Madras High Court Restrains Over 12K Websites From Illegally Broadcasting FIFA World Cup 2022

The Madras High Court on Friday granted interim injunction to Viacom18 and restrained more than 12,000 websites from showcasing the FIFA World Cup 2022.While granting the interim injunction, Justice M Sundar said:With regard to prima facie case, there is no difficulty in accepting prima facie that the plaintiff is the owner of the Copyright in the Sporting Event. In Terms of balance...

Former CJI U U Lalit To Join NUJS Kolkata As Visting Professor

Former CJI U U Lalit has accepted the invitation to join National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Kolkata as Distinguished Visiting Professor. This acceptance of the invitation comes days after his retirement as the 49th Chief Justice of India. Justice Lalit was also the Chancellor of the University during his tenure as the CJI. Recently, in an interview, Justice Lalit had expressed...

High Court Refuses To Halt CCI Probe Against Karnataka Chemists And Druggists Association, Calls Plea 'Premature'

The Karnataka High Court has refused to interfere with the investigation initiated by Competition Commission of India against the Karnataka Chemists and Druggists Association, which is accused of anti-competitive unfair trade practices. Terming the association's plea premature, Justice K S Hemalekha granted the union a liberty to submit their objections along with the information and documents...

Telangana HC Issues Directions To Judicial Magistrates On Procedure For Recording Statements Of Rape Victims U/S 164 CrPC

The Telangana High Court on Wednesday issued a circular containing instructions for Judicial Magistrates in the State on the procedure which they must follow while recording the statements of a rape victim under Section 164 of the CrPC. It expressed dissatisfaction at the fact that certain Judicial Magistrates were not recording their statements immediately upon being produced by...

Muzaffarnagar Riots 2013 Case: Allahabad High Court Suspends Sentence Imposed On Disqualified BJP MLA Vikram Saini

The Allahabad High Court on Friday suspended the 2-year-old sentence imposed on (now disqualified) BJP MLA, Vikram Saini in connection with the 2013 Muzaffar Nagar riots case. The violence had left at least 60 people dead and over 50,000 people were reportedly displaced.The bench of Justice Samit Gopal suspended his sentence and granted him bail while admitting an appeal filed by...

In A First In India's Legislative History, Digital Personal Data Protection Bill Uses 'Her' & 'She' To Refer To Individuals

In a first in India's legislative reforms, the union government has used 'her' and 'she' to refer to individuals irrespective of gender in the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 instead of using 'he' and 'him'. Section 3(3), Interpretation Clause of the Bill states that the pronouns "her" and "she" have been used for individuals, irrespective of gender. "For the first time...

S.101 Evidence Act | Defendant Can Lead Evidence Before Plaintiff In Suit To Prove Existence Of Will When Plaint Claims Otherwise: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently observed that a Defendant can lead evidence before the Plaintiff in a civil suit when they claim the existence of a Will, contrary to what is pleaded in the Plaint. Justice Vivek Agarwal observed that in a case where the Plaintiff claims that a person died intestate whereas the Defendant argues the existence of a Will, the assertions put forth by...

"No Respect For Rule Of Law": Allahabad HC Imposes ₹5Lakh Cost On Gorakhpur DM For Launching 'Malicious' Goonda Act Proceedings

The Allahabad High Court on Monday imposed a ₹5 lakh cost on the office of the District Magistrate, Gorakhpur for initiating 'malicious' proceedings under the UP Goondas Act against a man in an attempt to coerce him to vacate the property, admittedly owned by him, and release the same in favour of the district administration.The bench of Justice Suneet Kumar and Justice Syed Waiz Mian...

Gauhati High Court Upholds Conviction Of Man Who Killed Daughter Due To Dispute With Wife Over Her Alleged Illicit Relation

The Gauhati High Court recently upheld the conviction of a man who 'brutally' killed his 2.5 years old baby girl with a sharp weapon due to a quarrel arising between himself and his wife out of suspicion of an illicit affair maintained by the wife with another person. The bench of Justice Suman Shyam and Justice Mitali Thakuria relied upon the testimony of the wife of the convict (and mother...

'What Is So Special About 0001 To 0010?': HP High Court Asks Chief Secretary To Justify Allotment Of VIP Numbers For Govt Vehicles

The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Wednesday asked the state Chief Secretary to explain why serial numbers 0001 to 0010 for the number plates of vehicles have been exclusively reserved for government officials and departments. Hearing a petition related to the denial of allotment of a registration number to one Sanjay Sood, Justice Ajay Mohan Goyal perused a Department Of...

Bombay High Court Stays Centre's Notification Limiting Jurisdiction Of Cases Above Rs 100 Crores To 3 DRTs

The Aurangabad bench of Bombay High Court on Thursday stayed a notification issued by the central government on October 04, 2022, revising jurisdiction of various Debt Recovery Tribunals (DRTs) and giving jurisdiction for adjudicating cases valued over Rs. 100 crores to three DRTs located at Delhi, Chennai and Mumbai. Justice Ravindra V. Ghuge And Justice Sanjay A. Deshmukh issued...

MP High Court Upholds BCI's Decision Restricting Internships To College Vacation Period, Says Students' Academics Will Not Be Compromised

The Madhya Pradesh High Court's Gwalior Bench recently dismissed a writ petition preferred by a law student challenging a 2014 Circular issued by the Bar Council of India, which had notified that students could only take up internships only during their university/college vacations and not when their academic session was going on. The Circular directed all Universities/Colleges to...