Category: LEGAL NEWS

The Supreme Court will tomorrow hear a fresh plea from Karti Chidambaram, son of former Union minister P Chidambaram, seeking quashing of the Enforcement Directorate’s summons against him in the INX Media case. In his fresh writ petition, Karti Chidambaram has challenged the summons on the ground that the ED has no jurisdiction to issue such notices based on the FIR lodged by the CBI. The plea was mentioned today by his counsel before a bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud,…

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A man has been taken into custody for interrogation in connection with the killing of journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh by the Special Investigation Team probing the case, an official has said. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Bengaluru West) M N Anucheth, the investigating officer in the case, said T Naveen Kumar alias Hotte Manja, already in judicial remand in connection with another case, was taken into custody for eight days. The DCP, however, declined to divulge any further information. Lankesh (55), known as an anti-establishment voice with strident anti-right wing…

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The Delhi High Court today observed that former JD(U) president Sharad Yadav may have to refund the salary drawn by him during the pendency of his petition challenging his disqualification as a Rajya Sabha member, if he was not successful in his plea. The observation by the Justice Rajiv Shakdher came during the hearing of an application moved by Ram Chandra Prasad Singh, who is leader of the JD(U) in the Upper House, seeking modification of the court’s order allowing Yadav to enjoy the perks, salary, allowances and bungalow of…

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A trial court’s endeavour to hurriedly examine 22 out of 24 witnesses in a day in a case of murder and attempt to commit unnatural sex with a 14-year-old boy has come for a severe criticism from the Delhi High Court, which dubbed it as a classic example of “justice hurried is justice buried”. The high court lamented over the trial court’s “super fast track” procedure of examining 22 witnesses in a day, saying it was unable to appreciate why the trial court judge rushed through the prosecution evidence in…

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The Supreme Court has termed as “unfortunate” that in a number of cases, magistrates across India are not guided by concrete precedents set by it in exercising caution while applying their judicious mind. Talking about the maxim that justice should not only be done, but should manifestly and undoubtedly be seen to be done, the top court said the magistrates are expected to apply their independent mind while taking cognisance of a matter and such a view, should be reflected in the order. A bench of Justices N V Ramana…

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The Delhi High Court today exempted the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) from paying Income Tax, saying it was not carrying out any commercial activity with any profit motive. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Pratibha M Singh allowed the plea of the GNIDA seeking to set aside a 2015 order of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) rejecting its application for grant of exemption under Section 10 (46) of the Income Tax Act 1961. Section 10(46) of the IT Act deals with the exemption of ‘specified…

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The Bombay High Court has refused to defer the March 31 deadline imposed by the Union government for linking Aadhaar to ration card. A bench of justices Shantanu Kemkar and Rajesh Ketkar, however, directed the Maharashtra government to look into the grievances of technological glitches faced by residents of the state in the digitisation of their ration card, and subsequently, in linking it to their Aadhaar card. The bench was hearing a petition filed by Nashik resident Aziz Pathan. According to the plea filed in 2015, the Maharashtra government issued…

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Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram has approached the Supreme Court seeking protection of his fundamental rights, including the right to privacy, amid summons to his son Karti Chidambaram and raids by the CBI and the ED in connection with cases related to Aircel-Maxis and INX Media. Chidambaram, who is also a senior advocate, has claimed in his plea that as part of “political vendetta”, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) have made “vexatious” searches and issued repeated summons in these cases. “The writ petition is…

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The Madras High Court today allowed a music festival to be held at a beach resort here with certain restrictions, taking note of the concerns flagged in a public interest litigation (PIL) petition that it would affect the nesting season of Olive Ridley sea turtles, considered a vulnerable species. The first bench, comprising Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice Abdul Quddhose, directed the organisers of the event to ensure that bright lights were not pointed towards the sea during the music fetival. In his petition, Shravan Krishnan, a member of…

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Lucknow, Feb 23 (DIN NEWS) The Allahabad High Court has questioned the intention of the Uttar Pradesh government to curb noise pollution, saying its attempts have been feeble and nothing much appeared to have been done to control the menace. The court said if the state government was not able to control noise pollution why does it not imposes a blanket ban on the use of loudspeakers in the state, like beacon lights. It said the directions issued by the government on January 4 in pursuance of the court’s December 20…

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