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Make Sure Community Halls Are Not Violating Fire Safety Norms: Delhi HC Directs Municipal Corporations To File A Report
Delhi High Court passed an order directing the local bodies in Delhi to file a list of community halls and banquet halls that are operating without a licence or in violation of fire safety norms. The petitioner Arpit Bhargava and Varun Talwar contended that many community halls in Delhi are organizing weddings without the prior approval of Municipal Corporation (NDMC), and they are...
Saravana Bhavan Owner, Who Is Serving Life Term In A 2001 Murder Case Passes Away
Saravana Bhawan owner P Rajagopal, whose conviction was recently affirmed by the Supreme Court in a 2001 Murder case, has passed away at hospital in Chennai. It was only a few days ago, he surrendered to serve life term after the Supreme Court turned down his plea to extend time on health reasons to surrender to serve sentence in a murder case.On March 29, a bench of Justices...
Disciplinary Proceedings Initiated By IBBI Can't Be Quashed By NCLT, Rules NCLAT [Read Order]
National Company Law Appellate Tribunal has held in the case of IBBI v. Rishi Prakash Vats & Ors. that once a disciplinary proceeding is initiated by the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) on the basis of evidence on record, it is for the Disciplinary Authority, i.e., IBBI to close the proceeding or pass appropriate orders in accordance with law. Such power having been...
Jharkhand Mob Lynching: Inquiry Report Recommends Action Against Police Officers
Ranchi: An inquiry report submitted by state government before a division bench of Jharkhand High Court (HC) has indicted several government officials for their inaction in the mob-lynching case in Saraikela-Kharsawan district on July 17-18, which led to death one Tabrez Ansari. The report prepared by three-member committee led by a sub-divisional magistrate stated that a final opinion...
Parliament Passes Bill To Expand Powers Of National Investigation Agency [Read Bill]
The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed the National Investigation Agency (Amendment) Bill 2019, which seeks to expand the powers and jurisdiction of the NIA.Lok Sabha had cleared the Bill on Monday.Tabling the Bill in the upper house, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that expansion of NIA powers was necessary in view of the surge in trans-border terrorism, human trafficking and...
NGT Asks States/ UTs To Follow Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules Or Cough Up Rs1 Cr Fine Per Month
Accepting a report of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) suggesting environmental compensation of Rs 1200 per day for any healthcare facility violating Bio-medical Waste Management Rules, the National Green Tribunal has directed all States and Union Territories to monitor the bio-medical waste management or else cough up compensation of Rs 1 crore per month till the...
'Why No Appeal Filed Against Acquittals In Samjauta Blasts Case?', Asks Singhvi In Rajya Sabha
In Rajya Sabha on Wedensday, Senior Advocate Dr Abhishek Manu Singvi raised the issue of Centre not filing appeal against the acquittal of all accused by a Special NIA Court in the Samjauta blasts case.This was during a debate on the National Investigation Agency (Amendment) Bill 2019 in the upper house.Singhvi said that NIA had a bad record of convictions in high profile cases such as Samjuata...
Breaking : Ranchi Court Withdraws Direction To Distribute Quran Copies For Bail [Read Order]
The Judicial Magistrate Court, Ranchi has withdrawn the controversial direction imposed in a bail order to donate copies of Quran.The condition was imposed by judicial magistrate Manish Singh on July 15 while allowing release on bail of 19 year old Richa Bharti, who was accused of hurting religious sentiments through a Facebook post.Based on an application filed by Pithoria police...
'One Must Respect Sentiments Of Other Relgions': What The Ranchi Court Held In 'Quran Distribution' Order [Read Order]
The copy of controversial order passed by the Judicial Magistrate, Ranchi, directing a woman to distribute five copies of Quran for getting bail is now out.The condition was imposed by judicial magistrate Manish Singh on July 15 while allowing release on bail of 19 year old Richa Bharti, who was accused of hurting religious sentiments through a Facebook post"To neutralize the situation"...
Aadhaar Card Not A Valid Document For Travel To Nepal: NCDRC [Read Order]
National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) while going with the relevant instructions of the Bureau of Immigration, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, ruled in SpiceJet Ltd. v. Dinesh Kumar & Anr that Aadhaar card is not a valid document for travel to Nepal/Bhutan. Background Commission was hearing a revision petition against the order of the...
ESIC Can't Deny Eligible Insured Person WIP Certificate On The Premise Of The Employer Contributing Or Filing The Returns Late: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]
In a huge relief to the petitioner, Delhi High Court in case of Shivani v ESIC directed Employees State Insurance Corporation to issue "Ward of Insured Persons Certificate" to petitioner's daughter Ms. Ashi so as to enable her to secure admission, in the MBBS course in an Institute affiliated to the ESIC, for the academic session 2019-2020. Pertinently during the pendency of the...