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Rajasthan HC Issues Notice To Police Officers Over Alleged Illegal Arrest Of RTI Activist
The Rajasthan High Court has issued notices to four police officers, seeking their reply on the arrest of an RTI activist, Nand Lal Vyas, from his house in Jodhpur last year. Allegations had been leveled by the RTI activist in a petition claiming that his arrest, effected by SHO of Mandor police station, Jodhpur along with his team in connection with a case under Scheduled Caste...
ED Falsely Presented DK Shivakumar's Declared Assets as Unaccounted Money: Singhvi
Special CBI Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar continued to hear the arguments on the bail application filed by Karnataka Congress Leader DK Shivakumar in a money laundering case. As the ED Counsel was absent, Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi took court's permission to start with his submissions. Abhishek Manu Singhvi presented the election declaration of DK Shivakumar which showed the value of...
File Affidavit In Compliance Of SC Directions For Treatment Of Acid Attack Victims: Jharkhand HC To State [Read Order]
The Jharkhand High Court has asked the State govt. to file an affidavit within a week regarding compliance of the order passed by the Supreme Court in Laxmi v. Union of India & Ors, whereby directions had been issued to all States /Union Territories to ensure the proper treatment, aftercare and rehabilitation is provided to all the victims of acid attack. The order comes in view of a...
Parents And Sister Of Deceased Workman Cannot Be Excluded From Availing Benefit Of Compassionate Appointment Scheme: Jharkhand HC [Read Judgment]
"The non-inclusion of the parents and sister of the deceased workman dying in harness, in the list of dependants to be appointed on compassionate ground, cannot be said to be based on any rational basis, rather this is wholly unfair and absolutely unjust."
Delhi HC Issues Notice On Plea For Construction Of Assistive Pathways For Specially Abled Persons [Read Petition]
The Delhi High Court has issued notice in a PIL seeking the court's assistance in directing the State authorities to construct footpaths with assistive pathways for the blind and specially-abled individuals, and to ensure proper upkeep of the footpaths in the NCT of Delhi. The plea was filed by law aspirants Prateek Sharma and Diksha Singh from Delhi University, and calls for...
Karnataka HC Warns Authorities Of Strict Action On Failure To Commence Tree Census By Oct 10
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday warned of taking appropriate action against the Tree authority/officers if it does not commence tree census in Bengaluru by October 10. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Mohammad Nawaz while hearing a petition filed by D T Devare said "If the census is not commenced then appropriate action would be taken. The expert...
Telangana HC Upholds Constitutional Validity Of Telangana Heritage Act, 2017 [Read Judgment]
The Telangana High Court yesterday, upheld the constitutional validity of the Telangana Heritage (Protection, Preservation, Conservation and Maintenance) Act, 2017, (impugned Act) and stated that merely because a law was badly drafted, could not be the reason for setting aside the same. The court also reiterated that the decision of the Council of Ministers to demolish heritage site of...
'Can't Entertain A Petitioner When The Supreme Court Has Barred Him Filing PILs': Delhi HC [Read Judgment]
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a PIL filed by NGO, Suraz India Trust, through its chairman Rajiv Daiya, against whom the Supreme Court had earlier issued orders, directing its Registry to not accept any applications filed by them."It is not possible, or proper, for us, to provide an audience to the petitioner, once the Supreme Court has gone to the extent of directing...
Mere Possession Or Storage Of Gutka/Pan Masala Will Not Amount To 'Danger' Under Sec 188 IPC: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]
In a significant decision, the Bombay High Court has held that mere possession or storage of gutka/pan masala cannot come under the definition of "danger" as contemplated under Section 188 of Indian Penal Code. Division bench of Justice Ranjit More and Justice Bharati Dangre was hearing a criminal writ petition filed by Anand and Vijay Chaurasia who were arraigned as accused in an FIR...
CBI Court Remands D K Shivakumar To Judicial Custody Till October 1
Special CBI Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar, Rouse Avenue, Delhi on Tuesday remanded Karnataka Congress leader DK Shivakumar to judicial custody till October 1 in a money laundering case.Shivakumar, who was arrested on September 3, has spent 15 days in the custody of Enforcement Directorate as on today. The Court had extended his ED custody till today on September 13. The Court will continue tomorrow...