Delhi HC Directs Ardee Builders To File Affidavit Denying Creation Of Third Party Rights On Shops In Ardee Mall [Read Order]

The High Court of Delhi on Friday directed Ardee Builders to file an affidavit within a week, affirming that they have not created any third party rights over the shops at Ardee Mall, Gurgaon.Justice Yogesh Khanna further directed the builders to file in a sealed envelope, complete statement of accounts of security deposits received from prospective buyers/ tenants, within two weeks.The Court...

Warner Brothers Moves Bombay HC Seeking Injunction Against Makers Of Movie Guest In London [Read Order]

Warner Brothers has moved Bombay High Court asking for Panorama Studios Pvt Ltd to be restrained from publishing any material with regard to movie Guest in London, as it is being passed off as a continuation of or having a connection with the movie Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge.In the said arbitration petition, it is the case of Warner Bros. that there was contractual agreement with the...

Special TADA Court To Pronounce Verdict In 1993 Bomb Blast Case On June 16

The Special Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Protection) Act (TADA) Court on Monday said the judgment on the involvement of seven accused in the 1993 bomb blast case will be pronounced on June 16.Judge GA Sanap rejected an application filed by the lawyers for the accused seeking the date of pronouncement to be kept post Ramzan.Abu Salem is one of the seven accused in the case, others...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Bombay High CourtBombay High Court dismissed an appeal filed by the State of Maharashtra against a trial court order acquitting the accused in an abetment of suicide case.Overturning an order of the Additional Sessions Judge, Kolhapur who acquitted the accused in a murder case, the Bombay High Court held the accused guilty and given him three months’ time to surrender.The High Court held...

Tharoor Defamation Case: Show Facts, Can’t Call Him Names: Delhi HC Tells Arnab Goswami, Issues Notice

In a blow to the Managing Director of Republic TV Arnab Goswami, the High Court of Delhi has issued notice to him and his new news channel venture on a defamation suit filed by Former Diplomat and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor.“Bring down the rhetoric. You can put out your story, you can put out the facts. You cannot call him names. That is uncalled for,” Justice Manmohan was quoted as...

Lay Down Standards For Using Lead In PVC Pipes: NGT To MoEF [Read Order]

The Principal Bench of the National Green Tribunal on Thursday directed the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to lay down standards within four months for using lead in Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) pipes, in consultation with Bureau of Indian Standards.The Bench, comprising Justice Swatanter Kumar (Chairperson), Justice Raghuvendra S. Rathore (Judicial Member) and Mr. Bikram Singh...

Judicial Officers Need Sensitization In Intricacies Of Special Enactments: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The High Court of Delhi recently rapped District and Sessions Judge, New Delhi and the Additional Sessions Judge presiding over the Special Court, over the handling of the Public Prosecutor’s report for extension of judicial custody of an accused under the Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act, 1999 (MCOCA).Justice R.K. Gauba then emphasized on the need for training of judicial...

Plea Under Art. 226 To Regularise Illegal Appointment Can’t Succeed: Allahabad HC [Read Judgment]

The Allahabad High Court, in the case of Ram Krishna In 880(Spla)2013 Vs. State of UP Through Secretary Vocational & Technical Education Lucknow & Ors, has noted that a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution to regularise an illegal appointment will not stand the test of law.Appointments to public posts have to be made in accordance with the rules formulated by the...

Delhi HC Quashes FIR On Basis Of Settlement Deed With Man Accused Of Stalking Ex-Girlfriend [Read Judgment]

The High Court of Delhi on Friday quashed an FIR against a man, who had been accused of stalking his ex-girlfriend, on the basis of a settlement deed between the parties.“It is a well settled law that where the High Court is convinced that the offences are entirely personal in nature and therefore do not affect public peace or tranquility and where it feels that quashing of such proceedings...

GNLU Indian Business and Commercial Laws Academy, 2017

GNLU Center for Corporate and Competition Law is organizing the third edition of its Indian Business and Commercial Laws Academy, 2017.NOTE: Last date for application has been extended. Apply by 15th June, 2017.About the Summer School:GNLU Indian Business & Commercial Laws Academy (GIBCLA) is offering the third edition of summer course on ‘Indian Business & Commercial...

Delhi HC Conducts Training For Doctors Dealing With Sexual Offence Cases

The High Court of Delhi on Sunday conducted a training programme for doctors dealing with cases of sexual offences as per the Supreme Court norms on the matter.As per a press release, the training programme is being conducted through initiative of the Acting Chief Justice Ms. Gita Mittal, who is the Chairperson of the “Committee to monitor proper implementation of several guidelines laid...

Madhya Pradesh HC Orders CBI Probe Into Theft Of Machine From RRCAT, Indore [Read Order]

The High Court of Madhya Pradesh on Friday directed a CBI investigation into theft of a machine from the Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India at Indore.“In view of the correspondence entered into between the concerned Authorities and the affidavit sworn in by Shri Gopalkrishnan Venkatesan, Administrative Officer-III, RRCAT, gravity...