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Different Transactions Of Cheating The Investors Cannot Be Clubbed In the Single FIR: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]
Delhi High Court has held that in a case of inducement, allurement and cheating of large number of investors/ depositors in pursuance to a criminal conspiracy, each deposit by an investor constitutes a separate and individual transaction. All such transactions cannot be amalgamated and clubbed into a single FIR by showing one investor as the complainant, and others as witnesses. The...
Guj HC Holds Partly Illegal Centre's Press Release On Last Date For The Filing Of Return In Form GSTR-3B [Read Judgment]
Expressly stating that return in Form GSTR-3B is only a stop-gap arrangement and not a return in lieu of Form GSTR-3, the Gujarat High Court today held as illegal Centre's Press Release dated October 18, 2018 to the extent that it clarified that the last date for availing input tax credit relating to the invoices issued during the period from July, 2017 to March, 2018 is the last date for...
'There Are Adequate Guidelines Under Law to Govern Phone Surveillance': Delhi HC Dismisses PIL
Delhi High Court dismissed a writ petition seeking guidelines to be given for tracing, tapping and surveillance of phones by law enforcement agencies. The court cited that there are adequate guidelines in place to govern the same. The petition was moved by Advocate Sarthak Chaturvedi who claimed that there have been instances of abuse of power by CBI officers while conducting tapping,...
Delhi HC Dismisses PIL Seeking Appointment of Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha
The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a writ petition seeking directions to be given to the Speaker of the Lok Sabha to appoint a Leader of Opposition. The court noted that there's no statutory provision that mandates the appointment of a Leader of Opposition. The petition filed by Manmohan Singh and Shishmta Kumari mentioned that the procedure of appointing the Leader of Opposition is...
Kerala HC Upholds Rs.1 Lakh Compensation To Man Who Was Illegally Detained On Suspicion Of Being A 'Maoist' [Read Judgment]
A Division Bench of the High Court of Kerala on Monday dismissed the appeal filed by the Kerala Government against the 2015 judgment of the single bench which had ordered Rupees One Lakh compensation to a man who was illegally detained on suspicion of being a Maoist."we have no hesitation in holding that, in view of the primacy that is accorded under our Constitution to a person's...
"Communication And Consultation Between Speaker Of Lok Sabha And Leader Of Opposition On Extension Of Tenure Of Secretary General Not Covered By Section 8(1)(c)Of The RTI": Delhi HC [Read Judgment]
Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani of the Delhi High Court recently directed the Central Information Commission to give details on the communication and consultation between Leader of Opposition and Speaker of Lok Sabha about granting of a one year extension to the Secretary General, Lok Sabha Shri T.K Vishwanathan holding that such information was not protected by 'parliamentary privilege'...
RTI Activist's Murder: Former BJP MP Dinu Bogha Solanki, Six Others Convicted
Former BJP MP Dinu Bogha Solanki and six others were Saturday convicted by a special CBI court here for killing RTI activist Amit Jethwa in 2010 after he tried to expose illegal mining activities in Gir forest region. Special CBI Judge K M Dave will pronounce the quantum of sentence on July 11 in the case whose probe was handed over to the central agency by the Gujarat High Court after...
PIL Seeks Broadcasters To Refund Of Excess Subscription Fee, Delhi HC Issues Notice To Centre [Read Petition]
The Delhi High Court has sought response from the Centre and the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on a PIL demanding refund of excess subscription fee running into thousands of crores of Rupees collected and misappropriated by broadcasters on the basis of illegal tariff orders. A bench headed by Chief Justice D N Patel issued notice on a PIL moved by NGO 'Justice for...
High Courts Weekly Round Up
Allahabad High Court Upheld the constitutional validity of Uttar Pradesh Self Financed Independent Schools (Fee Regulation) Act, 2018 which provides for regulation of fees in self financed independent schools in the State.Held that the right to shelter is a fundamental right and the State has a constitutional duty to provide house sites to the poor. Bombay High...
Calcutta HC Reinstates Magistrate Who Was Compulsorily Retired; Imposes 1 Lakh Costs On Itself [Read Judgment]
"Indeed, most Indians look the other way even when a crime is committed in their presence or a grievous wrong is done, lest they be dragged into any avoidable court proceedings. This judicial officer foolishly thought that he could single-handedly take on the smuggler mafia."
You Will Not Decide What One Wants To Watch, You Are A Certification Board Not Censor Board: Bombay HC to CBFC
The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) received sharp rebuke from the Bombay High Court on Friday while a petition seeking grant of universal (U) certificate to a children's film Chidiakhana was being heard. Division bench of Justice SC Dharmadhikari and Justice GS Patel were hearing the said petition filed by Children's Film Society India (CFSI), a nodal organisation under...