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Calcutta High Court dismisses PIL against Election Commission officer transfers, finds no public injury, upholds ECI authority, says aggrieved officers may file individual cases The Calcutta High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the transfer of officers by the Election Commission of India (ECI), holding that the petition lacked merit and failed to establish any violation of public interest. In its decision, the court pointed out that the petitioner could not p ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 2: The Delhi High Court has granted an ex-parte ad-interim injunction in favour of a well-known spiritual leader, restraining the misuse of his identity through AI-generated deepfake content across social media platforms. The order was passed by Justice Tushar Rao Gedela in a suit filed by Dr. Aniruddha Dhairyadhar Joshi, who is widely revered by followers as "Aniruddha Bapu." The Court noted that the plaintiff has made out a strong prima facie case, observing that his personali ...Read More >
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday dismissed a PIL challenging the transfer of administrative and police officers by the poll panel in West Bengal, saying the petitioner could not establish that the actions were arbitrary and had hurt public interest.The Election Commission has transferred several officers, including the state's chief secretary, the home secretary and the DGP, after announcing the schedule of the assembly polls in the state. The petitioner claimed that these large-scal ...Read More >
Kolkata, Mar 31 (PTI) The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday dismissed a PIL challenging the transfer of administrative and police officers by the poll panel in West Bengal, saying the petitioner could not establish that the actions were arbitrary and had hurt public interest. The Election Commission has transferred several officers, including the state's chief secretary, the home secretary and the DGP, after announcing the schedule of the assembly polls in the state. The petitioner claimed that t ...Read More >
New Delhi, Nov 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Delhi High Court has granted an ad-interim protection to YouTube content creator and podcaster Raj Shamani, restraining several online platforms, anonymous entities, and businesses from misusing his name, voice, image, likeness, and trademarked podcast properties for commercial gain. A single-judge Bench of Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora passed an ex-parte order in a suit filed by Shamani and his company, seeking urgent relief against trademark infring ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday enhanced monthly interim maintenance seven times, from Rs 50,000 to Rs 3.5 lakh, for a wife in Pune. This decision came after observing that the estranged husband approached the court with "unclean hands and lack of credibility" in a matrimonial dispute. The couple married in 1997 and separated in 2013. The husband filed for divorce in 2015, and the family court in Pune granted it in 2023 on grounds of cruelty, which the High Court stayed in appeal. There ...Read More >
Chief Justice BR Gavai on Monday lamented the growing trend of making scandalous allegations against a judge when they do not pass orders favourable to one party or the other. The Chief Justice - who will demit office on November 23 - was hearing a contempt of court argument in the N Peddi Raju case, in which the Supreme Court had pulled up Raju for making scurrilous comments against a Telangana High Court judge, Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya. The court closed the case after senior advocate Sa ...Read More >
New Delhi, Nov 10 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Monday expressed deep concern over a "growing and disturbing trend" of litigants and lawyers making scandalous and scurrilous allegations against judges when court rulings do not go in their favour. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran made the observation while closing contempt proceedings against litigant N Peddi Raju and two lawyers, who were cautioned that such conduct undermines the integrity of the jud ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the state govt's special leave petition (SLP) challenging the high court directive that stayed its order (GO 9) to enhance BC reservations to 42% in local body elections.The division bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta, while declining to interfere with the HC's interim order, clarified that the state election commission can proceed with the polls on the basis of the existing reservations (prior to the issuance of the GO). The bench ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 16 (ANI): Actor Karisma Kapoor on Thursday remembered her late ex-husband, businessman Sunjay Kapur, on his birth anniversary, amid an ongoing legal dispute over his estate. Karisma shared a picture of a cake with "Happy birthday Dad" written on it, in memory of Sunjay, who passed away earlier this year. The post was also shared by her sister, actor Kareena Kapoor Khan, who added an emotional note, writing, "My sam and kiu, dad is protecting you always and ...Read More >
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