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Howrah Lawyer-Police Face Off: Bar Council Of WB Demands Cops' Arrest, To Observe Black Day, Cease Work [Read Resolution]
A day after lawyers and Howrah Municipal Corporation staff fought pitched battle over parking with lawyers being assaulted and chased away by police personnel, the Bar Council of West Bengal on Thursday resolved to cease work till April 29 and observe black day throughout the State on Friday. Chairman of Bar Council of West Bengal, Ashok Kumar Deb, who is also a Member of Legislative...
SC Asks TN Govt To Decide Premature Release Plea Of A 'SriLankan Refugee' Who Spent 3 Decades In Jail [Read Judgment]
The Supreme Court has directed the Tamil Nadu Government to decide the representation submitted by a 'Sri Lankan Refugee' who spent 30 years in jail seeking remission of life sentence and for premature release.Rajan and others were accused for committing dacoity at the house of one Pitchaikara Grounder. The prosecution case was that while he was trying to escape in a Maruti Van, he fired from...
'Judgment On Admissions' Can Be Ordered Only When Admissions Are Categorical And Unconditional: SC [Read Judgment]
"In any event, even in a given case, the admissions are categorical and unconditional, whether any inference can be drawn on admissions having regard to documents placed on record, is a matter to be considered having regard to facts of each case."
SC Asks ECI To Look Into Alleged Sexually Coloured Remarks Being Made Against TMC Candidate Mahua Moitra [Read Order]
The Supreme Court has directed the Election Commission of India to look into allegations that offensive and sexually coloured remarks are being made against Trinamool Congress Candidate Mahua Moitra.Mahua Moitra had approached the Apex Court by filing a writ petition alleging that in the course of the election campaign, BJP leader Mahadev Sarkar had made certain offensive and sexually...
Vivek Doval Defamation Case: Jairam Ramesh To Appear On May 9
A Delhi court Thursday granted exemption from personal appearance to Congress leader Jairam Ramesh and directed him to appear before it on May 9 in a defamation case filed against him by NSA Ajit Doval's son Vivek.Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal also granted bail to The Caravan's editor-in-chief and its reporter, who appeared before the court after they were summoned...
PIL Questions Toll Collection In Absence Of Basic Amenities Along Highways, Delhi HC Issues Notice
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on a PIL highlighting lack of basic amenities along the Western (Kundli-Manesar-Palwal) and Eastern Peripheral Expressway (Kundli-Ghaziabad-Pawal) which make for the largest ring road around Delhi and was opened to combat air pollution by diverting traffic of heavy vehicles passing...
Non-Advocate Power Of Attorney Can Be Permitted To Address The Court In Case Of Close Relative: Calcutta HC
"The right of appearance to appear in a particular case on the permission granted by the court under Section 32 of the Advocates Act 1961 is an exception to the right of practice by advocates."
Once Divorce Is Granted, Relief Can't Be Sought Under Domestic Violence Act: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]
The Bombay High Court has held that once a decree of divorce has been granted, relief cannot be sought by the wife under the Domestic Violence Act. Justice MG Giratkar was hearing a criminal revision application filed by a 42-year-old woman from Nagpur who challenged a judgment of the Judicial Magistrate First Class dated August 20, 2015. In the said judgment, the applicant...
'Personal Information Exemption Not Available To Corporate Entity; Staff Entitled To Know About Financial Status Of Company' : CIC [Read Order]
The Central Information Commission has held that an employee is entitled to know under Right To Information Act 2005 about the financial status of the employer-company which has been defualting in payment of salariesThe applicant Subramanian K Ansari had sought information from the Income Tax Department about the balance sheets and profit and loss accounts of last 10 years of the Cambata...
Man Urges Consumer Forum To Send Emami's 'Fair & Handsome' For Scientific Testing To Prove Efficacy
A district consumer forum has issued a notice to fairness cream maker Emami Limited on a plea for sending a sample of its product 'Fair and Handsome,' a fairness cream for men, for scientific testing to appropriate laboratory to ascertain the claim of the company that the efficacy of the cream was clinically proven and scientifically tested. The District Consumer Forum, Central, issued a...