placing hoardings on land not belonging to the Municipal Corporations by observing that it "does not satisfy the test of rationality or practicality".A division bench comprising Chief Justice A P Sahi and Justice Subramonium Prasad had reserved judgement on a batch of petitions filed by Chennai Hoardings Association and others on...
[Breaking] Unnao Case : Delhi Court Sentences Ex-BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar To 10 Years Imprisonment For Death Of Rape Survivor's Father
A Delhi Court on Friday sentenced all convicts, including expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar to ten years imprisonment for the death of the father of the Unnao rape survivor.Sengar (currently in Tihar jail serving life sentence in the rape case), and his brother Atul Sengar have also been asked to pay Rs 10 lakh each as compensation to the victims's family.District judge Dharmesh Sharma...
"It Is One's Personal Choice To Follow Whatever Religion He Wants": Delhi HC Dismisses PIL Seeking To Control Religious Conversions
The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a plea moved by Advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay seeking control on religious conversion through inducement or intimidation. While refusing to issue notice, the Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Hari Shankar gave liberty to the Petitioner to withdraw his petition. 'It's one's personal choice to follow...
Electropathy/ Electro Homeopathy System of Medicine Cannot Be Allowed To Propel : Madras HC[Read Judgment]
The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court has held that Electropathy/ Electro Homeopathy system of medicine cannot be allowed to propel, as the same is not recognized under any law in India. Dismissing a batch of petitions filed by practitioners in Electropathy, Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana held, "Most of the certificates produced by the petitioners in the typed set of papers,...
P&H HC Grants Interim Protection To Raveena Tandon, Farah Khan And Bharti Singh In FIR Alleging Hurting Of Religious Sentiments : P&H HC [Read Order]
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday directed the State of Punjab not to take "coercive steps" against Bollywood actress Raveena Tandon, filmmaker Farah Khan and comedian Bharti Singh on their plea, seeking quashing of two separate FIRs registered against them for allegedly hurting religious sentiments during a web show titled as 'Backbenchers'...
COVID19: Consider Requests For Adjournment, Conduct Urgent Hearings Via Video Conferencing: IAF Appeals To All Arbitral Tribunals [Read Statement]
The Indian Arbitration Forum has appealed to the Arbitral Tribunals to avoid arbitral proceedings and allow requests for adjournments in the next 8 weeks as a precautionary measure to prevent the spread of Novel COVID-19. Any urgent hearing, the IAF has suggested, may be conducted via video-conferencing, to avoid health risk to all the stakeholders. "As you are aware, experts...
Unlawful Termination Of Housekeeping Staff Of NLU-D: Delhi Labour Minister To Hold Meeting With All Stakeholders Tomorrow [Read Press Note]
The Labour Ministry of the government of NCT of Delhi has called a meeting with all the stakeholders in the matter of alleged unlawful termination of housekeeping staff of the National Law University, Delhi. The meeting will be held at the Delhi Secretariat tomorrow, i.e. March 13, between the University, the contractor, the terminated workers and the concerned...
Parliament Passes IBC (Amendment) Bill, 2020 [Read Bill]
The Rajya Sabha today passed the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Second Amendment) Bill, 2019, by voice vote. Aimed at easing the insolvency resolution process, the Bill was introduced in the house by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on December 12, last year. After having been scrutinized by the Standing Committee, whose report was received on March 4, the Bill was passed by the...
Compensation To Be Paid Within 30 Days: New POCSO Rules Comes Into Force [Read Rules]
The Central Government has notified Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Rules, 2020 replacing the earlier 2012 Rules. One of the main features of these Rules is the provision for compensation to the victim child.It empowers the Special Court to pass an order for interim compensation to meet the needs of the child for relief or rehabilitation at any stage after registration of the...
BCI Warns Govt. Against Inclusion Of Lawyers Under Consumer Protection Act, Says Legal Fraternity "Will Protest On Roads"
The Bar Council of India (BCI) has expressed strong discontent over the move of the Government to bring Advocates within the ambit of the Consumer Protection Act. Expressing dissatisfaction on behalf of the legal fraternity, BCI conveyed "deep anguish" and "resentment" to Ram Vilas Paswan, Minister of Consumer Affairs in a letter dated March 11, 2020, stating that advocates would...