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Ant-CAA Protest: Bhim Army Chief Chandrashekhar Azad Moves Court Seeking Medical Treatment
Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad, arrested in connection with violence in old Delhi's Daryaganj area, moved a court here on Monday through his lawyer seeking a direction to the jail authorities to provide him treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the national capital.The application claimed that Azad was suffering from polucythemia, a disease of blood...
Bombay HC Dismisses Challenge By NDTV Promoters Prannoy Roy & Radhika Roy Against SEBI Notices
The Bombay High Court on Monday dismissed a writ petition filed by Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy, promoters of New Delhi Television (NDTV) challenging a show-cause notice issued by Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for alleged violation of Sections 12 a(d) and 12 a(e) of Securities and Exchange Board of India Act read with Prohibition of Insider Trading Regulations, 1992. A...
NLU-D Students Protest Against Wrongful Removal Of Housekeeping Staff Of The University [Read Statement]
The students of National Law University, Delhi, have taken up the cause of the housekeeping staff of the University, who are alleged to have been wrongly removed from their services. On Sunday morning, the student protestors along with workers gathered at the Main Gate of the University to peacefully express their anguish over the matter. However, the gathering was forced to...
Spouses of Deceased Casual Labourers Are Also Entitled To Pension Given To Regular Employees: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]
Delhi High Court has held that the spouses of deceased casual workers would be entitled to the same pensional and retiral benefits as those given to regular employees. While relying on the catena of judgments of this very court and other High Courts, the Division Bench of Justice Muralidhar and Justice Talwant Singh observed that benefits shall be allowed in the present case, as the...
Unable To Find Perfect Match, Consumer Commission Holds Marriage Bureau Deficient In Service [Read Order]
In his search for a bride, a man was forced to sue the marriage bureau for unfair trade practice and deficiency in service as it failed to find a perfect match for him or even arrange any meeting with any prospective match. The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum found the marriage bureau grossly deficient in service and directed it to refund Rs 31,000 paid by the complainant...
Advocates Association Writes To State Law Minister Seeking 50% Reservation For Resident Students Of Karnataka In NLSIU [Read Letter]
The Advocate's Association of Bengaluru has written a letter to the Karnataka State Law Minister, J C Madhu Swamy, to restore 50 percent reservation to resident students of Karnataka in admission to the National Law School Of India University, Bengaluru. As per the communication sent on January 4, states that reports in print and electronic media that state cabinet has given approval...
'State Not Responsible For Every Fatal Accident Caused By Stray Animals': P&H HC Denies Compensation To Family Of Deceased [Read Order]
While clarifying that state cannot be held responsible for every accident caused by a stray animal, the Punjab and Haryana High Court refused to direct the state to grant compensation in one such case. The single-Judge bench of Justice Rajeev Narain Raina said, "If stray bulls roam the village, then the villagers owe a duty to keep themselves safe against any injuries that may be...
Parents Not Entitled To Claim Filial Consortium Under Motor Vehicle Act On Death Of A Married Son: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]
On Friday, the Bombay High Court held that parents of a married son are not entitled to claim filial compensation under the Motor Vehicles Act. Partly modifying the order of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Solapur, the single-Judge bench of Justice RD Dhanuka struck off the amount awarded to the deceased's parents towards filial compensation and said, "In so far as the...
Sanjay Hegde v. Twitter: Delhi HC Issues Notice On Plea Against Account Suspension
Delhi High Court has issued notices to the Ministry of IT & Electronics and Twitter Communications in a plea filed by Senior Advocate Sanjay Hegde seeking framing of guidelines for Twitter, and restoration of his Twitter account.Justice Navin Chawla has posted the matter after four weeks.In his plea Hegde has contended that Twitter being a private body which performs a public function...
CAA Protests : Allahabad HC Adjourns Hearing Of Adv Md Shoaib's Habeas Plea Until Next Week On UP Govt Request
The Lucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court on Monday posted the Habeas Corpus petition filed on behalf of Lucknow based senior lawyer and president of human rights group Rihai Manch, Mohammad Shoaib, for next week. The bench of Justices Shabihul Hasnain and Virendra Kumar-II, has granted a week's time to the State to file the counter affidavit. Advocate Shoaib was arrested on December...
Maintainability Of Any Suit Depends On The Suit Pleadings Not On The Rival Party's Defence: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]
Dismissing a civil revision application filed in a suit wherein the applicants are the original defendants, Bombay High Court observed that maintainability of any suit depends on the suit pleadings not on the rival party's defence.Justice Dama Seshadri Naidu was hearing the revision application filed by Shamrao, Lakshman and Swapnil Kulkarni challenging the judgment passed by the 7th...