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Board Of Discipline Can Proceed Against Chartered Accountant For Sexual Harassment Though Unrelated To Professional Work : Delhi HC
The Delhi High Court has held that the Board of Discipline under the Chartered Accountants Act 1949 can proceed against a Chartered Accountant for acts of sexual harassment committed by him outside his professional capacity.The finding was delivered in the case Lalit Agrawal vs Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and other, which was a writ petition filed by a CA, against...
Bhima Koregaon: Anand Teltumbde Granted Interim Bail By Bombay HC Till February 22
The Bombay High Court, on Monday, extended the interim protection granted to scholar Anand Teltumbde from February 11 to February 22.Fixing the next date of hearing as February 22, the court added that in case of arrest, he could be released on bail upon providing a bond of Rs 1 lakh. According to reports, Teltumbde has also been directed to appear before the investigating officer of the case...
Despite Shortage, 12 Prosecutors Transferred To Other Depts Of Delhi Govt: PIL In Delhi HC Seeks Action
With a shortage of prosecutors being one of the impediments in the efficient administration of justice, a PIL has been filed in the Delhi High Court on Monday against the illegal posting/ transfer of prosecutors to other departments in Delhi government while also seeking departmental action against the Director of Prosecution for making such transfers.The PIL has been filed by Brij Mohan...
Organizers Of Religious Events Shall Undertake That There Will Be No Denigration Of Any Other Religion: Madras HC [Read Order]
“Sadly, on display are sporadic instances when every religious group competes to dominate with shameless quest its supremacy over the other. The Constitution has secured to everyone to praise their religion, but not to abuse another.”
National Herald: Change In Share Holding Does Not Lead To Change In Ownership, AJL tells HC
Associated Journals Ltd (AJL), the publisher of National Herald, told the Delhi High Court on Monday that transfer of its majority shares to Young India (YI), in which Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi are shareholders, would not make them the owners of its premises here which it has been asked to vacate. AJL, which has challenged a single judge order directing it...
Successive Applications For Recalling Witnesses Should Not Be Encouraged: SC [Read Judgment]
"Where the prosecution evidence has been closed long back and the reasons for non-examination of the witness earlier is not satisfactory, the summoning of the witness at belated stage would cause great prejudice to the accused and should not be allowed."
Delhi HC Upholds Validity Of Rule 3(2) Of Companies (Registered Valuers & Valuation) Rules [Read Judgment]
The Delhi High Court has upheld the validity of Rule 3(2) of the Companies (Registered Valuers and Valuation) Rules 2017.As per the Rule, no partnership entity or a company can be a registered valuer if it is a subsidiary, joint venture or associate or another company or body corporate.This restriction was challenged as arbitrary, unreasonable and violative of fundamental right to carry...
SC Enhances Compensation To Mother Of A Victim Of Medical Negligence Who Is In Vegetative State For A Decade [Read Order]
“While some element of redress has been provided to the appellant by the enhancement of compensation by the NCDRC, the enhancement, in our view, does not take into account the requirements of nursing care, medical help and other attendant requirements of the child for the future.”
High Courts Weekly Round Up
Bombay High Court Observed that the can be challenged only on the ground of possibility of tampering of the blood sample of the accused, at any stage. Justice V. M. Deshpande observed thus while considering an appeal filed by a man convicted by the Trial Court in a minor-rape case. The Trial court, among other evidences, also relied on the DNA report which stated that the accused...