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Convenience Of Lawyer No Ground For Transferring Petition To Another Jurisdiction: P&H HC [Read Order]
"The Court is not to see the convenience of the attorney. If the attorney has got difficulty in attending the dates of hearing, the applicant can very well appoint some other person as her attorney, who can put in appearance in the Court conveniently",said Justice H.S. Madaan of the Punjab & Haryana High Court, while declining a request for transfer of the divorce petition.In the backdrop,...
Abuse On Account Of Collective Dominance Not Recognized By Indian Competition Regime: CCI Dismisses Allegation Of Cartelization By Telugu Film Producers [Read Order]
The competition commission of India has dismissed a complaint filed by Ashok Kumar Vallabhaneni, a Telugu Film & T.V. serial producer and distributor of dubbed Telugu movies against various studios engaged in the business of production and distribution of movies in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Ashok Kumar (Informant) had purchased the distribution and exhibition rights for...
Law Student Who Accused BJP Leader Swami Chinmayanand Of Sexual Harassment Goes Missing
An LLM Student from Saharanpur, who had accused the former Union Minister and BJP leader, Swami Chinmayanand, of sexually harassing her and many other girls, has gone missing from her college hostel, reports News 18. The accused BJP leader is the director of Swami Shukdevanand Law College in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, where the missing complainant is an LLM candidate. Citing threat to her...
Advocate Alleges That Movie 'Section 375' Shows Lawyers In Bad Light; Pune Court Summons Akshaye Khanna, Producers
A Pune civil court has issued summons to actor Akshaye Khanna and producers of the movie Section 375, in a petition filed by Advocate Wajed Pathan alleging that the movie shows lawyers in a negative light and demanding that it should be banned. Judge R Nathani asked producers Kumar Mangal Pathak, Abhishek Pathak and actor Akshay Khanna to remain present before the Court on the next date of...
Press Council Of India Now Decides To Support Media Freedom Before SC In Kashmir Times's Plea
After drawing flak for filing an intervention application in the Supreme Court backing the media curbs in Jammu and Kashmir, the Press Council of India assured its members on Tuesday that it will support press freedom in the top court.This was done through a letter issued by the PCI Secretary Anupama Bhatnagar to all the members of the Council, stating that the Council will stand for the...
Bombay HC Upholds Journalist Jigna Vora's Acquittal in J Dey Murder Case
The Bombay High Court has upheld the acquittal of former journalist Jigna Vora in the murder of senior journalist Jyotirmoy Dey. Court held that there was no direct evidence to prove Vora's involvement in her colleague's murder. Division bench of Justice BP Dharmadhikari and Justice SK Shinde was hearing CBI's appeal against judgement dated May 2, 2018 passed by a Special Court. In the...
PIL Seeking Uniform Civil Code: Delhi HC Asks Government to File Affidavit
Delhi High Court has asked the government to file an affidavit in a PIL seeking bringing about Uniform a Civil Code in the country. Filed under Article 226 of the Constitution, Ashwini Upadhyay had sought the following directions from the court: 1. Direct the Union of India to constitute a Judicial Commission or a High Level Expert Committee, to draft a UCC as per Article 44 of...
Delhi HC Upholds The Vires Of Foreign Contributions (Regulation) Act 2010; CBI Empowered To Investigate [Read Judgment]
Dismissing a batch of seven writ petitions, the Delhi High Court on Friday said that the Central Bureau of Investigation was empowered to investigate in matters of foreign contribution and upheld the constitutional validity of Section 43 of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 (FCRA). The validity of the corresponding Rule 22 of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Rules, 2011...
Karnataka HC Asks Govt. To Provide Burial Grounds In All Villages [Read Order]
The Karnataka High Court has directed the state government to provide burial grounds to all villages and towns which do not have one within a period of six months. The state has earlier admitted in court that a total of 6,053 villages and 272 towns do not have burial grounds. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Mohammad Nawaz gave the direction while hearing a PIL filed...
Kevin Murder : Kerala Court Awards Double Life Term To All Convicts In The Case Of Honour Killing
A Kerala Court on Tuesday awarded double life term (consecutive life sentences) to ten persons found guilty for the 'honour killing' of Dalit Christian Kevin Joseph, reports Malayala Manorama.The Principal Sessions Judge, Kottayam, C Jayachandran had on August 22 found that Kevin was killed at the instance of Shanu Chancko, the brother of Kevin's fiancee Neenu Chacko. Neenu's family's...