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Sessions Court In Bangalore Orders Deposition Of Victims Via Video Conferencing In A Bonded Labour Case
In what may be a first in bonded labour cases in the country or at least in the State of Karnataka, a Sessions Court in Anekal, Bengaluru Urban district allowed recording of evidence of three victims in a case of labour trafficking and bonded labour through video conferencing from their (victim's) home district Balangir, Odisha. Additional District and Sessions Judge, Syed Balegur...
Delhi HC Asks Police To Provide Protection To JNU VC And Registrar, Directs No Protests Within 100 Meters Of Admin Block [Read Order]
Delhi High Court has directed Delhi Police to ensure that the functioning of the administrative block of the JNU is not locked down by the protesting students. Police is also directed to provide protection to the Vice-Chancellor and Registrar for entering the administrative block. The Single Bench of Justice Pratibha Singh noted that JNU being a functional University, the lockdown of...
Bombay HC Upholds Life Sentence For Gangster Arun Gawali In The Murder Of Shiv Sena Corporator [Read Judgment]
The Bombay High Court on Monday upheld the conviction of gangster Arun Gawali in the murder of Shiv Sena corporator Kamlakar Jamsednakar and life imprisonment awarded to him by Special MCOCA Court.Gawali was convicted under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code and various sections of the Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act, 1999 and sentenced to life.A division bench of Justice...
"Dangerous Situation"- Deployment Of Armed Forces Urgent In HC And District Courts: Jammu And Kashmir HC
"Urgent steps need to be taken to ensure security of all Courts in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union Territory of Ladakh. Equally imperative is the assurance of free access to courts of all citizens at all times"
Bombay HC To Decide Whether IBC Can Be Invoked Against Govt. Owned Companies [Read Order]
In a significant ruling, the Bombay High Court last week stayed proceedings before the National Company Law Tribunal, Mumbai in a company petition filed by a retired employee of Hindustan Antibiotics, the first public sector drug manufacturing company set up by the Government of India.A division bench of Justice SC Dharmadhikari and Justice RI Chagla were hearing an interim application moved...
MJ Akbar Defamation Case: Judge Requests Media To Refrain From Making "Personal Remarks" About Lawyers Involved
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vishal Pahuja on Wednesday asked the media to refrain from making any "personal remarks" about the lawyers appearing in the MJ Akbar's criminal defamation case against journalist Priya Ramani. The oral request was made in pursuance of a complaint moved by Akbar's counsel Geeta Luthra, who had objected to certain parts of The Wire story covering...
File Reply On Plea Seeking To Transfer Rape Case Against Nityanand To A Court In Bengaluru : Karnataka HC [Read Order]
The Karnataka High Court has sought response from the State Government, on a plea filed by a former aide of absconding accused Swamy Nithyananda @ Rajashekaran Nithyananda Dhyanapeeta, wanting to transfer the alleged rape case being heard by a court in Ramanagara to any court in Bengaluru. The petition filed by Lenin Karuppan in his plea has raised apprehensions that a fair...
Anticipating Stampede Like Situation, Bombay HC Allots Larger Area For Annual Christmas Music Festival To Be Held At Girgaum Chowpatty [Read Order]
A couple of weeks before Christmas, the Bombay High Court on Monday granted permission to Prabhu Yeshu Janmotsav to hold the annual Christmas Music Festival on area of 15,000 square meters at Girgaum Chowpatty on Marine Drive, Mumbai.The said trust which has been conducting Christmas Music Festival to celebrate the birth of Lord Jesus Christ at Girgaum Chowpatty since 1965. However,...
In Domestic Enquiries Strict Rules Of Evidence Is Not Required To Be Followed: Calcutta HC [Read Judgement]
The Calcutta High Court led by Justice Amit Sinha, while dismissing a writ petition, said that it is settled law that in domestic enquiries strict rules of evidence is not required to be followed. The charge is decided upon the preponderance of probabilities. The court added, as long as there is some evidence in support of the charges the disciplinary authority can act on the basis...
Illegally Expanded Medical Establishment To Be Shut Down: Orders Patna HC [Read Order]
The High Court of Patna directed the closure of all establishments such as Pathological Laboratories/Diagnostic Centres/ Clinics/ Nursing Homes which has developed illegally in the State of Bihar. In an oral order of the division bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Anil Kumar Upadhyay, said that the expansion of the above mentioned establishments were...
Parliament Passes Arms Act (Amendment) Bill For Stricter Punishments
The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the Arms Act (Amendment) Bill 2019 to amend the Arms Act 1959.It was earlier cleared by the Lok Sabha on Monday.By amending Section 3, the bill reduces the number of permitted firearms from three to one.As per the bill, those who own more than two firearms will have to deposit the third one with authorities or authorised gun dealers within 90 days...