RTI Amendments: Open Letter To Three Chief Ministers By Former Information Commissioner

Dated: 26.7.2019 Respected Chief Ministers: Shri K Chandrasekhar Rao (TRS-Telangana), Shri Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy (YSRCP-Andhra Pradesh) and Shri Naveen Patnaik (Biju Janata Dal- Orissa) I am surprised when you have supported the RTI (Amendment) Bill 2019, and asked your MPs in Rajya Sabha to vote for this Bill. I do not know whether you or your MPs have read the Bill and understand...

Petition in Bihar Court Against Intellectuals Who Wrote To PM On Hate Crimes

A petition was filed Petition in Bihar court against intellectuals who wrote to PM on hate crimesin a Bihar court on Saturday against 49 eminent citizens, who had written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on lynching of minorities and hate crimes, seeking slapping of sedition and other charges. The petition was filed by an advocate before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate under...

Senior Advocate Prabhuling K Navadgi Appointed As The New AG Of Karnataka

Governor of Karnataka, Vajuhai Vala on Saturday appointed Senior advocate Prabhuling K Navadgi to be the Advocate General for the state of Karnataka, with immediate effect, in place of Senior Advocate Udaya Holla, who had tendered his resignation, on Friday. The notification issued states "In exercise of powers conferred on me by clause (1) of Article 165 of the Constitution of India....

Make Household Wastage Of Water Penal Offence: NGT Seeks Factual Report From Centre [Read Order]

With every Indian household, on an average, wasting 5 liters of water every minute and 48420000 cubic metres of water every single day, the National Green Tribunal has called for a factual and action take report from the Centre on a plea for making household wastage of water a penal offence. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice A K Goel called for a factual and action is taken a report...

Will Moratorium Under Section 14 IBC Always Bar Trial Of Counter-Claim In Suit By Corporate Debtor ? Delhi HC Answers [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has held that moratorium under Section 14 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code will not bar trial of suit by the corporate debtor and a counter-claim in such suit if issues and facts in both are intertwined.The plaintiff company SSMP Industries had instituted the suit against Perkan Food Industries Pvt Ltd for recovery of Rs.1,61,47,336.44. The defendant made a...

No Property Right To Son Who Beats Parents: Gujarat HC [Read Order]

The Gujarat High Court has refused to grant any relief to an ungrateful son, who claimed right in her mother's property, a bungalow at Vadodra after he was excluded by the mother in her 'Will' as he would beat the parents. Justice Paresh Upadhyaya while turning down the appeal filed by Jayeshbhai Patel who had challenged orders of the lower court said "The conjoint reading thereof makes...

Dishonour Of Cheque: Complaint Against Partnership Firm Not Maintainable Without Making The Firm An Accused: Madras HC

Quashing the proceedings against the Petitioners, the High Court of Madras held that a complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (the Act), cannot be maintained against the partners of a firm, without making the firm as an accused person. The Respondent had filed a complaint against the Petitioners before a Judicial Magistrate, for an offence under the said...

Punjab & Haryana HC Bans Use Of Loudspeakers Without Permission [Read Judgment]

Disposing off various Writ Petitions filed to curb excessive noise pollution in the States of Punjab, Haryana and Union Territory of Chandigarh, the High Court of Punjab & Haryana prohibited the use of loudspeakers in the territory without prior permission from the authorities. An ad-hoc Committee, headed by Advocate M. L. Sarin, was appointed by the court to make suggestions for...

Custodial Death of School Teacher: Chhattisgarh HC Orders 15 Lakh Compensation to Legal Heirs [Read Order]

Holding the jail authorities liable for custodial death of a government school teacher, the High Court of Chhattisgarh granted a compensation of Rs. 15 lakhs to his legal heirs.

Bombay HC reserves order on Gautam Navlakha's plea for quashing of FIR against him in Bhima Koregaon case

The Bombay High Court on Friday reserved its order in Gautam Navlakha's writ seeking to quash the FIR filed against him by the Pune police following the Bhima Koregaon violence that took place on January 1, 2018. Division bench of Justice Ranjit More and Justice Bharati Dangre extended the relief of protection from arrest granted to the 65-year-old activist until an order is pronounced in...

Lawyer's Collective Case- There Is No New Material In The FIR: Bombay HC [Read Order]

In the July 25th order granting relief to Lawyer's Collective, the Bombay High Court noted that there was no new material on the basis of which a FIR has been registered against Lawyers Collective, the NGO working in the field of human rights. The bench of Justices Ranjit More and Bharati Dangre accepted the submissions put forth by Senior Advocate Aspi Chinoy who appeared on behalf of...

Delhi HC Dismisses Plea to Legalise Cannabis For Medical Use, Imposes Rs 10K cost

The Delhi High Court Friday dismissed with a cost of Rs 10,000 a petition seeking to legalise cannabis, a banned drug which attracts criminal prosecution, for medical purpose. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar said there was no substance in the petition and it was not inclined to grant the prayer. "It appears this petition is seeking direction to...