'Not In National Interest', Allahabad HC Delcines Permission For Anti CAA Protests [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a petition seeking permission to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act. Holding that the same would not be in 'National interest', a division bench comprising Justice Bharti Sapru and Justice Piyush Agrawal dismissed the case. The petition was filed by a resident of Firozabad, Mohammad Furqan, who submitted that the...

Madras HC Upholds Sec 234F Of Income Tax Act Prescribing Fees For Delayed Filing Of Returns [Read Judgment]

In a notable judgment, the Madras High Court has upheld the constitutionality of Section 234F of the Income Tax Act 1961, which prescribed fees for delayed submission of returns.The validity of this provision, inserted as per Finance Act 2018, was challenged on the ground that the "fee" for delayed returns was a "penalty" in disguise. According to the petitioners, the charges prescribed in...

J&K HC Dismisses PIL Seeking Stay On Release Of Movie 'Shikara'

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Friday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking a stay on the release of 'Shikara', a movie on the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley in 1990. A division bench of the high court comprising Justices A M Magray and D S Thakur dismissed the PIL following assurances by the counsels for the Centre and the union territory of Jammu and...

J&K HC Upholds Detention Of Bar Association President Under Public Safety Act [Read Judgment]

Preventive detention is based on suspicion and not on proof, the Court said.

Student Booked For Sedition Over Slogans Supporting Sharjeel Imam Moves Bombay HC Seeking Anticipatory Bail

Urvashi Chudawala, a 22-year-old Masters student at the prestigious Tata Institute of Social Sciences who was booked for sedition for allegedly raising slogans in support of JNU student Sharjeel Imam during a rally held for the LGBTQ community in South Mumbai on February 1, has moved the Bombay High Court seeking anticipatory bail after Additional Sessions Judge Prashant Rajvaidya refused...

Advocate Sanjeeb Kumar Panigrahi Appointed As Judge Of Orissa HC [Read Notification]

The Centre has appointed Advocate Sanjeeb Kumar Panigrahi as a Judge of the Orissa High Court. The Supreme Court Collegium had recommended elevating him as such, last year, vide resolution dated October 3, 2019. Through the same resolution, the Collegium had also proposed to elevate District and Sessions Judge Bibhu Prasad Routray as Judges of the Orissa High Court,...

Final Arguments Begin In MJ Akbar-Priya Ramani Criminal Defamation Case

Final arguments in the criminal defamation case filed by former Union Minister and BJP Rajya Sabha MP M J Akbar against journalist Priya Ramani over her sexual harassment allegations against the former during the #MeToo movement started on Friday before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of Rouse Avenue Courts, Delhi.Senior Advocate Geetha Luthra, appearing for Akbar, argued that...

Appointment Of Psychologists For Minor Victims Of Sexual Abuse & Other Juveniles: Calcutta HC Asks Chief Secretary To File Affidavit[Read Order]

Taking up the issue of appointment of psychologists for minor victims of sexual abuse and other juveniles, the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the State Chief Secretary to file an affidavit, disclosing the number of trained psychologists available in various medical institutions and in the Department of Women & Child Development and Social Welfare, in various districts in...

Delhi HC Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Exemption Of New-Patented Drugs From Price Control

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice on a petition challenging Drug (Prices Control) Amendment orders which exempt new patented drugs from the price control order for five years from the date of their marketing. The writ petition sought quashing of Paragraph 2(ii) (A) and Paragraph (ii) (B) of the Drug Prices Control Amendment Order 2019 dated 3rd January 2019...

Delhi Court Seeks Action Taken Report In Plea For FIR Against Manish Sisodia

ACMM Vishal Pahuja of Rouse Avenue Court Delhi has directed Delhi Police to submit an Action Taken Report (ATR) on a plea moved by Alakh Alok Srivastava seeking lodging of FIR against Manish Sisodia for allegedly making a provocative statement. Advocate Alakh Alok Srivastava had moved a complaint in a Delhi Court against Delhi's Deputy CM Manish Sisodia for allegedly spreading...

Nirbhaya Case : Trial Court Dismisses Plea By Tihar Jail For Fresh Death Warrant Against Convicts [Read Order]

A Delhi Court on Friday dismissed the plea moved by Tihar authorities seeking fresh death warrants against the convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case. "The plea is bereft of merits, death warrant can't be issued on the surmises of conjectures", ASJ Dharmender Rana of Patial House Courts said.The court has held the application to be premature, and has granted leave to the state...

Judicial Appointments : Calcutta HC Seeks Personal Appearance Of Judicial Secretary For Making Incorrect Statements In Affidavit [Read Order]

A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday took stern view of a Judicial Secretary for stating incorrect facts in a court affidavit. Asking the Judicial Secretary of the State of West Bengal to make a personal appearance before the court, a division bench comprising Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Suvra Ghosh said that it was "unfortunate" that an experienced...