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Robert Vadra Gets Anticipatory Bail In Money Laundering Case
A Delhi court Monday granted anticipatory bail to Robert Vadra in a money laundering case. Special Judge Arvind Kumar granted the relief to Vadra on furnishing a personal bond of Rs five lakh and a surety of like amount. The court said Vadra will not leave the country without prior permission. It also imposed certain conditions on him and said he shall not tamper with any...
Activist Claims Delhi's Forest Dept Remains In Bad Shape, NGT Tells Chief Secy To Submit Compliance Report [Read Order]
Even as Delhi suffers from choking air pollution, its Forest Department continues to remain short-staffed as a consequence of which the shrinking green cover in Delhi is not being properly looked after. And with the Delhi government failing to abide by the orders of the National Green Tribunal passed in the year 2015 asking it to enhance the strength of the forest department, the...
Justice Pradeep Nandrajog Appointed As Chief Justice Of Bombay HC
The Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court Justice Pradeep Nandrajog has been transferred to Bombay High Court as its Chief Justice.President of India has directed him to assume charge of office of the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court now occupied by Justice Naresh Harishchandra Patil, after the latter retires on 6th April.It was only a couple of days before, the Supreme Court...
Will Pay Maintenance To Wife And Daughter From Congress's NYAY Scheme, Actor Tells Family Court
A television actor has told a local family court that he will pay maintenance to his estranged wife and daughter with the money he gets from the Congress' proposed minimum income guarantee scheme, Nyuntam Aay Yojana (NYAY). On March 12, the family court had ordered Anand Sharma (38) to pay an interim monthly maintenance amount of Rs 4,500 to his wife and their 12-year-old daughter, who...
Political Ads: Bombay HC Directs ECI To Decide On 3-Hr Response Time For Removal Of Flagged Content On Social Media During Elections [Read Order]
The Bombay High Court on Friday accepted the voluntary code of ethics developed by the Internet & Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and submitted by the Election Commission of India to be followed as an interim arrangement during the upcoming general elections. A division bench of Chief Justice NH Patil and Justice NM Jamdar has been hearing the PIL filed by advocate Sagar...
HC Direct Delhi Govt To Renovate Room For Brain Fingerprinting Facility in FSL, Rohini, Within Six Months [Read Order]
The Delhi High Court has directed the Public Works Department of the Delhi government to complete within six weeks renovation of a single room in FSL, Rohini, for making functional the brain-fingerprinting facility even as the agency claimed it will take 3-4 months.A bench of Justice Hima Kohli and Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani ordered that the work be completed in six weeks.The court said...
Advocate Moves Kerala HC For Exemption From Wearing Black Coat In Lower Courts In Summer [Read Petition]
An advocate has approached the High Court of Kerala by way of a writ petition after a District Judge refused to hear him for not wearing black coat while appearing in a case.Advocate Deepak J M, the petitioner, was wearing a white shirt with black tie and black trousers while appearing for a client in a case. This attire was objected to by Additional District Judge-I, Thiruvananthpauram...
UK Court Denies Bail To Nirav Modi For Second Time
Fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi, wanted by India for PNB bank fraud case, has been denied bail by a court in United Kingdom for the second time, reports the Economic Times."Strongly opposing grant of bail to fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) today told the UK Court that Nirav had threatened a former employee, a witness in the bank fraud case,...
Bombay HC Issues Notice To ECI In PIL Seeking Stay On Release Of Biopic On Narendra Modi
The Bombay High Court on Friday issued a notice to the Election Commission of India (ECI) seeking its reply to a PIL filed by Satish Sugriv Gaikwad, national president of the Republican Party of India (I) seeking a stay on the release of the movie PM Narendra Modi.Advocates Ganesh Gupta and Tohsif Shaikh appear on behalf of Gaikwad. They mentioned the matter before the bench of Chief Justice...