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Delhi Waqf Board Case: Court Grants Bail To AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan, 10 Others In CBI Case
A Delhi Court on Wednesday granted bail to Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amanatullah Khan and 10 others in a case registered by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe the alleged illegal appointments in Delhi Waqf Board. Khan is also Chairman of the Waqf Board.Special Judge MK Nagpal of Rouse Avenue Courts observed that it is a fit case where bail should be granted to the accused persons...
Delhi Court Discharges AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan In FIR Related To Kalindi Kunj Demolition Drive
A Delhi Court on Wednesday discharged Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amanatullah Khan in a case registered by Delhi Police related to the alleged rioting and stone pelting on police personnel in May last year during demolition drive being carried out by South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC).Special Judge Vikas Dhull of Rouse Avenue Courts set aside an order passed by ACMM directing framing of...
Collector Can Award Compensation To Extent Of Share In Land Under Acquisition Even In Absence Of Other Claimants, Sans Enquiry: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court recently held that the Collector can pass a compensation award in favour of persons having share in the property under acquisition to the extent of their share even if other interested persons claiming share do not appear before the Collector.A division bench of Justice RD Dhanuka and Justice MM Sathaye upheld the compensation award for acquisition of certain land for...
Bombay High Court Starts Uploading Select Judgements In Marathi
The Bombay High Court has started uploading select judgements in a separate section on its website in Marathi.The judgements are published with the disclaimer that they are meant only as study material for reference. For all other practical purposes, for citations and execution of orders judgements published in English should be used. The judgements can be found under the heading of...
Madras High Court Directs HR&CE Department Not To Acquire Any More Elephants, Asks State To Take Call On Rehabilitation Of Captives
Lamenting on the conditions in which the elephants are usually kept captive in Temples and even by private individuals, the Madras High Court recently directed the State to take a call regarding the rehabilitation of elephants. Justice GR Swaminathan directed the Secretary of the Environment and Forest Department to coordinate with the Secretary of the Hindu Religious...
Advocate Moves Kerala High Court Alleging That Sitting Judge Limits Number Of Cases Listed Daily
An advocate enrolled in the Bar Council of Kerala has moved the Kerala High Court alleging that a sitting judge has limited the number of cases listed before the bench to only 20 matters a day, when other judges have 100 matters or more listed before them everyday. Advocate Yeshwanth Shenoy has filed a writ petition stating that ‘The Chief Justice, being the Master of Roster, alone has...
Karnataka High Court Refuses To De-Freeze Fintech Inditrade's Bank Accounts Amid ED's Probe Into Alleged Chinese Links
The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition filed by M/s Inditrade Fincorp Ltd, challenging the order passed by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) freezing its bank account under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).The freezing order is passed on allegations that the petitioner disbursed small loans to small borrowers, through payment gateways while having an agreement...
Madras High Court Monthly Digest - February 2023 [Citations 38 To 67]
Citations: 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 38 To 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 66 NOMINAL INDEX P Markandan v. The Commissioner HR&CE Department, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 38 KC v. UK and others, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 39 KC v. UK, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 40 M/s. Amirta International Institute of Hotel Management v. The Principal Commissioner of CGST & Central Excise, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 41 S v. V,...
Measures Being Taken To Introduce Age-Appropriate Sexual Awareness Curriculum In Schools, State Informs Kerala High Court
The Director of General Education has informed Kerala High Court that steps are being taken to commence classes related to sexual awareness in schools from the upcoming academic year, and measures are being taken to make it a part of the curriculum as soon as possible. The DGE is the Chairman of the committee of experts formed by the State Government on the specific directions of the court...
Delhi High Court Makes Available Judgments Translated To Hindi Language On Official Website
The Delhi High Court has published the Hindi version of some of the judgments passed this year for the understanding of litigants. In a first, a division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad has made available seven judgments in Hindi language from January 01 to February 28, 2023.The translation has been done through AI tool “Supreme Court Vidhik...
Karnataka High Court Orders Trial Court To Pass Fresh Verdict in Murder Case, Says Court Can't Ignore Cross-Examination While Considering Evidence
The Karnataka High Court has said trial courts dealing with criminal matters have to appreciate evidence as a whole and cannot ignore the cross-examination. A division bench of Justice B Veerappa and Justice Rajesh Rai K allowed the appeals filed by a murder convict Kattemane Ganesha and the victim in the same case. While Ganesha had challenged the order convicting him in the murder...
Offer Namaz And Plant Two Trees: Malegaon Court Directs Muslim Man In Road Accident Brawl Case
Earlier this week, a Magistrate in Malegaon, Maharashtra ordered a Muslim man to offer five times namaaz for 21 days and plant two trees in a road-accident brawl case for voluntarily causing hurt (Section 323 IPC). Magistrate Tejwant Singh Sandhu passed the order on February 27 and observed that Section 3 of the Probation of Offenders Act could be applied in the present case. The Act...