Delhi HC Restores Certification For "Kaum De Heere", Featuring Assassinators Of Former PM Indira Gandhi [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday restored screening Certificate for Punjabi movie "Kaum De Heere", featuring assassinators of former PM Indira Gandhi. The petition titled "Sai Cine Productions v. CBFC & Ors." was filed challenging the order of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) and Film Certification Appellate Tribunal (FCAT), withdrawing the film's certificate...

Security Concern: P&H HC Directs State To Raze Illegal Constructions Near Chandigarh Airport Within 4 Months [Read Order]

The Punjab and Haryana high court on Thursday directed the state government to demolish 98 illegal structures built within 100 meters of the Chandigarh International Airport, in a petition filed by Mohali Industries Association in 2015 on infrastructure related issues of the airport. Demolition Order Structures built in immediate vicinity of the airport pose serious threats to the...

Expert Evidence Should Not Be Given Precedence Over Substantive Evidence, Reiterates SC [Read Judgment]

"Generally, mere expert evidence as to a fact is not regarded as conclusive proof of it."

P&H HC Directs Railway To Give Rs. 8 lakh To Kin Of Man Killed After Falling From Train [Read Judgment]

The High Court of Punjab and Haryana directed the Railway to pay Rs. 8,00,000/- to the heirs of the victim of an 'Untoward Railway Incident', as compensation along with interest @ 9% per annum, despite non-recovery of a valid ticket. The appeal was filed by sons of the deceased one Somnath through Advocate Somesh Gupta aggrieved by order of the Railway Claims Tribunal, Chandigarh...

Shah Faesal Was Detained Under a Valid Law and By a Competent Authority: J&K Govt Tells Delhi HC

The government of Jammu & Kashmir has filed an affidavit before the Delhi High Court in response to a habeas corpus petition filed by the politician, Shah Faesal. The government submitted that the present habeas corpus petition is not maintainable as the Petitioner has been detained under a valid law and under the orders of competent authority. It is mentioned that the Petitioner...

In A Century Where Chandrayaan-2 Has Been Launched, The Plea That There Is No Toilet In A Govt Office Is Obsolete: P&H HC [Read Judgment]

An argument raised by Treasury Officer of Punjab Government to resist the regularization of the services of a full time sweeper took the Punjab and Haryana High Court by surprise.The Officer argued that there was no toilet or a bathroom in the office so as to require the services of a full time sweeper. The Court reprimanded the government for raising this frivolous plea that a government...

Bhima Koregaon: No Material Against Vernon Gonsalves; Sr. Adv Mihir Desai Tells Bombay HC In Bail Hearing

Senior Advocate Mihir Desai submitted before the Bombay High Court on Tuesday that the police had no evidence against his client former academic Vernon Gonsalves to prove that he was involved in inciting the violence that took place at Bhima Koregaon on January 1, 2018. Justice SV Kotwal started hearing the bail applications filed by Vernon Gonsalves, Sudha Bharadwaj and Arun Ferreira...

Convenience Of Lawyer No Ground For Transferring Petition To Another Jurisdiction: P&H HC [Read Order]

"The Court is not to see the convenience of the attorney. If the attorney has got difficulty in attending the dates of hearing, the applicant can very well appoint some other person as her attorney, who can put in appearance in the Court conveniently",said Justice H.S. Madaan of the Punjab & Haryana High Court, while declining a request for transfer of the divorce petition.In the backdrop,...

Abuse On Account Of Collective Dominance Not Recognized By Indian Competition Regime: CCI Dismisses Allegation Of Cartelization By Telugu Film Producers [Read Order]

The competition commission of India has dismissed a complaint filed by Ashok Kumar Vallabhaneni, a Telugu Film & T.V. serial producer and distributor of dubbed Telugu movies against various studios engaged in the business of production and distribution of movies in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Ashok Kumar (Informant) had purchased the distribution and exhibition rights for...

Law Student Who Accused BJP Leader Swami Chinmayanand Of Sexual Harassment Goes Missing

An LLM Student from Saharanpur, who had accused the former Union Minister and BJP leader, Swami Chinmayanand, of sexually harassing her and many other girls, has gone missing from her college hostel, reports News 18. The accused BJP leader is the director of Swami Shukdevanand Law College in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, where the missing complainant is an LLM candidate. Citing threat to her...

Advocate Alleges That Movie 'Section 375' Shows Lawyers In Bad Light; Pune Court Summons Akshaye Khanna, Producers

A Pune civil court has issued summons to actor Akshaye Khanna and producers of the movie Section 375, in a petition filed by Advocate Wajed Pathan alleging that the movie shows lawyers in a negative light and demanding that it should be banned. Judge R Nathani asked producers Kumar Mangal Pathak, Abhishek Pathak and actor Akshay Khanna to remain present before the Court on the next date of...

Press Council Of India Now Decides To Support Media Freedom Before SC In Kashmir Times's Plea

After drawing flak for filing an intervention application in the Supreme Court backing the media curbs in Jammu and Kashmir, the Press Council of India assured its members on Tuesday that it will support press freedom in the top court.This was done through a letter issued by the PCI Secretary Anupama Bhatnagar to all the members of the Council, stating that the Council will stand for the...