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Highlighting the discrepancy, the applicant said the Municipal Corporation of Delhi provided a reply about another property altogether, despite repeated representations pointing out that the information sought related to a specific address where alleged misuse of a basement, including possible commercial use, was under question. Coming down heavily on the officials, the CIC observed that the RTI plea "remained unattended within the stipulated time frame, in clear violation of the provisions of ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court, while expressing serious anguish in a dowry death case, observed that despite India's significant economic growth, rising literacy rates, and increased participation of women in education and the workforce, crimes against women remain alarmingly high. In 2023 alone, more than 4.48 lakh such cases were recorded, and dowry-related violence continues to claim over 6,000 lives annually. The top court made these observations while affirming the life sentence of a man c ...Read More >
Vedanta had approached the court seeking a stay on Adani Enterprises' Rs 14,500-crore resolution plan. In a setback to Vedanta Group, the Supreme Court on Monday declined to stay the implementation of Adani Enterprises' resolution plan for debt-ridden Jaiprakash Associates Ltd. A bench, led by Chief Justice (CJI) Surya Kant, noted that the insolvency proceedings are already listed for final hearing before the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on April 10, and therefore found no r ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday directed a Single Judge to decide "expeditiously" the plea filed by activist Kunal Shukla seeking vacation of an interim order that restrained publication of allegedly defamatory content linking Himayani Puri, daughter of Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, to Jeffrey Epstein. A Division Bench comprising Justices Vivek Chaudhary and Renu Bhatnagar disposed of Shukla's appeal, while permitting him to file his reply to the interim in ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday restrained the monitoring committee or any concerned stakeholder from taking any major policy decision regarding the implementation of the resolution plan for the takeover of bankrupt Jaiprakash Associates Limited (JAL) without prior approval of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT). A bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi also requested the NCLAT to hear Vedanta's plea on ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday restrained the monitoring committee or any concerned stakeholder from taking any major policy decision regarding the implementation of the resolution plan for the takeover of bankrupt Jaiprakash Associates Limited (JAL) without prior approval of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT). A bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi also requested the NCLAT to hear Vedanta's plea on ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 6 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Monday declined to stay the implementation of the Adani group's Rs 14,535-crore bid to acquire the debt-ridden Jaiprakash Associates Limited (JAL), but provided a safeguard by restraining the firm's monitoring committee from taking any "major policy decisions" without prior nod of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal. A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi asked mining giant Vedanta Ltd, which is opposing the resolution ...Read More >
Raipur, Apr 6 (PTI) The Chhattisgarh High Court has sentenced Amit Jogi, son of former chief minister Ajit Jogi, to life imprisonment for the 2003 murder of NCP leader Ramavatar Jaggi, observing that he was the "mastermind" and "driving force" behind the conspiracy. A division bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Arvind Kumar Verma, in its April 2 order, set aside a trial court's 2007 judgment acquitting Amit Jogi, holding it as "palpably illegal, wrong, perverse and contrary to the ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 6: The Delhi High Court, on Monday, rejected an activist's appeal against an order directing him to take down social media content linking Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri's daughter to convicted American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. A bench of Justices Vivek Chaudhary and Renu Bhatnagar told the single judge to finally decide the issue of whether to continue or vacate its interim order as expeditiously as possible. The court granted the appellant Kunal Shukla a week to file a ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday rejected an activist's appeal against an order directing him to take down social media content linking Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri's daughter to convicted American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. It asked him to air his grievances before the single judge who had passed the order.A bench of Justices Vivek Chaudhary and Renu Bhatnagar told the single judge to finally decide the issue of whether to continue or vacate its interim order as expeditiously a ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday rejected an activist's appeal against an order directing him to take down social media content linking Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri's daughter to convicted American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. It asked him to air his grievances before the single judge who had passed the order. A bench of Justices Vivek Chaudhary and Renu Bhatnagar told the single judge to finally decide the issue of whether to continue or vacate its interim order as expeditiously ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 6 (PTI) The Delhi High Court on Monday rejected an activist's appeal against an order directing him to take down social media content linking Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri's daughter to convicted American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. It asked him to air his grievances before the single judge who had passed the order. A bench of Justices Vivek Chaudhary and Renu Bhatnagar told the single judge to finally decide the issue of whether to continue or vacate its interim order as e ...Read More >
New Delhi: A child's right to education does not encompass the right to select a particular school for it, the Delhi High Court has held. A bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia said the Right to Education (RTE) Act was a beneficial legislation, enacted to achieve the objectives of social inclusion and ensuring that schools become a common space which was not differentiated by barriers of caste, ethnic group or caste lines. "However, such a right to education cannot be tr ...Read More >
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 3 (ANI): Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday launched a scathing attack on the BJP government here, alleging it is silencing dissent and failing to deliver on key promises related to education, employment, and women's welfare. Speaking at a press conference here, he urged people to unite against the ruling administration. "Anyone who raises their voice against the government is being silenced. This government has done nothing for women's e ...Read More >
Indore, Apr 2 (PTI) The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday said it will begin regular hearing from April 6 in cases related to the religious character of the Bhojshala temple-Kamal Maula mosque complex in Dhar. The Indore bench of the high court said it will hear arguments of all parties and intervenors in a sequential manner. The Hindu community considers Bhojshala to be a temple dedicated to Goddess Saraswati, while the Muslim side claims the possibly 11th-century monument to be the Kamal ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 1 (PTI) The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has set aside an NCLT order rejecting Belgotex India's insolvency plea against Puneet India on the ground of a pre-existing dispute. Allowing the Belgotex India appeal, a two-member NCLAT bench has remanded the matter back to the New Delhi bench of NCLT, directing it to pass a fresh order after hearing all the parties. The appellate tribunal said a "patent illegality has been committed" by the National Company Law Tribu ...Read More >
The Supreme Court of India has reaffirmed the importance of a speedy trial by granting bail to an accused in an attempt-to-murder case, stating that prolonged detention without trial is a violation of fundamental rights. IMAGE: Kindly note that this image has been posted for representational purposes only. Photograph: ANI Photo Key Points The top court highlighted that keeping an accused in jail for two years without the commencement of trial is equivalent to punishment. The ruling underscores ...Read More >
New Delhi, Feb 23 (PTI) Global tech giants Meta Platforms Inc. and WhatsApp told the Supreme Court on Monday that they will comply with the NCLAT's directions for extending the Competition Commission of India's (CCI) privacy and consent guidelines to advertising-related data. A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi was hearing appeals filed by the tech giants against the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal's (NCLAT) directions of December last y ...Read More >
New Delhi, Nov 14 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine a plea of former Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji seeking relaxation of his bail conditions in the money laundering case related to the alleged cash-for-job scam in the state. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi issued notice to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on the plea of Balaji and sought its response in 10 days. The matter has been posted for hearing on December 1. Senior advocates Kapil Sibal and Na ...Read More >
The court emphasised that proven acts of cruelty, even if the spouse claims counter-cruelty, are sufficient grounds for dissolution of marriage. The Delhi High Court has held that questioning a husband's legitimacy and making reprehensive allegations against his mother amount to mental cruelty, a ground for divorce. The high court, while upholding the divorce decree granted by a family court, said the woman's proven acts of cruelty, including the use of abusive language, physical violence and ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court has dismissed lawyer Mehmood Pracha's plea seeking to declare Supreme Court's 2019 Ayodhya judgment "null and void", calling it a "frivolous and luxurious" attempt to misuse the legal system. District judge Dharmender Rana not only upheld a Rs 1 lakh penalty imposed by a civil court but also added Rs 5 lakh more to "deter" similar cases.Supreme Court's Ayodhya verdict had unanimously awarded the disputed site to the deity Ram Lalla Virajman for temple construction, while ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 25 (ANI): The Patiala House Court has dismissed an appeal filed by advocate Mehmood Pracha challenging the 2019 Ayodhya verdict, calling the case "wholly frivolous, luxurious and an abuse of the process of law." The court also imposed an additional cost of Rs 5 lakh, over and above the Rs 1 lakh already levied by the trial court, directing Pracha to deposit a total of Rs 6 lakh with the Delhi Legal Services Authority (DLSA), New Delhi, within 30 days. Also Read | Pak ...Read More >
Singapore Police Force is expected to provide crucial evidence, including CCTV footage and witness statements, within 10 days regarding Zubeen Garg's death. Assam Police are actively investigating the case, seeking cooperation through legal channels to expedite the probe and file a chargesheet within three months. Singapore Police Force (SPF) is likely to provide crucial evidence, including CCTV footage and statements of eye witnesses, related to the death of Zubeen Garg within the next 10 days ...Read More >
Chennai: TN Cooperative Marketing Federation (Tanfed) will not come under the ambit of the RTI Act since it is neither substantially financed by state govt nor owned or controlled to declare it a public authority, state information commission ruled.Rejecting an appeal filed by Neiveli-based petitioner B Jothibasu, who said state govt has substantial share capital (63 lakh) in Tanfed and hence is a public authority under Sec 2(h) of RTI, the commission accepted Tanfed's arguments that state govt' ...Read More >
The court's observation came while allowing a man's appeal challenging his conviction and 10 years imprisonment in a rape case and acquitting him of the charges. "In the peculiar facts and circumstances of this case, the use of the term 'physical relations', unaccompanied by any supporting evidence, would not be sufficient to hold that the prosecution has been able to prove the offence beyond reasonable doubt. "The appellant's conviction under Section 376 IPC and Section 6 of the POCSO Act is ...Read More >
Husband, an advocate, and wife, railway officer, had been previously divorced before marrying in 2010 The Delhi High Court has ruled that alimony cannot be awarded to a spouse who is financially self-sufficient and independent, observing that permanent alimony is a measure of social justice and not a tool for enrichment or financial equalisation between capable individuals. A Division Bench of Justices Anil Kshetarpal and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar said the law requires the person seeking ali ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has said that sex education should be provided to children from a younger age, and not Class IX onwards. The order was passed by a bench comprising justices Sanjay Kumar and Alok Aradhe on October 8. The bench said sex education should be part of the curriculum in higher secondary schools so that young adolescents are made aware of the hormonal changes that come with puberty. "We are of the opinion that sex education should be provided to children from a younger ag ...Read More >
Jodhpur: Ten days after his arrest and transfer to Jodhpur Central Jail, climate activist and Ladakh protest leader Sonam Wangchuk's wife, Geetanjali Angmo, visited her husband in captivity Tuesday night and finally obtained his detention order.Earlier on Monday, in response to a habeas corpus petition filed by Angmo, the Supreme Court had asked the Centre why she was not given notice of the grounds of her husband's detention under the stringent National Security Act (NSA) following violent clas ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside the conviction and death sentence of a man who was found guilty by the trial court and the Madras High Court for the rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl in 2017. A three-judge bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Vikram Nath, held that the trial was "conducted in a lopsided manner and without due deference to the principles of fair trial", adding that both the trial court and the Madras High Court glossed over ...Read More >
Ladakh, October 03: Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh Kavinder Gupta said that for the past four days Markets are opened for general public from 10 am until 6 pm and vehicles are running normally after the recent protests in Leh. Even commercial vehicles are allowed today. The recent protests on September 24 were a result of people demanding statehood and inclusion of Ladakh under the Sixth Schedule, which turned into clashes with the police officials in Leh. The Lieutenant Governor said that, all ...Read More >
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