Bombay HC Quashes FIR Against Ceramic Artist Vineet Kacker Accused Of Hurting Religious Sentiments [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has quashed the FIR filed against award winning ceramic artist Vineet Kacker, who was accused of hurting religious sentiments during one of his exhibitions.Mr. Kacker had organized a show titled ‘(R)evolution, A Solo Exhibition of New Ceramic’ at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sanghralaya in September, 2008. The exhibition comprised of three ceramic and cast...

As Honeypreet Goes Forum Shopping To Evade Arrest, Delhi HC Refuses Anticipatory Bail [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to grant anticipatory bail to Honeypreet alias Priyanka, the adopted daughter of jailed Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh.Honeypreet has been evading arrest and while the probe agencies have been looking for her all this while, she moved Delhi High Court seeking protection from arrest.She is wanted in a case of sedition for inciting...

Child Rights Body Uses Privacy Clause To Refuse Info, CIC Says Nothing Private Except Children’s Names [Read Order]

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has come under severe criticism from the Central  Information Commission (CIC) for maintaining secrecy about the number of complaints received by it, cases where accused have been found guilty and the relief granted, as sought to be known through an RTI application filed by one Ajit Kumar Singh.Central Information Commissioner...

Delhi HC Dismisses Vodafone’s Appeal Against TRAI’s IUC Fixing [Read Judgment]

A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court has upheld an order of a Single Judge dismissing Vodafone’s plea against the consultation process adopted by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) for fixing interconnection usage charges (IUCs) between cellular and fixed line operators.IUCs are charges paid by operators of telecommunication services on whom the call originates to operators...

Delhi HC Tells Civic Body To Pay Token Damages To Dussehra Effigy Makers Of Titarpur

The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the South Delhi Municipal Corporation to pay token damages to eight artisans, engaged in making effigies for Dussehra, who suffered losses due to the civic body’s anti-encroachment drive at West Delhi’s Titarpur area.A bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal directed SDMC to pay a token amount of Rs. 2,500 to each of the eight...

Even A Woman Of Easy Virtue Has The Right To Say ‘No’: Bombay HC [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court recently rejected an application filed by an accused convicted under provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.As is the case in many instances, the accused was related to the victim.He filed an application against the said judgment of the trial court seeking suspension of sentence until the pendency of...

Paucity Of Time Not A Ground To Invoke Local Jurisdiction While Ignoring Clause Conferring Jurisdiction On Foreign Court: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Several principles relating to territorial jurisdiction have been discussed and applied by the Delhi High Court in its recent decision in Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) vs Electricity Generation Incorporation (EGI) and Others. Case Background EGI is a power generation company owned by the Turkish government, and BHEL had entered into a contract with EGI for execution of works...

High Courts Weekly Round-Up

Bombay High CourtThe Bombay High Court recently held that formulations containing less than 135 mg of dextropropoxyphene cannot be classified as a ‘narcotic’ or a ‘narcotic drug’ within the meaning of Section 2(h) of the Medicinal and Toilet Preparations (Excise Duties) Act, 1955 [M & TP Act] and hence are not liable for state excise duty.In a matter between Pratibha Industries...

Delhi HC Directs Third Party Audit Of Public Medical Institutions Under State’s Control [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government to take urgent steps for auditing of public medical institutions under its control through a third party agency.The Bench comprising Justice S. Ravindra Bhat and Justice S.P. Garg has directed the audit in order to “point out the deficiencies and shortcomings and suggest remedial measures to ensure availability of clinical, diagnostic...

Bombay HC Quashes FIR Alleging Vulgarity, Indecent Representation Of Women In Big Boss [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court has quashed an FIR filed against Colors TV channel and producers of TV show Big Boss.A bench of Justice Ranjit More and Justice Sadhana Jadhav was hearing a writ petition filed by Endemol India Pvt Limited sought quashing of the FIR dated October 4, 2008, filed by one Sunil K Ahire, President of the Mumbai Pradesh Youth Congress.In the said FIR, Ahire had alleged that...

High Time That Dishonest Litigation Is Severely Punished With Actual Lawyer’s Costs: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

Having scorned at frivolous litigation for quite some time now, the Delhi High Court recently imposed “actual lawyer’s costs” to the tune of Rs. 2, 00,000 on the dishonest litigants.“…it is high time that a dishonest litigant and dishonest litigation in this country is severely and harshly commented upon by imposing such costs,” Justice Valmiki J. Mehta observed, while relying on...

Maintain Record Of Daily Orders, Upload Within 3 Days: Delhi HC To CIC [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has directed the Central Information Commission to maintain record of its daily orders.“The functioning of the CIC must be transparent, and it is necessary that a record of daily proceedings be maintained. Even, if the hearing is concluded on a single date, the order sheet maintained on that day should clearly reflect that the hearing is concluded, although the decision...