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SC Allows Woman To Proceed With Complaint Filed U/s 498A IPC At The Place She Was Residing [Read Order]
Reiterating its view on the jurisdiction of courts entertaining complaints under Section 498A IPC, the Supreme Court allowed a woman to proceed with her complaint filed in a Court at the place where she was residing. In Priti Kumari vs. State of Bihar, the bench comprising Justice Deepak Gupta and Justice Aniruddha Bose, while allowing the appeal against the order of the High...
Bhima Koregaon: No Evidence Against Arun Ferreira, Targeted For Association With Surendra Gadling, Lawyer Tells Bombay HC
Activist and lawyer Arun Ferreira's advocate told the Bombay High Court on Friday that prosecution had no incriminating evidence against his client in the caste-based violence that took place in Koregaon Bhima, Pune and that he was being targeted due to his acquaintance with Surendra Gadling and Indian Association of People's Lawyers (IAPL). Justice SV Kotwal has been hearing the...
Failure To Comply With Prescribed Time Limit By Sanctioning Authority Vitiates Sanction : Kerala HC Quashes UAPA And Sedition Charges [Read Judgment]
The sanctioning authority as well as the State are expected to scrupulously stick to the time frame, particularly in view of the very stringent provisions of the Act.
Delhi HC Directs Centre To Consider IGNOU's Plea Seeking Recognition Of Its PG Diploma Course Under The IMC Act [Read Judgment]
Delhi High Court has directed the central government to consider the application of IGNOU seeking recognition of a PG Diploma course offered by it, under section 11(2) of the Indian Medical Council Act. The present writ petition was filed to seek an amendment to the Schedule of Indian Medical Council Act for in order to enter Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Cardiology (PGDCC), as awarded...
State Agencies Consciously Avoided Action Against MHADA Officials : Bombay HC Directs EOW To Register FIR In 5 Days [Read Judgment]
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed the Economic Offences Wing, Mumbai to register an FIR within 5 days after concluding that prima facie officials of Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) colluded with defaulting developers and builders who failed to surrender surplus area which belongs to the State under Development Control Regulation. Division bench of...
'Flight Risk, Tampering Of Evidence': CBI Opposes Chidambaram's Bail Before Delhi HC
Central Bureau of Investigation has filed a reply to the bail application filed by P Chidambaram, before the Delhi High Court in the INX Media case. In the application, CBI has submitted that since the accused has allegedly misused a public office to commit embezzlement of grave magnitude, and that too with brazen impunity, granting bail would go against the cause of 'Zero Tolerance...
Augusta Westland: Special CBI Judge Allows CBI To Further Interrogate Christian Michel In Tihar
Special CBI Judge Arvind Kumar has allowed CBI to further interrogate Christian Michel in Tihar prison. CBI had moved the request for further interrogation in order to confront Michel with the new developments that have happened post the arrest of other accused Ratul Puri. Christian Michel along with 11 other persons are accused in the Augusta Westland scam case. The charge sheet...
Improper Assessment Of Technical Bids In Public Tender: Allahabad HC Stays Opening Of Financial Bids [Read Order]
In a petition filed by NCC Ltd., the Allahabad High Court has stayed opening of financial bids in tender for procurement of plant - design, supply and installation, floated by Purvanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam. This interim order, passed by the division bench of Justices Ramesh Sinha and Ajit Kumar, is quite exceptional as public tenders, being in the realm of contract, are not as such open...