"Dangerous Situation"- Deployment Of Armed Forces Urgent In HC And District Courts: Jammu And Kashmir HC

"Urgent steps need to be taken to ensure security of all Courts in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union Territory of Ladakh. Equally imperative is the assurance of free access to courts of all citizens at all times"

Bombay HC To Decide Whether IBC Can Be Invoked Against Govt. Owned Companies [Read Order]

In a significant ruling, the Bombay High Court last week stayed proceedings before the National Company Law Tribunal, Mumbai in a company petition filed by a retired employee of Hindustan Antibiotics, the first public sector drug manufacturing company set up by the Government of India.A division bench of Justice SC Dharmadhikari and Justice RI Chagla were hearing an interim application moved...

MJ Akbar Defamation Case: Judge Requests Media To Refrain From Making "Personal Remarks" About Lawyers Involved

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vishal Pahuja on Wednesday asked the media to refrain from making any "personal remarks" about the lawyers appearing in the MJ Akbar's criminal defamation case against journalist Priya Ramani. The oral request was made in pursuance of a complaint moved by Akbar's counsel Geeta Luthra, who had objected to certain parts of The Wire story covering...

File Reply On Plea Seeking To Transfer Rape Case Against Nityanand To A Court In Bengaluru : Karnataka HC [Read Order]

The Karnataka High Court has sought response from the State Government, on a plea filed by a former aide of absconding accused Swamy Nithyananda @ Rajashekaran Nithyananda Dhyanapeeta, wanting to transfer the alleged rape case being heard by a court in Ramanagara to any court in Bengaluru. The petition filed by Lenin Karuppan in his plea has raised apprehensions that a fair...

[Live-Updates] MJ Akbar's Defamation Case Against Journalist Priya Ramani

Hearing on MJ Akbar's criminal defamation case against Priya Ramani continues today.Geeta Luthra is conducting Ghazala Wahab's cross examination...

Anticipating Stampede Like Situation, Bombay HC Allots Larger Area For Annual Christmas Music Festival To Be Held At Girgaum Chowpatty [Read Order]

A couple of weeks before Christmas, the Bombay High Court on Monday granted permission to Prabhu Yeshu Janmotsav to hold the annual Christmas Music Festival on area of 15,000 square meters at Girgaum Chowpatty on Marine Drive, Mumbai.The said trust which has been conducting Christmas Music Festival to celebrate the birth of Lord Jesus Christ at Girgaum Chowpatty since 1965. However,...

In Domestic Enquiries Strict Rules Of Evidence Is Not Required To Be Followed: Calcutta HC [Read Judgement]

The Calcutta High Court led by Justice Amit Sinha, while dismissing a writ petition, said that it is settled law that in domestic enquiries strict rules of evidence is not required to be followed. The charge is decided upon the preponderance of probabilities. The court added, as long as there is some evidence in support of the charges the disciplinary authority can act on the basis...

Illegally Expanded Medical Establishment To Be Shut Down: Orders Patna HC [Read Order]

The High Court of Patna directed the closure of all establishments such as Pathological Laboratories/Diagnostic Centres/ Clinics/ Nursing Homes which has developed illegally in the State of Bihar. In an oral order of the division bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Anil Kumar Upadhyay, said that the expansion of the above mentioned establishments were...

Parliament Passes Arms Act (Amendment) Bill For Stricter Punishments

The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the Arms Act (Amendment) Bill 2019 to amend the Arms Act 1959.It was earlier cleared by the Lok Sabha on Monday.By amending Section 3, the bill reduces the number of permitted firearms from three to one.As per the bill, those who own more than two firearms will have to deposit the third one with authorities or authorised gun dealers within 90 days...

Hindu Marriage Act - Consent Of First Wife Will Not Make Second Marriage Legal: Patna HC [Read Judgment]

A division bench of the High Court of Patna comprising Justices Hemant Kumar Srivastava and Prabhat Kumar Singh has held that the consent of the first wife does not give right to a man to solemnize second marriage during the lifetime of first wife. The appellant was working as Assistant Sub Inspector in Central Reserve Police Force (C.R.P.F) at Imphal and had solemnized his...

Priya Ramani Defamation Case : Journalist Ghazala Wahab Tells Court About Alleged Sexual Harassment By M J Akbar

Senior Journalist and author Ghazala Wahab gave her statements before the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vishal Pahuja today in MJ Akbar's criminal defamation case against Priya Ramani. Wahab narrated in detail the instances of continued sexual harassment, allegedly committed by former Union Minister MJ Akbar, when she was working at the Asian Age. She had written about these in...

Centre Notifies the Appointment of Nine Additional Judges In Allahabad HC [Read Notification]

President of India has appointed Nine Additional Judges in Allahabad HC.They are;Shri Vipin Chandra DixitShri Shekhar Kumar Yadav Shri Ravi Nath TilhariShri Deepak Verma Shri Gautam ChaudharyShri Shamim AhmedShri Dinesh PathakShri Manish KumarShri Samit GopalRead...