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CCI Imposes Rs 2.7 Crore Penalty On 3 Companies For Rigging Tender [Read Order]
The Competition Commission of India held three companies liable for bid-rigging in tender for conducting tree-census in Pune and imposed a penalty of Rs. 2.7 crore on them. Background The Pune Municipal Corporation (OP-4) had been directed by the Bombay HC in PIL No.93/2009 to carry out geo-enabled tree census under the provisions of Maharashtra (Urban Areas) Protection and Preservation...
Install CCTV Cameras And Street Lights To Curb Instances Of Child Lifting: Delhi HC Directs Delhi Police
Delhi High Court has directed the Commissioner of Delhi Police to install CCTV cameras at Aman Vihar Police Station in Delhi. The Division Bench of Justice DN Patel and Justice Hari Shankar also have orders to Delhi Government to monitor the task of putting up street lights in the aforementioned area. In the present suo motu petition, an affidavit was filed by the Commissioner of Delhi...
'FTII Isn't Doordarshan', Bombay HC Raps Centre After Faculty Was Suspended For Anti Govt FB Post
The Bombay High Court on Thursday questioned the Centre for meddling in the affairs of Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, by suspending a faculty member for an anti-government post on Facebook. The division bench of Justices SC Dharmadhikari and GS Patel was hearing a writ petition filed by Indranil Bhattacharya, faculty member at FTII who sought quashing of a suspension order...
Unnao Case: Court Frames Rape Charges Against Expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar
A Delhi court Friday framed charges against expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar for allegedly raping a minor in Unnao in 2017.District Judge Dharmesh Sharma also framed charges against Sengar's accomplice Shashi Singh for allegedly kidnapping the minor girl, who is presently admitted in AIIMS, Delhi. She was critically injured recently when a truck rammed into her car.The court has framed...
SC Refuses To Condone 21 Yrs Delay In Filing SLP By Villagers Seeking Enhanced Compensation For Land Acquisition [Read Judgment]
The Supreme Court, on Thursday, dismissed some Special Leave Petitions pertaining to an acquisition matter by refusing to condone delay of 21 Years in filing them.Three persons had approached the Apex Court by filing SLPs against High Court judgment with a delay of 7534, 7542 and 7886 days respectively, contending that their lands have been compulsorily acquired under the provisions of the...
Dr Payal Tadvi Suicide : Bombay HC Grants Conditional Bail To Three Accused Doctors
The Bombay High Court on Friday granted conditional bail to all three doctors accused of abetting the suicide of Dr.Payal Tadavi by humiliating her and passing disparaging remarks about her caste. Justice SS Jadhav allowed the bail application on strict conditions . Firstly, they will have to submit a provisional cash surety of Rs.2 lakh within 8 weeks, they will have to appear before the...
Karnataka HC Rejects Plea To Regulate Contents In Online Platforms Like YouTube, Netflix Etc
The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday, refused to regulate online content being aired on internet platforms like YouTube, Amazon Prime, Netflix, under the Cinematography Act. A division bench of Chief Abhay Oka and Justice Mohammad Nawaz rejected the petition filed by a senior citizen, Padmanabh Shankar. It said "Going by the concept of internet and its operation, the act of exhibition...
Bombay HC Allows Sudha Bharadwaj To Attend Her Father's Post-Funeral Rituals
Lawyer and civil rights activist Sudha Bharadwaj has been granted temporary bail by the Bombay High Court to attend her father's post-funeral rituals and rites at Bangalore for a couple of days. Bharadwaj has been in Pune's Yerwada Central Jail since last October in relation to allegations for inciting the caste-based violence that took place at Bhima Koregaon on January 1, 2018. Justice...
Large Scale Financial Irregularities In Lalit Kala Academy: Delhi HC Asks Centre To Look Into The Matter
Delhi High Court has issued directions to the central government to look into the matter of large scale financial irregularities that are being committed in Lalit Kala Academy. The court was hearing a contempt petition against the respondents for giving false counter affidavits in an ongoing writ petition before the present court itself. The petitioner had argued that reports submitted...
Delhi HC Directs JNU To Grant M. A. Degree To Visually Impaired Candidate And Admit Him To Its M. Phil. Programme [Read Judgment]
The Delhi HC on Monday directed Jawaharlal Nehru University to admit a visually impaired candidate to its M. Phil. programme despite the contentions of the university that the candidate had not completed requisite credit score in his M. A. programme and thus did not meet the eligibility criteria for admission and. Background The peculiar facts of the case were that the Petitioner, a...