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Calcutta HC Refuses Plea To Direct Government To Frame Policy Against 'Fake News' [Read Order]
"However, the petitioner is not unjustified in pointing out that erratic and uncontrolled statements through the audio-visual media may not be conducive to proper management of the different communities and regulations ought to be considered for bringing it to place."
Expressing Unpopular Views Not A Crime: P&H HC Quashes FIR Against Author Who Referred 'Maharshi Valmiki' As A Dacoit [Read Judgment]
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has quashed an FIR registered against an author, Manjula Sahdev, who was accused of hurting religious sentiments of Balmiki community by referring Maharshi Valmiki as a dacoit in her book. Maharshi Valmiki is believed to be the author of the Hindu epic-Ramayana. A member of Balmiki Community had registered complaint against Manjula Sahdev,...
MS Dhoni Moves SC Against Amrapali Group Seeking Protection Of Ownership Right Of Penthouse
Indian cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni has moved the Supreme Court seeking protection of his ownership rights on an over 5,500-square feet penthouse he booked 10 year ago in a project of embattled Amrapali Group.Dhoni filed an application in the court through his lawyer, after receiving a notice from apex court-appointed forensic auditors seeking clarification on certain aspects of the...
Reference Of Criminal Cases To Mediation Only If Offence Is 'Compoundable' Or HC Won't Have Inhibition To Quash It Later: Delhi HC
The Delhi High Court, in Yashpal Chaudhrani & Ors. v. State, has held that the court while considering reference of the parties to a criminal case to mediation must, before even ascertaining as to whether elements of the settlement exist, first examine the permissibility in law for the criminal action to be brought to an end either because the offence involved is...
Bandra-Versova Sea Link Extension: Bombay HC Holds Permission Granted For Casting Yard Near Juhu Beach Illegal [Read Judgment]
The Bombay High Court has held the permission granted for construction of a casting yard near Juhu beach as illegal. Although permission for the said casting yard was granted by the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA), Court deemed it to be illegal. The casting yard was proposed to be constructed as part of the Worli-Bandra-Versova sea-link project which would serve as...
NCDRC Enhances Compensation From Rs 3L To Rs 50L For Lasik Eye Surgery Gone Wrong [Read Order]
"In today's day and age, Lasik Surgeries are being advertised to be extremely simple and uncomplicated…Medical Professionals involved in performing Lasik Surgeries should at least explain the common complications like Dry Eyes, for example, prior to the performance of the Surgery," the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has said while enhancing to Rs 50 lakh a...
Delhi Court Issues Summons To Shashi Tharoor Over 'Scorpion' Remarks
A court here Saturday summoned Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on June 7 on a complaint about his remarks that an unnamed RSS leader had compared Prime Minister Narendra Modi to "a scorpion sitting on a Shivling". Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal was hearing a criminal defamation complaint filed against Tharoor by Delhi BJP leader Rajeev Babbar, who has said...
Madras HC Suggests To Exclude Consensual Sex With Girl Aged Above 16 From Rigours Of POCSO Act [Read Judgment]
"More liberal provision can be introduced in the Act itself in order to distinguish the cases of teenage relationship after 16 years, from the cases of sexual assault on children below 16 years."
Najeeb Ahmed Missing Case: Delhi Court Allows Mother to File Protest Petition Against CBI's Closure Report [Read Order]
A Delhi court on Tuesday allowed Fatima Nafees, the mother of JNU student Najeeb Ahmed who went missing two years ago, to file a protest petition against the closure report of the Central Bureau of Investigation in the case.The CBI Prosecutor objected the prayer for supply of documents and submitted that there is no provision of protest petition and consequently supply of documents. The...