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Can't Bar Pragya Singh Thakur From Contesting LS Polls, Says Spl NIA Court; Rejects Application By Malegaon Blast Victim's Father
A Special NIA Court on Wednesday rejected the intervention application filed by a 59-year-old resident of Malegaon Nisar Ahmed Sayyed Bilal and refused to restrain Pragya Singh Thakur from contesting the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Bilal's son Sayyed Azhar Nisar Ahmed was killed in the explosion that took place on Bhikku Chowk, Malegaon. He sought directions to restrain Pragya...
It Is A Hagiography Which Gives Him Cult Status: EC Opposes Release Of Modi Movie Before May 19
The biopic on Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a "hagiography", which treats the subject with undue reverence, and its public screening during poll campaign will "tilt the electoral balance", the Election Commission (EC) has told the Supreme Court while opposing the release of the movie starring Vivek Oberoi before the polls end on May 19. In its 20-page report submitted to the apex...
Madras High Court Vacates Its TikTok Ban Order
The Madras High Court has vacated its earlier order that had directed prohibition of downloading TikTok Mobile Application. In the hearing that took place today, the bench comprising of Justice N. Kirubakaran and Justice SS Sundar said that it is concerned only about the crimes against children. It heard in detail the submissions made by the Amicus Curiae Arvind Datar and also...
Justice Bobde Panel Illegal; CJI Should Desist From Official Functions : Demands By Women Lawyers, Activists [Read Letter]
259 women comprising lawyers, scholars, members of women's groups and civil society have written to the judges of the Supreme Court of India seeking constitution of a Special Enquiry Committee comprising "credible individuals" to probe within 90 days the charges of sexual harassment levelled at the Chief Justice of India by a former court staff while also demanding that the CJI should...
DDA Doesn't Have Power To Punish And Forfeit Money Of A Citizen Without Any Legal Sanction: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]
The Delhi High Court recently held that the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) is not empowered to punish a citizen just because it is perceived that he/she tried to defraud them. Justice CH Hari Shankar granted relief to one Kulwant Singh who allegedly tried to defraud the Delhi Development Authority and in return the DDA forfeited the money deposited...
Delhi Court Stays Non-bailable Warrants Against Kejriwal, Sisodia And Yogendra Yadav
A Delhi court on Wednesday stayed the non-bailable warrants, which were issued against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia and Swaraj India president Yogendra Yadav after they had failed to appear before it in a criminal defamation complaint filed in 2013.Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal passed the order after lawyers for the three leaders...
Myanmar SC Upholds Conviction Of Pulitzer Prize Awardee Journalists Under Official Secrets Act
The Supreme Court of Myanmar has dismissed the appeals of two Journalists sentenced to seven years in jail for violating the Official Secrets Act, the Reuters reported. The reporters working with Reuters, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, who will have to serve seven years imprisonment now, were the winners of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize Winner in International reporting. The award was 'for their...
Quoting Mahatma Gandhi, Bombay HC Imposes Rs.5 Cr Costs On Firm Dealing In Spurious Carbon Pipes [Read Order]
The Bombay High Court has imposed an unprecedented cost of Rs.5 crore on defendants in a suit for selling spurious carbon seamless pipes in a trademark infringement suit payable to Tata Memorial Hospital. Justice SJ Kathawalla began his order with a quote from Mahatma Gandhi – "There is sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed." He was hearing a suit filed by...
Woman Employee Entitled To Claim Maternity Leave For Period Of 6 Months: Allahabad HC
Allahabad High Court held that a woman employee was entitled to maternity leave for a full period of six months as against only three months she was granted by the respondent District Basic Education officer, Bijnor and directed latter to provide the petitioner woman employee maternity leave with honorarium with effect from 30.12.2018 to 31.3.2019 as was prayed by her. Court was...
FSSAI An Independent Authority And CAT Has No Jurisdiction Over It: CAT Principal Bench[Read Order]
Principal Bench of Central Administrative Tribunal dismissed an Original Application against Food Safety & Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) over jurisdictional issues. It said that FSSAI is an Independent Statutory Authority and unless a specific Notification is issued by the Central Government conferring jurisdiction on the Tribunal over the said Authority, no OA against the...