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Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: October 10 To October 16, 2022
Nominal Index: [Citations: 393 - 409] SANJANA FERNANDES @ RAVEERA v. STATE OF KARNATAKA. 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 393 VENKATESHWARA DENTAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL v. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA. 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 394 ABC v. STATE BY T.N.PURA POLICE STATION. 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 395 M/S EMCURE PHARMACEUTICALS LTD v. STATE OF KARNATAKA. 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 396 MUKKARAM JAN v. SECURITIES...
Kabir Kala Manch Incited Hatred By Ridiculing Phrases Acche Din, Demonetization In Plays At Elgar Parishad: Bombay HC In Jyoti Jagtap Bail Order
Text ridiculing phrases like 'Ram Mandir' and 'Acche Din' aimed at the democratically elected government in Kabir Kala Manch's plays at the Elgar Parishad event in 2017 incited hatred & passion and indicate a larger conspiracy, the Bombay High Court has held. In its detailed order refusing bail to accused Jyoti Jagtap under UAPA, the HC also took exception to the mention of...
'Frivolous Litigation Aimed At Protecting CBI Officers & Those Involved In Corruption At AIIMS': IFS Officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi Opposes Plea Against CIC Order
IFS Officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi has opposed before Delhi High Court a plea filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against an order of Central Information Commission (CIC) directing the agency to provide information sought by him in relation to his complaint on the alleged corruption in certain purchases at national capital's All India Institute of Medical Science.Chaturvedi, who...
Delhi High Court To Pronounce Order On Umar Khalid's Bail Plea On Tuesday
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday will pronounce its order on the bail appeal moved by student activist Umar Khalid, who is in custody in the larger conspiracy case of Northeast Delhi riots.A division bench comprising of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar will be pronouncing the order at 2:15 PM.The bench had reserved its decision on September 9.Khalid had moved High Court...
Has 'Single Duty System' Been Effective, File Statement With Specific Figures And Calculations: Kerala High Court To KSRTC
The Kerala High Court on Monday directed the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) to state on record whether the 'Single Duty System' has been introduced and if it has given any benefits, file a statement with specific figures and calculations.During the hearing of a case filed by the corporation's employees, Justice Devan Ramachandran said, "this Court has to ensure that the...
PFI Hartal: Kerala High Court Seeks Details Of Treatment Being Given To Injured KSRTC Employees
The Kerala High Court on Monday asked for full details regarding the treatment provided to Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) employees, who sustained injuries last month when violence broke out in the state in connection with the flash hartal call given by Popular Front of India (PFI).Justice Devan Ramachandran observed that the said employees are the victims of the events of...
Unexplained Delay In Executing Detention Order Casts Doubt On Genuineness Of Detaining Authority's 'Subjective Satisfaction': J&K&L High Court
The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court on Monday reiterated that unexplained delay in execution of warrant of detention throws a serious and considerable doubt on the genuineness of subjective satisfaction of the Detaining Authority leading to legitimate inference that the detaining authority was not really and genuinely satisfied about the necessity of detaining the detenu with a...
All Directors Of Pharma Company Liable For Production Of Substandard Drugs: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court recently dismissed a petition filed by directors of Sunrise International Labs for quashing a criminal proceeding initiated against them alleging that the company supplied drugs of substandard quality.Justice G Jayachandran rejected the contention of the directors that the prosecution should be quashed against them since they were not involved in the day to day...
Delhi Health Bill Being Finalised; Directions Issued To Bring Uniformity In Functioning Of Path Labs: Govt To High Court
The Delhi Government has told the High Court that while Delhi Health Bill 2022 awaits finalisation, it has issued directions to all pathological labs to bring uniformity and standardisation in their functioning.Responding to a PIL against unauthorised pathological labs being run by unqualified technicians in the national capital, the Delhi Government submitted that the Bill will be...
Dumka School Girl Killing: Jharkhand High Court Warns Authorities Of Imposing Exemplary Costs If Replies Not Filed By Nov 11
The Jharkhand High Court last week warned the official authorities of imposing exemplary costs if they fail to file replies (by November 11) to the queries put forth by the High Court in connection with the killing of a girl in the State's Dumka district in August 2022.The High Court has taken a suo moto cognizance of this case wherein the accused allegedly poured petrol on a...
Centre's Blocking Power Can't Traverse S.69A; Intermediary Entitled To Appeal: Twitter Argues Before Karnataka HC In Challenge To Blocking Orders
In the ongoing challenge to Centre's order for blocking allegedly offending Twitter accounts, the micro-blogging platform today argued before the Karnataka High Court that there could not be an omnibus general blocking order unless the content violates grounds mentioned in Section 69 (A) of the Information Technology Act.The provision empowers Centre to direct any intermediary to block...