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Guj HC Orders Removal Of Police Protection Granted Mechanically For Fencing Disputed Land [Read Judgment]
The Gujarat High Court has ordered the removal of police protection granted mechanically to a person only for enabling him to fence the land which was subject of civil litigation and in respect of which a district court had ordered status quo. Justice AP Thaker asked the authorities concerned not to grant any police protection to the respondent for the land in question while asking the...
Export Of Patented Products For Trials Abroad Covered Under Bolar Exemption- Sec 107A(a) Patents Act: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]
The question of infringement of patent holder's rights does not arise "if the object or purpose of that transaction is solely to experiment or research and develop information that is reasonably related to the requirements of the law (Indian or overseas)"
Bombay HC Upholds Capital Value Method Of Computation Of Property Tax, Strikes Down Rules Framed Under Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act [Read Judgment]
In an important and extensive judgment, the Bombay High Court has upheld the method of computation of property tax under capital value method under the Mumbai Municipal Corporations (MMC) Act, but struck down certain rules framed under the said Act in 2010 and 2015 for assessment of capital value of a property. The court struck down rules 20, 21 and 22 of the capital value rules of...
Delhi Court To Hear On May 1 Plea Against Gautam Gambhir For Allegedly Having Two Voter IDs
A Delhi court Friday said it will hear on May 1 a criminal complaint filed by AAP leader Atishi against the former cricketer and BJP candidate Gautam Gambhir for allegedly enrolling as a voter in more than one constituency in violation of the Representation of the People Act (RPA). The complaint seeking directions to police to investigate the matter has been put up for consideration...
SCAORA And Orissa HC Bar Association Lock Horns Over 'Outsider' Lawyer Elevation As HC Judge
The Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association and Orissa High Court Bar Association have locked horns on the issue of elevation of 'outsider' lawyers as Judges of the Orissa High Court. Today, the Supreme Court AoR Association has passed a resolution requesting the Supreme Court to send a serious message to all High Courts not to accede to unreasonable resolutions like the one...
UK Court Denies Bail To Nirav Modi Yet Again
Fugitive Businessman Nirav Modi's bail has been rejected by London Court, reports NDTV.It is learnt that he has been further remanded till May 24 and a full hearing has been scheduled for May 30. This was his third bail application since he was arrested.Modi is allegedly responsible for the Rs.13,000 crore Punjab National Bank scam and was arrested by the London Police a month ago. His first...
SC Stays Arumughaswamy Commission's Probe Into Ex-TN CM Jayalalithaa's Death [Read Petition]
The Supreme Court Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi on Friday stayed further proceeding of the Justice Arumughaswamy Commission, which is probing into the death of former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu J Jayalalithaa. The bench, also comprising Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna, passed the stay order on the petition filed by Apollo Hospital, through Advocate...
Gujarat Court Convicts Asaram's Son Narayan Sai In Rape Case
A Gujarat court Friday convicted Narayan Sai, son of jailed self-styled godman Asaram, in a rape case. The sessions court in Surat which convicted Narayan Sai will pronounce the sentence on April 30. In 2013, two Surat-based sisters approached police alleging they were raped by Asaram Bapu and his son Narayan Sai. One of them had accused Narayan Sai of repeatedly raping her...
Withdrawal of Petition With Liberty To File Fresh One Cannot Be Allowed When It May Lead To 'Bench Hunting': Allahabad HC [Read Judgment]
Allahabad High Court dismissed a writ petition as "not maintainable" saying that allowing the writ petition would lead to a case of "Bench Hunting" by the petitioner.Bench of Justices B. Amit Sthalekar and Piyush Agrawal in Dheer Singh & Another v. State of U.P. & 3 Others held that a petitioner cannot be allowed to file a writ petition seeking certain reliefs and then withdrawing...