Source – indiatvnews.com The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea seeking to summon Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as a witness in a lawsuit on copyright violation filed against him by a JNU scholar-turned-politician. Justice V Kameswar Rao said it is not necessary to summon Kumar, who is a defendant in the suit, as the
Source – newindianexpress.com NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday adjourned hearing on a plea seeking court’s intervention to ensure that judicial proceedings in District courts of Delhi are not disrupted. The plea filed by Advocate Ajay Gautam was listed before a division bench of the High Court presided by Chief Justice D N
Source – forbes.com The Supreme Court heard oral arguments today on President Trump’s revocation of “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals” (DACA). DACA has spared nearly 800,000 undocumented immigrants from deportation. Nearly forty percent of DACA recipients are currently enrolled in a k-12 school or college, but will face possible deportation if the Court rules in
Source – indiatoday.in With the President’s Rule now imposed in Maharashtra, the political battle is set to move to the Supreme Court as the Shiv Sena is likely to challenge the imposition of President’s Rule. Events unfolded rapidly on Tuesday as the Shiv Sena initially filed a plea before the apex court challenging Governor Bhagat
Source – newindianexpress.com SHILLONG: Justice Mohammed Rafiq will be sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court on Wednesday, an official said on Tuesday. Governor Tathagata Roy would administer the oath of office and secrecy to him at Raj Bhavan. Rafiq, 59, succeeds Ajay Kumar Mittal who is now the Chief Justice
Source – scroll.in Justice Amreshwar Pratap Sahi was sworn in as the chief justice of the Madras High Court on Monday, PTI reported. Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit administered the oath of office to Sahi at a ceremony held in Raj Bhavan. Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami and Assembly Speaker P Dhanapal were also present
Source – lexology.com The Delhi High Court on September 31, 2019 have accepted and admitted Facebook’s appeal against the order passed in the case of Swami Ramdev & Anr v. Facebook Inc. & Ors. To this effect the Delhi High Court has clarified that there shall be no interim stay to be granted on the former order
Source – mondaq.com 1. INTRODUCTION A Single Judge bench of the Delhi High Court (the “High Court“) on October 23, 2019 held that Indian courts can issue orders to internet intermediaries like Facebook Inc. (“Facebook“), Google Inc. (“Google“), and Twitter International Company (“Twitter“) to take down defamatory content published by users on the intermediaries’ platforms on
Source – The Madras High Court has ordered the Accident Claims Tribunal to enhance the compensation awarded by Rs 5 lakh in a case involving the death of a teenager by an MTC bus. Under the original compensation, MTC was ordered to pay Rs 7 lakh as compensation to the family of the deceased. According
Source – swarajyamag.com The Madras High Court warned that the Tamil Nadu Director-General of Police (DGP) would face consequences if its directives in the idols theft cases were not adhered to in letter and spirit. The court was hearing a contempt of court petition filed by retired Inspector General of Police, A G Ponn Manickavel — who
