Mumbai Commissioner Of Police Has Powers Of A District Magistrate For The Purposes Of Sections 18 & 20 Of The Prevention Of Immoral Trafficking Act: Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court recently ruled that in light of the State Government's notification dated August 11, 2008, the Commissioner of Police has powers equivalent to an executive magistrate and district magistrate within the metropolitan area of Brihanmumbai for the purposes of Section 18 and 20 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956.Justice Revati Mohite Dere was hearing a writ...

SC Disapproves HC's Practice Of Summoning Officers Who Passed Order Impugned In Writ Petitions [Read Judgment]

"Merely because an order has been passed by the officer, it does not warrant the personal presence of the officer in the Court."

Karnataka HC Upholds Conviction Of LeT Operative Who Conspired To Attack IT Hubs And Secretariat Building In Bengaluru [Read Judgment]

The Karnataka High Court has upheld the conviction and life sentence imposed on Imran Jalal @ BILAL, a member of the banned terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Toiba, who had conspired to carry out terrorist attacks on major IT companies like Infosys, Wipro, ITP, HAL and Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru to kill innocent people and to wage war against the Government of India. The police had...

Right To Information Is Implicit And Inbuilt In Article 19(1)(a) Of Constitution: Bombay HC [Read Order]

While hearing a PIL filed by Public Concern for Governance Trust seeking effective enforcement and implementation of the Right to Information Act, 2005, the division bench of Justice SC Dharmadhikari and Justice RI Chagla of the Bombay High Court last week said-"From time to time certain orders were passed in this PIL to ensure that this enactment does not become a dead letter.The enactment is...

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

Hearing on criminal defamation case against Priya Ramani begins before ACMM Vishal Pahuja. Today, journalist and author Ghazala Wahab will be giving her statements before the court....

Lawyer Files PIL In Kerala HC Against Onion Price Rise

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition has been filed in the High Court of Kerala seeking steps to regulate the steep rise in the prices of onions, garlic and shallots.The petition filed by Advocate Manu Roy, who had unsuccessfully contested as LDF candidate in the recent bypolls for Ernakulam legislative constituency, sought a direction to the Union and State Governments to take...

Delhi HC Stays Defamation Case Filed Against Kejriwal For Retweeting An Alleged Defamatory Video

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday stayed the proceedings in a criminal defamation complaint filed against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for retweeting an alleged defamatory video posted by social media commentator Dhruv Rathee.The single bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait has also issued notice to the complainant Vikas Sanskrityayan. Kejriwal moved the High Court challenging both...

Chanda Kochhar Failed To Disclose Conflict Of Interest With Videocon, ICICI Tells Bombay HC; Court Asks RBI To File Reply

The Bombay High Court on Monday asked the Reserve Bank of India to file an affidavit-in-reply in former ICICI bank CEO and MD Chanda Kochhar's plea challenging ICICI's decision to terminate her.Division bench of Justice Ranjit More and Justice SP Tavade heard Kochhar's writ petition which contends that the bank could not have terminated Kochhar retroactively in 2019 when her retirement...

Karnataka HC Quashes Cases Against H D Kumaraswamy Taken During 2014 Lok Sabha Elections [Read Order]

In a relief to Former Chief Minister of Karnataka, H D Kumaraswamy, the Karnataka High Court has quashed and set aside, three proceedings initiated and pending before a court, against him in 2014, under sections 188 of IPC and 341 of IPC at Chikkaballapura. Justice R Devdas while quashing the proceedings under section 341 of Ipc said "There is no specific allegation...

Right To Food : SC Issues Notice To All States On Establishment Of Grievance Redressal Mechanism To Ensure Food To All

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to all states and sought their response on the issue whether they have grievance redressal mechanism in place to ensure food to everyone under the National Food Security Act. The bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) SA Bobde, Justices BR Gavai and Surya Kant directed the states to respond in 4 weeks.The bench passed the order while hearing ...

Uddhav Thackeray Led Maharashtra Government Retains Senior Advocate AA Kumbhakoni As Advocate General [Read Notification]

The new state government in Maharashtra led by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has retained Senior Advocate Ashutosh Arvind Kumbhakoni as Advocate General of Maharashtra.The said notification dated December 7, 2019 signed by Chief Secretary Ajoy Mehta states that Kumbhakoni is being retained in continuation of the earlier notification for his appointment as Advocate General dated June 7,...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Allahabad High Court In a big relief to alumni of Jharkhand State Open School pursuing different courses at the APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU), the High Court held that the University could not delete their names from the college enrollment list merely because the school was found to be non-recognized, post admissions.Holding that a student cannot be deprived of...