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Chinmayanand Case : Lucknow Court To Frame Charges On March 4; Non-Bailable Warrant Issued Against Law Student
Former Union Minister and BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand, who was accused of sexually abusing a Shahjahanpur law student of his own college, appeared before a special MP/MLA court in Lucknow on Wednesday. Chinmayanand, who has been booked under Section 376-C of IPC on allegations of taking advantage of his official position by inducing a woman to have sex with him, was released on bail...
'It's Counsel's Job To Make Court Understand Case In Fewest Words' : P&H HC Issues Directions For Filing Of Regular Second Appeals [Read Order]
In a significant order, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has laid down certain rules for filing of Regular Second Appeals, with the aim of enabling easier understanding of the facts of the case."It is the counsel's job to make court understand the case in the fewest words for which he is paid", the Court remarked, while issuing directions for including synopsis, chronology, citations etc,...
'Hubli Bar Resolution Has To Be Deprecated' : Karnataka HC Orders Police Protection To Advocates Representing Kashmiri Students Booked For Sedition [Read Order]
In a notable order, the High Court of Karnataka on Thursday directed Hubli Commissioner of Police to provide police protection to advocates who wish to appear for 3 Kashmiri students arrested on charges of sedition.The Court passed the order in a petition which challenged the resolution passed by Hubli Bar Association that none of its members would offer legal representation to...
Lawyer Seeks Adjournment As The Mood Of The Court Is Bad, HC Allows The Request [Read Order]
In an interesting orderp order, Justice Rajiv Narain Raina of the Punjab and Haryana High Court adjourned a Civil Revision on Petitioner's counsel's pleading that the court was in a bad mood and he would like to argue the case on some other day. The order dated February 4 discloses that Justice Raina dismissed four urgent cases listed before him that day, one after the other. This led...
CCTV/Webcasting Footage Of Polling Booths Accessible Under RTI Act: Kerala State Information Commission [Read Order]
The Kerala State Information Commission has directed the Chief Electoral Officer of Kerala to provide video footage of polling booths recorded during 2019 General Elections within 20 days free of cost to an applicant under the Right to Information Act(RTI).The order was filed in an appeal filed by RTI activist Advocate D B Binu against the refusal of Public Information Officer of the Office...
Exclusion Of Song From Movie When It Was Included In Trailer Amounts To Unfair Trade Practice: NCRDC Directs YRF To Pay Compensation [Read Order]
The NCDRC on Tuesday held that inclusion of a song in the promo of the movie when it is not actually a part of the movie deceives viewers and amounts to unfair trade practice, under Section 2(1)(r) of the Consumer Protection Act. With this observation, Justice VK Jain (presiding member) has directed Yash Raj Films to pay Rs 10,000 as compensation to the Petitioner, who was disappointed...
'Voter ID Sufficient Proof Of Citizenship': Mumbai Court Acquits 2 Accused As Illegal Bangladeshi Migrants [Read Judgment]
The Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Esplanade Court in Mumbai recently acquitted two persons accused of being 'Bangladeshi Infiltrators' by Mumbai Police.The Court held that an election card or voter ID is sufficient proof of citizenship as a person has to file declaration with the concerned authority in view of Form 6 of Representation of the People Act, that he is citizen of India...
Ramanagra District And Sessions Court Issues NBW Against Swamy Nityananda
The District and Sessions Judge, Ramanagra on Wednesday issued non bailable warrant against, Swamy,Nithyanandaswamy @ Rajashekaran who is accused in an alleged rape case. The warrant was issued on the application filed by COD Police, which is probing the case, it is prayed that by virtue of the orders dated 05.02.2020 passed by the High Court of Karnataka, the order of bail granted in...
Allahabad HC Dismisses Challenge To Election Of Central Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar [Read Judgment]
Reiterating the settled law that statements made in an election petition must be specific and backed by cogent evidence, the Allahabad High Court today dismissed a challenge to the election of MP Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Minister of State with independent charge in the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Govt. of India. "The parties must plead the material facts in the election...
Plea Seeking Parity In Legal Age For Marriage: Centre Says It Formed A Task Force To Study The Issue
In a plea seeking parity in the marriageable age for men and women, the Ministry of Women and Child Development informed the Delhi High Court today that a task force has been constituted to study the issue of 'age of girls entering motherhood'. The counsel for the Central Government, Monika Arora, informed the Division Bench of Justice DN Patel and Justice Hari Shankar about...
Bidar School Sedition Row : No Rules Violated While Interrogating Children, Police Tells Karnataka HC
The Karnataka High Court was on Wednesday informed by the government that the investigation officer probing the sedition case does not intend to conduct further interrogation/counseling of school children. The police have registered a case of sediton against two women and school management after a drama was enacted against the Citizenship Amendment Act, inside the Shaheen Education...
Marital Status Of A Daughter Alone Not A Ground For Rejecting Claim For Compassionate Appointment: Reiterates Allahabad HC [Read Judgment]
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has reiterated that marital status of a daughter alone cannot be the ground for rejecting her application for compassionate appointment in terms of The U.P. Recruitment of Dependants of Government Servants Dying in Harness Rules, 1974. With this observation, Justice Manish Mathur has directed the state to reconsider the...