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...

Bombay HC Upholds Journalist Jigna Vora's Acquittal in J Dey Murder Case

The Bombay High Court has upheld the acquittal of former journalist Jigna Vora in the murder of senior journalist Jyotirmoy Dey. Court held that there was no direct evidence to prove Vora's involvement in her colleague's murder. Division bench of Justice BP Dharmadhikari and Justice SK Shinde was hearing CBI's appeal against judgement dated May 2, 2018 passed by a Special Court. In the...

NHAI: Application Under Section 11 Arbitration & Conciliation Act To Appoint Arbitrator Not Maintainable: SC [Read Judgment]

"The power being exclusively vested with the Central Government as envisaged under sub-section (5) of Section 3G of Act 1956, Section 11 of the Act 1996 has no application."

PIL Seeking Uniform Civil Code: Delhi HC Asks Government to File Affidavit

Delhi High Court has asked the government to file an affidavit in a PIL seeking bringing about Uniform a Civil Code in the country. Filed under Article 226 of the Constitution, Ashwini Upadhyay had sought the following directions from the court: 1. Direct the Union of India to constitute a Judicial Commission or a High Level Expert Committee, to draft a UCC as per Article 44 of...

Delhi HC Upholds The Vires Of Foreign Contributions (Regulation) Act 2010; CBI Empowered To Investigate [Read Judgment]

Dismissing a batch of seven writ petitions, the Delhi High Court on Friday said that the Central Bureau of Investigation was empowered to investigate in matters of foreign contribution and upheld the constitutional validity of Section 43 of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 (FCRA). The validity of the corresponding Rule 22 of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Rules, 2011...

Karnataka HC Asks Govt. To Provide Burial Grounds In All Villages [Read Order]

The Karnataka High Court has directed the state government to provide burial grounds to all villages and towns which do not have one within a period of six months. The state has earlier admitted in court that a total of 6,053 villages and 272 towns do not have burial grounds. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Mohammad Nawaz gave the direction while hearing a PIL filed...

Kevin Murder : Kerala Court Awards Double Life Term To All Convicts In The Case Of Honour Killing

A Kerala Court on Tuesday awarded double life term (consecutive life sentences) to ten persons found guilty for the 'honour killing' of Dalit Christian Kevin Joseph, reports Malayala Manorama.The Principal Sessions Judge, Kottayam, C Jayachandran had on August 22 found that Kevin was killed at the instance of Shanu Chancko, the brother of Kevin's fiancee Neenu Chacko. Neenu's family's...

Must have Cogent Reasons To Withhold Documents Obtained During Seizure Under CGST Act Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

Documents Obtained During Seizure Under CGST Act

UP HJS Rules Do Not Provide Re-Evaluation Of Mains Answer Books: Allahabad HC [Read Order]

Refusing to grant relief to the Petitioner, the Allahabad High Court on Monday said that when the Rules pertaining to the Uttar Pradesh Higher Judicial Services did not provide, it could not direct the authorities to re-evaluate the answer sheets. The Petitioner, Reeta Rani, was unable qualify the mains examination in the Uttar Pradesh Higher Judicial Services, 2018. In the writ filed...

Applications Invited For Shamnad Basheer IP/Trade Fellowship With Texas A&M University School Of Law: Apply By September 15

The Association for Accessible Medicines has, in collaboration with the Texas A&M University School of Law, initiated the "Shamnad Basheer IP/Trade Fellowship with Texas A&M University School of Law". About This is the 1st edition of this Fellowship program that has been initiated in the loving memory of IP luminary, late Prof. Shamnad Basheer. Prof. Basher was a distinct legal scholar, who founded the IP blog SpicyIP and worked to make legal education accessible for underprivileged...

Insolvency Proceedings Against Jet Airways in India And Netherlands- NCLAT to Decide The Legality of Dual Proceedings

What should the domestic company law tribunals do when a foreign court has already triggered insolvency proceedings against an Indian entity – this question has popped up before the NCLAT in the Jet Airways insolvency proceedings. In an interesting turn of events, the NCLAT while hearing an appeal filed by the Administrator appointed in the Dutch Bankruptcy Proceedings, has now sought...

Unfair Means During Examination: Discovery Of Material With Candidate Sufficient To Take Action: SC [Read Order]

"The discovery of relevant material with such candidate, would suffice and it is not as if only on actual use being made of the material detected by the examiner that action can be taken."