Category: LEGAL NEWS

The Centre on Monday complied with a Supreme Court order and handed over to petitioners, who sought a court-monitored CBI probe into the procurement of 36 Rafale fighter jets from France, the document detailing the decisions taken to procure the aircraft. The document titled “Details of the steps in the decision making process leading to the award of 36 Rafale fighter aircraft order” stated that the process as laid down in the Defence Procurement Procedure-2013 has been followed in procurement of the Rafale aircraft.It said the procurement process laid down in…

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Organisers of events like weddings where celebratory firing takes place would also be held responsible for any mishap that may occur due to discharge of firearms, the Delhi High Court has said.Justice Vibhu Bakhru said the person organising the event has to ensure that his or her guests do not discharge firearms and ought to inform the police if celebratory firing takes place.The court said that if the government has not formulated guidelines on the issue, then till such norms come, “we need to fix responsibility on the person who…

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The National Green Tribunal has slapped a penalty of Rs 2 crore on the Tamil Nadu government over the inordinate delay in removal of the encroachments along and prevention of pollution of Adyar and Cooum rivers in Chennai. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel slammed the state government over poor pre-monsoon preparedness and asked its Public Works Department to deposit the amount within 15 days with the Central Pollution Control Board.The tribunal directed the Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary to look into the matter directly and ensure…

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The Supreme Court collegium has remitted as many as six out of the eight names sent to it for appointment as judges of the Orissa High Court, where judicial work has been hit by lawyers’ strike since August end.The apex court collegium, headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and comprising Justices Madan B Lokur and Kurian Joseph, has remitted the names sent to it by the hight court saying that they do not qualify the existing norms.As per October 31 resolution uploaded on the apex court’s website, the collegium has…

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 In a step towards ensuring counterfeits of popular branded products are not sold on online marketplaces, the Delhi High Court has directed an e-commerce platform to make sure that each item put up for sale on its site is genuine. Justice Pratibha M Singh issued the direction, saying in the world of e-commerce, trademark owners face challenging times as sellers of infringing products seek shelter behind the platform’s legitimacy and added that those sites which “actively conspire, abet or aide, or induce” commission of unlawful acts, like sale of counterfeits,…

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The Delhi High Court on Thursday said allowing 20 AAP MLAs, facing allegations of having held office-of-profit, to summon witnesses in the disqualification proceedings before the poll panel could lead to prolonging the matter beyond their tenure, expiring in 2020.Justice Sunil Gaur said the idea was not to “stop” or “curtail” the rights of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs, whose appointment as Parliamentary Secretaries led to the allegation against them, “but to ensure it (the proceedings) does not get prolonged”.”If allowed (to summon witnesses), it (proceedings) will cross 2020,”…

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A Delhi court has released Aam Aadmi Party MLA Prakash Jarwal, held guilty of intimidating a woman in Sangam Vihar area last year, on probation for one year.The court directed Jarwal to pay Rs 1 lakh as the cost of court proceedings and asked him to ensure that he is not involved in any offence during the period, saying that any registration of FIR against him may make him liable for cancellation of probation.Jarwal will receive the sentence as may be given by the court if the benefit of probation…

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A Delhi court on Saturday took cognisance of a fresh charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against jailed-journalist Upendra Rai in a money laundering case.Additional Sessions judge Rakesh Syal, who is likely to pronounce the order on Rai’s bail plea on November 1, said there was enough evidence to proceed on the ED’s supplementary charge sheet accusing the scribe of laundering around Rs 23 crore.The ED’s charge sheet, filed by special public prosecutors N K Matta and Nitesh Rana, has sought his prosecution for money laundering.During the proceedings,…

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The Supreme Court Friday set a deadline of two weeks for the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) to complete the inquiry against CBI Director Alok Kumar Verma, who has been divested of his duties and sent on leave in view of feud between him and Special Director Rakesh Asthana. The court directed that the inquiry be conducted under the supervision of a retired apex court judge and barred IPS officer M Nageswara Rao, who has been given interim charge of looking after the duties of CBI Director, from taking any policy…

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The custody of an investment banker charged with helping Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Director Rakesh Asthana allegedly secure a multi-crore bribe has been extended by five days. The accused, known to be a flamboyant man, had walked into court wearing torn jeans and a blue denim shirt. Special CBI Judge Santosh Snehi Mann said he was extending the custody of Manoj Prasad, an investment banker based in Dubai, because it was only fair that the new probe team formed by the investigation agency after the departure of Mr…

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