Category: LEGAL NEWS

JUNE 9 (DIN NEWS) The Madras High Court recently quashed a criminal complaint against BSNL employees who put ‘smiling face with tears’ emoji in the official WhatsApp group…. A lady officer in BSNL had filed complaint against other employees who put the emoji reacting to a video she had posted in the official WhatsApp group. The group was intended to share the complaints and deficiencies in the service of BSNL and torectify them and improve the quality of service. The video featured three BSNL customers complaining about deficiency of service….…

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Mumbai, Jun 9 (DINNEWS) The Maharashtra government today told the Bombay High Court that it was in the process of formulating a stringent law, on the lines of the Centre’s Clinical Establishments Act, to regulate private nursing homes and hospitals in the state. Appearing for the state, Advocate General Ashutosh Kumbhakoni told the court that the draft plan for such law was already in place, and the government was in the process of finalising some amendments to it. “Some doctors and other members of the medical community had some objections…

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New Delhi, Jun 8 (DIN NEWS) If you are planning a career with the military or paramilitary forces, make sure you don’t have varicose veins as it may cost you the job. The Delhi High Court has said that a candidate, who had developed varicose veins and was operated upon later, was unfit to join the armed forces since it entails working in extreme conditions and involves more physical activity. The court noted that a study has revealed that patients with varicose veins have pain/heaviness of legs, inability to walk/stand…

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New Delhi, Jun 8 (DIN NEWS) The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a plea seeking a CBI probe into the recent killing of two BJP workers in Purulia district of West Bengal after panchayat polls. A vacation bench of Justices A K Goel and Ashok Bhushan asked the petitioners to approach the Calcutta High Court for the relief. Advocate Gaurav Bhatia, appearing for petitioners, said that it is a serious matter as the killing of BJP workers have taken place after the panchayat polls in Purulia district. On May…

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New Delhi, Jun 7 (DIN NEWS) A Delhi court today sought the response of the CBI by tomorrow on the bail application of journalist Upendra Rai, arrested by the agency for his alleged involvement in dubious financial transactions. Special CBI Judge Santosh Snehi Mann gave the direction after the Central Bureau of Investigation asked for time to file a detailed reply on the bail plea. In his application, Rai has claimed that no purpose would be served by keeping him in further custody. He has claimed he was not required for…

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Mumbai, Jun 7 (DIN NEWS) The Bombay High Court today directed the Maharashtra government to produce before it files pertaining to a discreet inquiry conducted by it into a complaint alleging irregularities in the collection of toll on the Mumbai-Pune Express Highway. A division bench of justices A S Oka and Riyaz Chagla was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by four activists seeking that the right of the contractor Mhaiskar Infrastructure Pvt Ltd to collect toll along the expressway be revoked. According to the petition, the contractor has already…

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Chennai, Jun 6 (DIN NEWS) The Madras High Court today stayed the Income Tax Department’s notices issued to former finance minister P Chidambaram seeking reopening of assessment of his I-T returns for 2011-12 as it suspected that his income chargeable to tax had escaped assessment. Hearing a petition by Chidambaram, Justice T S Sivagnanam granted the interim stay on the proceedings pursuant to the notices dated March 27, 2018 and May 23, 2018 issued by the Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax, Chennai, for re-opening the assessment. Directing the I-T authorities…

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New Delhi, Jun 6 (DIN NEWS) The Delhi High Court today termed as infructuous a plea by Sasan Power Ltd, a Reliance Power subsidiary, seeking permission to extract excess coal from two mines in Madhya Pradesh, saying that the Centre was already examining the issue. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and C Hari Shankar also noted that an inter ministerial committee had severely criticised the mining being conducted by Sasan Power Ltd (SPL) holding that there was high moisture content in the coal due to water not…

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Kolkata, Jun 5 (DIN NEWS) The Calcutta High Court today granted anticipatory bail to BJP leader and former railways minister Mukul Roy on a bond of Rs 50,000 in connection with a complaint over the death of his “mentor” Mrinal Kanti Singha Roy in 2015. A division bench comprising Justices Joymalyo Bagchi and R K Kapur directed Roy to meet the investigating officer at Bijpur police station in North 24 Parganas district once a fornight, apart from furnishing Rs 50,000 bail bond as conditions for granting anticipatory bail to him. Roy,…

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New Delhi, Jun 5 (DIN NEWS) In a major relief to the Centre, the Supreme Court today allowed it to go ahead with reservation in promotion for employees belonging to the SC and ST category in “accordance with law”. The top court took into account the Centre’s submissions that entire process of promotion has come to a “standstill” due to the orders passed by various high courts and the apex court had also ordered for “status quo” in a similar matter in 2015. A vacation bench of justices Adarsh Kumar Goel…

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