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Kerala HC To Hear PIL Seeking Action Against Mohanlal In Ivory Possession Case On July 11 [Read Petition]
High Court of Kerala on Monday considered for admission a public interest litigation for taking action against actor Mohanlal in a case relating to possession of ivory tusks. The PIL was filed by one Paulose A.A, who had earlier filed a criminal complaint before the Vigilance Court in 2012 after Income Tax authorities seized four elephant tusks from Mohanlal's residence in 2012. Following...
Maintenance Awarded To A Wife Is Not A Bounty: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]
Delhi High Court has held in Vikas Bhutani v. State & Anr that maintenance awarded to a wife is not a bounty and it is awarded to her for her survival. Bench of Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva was considering the question whether maintenance should be awarded from the date of the application or that of the order. Court answered in light of the objective of "maintenance" provision...
Lawyers, Litigants At Rohini Court Rue Canteen Closure
Lawyers and litigants at the Rohini court in Delhi are having a tough time with all the canteens in the court building and the chamber block being shut for almost four months now. The lawyers are now dependent on food from nearby restaurants or eat street food which many are finding hard on the palate. The canteen on the second floor of the court complex has been shut...
Odisha Court Awards Life Imprisonment To Maoist Leader Sabyasachi Panda For 'Conspiring To Wage War Against GoI' [Read Judgment]
A District and Sessions Court in Odisha has convicted and sentenced Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda to life imprisonment. Panda was found guilty of 'making conspiracy to wage war against the Government and also abetting others to wage war against the Govt. of India by using criminal force and by showing criminal force.'The Maoist leader was arrested by police on July 18, 2014 by a team...
'Being Blind Need Not Destroy One's Dreams', Says Madras HC While Holding MCI'S New Regulations For Disabled As Discriminatory
Madurai Bench of Madras High Court directed for allotment of the medical seat to petitioner, who is physically challenged and has a benchmark disability of visual impairment. Petitioner namely J. Vibin had qualified National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) in disability quota. Bench of two women justices' Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana and Justice T. Krishnavalli was hearing a...
#MeToo: MJ Akbar Denies Calling Priya Ramani In Hotel Room In 1994
Former Union minister M J Akbar told a Delhi court on Monday that he did not ask scribe Priya Ramani, who has accused him of sexual misconduct in #MeToo campaign, to see him in his hotel room in 1994 in connection with her alleged interview to join a newspaper of which he was the editor.Akbar, who had resigned as minister on October 17 last year following the allegations levelled during...
Delhi HC Seeks JNU's Reply On Plea For Early Hearing Of Contempt Petition In Sexual Harassment Case
The Delhi High Court Monday sought JNU's response on a plea by several women students seeking early hearing on a contempt petition filed against the varsity and a professor who is accused in a sexual harassment case.Justice J R Midha issued notices to the university, its vice chancellor, professor Atul Johri and Delhi Police on the early hearing application and listed the matter for...
Hindu Terrorist Remark : Madras HC Grants Bail to Kamal Haasan
The Madras High Court rapped actor-politician Kamal Haasan for his Hindu extremist remark on Monday, observing that identifying a criminal with a religion, caste or race would definitely sow the seeds of hatred among people.Granting anticipatory bail to Haasan in a case filed over his controversial remark made at a recent poll rally, Justice R Pugalendhi of the Madurai bench of the high...
Government Servant Not Entitled To Full Pension/Gratuity During Pending Disciplinary/Judicial Proceedings: Allahabad HC [FB] [Read Judgment]
"It is as certain as death that gratuity is not payable to the government employee, if judicial proceedings of either nature, civil or criminal are pending against him."
Saradha Scam: Ex-Kolkata CP Rajeev Kumar Moves SC Seeking Extension Of Protection
Former Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar Monday moved the Supreme Court seeking extension of the seven-day protection granted to him by the apex court in connection with the Saradha chit fund scam case.Kumar's lawyer mentioned the matter for urgent listing before a vacation bench comprising Justices Indira Banerjee and Sanjiv Khanna.The counsel said the apex court had on May 17...
Delhi HC Vacates Its Stay On Appointment Of Custodian Of The Undertakings Of New Delhi International Arbitration Centre [Read Order]
The Delhi High Court has vacated its order that stayed the appointment of Dr. Rajiv Mani, Joint Secretary & Legal Advisor, Department of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Law & Justice as the custodian of the undertakings of the International Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution. The bench comprising the Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V Kameswar Rao vacated the order in...