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ED v Kerala Police : High Court Restrains Coercive Action Against ED Official; Allows Investigation To Continue
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday adjourned to next Tuesday further hearing on the petition filed by an official of the Enforcement Directorate against the FIR registered by the Kerala police in the wake of the publication of gold smuggling accused Swapna Suresh's allegations against the Chief Minister.A single bench of Justice VG Arun did not consider today ED's request to stay...
Anti CAA-Speech At AMU: Dr. Kafeel Khan Files Plea To Quash Criminal Case, Allahabad High Court Seeks UP Govt's Response
The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday (23rd March) issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh Government on a petition moved by Dr. Kafeel Khan seeking to quash the criminal proceedings started against him for his alleged inflammatory speech delivered at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). The Bench of Justice J. J. Munir, vide the notice, sought a response from the UP government and the matter...
BREAKING : Supreme Court Reserves Orders On Plea To Stay Electoral Bonds; Election Commission Opposes Stay
The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved order on an application seeking stay of release of fresh set of electoral bonds ahead of the assembly polls in West Bengal, Kerala, Assam, Puducherry etc.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramaniam was hearing an application filed by NGO Association for Democratic Reforms(ADR).Notably, the...
Sunanda Pushkar Death Case- "Statements Of Family Members, Witnesses Suggest No Mistreatment By Shashi Tharoor To His Wife": Sr Ad.Vikas Pahwa Tells Court
A Delhi Court on Tuesday continued to hear Senior Advocate Vikas Pahwa, appearing on behalf of Congress MP Dr. Shashi Tharoor, an accused in the Sunanda Pushkar Death Case on the framing of charges in the matter.Special Judge Geetanjali Goel heard Pahwa in the presence of Dr. Tharoor while he continued his submissions on charge today.While Pahwa, on the last date of hearing, argued that there...
Breaking: AIIMS Assault Case: Delhi Court Affirms Conviction Of AAP MLA Somnath Bharti U/Ss 147,149 IPC &PDPP Act, 2Year Jail Term Upheld
A Delhi Court on Tuesday affirmed the conviction of AAP MLA Somnath Bharti in the AIIMS Assault Case under sec.147 (punishment for rioting) read with sec. 149 (Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence commitÂted in prosecution of common object) of the Indian Penal Code along with sec. 3 of Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, 1984. Howeverer, the Court set aside his...
Compound Interest In Nature Of Penal Interest; No Justification For Charging It Once RBI Has Allowed Loan Moratorium : SC
The Supreme Court has observed that there is no justification for charging compound interest or penal interest during the period of loan moratorium which was allowed by the Reserve Bank of India from March 1 to August 31 last year on account of the COVID19 pandemic.The Court observed that compound interest is chargeable on wilful or deliberate default by the borrower to pay the due...
ED Vs. Kerala Police- Enforcement Directorate Assails Kerala Police's FIR Against ED Officials, Moves Kerala High Court
The Enforcement Directorate has moved the Kerala High Court against the State Police's FIR filed against the agency. The matter was mentioned before a bench of Justice VG Arun on Tuesday. The Kerala Police lodged a First Information Report against the Enforcement Directorate (ED) alleging that officers of the agency coerced key accused in the gold smuggling and dollar smuggling cases...
Supreme Court Bars Charging Compound Interest Or Penal Interest On Any Borrower During Loan Moratorium; Refuses Moratorium Extension
[Story updated with judgment]The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed that there should be no charging of compound interest, interest on interest or penal interest on the installments which were due during the loan moratorium period from March 1 to August 31 last year on any borrower, irrespective of the loan amount. If such interest has already been collected, it should be either refunded to...
'Threat By Using Caste Name' : Madras High Court Restrains National SC/ST Commission, TNHRC From Taking Cognizance Of Karnan's Complaints
The Madras High Court on Monday passed an interim injunction restraining the National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and the Tamil Nadu State Human Rights Commission from taking cognizance of the complaints made by former High Court judge CS Karnan against the officers probing the abusive videos case against him, and also the judges deciding the case and the...
Lok Sabha Passes Bill To Enhance Powers Of Delhi Lieutenant Governor
The Lok Sabha has passed the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2021 to enhance the powers of Lieutenant Governor of Delhi. The Bill amends the GNCT of Delhi Act, 1991, a legislation that provides framework for functioning of the Delhi Legislative Assembly and re-defines Delhi Government as the Lieutenant Governor (LG). It also provides that the...
Kerala High Court Dismisses NDA Candidates' Petitions Challenging Rejection Of Election Nominations
The Kerala High Court on Monday dismissed the petitions filed by three candidates of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) challenging the rejection of their election nominations for the upcoming assembly elections in the state.A single bench of Justice N Nagaresh dismissed the writ petitions filed by BJP candidates N Haridas and Nivedida Subramaniam, and AIADMK candidate...
