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Take A Call On Muharram Procession Within 3 Days: High Court To J&K Admin
The Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh High Court on Wednesday asked government to take a call on granting permission to take out Muharram procession in certain areas of Srinagar. The bench observed, It's the domain of the administration, security agencies and other stake holders to take a call on it. The petitioner body, a Trust of Shia community of Srinagar...
Parliament Passes Bill To Prevent Doping Activities In Sports
The Parliament on Wednesday passed the National Anti-Doping Bill 2021 to fulfil its international obligation of adopting a statutory framework to prevent doping in sports. It will also facilitate operation of the National Anti-Doping Agency, the National Dope Testing Laboratory and other allied bodies. Currently, anti-doping activities are implemented by the National...
Delhi High Court Suspends Sentence Of Ex-Haryana CM Om Prakash Chautala Till Pendency Of Appeal In Disproportionate Assets Case
The Delhi High Court has suspended the sentence of Former Chief Minister of Haryana, Om Prakash Chautala till pendency of his appeal in connection with a disproportionate assets case.Chautala was convicted by city's Rouse Avenue Court on May 27 for the offence under Section 13(1)(e) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. He was sentenced to 4 years imprisonment.Justice Yogesh Khanna...
[Menstrual Hygiene PIL] Unclean & Unhygienic Toilets Affect The Right Of Every Girl Child To Live With Dignity: Bombay High Court
Unclean and unhygienic toilets affect the right of every girl child to live with dignity, the Bombay High Court said in its recent order directing surprise visits by members of District Legal Services Authority to government-aided schools. "We have no hesitation in observing that any failure on the part of the authorities/concerned schools to provide for such basic facilities to the...
[Matrimonial Dispute] Entire Family Cannot Be Implicated Based On Omnibus Allegations: Madras High Court
Criticising the trend of implicating family members in matrimonial cases, the Madras High Court bench of Justice N Satish Kumar observed that in such cases, mere omnibus allegation against the family members could not be the basis for initiating criminal proceedings. The court was hearing a plea for quashing criminal proceedings against a father and mother who were accused of committing...
Kerala High Court Directs District Collector To Monitor Upcoming Annual Festival At Sabarimala Amid Orange Alert
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday directed the Pathanamthitta District Collector to monitor the upcoming Niraputhari festival scheduled to be held tomorrow at Sabarimala in the wake of the orange alert issued in the district amid heavy downpour. A Division Bench of Justice Anil K. Narendran and Justice P.G. Ajithkumar also ordered that in case of any exigencies, appropriate decisions shall...
Conduct Awareness Programme To Highlight Dangers Of Underage Marriage/ Cohabitation: Meghalaya HC 'Requests' State Govt
The Meghalaya High Court on Tuesday requested the Meghalaya State Government to conduct an extensive awareness program to highlight the aspects of the danger of underaged marriage or cohabitation to avoid unnecessary conflict with the relevant provisions of law.The bench of Justice W. Diengdoh ordered this while quashing a POCSO Case before the Court of Special Judge, (POCSO), Shillong as...
NCLAT Declines To Entertain Revised Resolution Plan As CIRP Had Already Crossed 559 Days, Timely Completion Of Resolution Necessary
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal ("NCLAT"), New Delhi Bench, comprising of Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain (Judicial Member), Mr. Kanthi Narahari (Technical Member), Dr. Alok Srivastava (Technical Member), while adjudicating an appeal in Shrinathji Trading Company v Sanwaria Consumer Ltd., has dismissed an application filed by resolution applicant seeking consideration of...
Deposit Received From Nominal Members Of Society, Non-Deduction Of TDS On Interest Paid By Them. ITAT Deletes Addition Of Income.
The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) of the Pune Bench struck down the addition made under section 40(a)(ia) of the Income Tax Act for the non-deduction of TDS on interest paid on deposits received from nominal members of the society. The two-member bench of S. S. Viswanethra Ravi (Judicial Member) and Inturi Rama Rao have observed that the cooperative bank is also a species...
Kerala High Court Dismisses PIL Filed Against Conferring IPS Cadre To Retired Police Superintendent
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday dismissed the Public Interest Litigation challenging the steps taken to confer Indian Police Service (IPS), Kerala Cadre to Abdul Rasheed, retired Superintendent of Police, without considering his alleged criminal background.A Division Bench of Chief Justice S. Manikumar and Justice Shaji P. Chaly observed that the petition did not stand at this stage after...
Inform Kins Of Foreigners Who Died In Custody Since 2012 For Compensation Purposes: Meghalaya High Court Directs UOI
The Meghalaya High Court on Monday directed the Union Ministry of External Affairs to inform the heirs or next of kin of the foreign nationals who died in custody in the state since 2012 so that such persons can get to know that they are entitled to receive compensation that may be ascertained.It may be noted that this suo motu public interest litigation was instituted by the HC following...