Non-Advocate Power Of Attorney Can Be Permitted To Address The Court In Case Of Close Relative: Calcutta HC

"The right of appearance to appear in a particular case on the permission granted by the court under Section 32 of the Advocates Act 1961 is an exception to the right of practice by advocates."

Once Divorce Is Granted, Relief Can't Be Sought Under Domestic Violence Act: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has held that once a decree of divorce has been granted, relief cannot be sought by the wife under the Domestic Violence Act. Justice MG Giratkar was hearing a criminal revision application filed by a 42-year-old woman from Nagpur who challenged a judgment of the Judicial Magistrate First Class dated August 20, 2015. In the said judgment, the applicant...

'Personal Information Exemption Not Available To Corporate Entity; Staff Entitled To Know About Financial Status Of Company' : CIC [Read Order]

The Central Information Commission has held that an employee is entitled to know under Right To Information Act 2005 about the financial status of the employer-company which has been defualting in payment of salariesThe applicant Subramanian K Ansari had sought information from the Income Tax Department about the balance sheets and profit and loss accounts of last 10 years of the Cambata...

Man Urges Consumer Forum To Send Emami's 'Fair & Handsome' For Scientific Testing To Prove Efficacy

A district consumer forum has issued a notice to fairness cream maker Emami Limited on a plea for sending a sample of its product 'Fair and Handsome,' a fairness cream for men, for scientific testing to appropriate laboratory to ascertain the claim of the company that the efficacy of the cream was clinically proven and scientifically tested. The District Consumer Forum, Central, issued a...

Can't Bar Pragya Singh Thakur From Contesting LS Polls, Says Spl NIA Court; Rejects Application By Malegaon Blast Victim's Father

A Special NIA Court on Wednesday rejected the intervention application filed by a 59-year-old resident of Malegaon Nisar Ahmed Sayyed Bilal and refused to restrain Pragya Singh Thakur from contesting the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Bilal's son Sayyed Azhar Nisar Ahmed was killed in the explosion that took place on Bhikku Chowk, Malegaon. He sought directions to restrain Pragya...

It Is A Hagiography Which Gives Him Cult Status: EC Opposes Release Of Modi Movie Before May 19

The biopic on Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a "hagiography", which treats the subject with undue reverence, and its public screening during poll campaign will "tilt the electoral balance", the Election Commission (EC) has told the Supreme Court while opposing the release of the movie starring Vivek Oberoi before the polls end on May 19. In its 20-page report submitted to the apex...

Madras High Court Vacates Its TikTok Ban Order

The Madras High Court has vacated its earlier order that had directed prohibition of downloading TikTok Mobile Application. In the hearing that took place today, the bench comprising of Justice N. Kirubakaran and Justice SS Sundar said that it is concerned only about the crimes against children. It heard in detail the submissions made by the Amicus Curiae Arvind Datar and also...

Justice Bobde Panel Illegal; CJI Should Desist From Official Functions : Demands By Women Lawyers, Activists [Read Letter]

259 women comprising lawyers, scholars, members of women's groups and civil society have written to the judges of the Supreme Court of India seeking constitution of a Special Enquiry Committee comprising "credible individuals" to probe within 90 days the charges of sexual harassment levelled at the Chief Justice of India by a former court staff while also demanding that the CJI should...

DDA Doesn't Have Power To Punish And Forfeit Money Of A Citizen Without Any Legal Sanction: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court recently held that the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) is not empowered to punish a citizen just because it is perceived that he/she tried to defraud them. Justice CH Hari Shankar granted relief to one Kulwant Singh who allegedly tried to defraud the Delhi Development Authority and in return the DDA forfeited the money deposited...

Delhi Court Stays Non-bailable Warrants Against Kejriwal, Sisodia And Yogendra Yadav

A Delhi court on Wednesday stayed the non-bailable warrants, which were issued against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia and Swaraj India president Yogendra Yadav after they had failed to appear before it in a criminal defamation complaint filed in 2013.Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal passed the order after lawyers for the three leaders...

Myanmar SC Upholds Conviction Of Pulitzer Prize Awardee Journalists Under Official Secrets Act

The Supreme Court of Myanmar has dismissed the appeals of two Journalists sentenced to seven years in jail for violating the Official Secrets Act, the Reuters reported. The reporters working with Reuters, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, who will have to serve seven years imprisonment now, were the winners of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize Winner in International reporting. The award was 'for their...

Quoting Mahatma Gandhi, Bombay HC Imposes Rs.5 Cr Costs On Firm Dealing In Spurious Carbon Pipes [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court has imposed an unprecedented cost of Rs.5 crore on defendants in a suit for selling spurious carbon seamless pipes in a trademark infringement suit payable to Tata Memorial Hospital. Justice SJ Kathawalla began his order with a quote from Mahatma Gandhi – "There is sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed." He was hearing a suit filed by...