Category: LEGAL NEWS

New Delhi, May 9 (DIN NEWS) The Supreme Court today came down heavily on the Archeological Survey of India for its failure to take appropriate steps to protect and preserve of the iconic Taj Mahal. The apex court also expressed concern over the historic monument being infected by insects and asked the authorities, including ASI, what steps they have taken to prevent this. “This situation would not have arisen if the ASI would have done its job. We are surprised with the way the ASI is defending itself. You (Centre)…

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New Delhi, May 9 (DIN NEWS) The Supreme Court today sought to know from the Himachal Pradesh government the names and designations of officials who were posted at Kasauli when the unauthorised constructions came up there. The apex court also asked the state to apprise it about the specific steps taken to ensure that no uauthorised construction was being carried out in the entire state and how it proposed to tackle the issue. A bench of Justices M B Lokur and Deepak Gupta also asked the state about the steps…

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A departmental inquiry can be initiated against a judicial officer if there was verifiable material to substantiate the allegations, in the absence of a written complaint and an affidavit, the Bombay High Court has said. A division bench of Justices R M Savant and S V Kotwal on May 4 dismissed a petition filed by a civil judge (junior division), Asif Tahasildar, challenging an order of July 15, 2017 issued by the high court registrar, initiating departmental inquiry against him on two different charges. The first charge was for allegedly…

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A Karnataka politician’s daughter, forced to marry against her wishes, can go anywhere she wants and chase her studies and career, the Supreme Court has said, asking the state police to give her enough security. “You are a major. You are independent to go wherever you want to go,” said a bench headed by Chief Justice Deepak Misra on Monday, adding that nobody, including her family and her husband, can force or coerce her. The 26-year-old woman, the daughter of a BJP politician and a computer engineer dubbed Ms ‘X’…

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Bollywood actor Salman Khan arrived in Jodhpur on Sunday afternoon, a day ahead of hearing on his bail plea after his conviction in a 1998 blackbuck poaching case by a Jodhpur trial court. Mr Khan’s fans were seen trying hard to get a glimpse of the Bollywood superstar while he was leaving the airport. He was accompanied by his sister Ms Alvira, friend Mr Baba Siddiqui, and his lawyers. On Monday, his bail plea will be heard by district and session Judge Chandra Kumar Songara, during which Mr Khan will…

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The Supreme Court today said that it would hear in the third week of July a plea seeking to restrain members of Parliament (MPs) from making public statements on removal of a judge of higher judiciary without there being any such notice in Parliament. A bench comprising Justices AK Sikri and Ashok Bhushan, while saying that there was no urgency in hearing the matter now, observed that Rajya Sabha rules also prohibits such statements by parliamentarians without there being any such notice in the House. “We don’t have to frame…

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Mumbai, May 6 (DIN NEWS) The Bombay High Court yesterday directed the Maharashtra government to list down the steps taken by it to implement previous orders of the court on tackling malnutrition in the state. A bench of justices Naresh Patil and G S Kulkarni earlier this week gave the directions while taking note of the information given by petitioners that over 300 children in the tribal areas across Maharashtra had died between September, 2017 and January, 2018 due to malnutrition and related causes. The court also directed the state…

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New Delhi, May 6 (DIN NEWS) BJP leader Subramanian Swamy and Congress president Rahul Gandhi yesterday accused each other in a Delhi court of wasting its time and delaying the trial in the National Herald case. Complainant Swamy and the accused, including Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi, traded charges before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal who was hearing arguments on applications moved by the BJP MP seeking certain documents from the Congress party. Swamy has also filed certain documents in the case and sought a direction to…

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Amid an ongoing face-off between the judiciary and the centre over the elevation of Justice KM Joseph, the Supreme Court on Friday made its displeasure clear over the government’s delay in processing appointments of chief justices for two high courts. “Tell us, how many names (recommended by the collegium) are pending with you,” the court asked the centre’s top law officer KK Venugopal. When Mr Venugopal said “I will have to find out”, the court shot back: “When it comes to the government, you say “we will find out’.” The…

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While most judges in the Bombay High Court tried to wrap up the pending matters and urgent hearings by 5 pm on Friday, the last working day before the summer break, one judge sat in his court until the early hours today, hearing pleas that sought urgent interim reliefs. Justice Shahrukh J Kathawalla sat in a packed courtroom till 3.30 am, hearing arguments and passing orders on petitions. “The courtroom was packed with senior counsels, lawyers and litigants, whose matters were being heard. There were over 100 civil petitions that had…

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