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Life Long Facilities Like Govt. Bunglows Can't Be Granted to Ex-CMs: Rajasthan HC Quashes Rule [Read Judgment]
Striking down Section 7BB and Section 11(2) of the Rajasthan Ministers Salaries Act, 2017, the Rajasthan High Court has held that former chief ministers of Rajasthan cannot avail life-long facilities like government bungalows, telephone and car. "Equating a serving minister who is a public servant, bound by the oath of office and another who was a Chief Minister, and may not even be...
"The Board Has Committed A Serious Error" Bombay HC Grants Relief To NDTV, Sets aside SEBI's Orders Rejecting Condonation Of Delay [Read Judgment]
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday allowed a petition filed by New Delhi Television Ltd and set aside orders passed by the Securities and Exchange Board of India rejecting NDTV's applications for condonation of delay in filing settlement applications after SEBI initiated adjudication proceedings against the channel for alleged violations of the Securities Contract (Regulation)...
Masood Azhar, Hafiz Saeed, Zaki Lakhvi And Dawood Ibrahim Notified As Terrorists Under The New UAPA [Read Notification]
The Ministry of Home Affairs, vide notifications issued today, named Masood Azhar, Hafiz Saeed, Zaki Lakhvi and Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar as terrorists. The Central government was recently empowered by Section 35(1)(a) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, as amended by the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Act, 2019, to notify the names of individuals who it believes to...
'If You Want Interim Order, Disclose Your Entire Assets On Oath': Karnataka HC Tells BJP MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar
The Karnataka High Court has directed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),Member of Parliament, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, to disclose on oath entire assets both movable and immovable, possessed by him. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Mohammad Nawaz while issuing rule, on petition filed by Chandrashekhar challenging the order passed by the Debt Recovery Appellate...
Move To Remove 2646 Trees From Aarey Forest: Bombay HC Directs MCGM And MMRCL To File Reply [Read Petition]
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai and Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited to file their reply in a petition filed by Zoru Darius Bathena challenging Tree Authority's resolution to remove 2646 trees at Aarey Forest, Goregaon in Mumbai. Division bench of Chief Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice Bharati Dangre heard the...
Application For Anticipatory Bail By A Juvenile Apprehending Arrest Maintainable:Rajasthan HC [Read Order]
The Jaipur bench of the Rajasthan High Court has held that an anticipatory bail application under Section 438 of CrPC may be moved by a juvenile apprehending arrest. The Applicant, Surat, a minor, had moved before the high court, through Advocate Dharmendra Gujjar, aggrieved by the order of the subordinate court which dismissed his application for pre-arrest bail on the grounds...
Former Vice Chairman Of The BCI and Three Other Including Principal Of Law College To Face Trial Under Corruption Act. [Read Order]
Principal of M/s Sarvodaya Law college, and three others, including a former Vice Chairman, Bar Council of India, will have to face trial before a special court on charges of corruption under the Prevention of Corruption Act. The Karnataka High Court, dismissed the petitions filed by three accused challenging the same. Justice B A Patil, rejected the petitions of Principal, A M R...
Gujarat HC Judge Recuses From Hearing Former IPS Officer's Plea For Bail
A Gujarat High Court judge on Tuesday withdrew himself from the hearing of a bail plea filed by sacked IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in a case of custodial death.Justice V B Mayani, who sat on a division bench with Justice Harsha Devani, said "not before me" when the bail application of Bhatt and Pravinsinh Zala, another convict, came up.The judge did not...
Arrest In Delhi Illegal, Had Valid Visa To Travel To the US: Shah Faesal Files Rejoinder In Habeas Corpus Petition
Detained J&K politician Shah Faesal has filed a rejoinder before the Delhi High Court today in order to reply to the aversions made by the Jammu & Kashmir government in his habeas corpus petition. He had mentioned in his petition that he was traveling to the Harvard University to complete the last semester of his education when he was made to de-board the plane and then...
Gauhati HC Bar Association Urges Centre To Return The Collegium Proposal To Transfer Justice Ujjal Bhuyan
The Gauhati High Court Bar Association has passed an unanimous resolution expressing dissatisfaction over the recommendation made by the Supreme Court collegium to transfer Justice Ujjal Bhuyan from Gauhati High Court to Bombay High Court.The Association observed that the transfer of Justice Bhuyan, the third senior judge of Gauhati HC, would "adversely affect the administration of...
Mere Demand Of Money Unaccompanied By Any Harassment Would Not Fall Within The Mischief Of 498-A: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]
The Bombay High Court has held that mere demand of money or property unaccompanied by any harassment would not warrant registration of offence under Section 498A of IPC.Division bench of Justice Ranjit More and Justice NJ Jamadar were hearing a criminal writ petition filed by relatives of one Krishna Lohiya whose wife Priyanka had filed an FIR against them.Case BackgroundIn the FIR,...