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Delhi High Court Junks RBI Officer's Plea Against Disciplinary Proceedings For Assisting Rajya Sabha MP In Drafting Private Bill
The Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea filed by a senior officer of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) against whom proceedings were initiated by the regulatory body last year for allegedly assisting Rajya Sabha MP Rakesh Sinha in drafting a private member bill for establishment of Public Credit Registry.Justice Rekha Palli said the plea has no merit as it is an admitted position that...
Kerala High Court Extends Stay On Appointment Of Priya Varghese As Associate Professor In Kannur University
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday extended its stay on the appointment of Priya Varghese, wife of K.K. Ragesh - who is private secretary to the Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, as an Associate Professor at the Department of Malayalam, in Kannur University. Justice Devan Ramachandran extended the court's interim order, while adjourning the case challenging Varghese's appointment.When the matter...
'Public Confidence And Black Robes' Is All What A Judge Has, Nothing Else Sustains Us: Kerala High Court To Baiju Kottarakkara In Contempt Case
The Kerala High Court Tuesday said the counter affidavit filed by Malayalam Film Director Baiju Kottarakkara in the suo motu contempt proceedings initiated against him for making "abusive remarks" against a trial court judge neither specifically affirmed that he made those comments, nor refuted the same.Granting a further period of three weeks to him to make his stance clear, the court sought...
Allahabad High Court Weekly Round-Up: October 17 To October 23, 2022
NOMINAL INDEX Amarjeet v. State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. /Prin. Secy. Home, Lko. Lko. And 4 Others 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 466 Flipkart Internet Private Limited v. State Of U.P. And 3 Others 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 467 State of U.P. v. Govind Pasi along with a connected appeal 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 468 Sujit & Ors. v. State & Ors. 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 469 Naresh Kumar Valmiki...
'Aggravated Penetrative Sexual Assault' Under POCSO Act Doesn't Require Deep Or Complete Penetration: Meghalaya High Court
The Meghalaya High Court has observed that for the purpose of the POCSO Act, 'Aggravated Penetrative sexual assault' does not require deep or complete penetration and even the slightest amount of penetration would constitute the offence.With this, the bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice W. Diengdoh confirmed the conviction of a man under Section 5(m) of the POCSO Act who...
Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: October 17 To October 23, 2022
Nominal Index [Citations 390 – 406] 1. Sunita Manohar Gajbhiye v. Union of India 2022 LiveLaw (Bom) 390 2. Yash and Ors. v. State of Maharashtra and Anr. 2022 LiveLaw (Bom) 391 3. Ashok Babarao Patil v. State of Maharashtra and Ors. 2022 LiveLaw (Bom) 392 4. ABC v. State of Maharashtra 2022 LiveLaw (Bom) 393 5. Jyoti Jagtap...
Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Against ₹64 Lakh Penalty On Municipal Body For Dumping Solid Waste In Wular Lake
In a matter related to the dumping of solid waste in the catchment of Wular lake in Kashmir, the Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal that challenged National Green Tribunal's refusal to interfere with J&K State Pollution Control Committee's order imposing a penalty of Rs 64.21 Lakhs on Municipal Committee, Bandipora."We find no ground to interfere with the impugned order passed by...
Allahabad High Court Weekly Round-Up: October 10 To October 16, 2022
NOMINAL INDEX Tulsarani And Another v. Union Of India And 3 Others 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 462 Azizurrahman v. Hamidunnisha @ Sharifunnisha 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 463 Prveen Kashyap v. State Of U.P. And 3 Others 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 464 Monu v. State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And 3 Others 2022 LiveLaw (AB) 465 ORDERS/JUDGMENTS OF THE WEEK Commercial Court Can't Hear S....
After Backlash, Pune Court Withdraws Notice Asking Women Lawyers To Not Arrange Their Hair In Court
The Pune District Court has withdrawn a notice issued by it earlier which asked women lawyers to not fix their hair in open court. The notice issued on October 20 had said that the act of women lawyers arranging their hair in open court was "disturbing the functioning of the Court".The notice received huge backlash online after Senior Advocate Indira Jaising tweeted about it."Wow now look! Who...
Writ Court Can't Determine Whether A Case Warrants Action U/S 8(4) PMLA, Appellate Authority Appropriate Forum: J&K&L High Court
The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently observed that the question whether a particular case is of exceptional nature or not to warrant action under Section 8(4) of Prevention of Money Laundering Act can be determined only by the appellate authority at the time of considering the merits of the appeal and not by a Court in exercise of its writ...
Benefit Of Abatement Notification Can't Be Denied Merely For Mismatch In Quantum Of Purchase: CESTAT
The Ahmedabad Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has ruled that the benefit of abatement notification cannot be denied solely because of a difference in the amount of purchase shown in the profit and loss account and invoices.The two-member bench of Ramesh Nair (Judicial Member) and Raju (Technical) has observed that Notification No. 15/2004-ST or, for...
Calling A Girl "Item" Is Derogatory, Roadside Romeos Deserve A Heavy Hand: Mumbai Court Convicts Man For Sexually Harassing Teenager
Calling an unknown girl "item" and pulling her hair would amount to outraging her modesty punishable under Section 354 of the IPC, a special court held while sentencing a 25-year-old businessman from Mumbai to a year and a half in prison in a sexual harassment case. Justice special judge S J Ansari observed that "Item is a term used generally by boys to address girls in a...