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Gauhati HC Sets Aside Foreigners Tribunal Order Declaring Son Of Indian Citizens As Foreigner [Read Judgment]
The Guahati High Court has come down on a Foreigners Tribunal for declaring a person as foreigner, despite his parents being declared as Indian Citizens by other orders.On January 25, 2019, Foreigners Tribunal at Dhemaji in Assam declared 26-year old Pratap Sakharu as foreigner of post-1971 stream as per the Assam Accord.He had produced six documents before the Tribunal, including an...
PIL In Telangana HC Against SBI Advertisement Seeking Production Of 'Letter From NPR' For KYC [Read Petition]
A PIL has been filed before the Telangana High Court challenging the Advertisement dated January 26 issued by the State Bank of India, asking its customers to produce the "Letter issued by National Population Register" by February 28, 2020 as part of the KYC compliance, failing which the bank will freeze their accounts. The impugned advertisement published in the Sunday Times of...
Man Convicted For Molesting Minor Actress On Flight Moves Bombay HC In Appeal
Vikas Sachdeva, a Mumbai based businessman found guilty of molesting a 17-year-old actress on a flight, by a Special POCSO Court filed an appeal last Thursday against the said judgement sentencing him to three years in prison. A Special POCSO Court convicted the 41-year-old Vikas Sachdeva under Section 354 (assault or criminal force on woman with an intent to outrage her modesty) of IPC...
Anil Ambani Contempt Order Tampering Case : Delhi HC Directs SC Registry To Supply Necessary Documents To Police
The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the Supreme Court's Registry to supply documents required for the investigation in a plea seeking quashing of FIR registered against a Court Master in Supreme Court who was allegedly found tampering with the apex court's order in Anil Ambani contempt case.The Single Bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait has directed the Supreme Court's Registry to do...
Auditor Cannot Be Debarred For 5 Years Under Section 140 (5) Of The Companies Act 2013 In Absence Of Evidence : NCLAT
The NCLAT has set aside an order passed by NCLT in a matter relating to debarring of an auditor for a period of 5 years. The court while allowing the appeal held that though he was negligent, there was no material on record to infer that the auditor had acted fraudulently or misused his position as a statutory auditor,The Appellant was appointed as the statutory auditor in 2014 of Zen Shaving...
Kerala HC Dismisses Challenge Against Compulsory Retirement Of Judicial Officer [Read Judgment]
The High Court of Kerala observed that there is no scope of interference in disciplinary action against officer in judicial service if there is sufficient evidence for showing unsatisfactory conduct. "The interference of judicial review was held to be possible only if it is found to be arbitrary, capricious, malafide or overlooking and ignoring any relevant material", added...
Delhi HC Seeks DGCA Response On Kunal Kamra's Plea Against Flying Ban
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to respond to comedian and activist Kunal Kamra's plea challenging his travel ban. The Single Bench of Justice Navin Chawla has also provided liberty to Kamra to implead Air India, Spice Jet and Go Air, as parties to his petition. Appearing for Kamra, Senior Counsel Vivek Tankha...
Burden Of Proving Citizenship Is On The Person Making The Claim: Gauhati HC [Read Judgment]
The Gauahti High Court has dismissed a writ petition challenging the order of a Foreigners Tribunal declaring a person to be foreigner by observing that the burden of proving citizenship was on the person making the claim.The Court referred to Section 9 of the Foreigners Act 1946 for this observation and held that the petitioner could not prove linkage to any ancestors who were residing in...
'Foreign Lawyers Not Entitled To Interview Prisoner As Legal Advisor' CBI Court Dismisses Christian Michel's Plea
A Special CBI Court in Delhi on Monday dismissed the application filed by Christian Michel, accused in Agusta Westland scam, seeking permission for allowing legal interviews with his foreign lawyer.The Court held that the Delhi Prison Rules 2018 only permitted legal practitioners within the meaning of Advocates Act 1961 to have legal interviews with prison inmates. The Supreme Court's ruling...
Limitation Period Applies To Application Filed Under Section 8 Arbitration & Conciliation Act: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]
The Delhi High Court has held that the provision for filing written statements under section 8 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act is governed by the law of limitation. The Single Bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh has ruled that the period of limitation provided for filing written statements in CPC and Commercial Courts Act, 2015, would also apply to written...
[Sedition Case]Bombay HC Extends Interim Protection From Arrest Granted to TISS Student By 3 Weeks
The Bombay High Court on Monday extended the interim protection from arrest granted to Kris Chudawala, a 22-year-old Masters student of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences for three more weeks. Chudawala was booked for sedition for allegedly raising slogans in support of Sharjeel Imam during a rally held for the LGBTQ community in South Mumbai. Justice SK Shinde passed the order after...
Sunanda Pushkar Case: Delhi Court Directs Police To File Reply in Tharoor's Plea Seeking Preservation Of Pushkar's Twitter Account
Special CBI Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar at Rouse Avenue Court has directed Delhi Police to file a reply ina plea moved by Shashi Tharoor seeking preservation of Sunanda Pushkar's Twitter account. Moved by Senior Counsel Vikas Pahwa, who's representing Tharoor in the present case, the plea seeks a direction to be issued to the probe agencies to ask Twitter to preserve Sunanda Pushkar's...