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Delhi HC Seeks ED's Response On Middleman Deepak Talwar's Plea Challenging His Deportation
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought a response from the Enforcement Directorate on corporate lobbyist Deepak Talwar's plea challenging his detention after being brought here from Dubai.Talwar, in Enforcement Directorate custody after being deported from Dubai on Thursday, has challenged his deportation before the court.Talwar is wanted by the ED and the CBI in a case of misusing over Rs...
Delhi HC Awards Punitive Damages Of 3.85 Crores To UK Firm For Continued Trademark Infringement
The Delhi High Court has awarded 3.85 crores as damages to UK-based Whatman International Ltd for infringement of its trademark, WHATMAN, by various persons. The order was passed by Justice Pratibha M. Singh, who observed, "The Defendants have caused enormous loss to the Plaintiff in the form of not only selling lookalike filter paper under various brands namely ACHME, HIRAL etc. but have...
Rajasthan HC Refuses Return Of 10YO Boy To Canada Despite Canadian Court's Orders [Read Judgment]
The Rajasthan High Court recently refused to allow the return of a 10-year-old boy to Canada, despite an order passed by a Canadian court directing his return to the country to his father.The order was passed by a bench comprising Justice Mohammad Rafiq and Justice Goverdhan Bardhar, which opined that the child's return would not be in his best interests. It observed,"If now he is forced to...
Now Women Can Work in Mines without Time Bar As Govt. Lifts The Ban
The Ministry of Labour has lifted the time bar on the employment of women in mines across the country. In exercise of the power conferred under sub-section (1) of Section 83 on the Mines Act, 1952 (35 of 1952), the Ministry of Labour notified rules that allow employment of women in mines across the country. As per the latest notification, women can seek a job in mines without time...
Women Rescued From Sex Trade Cannot Be Kept In Intermediate Custody For More Than 3 Weeks: Bombay HC
The Bombay High Court recently released two women rescued from an alleged prostitution racket, pointing out that they cannot be kept in custody for more than three weeks, in the absence of an order of rehabilitation passed by a Magistrate within 21 days. Justice Mridula Bhatkar passed the order in view of the second proviso to Section 17(3) of the The Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act,...
National Policy For Treatment Of Rare Diseases : SC Seeks Views Of Centre, States.
The Supreme Court on Monday sought to know the stand of the Centre and that of all States and Union Territories barring Delhi, Jharkhand and Sikkim on constitution of a committee to examine the case of patients of rare diseases for financial assistance and identifying hospitals for their diagnosis and treatment under the National Policy for Treatment of Rare Diseases, 2017. A bench...
UK Clears Vijay Mallya's Extradition
The United Kingdom Home Secretary Sajid Javid today signed the order to extradite liquor baron Vijay Mallya to India, reported the Economic Times."The UK Home Office confirmed that Sajid Javid — having carefully considered all relevant matters — signed the order on Monday, February 4", said the ET Report.On December 10, the Westminister Magistrate's Court in London, United Kingdom,...
Tweets About CBI Interim Chief's Appointment: AG Files Contempt Petition Against Prashant Bhushan [Read Petition]
Attorney General K. K. Venugopal has now moved a contempt petition against Advocate Prashant Bhushan for posting tweets alleging that the top law officer of the country had misled the court in submitting that M. Nageshwar Rao's appointment as the acting CBI Chief had the approval of the Selection Committee. I have just confirmed personally from the Leader of Opposition Mr Kharge...
Delhi Court Commits Sunanda Pushkar Death Case To Sessions Court For Trial
A Delhi court Monday sent Sunanda Pushkar's death case against Congress leader Shashi Tharoor to Sessions court for further proceedings. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal sent the court to the case to Additional Sessions Judge Arun Bhardwaj since the offence under Section 306 (abetment of suicide) of the Indian Penal Code was triable by a sessions judge. The...