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Section 156(3): Failure To Register FIR Within 24 Hrs On The Receipt Of Order Attracts Disciplinary And Penal Consequences:Calcutta HC [Read Judgment]
Emphasizing on need of compliance with directions from the judicial authority on registration of first information report under Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, Division Bench of Calcutta High Court observed that the FIR should be promptly registered by the police under section 156(3) of Cr.P.C once there are directions from Magistrate for same and action should be...
Centre Proposes RTI Amendments To Dilute Fixed Tenure And Service Conditions Of Information Commissioners
The Right to Information (Amendment) Bill 2019 tabled by the Centre in the Lok Sabha on Friday seeks to amend the RTI Act 2005 to dilute the statutorily fixed tenure and service conditions of Information Commissioners. At present, the Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners have a fixed term of five years. The amendment bill proposes to change the period of office of...
Zee Media Files Defamation Case Against TMC MP Mahua Moitra
A criminal complaint was on Friday filed in a court here against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra by Zee Media Corporation Ltd, accusing her of defaming the news channel. The complaint comes days after Moitra filed a defamation complaint against the news channel and its Editor-in-Chief Sudhir Chaudhary for alleging that her June 25 speech in Parliament on the 'seven signs of fascism'...
Lok Sabha Passes Protection Of Human Rights (Amendment) Bill [Read Bill]
The Lok Sabha on Friday passed the Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Bill 2019.The Bill amends the Protection of Human Rights Act 1993 to provide that a person who has been Chief Justice of India, or a Judge of the Supreme Court will be the chairperson of the NHRC. As per the Act, only a person who has been the Chief Justice of India can be made the NHRC chairperson.Likewise, the...
Sunanda Pushkar Case - Police & Prosecution Not To Share Chargesheet Against Tharoor With Third Parties : Delhi Court [Read Order]
A Delhi Court on Thursday observed that it expected the Delhi police and prosecution to not share with third parties the contents of the chargesheet against Congress MP Dr Sashi Tharoor in the criminal case relating to abetment to suicide of his wife Sunanda Pushkar.Additional Sessions Judge Arun Bhardwaj referred to Rule 11 of CCS (Conduct) Rules dealing with the Communication of...
Delhi HC Asks Gurmurthy If He Is Willing To Apologize For Remarks Against Justice Muralidhar
The Delhi High Court on Thursday accepted unconditional apologies tendered by three respondents in a contempt case initiated for remarks against Justice Muralidhar. The bench of Justices Manmohan and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal noted that the respondents have stated they hold Justice Muralidhar in high regard. The court also directed them to be "more careful in future".Swaminathan Gurmurthy,...
Delhi HC Refuses To Set Aside The Cut-Offs Set By St Stephen's College for Quota Seats [Read Judgment]
Delhi High Court dismissed a PIL that challenged the procedure followed by St Stephens College in conducting admissions for seats reserved for certain categories and setting an unreasonably high cut-off for the same. The court also refused to issue a mandamus to the College, to call candidates, against any quota or course, for participation in the written test and interview, in excess of...
High Court Has Duty To Protect Honest Businessmen From Those Who Use Unscrupulous Means To Cheat : Calcutta HC [Read Order]
The Calcutta High Court has held that the inherent powers of the Court should be used in appropriate cases to meet the ends of justice.While granting interim order in a commercial suit, Justice Shekhar B Saraf observed that the Court has the duty to protect honest businessmen from those who use unscrupulous means to cheat."... I am of the view that the High Court has a duty to use its...
'NRI Quota Prima Facie Not Available In Govt. Institutions': Rajasthan HC Stays DME Notification
Rajasthan High Court has recently observed that NRI quota is not available in State Government institutions. In the instant case, writ petition was filed by the Mahatma Gandhi University of Medical Sciences and Technology assailing a notification issued by the Director of Medical Education regarding NRI Quota contending that the DME does not have any authority to issue directions regarding...
Punjab & Haryana HC Allows Man To Provide Rice, Ghee & Clothes To Wife As Maintenance
What could be termed as an interesting development as far as maintenance law goes, Punjab & Haryana High Court in case of Amit Mehra v. Manju allowed an unemployed husband (who had lost his job) to provide basic necessities like Rice, Ghee & wearing suits to his wife in maintenance. Amit, resident of Punjab, had told the high court that he can't provide monetary sum to his...
Bombay HC Sets Aside AARA Order Denying Input Tax Credit On 'Cash Carry' Vehicles [Read Order]
The Bombay High Court recently set aside an order of the Maharashtra Appellate Advance Ruling Authority (AARA) under Section 101 of the Central Goods and Service Tax Act, 2017 and Maharashtra Goods and Service Tax act, 2017. As per the AARA order dated August 6, 2018, input tax credit is not available on purchase of 'cash carrying' motor vehicles.Division bench of Justice MS Sanklecha and...
Kathua Rape And Murder Case: P&H HC Issues Notices To J&K, Convicts On Plea Seeking Enhancement Of Sentence
The Punjab and Haryana High Court Thursday issued notices to the Jammu and Kashmir government and six men convicted in the case of rape and murder of an eight-year-old nomadic girl in Kathua on a plea by her father seeking enhanced punishment for them. The court also issued a notice to the accused who was acquitted in the case by a lower court. In the petition filed on July 10,...