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No Discretion For Governor In Appointments In District Councils In Tribal Autonomous Areas: Meghalaya HC [Read Judgment]
The High Court of Meghalaya has held that the Governor of the state does not have any discretion in the matter of appointments to the Executive Committee of the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC) and that he has to follow the advice of the Chief Executive Member in this regard. "On the advice being rendered by the petitioner in his capacity as the Chief Executive Member,...
JNU Sedition Row: Delhi Court Asks Police To Remind Delhi Govt About Sanction
ACMM Purshottam Pathak at Patiala House Court on Wednesday granted more time to Delhi Police to seek Delhi Government's sanction in a sedition case against ex-JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khaild and Anirban Bhattacharya. The court has asked the Special Cell of Delhi Police to send fresh reminder to the newly formed Delhi Government, seeking its permission on whether to...
CAA Protests : Madras HC Stops Move To Organize Assembly Siege
The Madras High Court on Tuesday restrained a body of Muslim outfits from going ahead with its proposed agitation to lay siege to the Tamil Nadu assembly pressing their demand for a House resolution against CAA, NRC and NPR. A bench of justices M Sathyanaraya and R Hemalatha granted the interim injunction till March 11, restraining the the Federation of Tamil Nadu Islamic and...
'Photographs Disclose Policemen Pelting Stones On The Crowd', Karnataka HC Grants Bail To Anti-CAA Protesters [Read Order]
"The photographs produced by learned SPP-I depict that hardly any member of the crowd were armed with weapons except one of them holding a bottle. In none of these photographs, police station or policemen are seen in the vicinity. On the other hand, photographs produced by the petitioners disclose that the policemen themselves were pelting stones on the crowd.", states the Order.
Forged Order Made In Justice G S Patel's Name; Probe Initiated [Read Order]
In a shocking development, a forged order was found to have been made in the name of Justice Guatam Patel of Bombay High Court.On noticing this, Justice Gautam Patel held an urgent sitting on a Saturday afternoon.Justice Gautam Patel passed an order on February 15 and declared that a forged order has been 'put out' dated December 1, 2019 in a testamentary matter wherein it seeks make...
Delhi HC Stays NAPA's Order Against Johnson & Johnson For Wrongfully Profiteering From GST Exemption On Sanitary Napkins
Delhi HC Stays NAPA's Order Against Johnson & Johnson For Wrongfully Profiteering From GST Exemption on Sanitary NapkinsDelhi High Court has stayed a show cause notice issued by National Anti-Profiteering Authority (NAPA) to Johnson and Johnson Pvt Ltd for imposing an anti-profiteering penalty. The said notice was issued to the company for allegedly resorting to profiteering by...
Advocates Challenge Hubli Bar Association Resolution Refusing Legal Aid To Kashmiri Students Arrested On Sedition Charges [Read Petition]
A petition has been filed by 24 advocates in the Karnataka High Court challenging the resolution passed by the Hubli Bar Association, deciding that non of its members would appear for three Kashmiri Students, arrested on sediton charge for allegedly raising pro-Pakistan slogans and posting it on social media. The petition filed by advocate B T Venkatesh and others was mentioned...
Presence Of Magnesium Carbonate: Gauhati HC Directs Authorities To Test Pan Masala Products Available In Market
The Gauhati High Court has directed the state of Assam to take appropriate action under the Food Safety & Standards Act, 2006, against all those Pan Masala manufacturing companies whose products contain the Magnesium Carbonate (MgCO3) compound. To this end, the state has been permitted to collect samples of all the Pan Masalas being sold in the state of Assam and send them...
How A Footballer Turned Lawyer Created A Graphic Novel For Legal Awareness?
For 24-year-old football coach and legal consultant, Vignesh Avarekad, an unfortunate break from his football career nudged him into unknown territories, wherein he endeavored to reach the masses in his own special way – with a brightly coloured graphic novel. "Janasamanya Kanoonu Mahiti – Varnachitrada Kirukadambari" is a "gonzo" graphic novel, published by the Karnataka State...
Lawyers Abstain From Judicial Works In Jharkhand Over Alleged Attack On A Bar Association's Office Bearer
Judicial works were disrupted in Jharkhand on Monday as lawyers across the state abstained from attending courts to register their protest against the alleged attack on the president of District Bar Association, Daltonganj district by a senior judge of the local court. Registrar General of Jharkhand High Court Ambuj Nath stated, "The functioning of courts was affected as the lawyers...
Karnataka HC Dismisses Plea To Transfer Trial Of Rape Case Against Nityananda From Ramanagra To Bengaluru [Read Judgment]
The Karnataka High Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed seeking to transfer the alleged rape case, against Swamy Nityananda @Rajshekharan and others, from Ramanagra to a court in Bengaluru.The court held that the petition was 'devoid of merits'. It also directed the trial court to expedite the trial, which has been pending for a decade. Justice B A Patil, rejected the plea filed...