Month: October 2020

Andhra Pradesh HC orders CBI probe into ‘defamatory’ social media posts against judgements

Source:-https://scroll.in The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday ordered a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation into allegedly defamatory social media posts on judgements of the court by the state’s ruling YSR Congress Party members, reported Live Law. The bench of Justices Rakesh Kumar and J Uma Devi asked the CBI to register a

Supreme Court at near full strength after 7 months

Source:-https://www.nationalheraldindia.com On Monday, after a gap of nearly seven months, the Supreme Court resumed working almost full strength although virtually. Twenty eight judges of the 30 apex court strength sat for hearing cases through video conferencing. The eight benches conducting hearing through video conferencing comprise of three judges while two benches have two judges each.

Copyright violation case: Supreme Court dismisses Tamil director Shankar’s plea

Source:-https://www.indialegallive.com The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition for cancellation of a copyright violation case against a film director from Tamil Nadu. The petition had challenged the order of the Madras High Court, which said that the copyright violation case against him for the Tamil movie Endhiran cannot be dismissed. The appeal was from director

Supreme Court seeks reply on farm laws

Source:-https://m.hindustantimes.com The Supreme Court set the ball rollingon Mondayon the challenge to the three crucial farm reform laws enacted by the Centre, seeking a response in four weeks to three separate petitions. On a petition filed by a group of farmers from Chhattisgarh, led by Chhattisgarh Kisan Congress vice president Rakesh Vaishnav, a three-judge bench

Andhra High Court Orders CBI Probe Into Defamatory Remarks On Judgments

Source:-https://www.ndtv.com The Andhra Pradesh High Court today said the CBI should file cases against all those who slandered judges. Contending that the judgments of the High Court were “misrepresented” in the social media posts, the judges asked the government to cooperate with the CBI. Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh High Court today ordered a probe by

Madurai bench of Madras HC issues guidelines for surveying of land

Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com. MADURAI: The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court issued guidelines to be followed by revenue officials during surveying and resurveying of lands. The court also directed the Tamil Nadu government to issue a circular in this regard within a month. Justice S Vaidyanathan said that if authorities fail to conduct the survey or

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 9, 2020)

Source:-https://www.downtoearth.org.in Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal Mining in Tikola No mining operation was noticed at Tikola village in Sonipat district, the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) said in its report to the National Green Tribunal (NGT). Mining

Security beefed up at Dhoni’s farmhouse in Ranchi following threats to daughter

Source:-https://www.nationalheraldindia.com The cricketer’s wife and daughter have stayed back in their farmhouse as MS Dhoni undergoes a bad patch in IPL being played in the UAE. Here are pictures of the farmhouse and of the criketer’s petsSecurity has been beefed up at Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s farmhouse on the outskirts of Ranchi following threats to his

Calcutta HC directs committee to refund Vibgyor investors

Source:-https://www.devdiscourse.com The lawyer for the Vibgyor Group submitted the terms of the proposed scheme, to which the counsel for the depositors agreed. The depositors’ lawyer submitted that the scheme may be approved and the committee be directed to disburse payments immediately. The Calcutta High Court on Friday directed a one-man committee appointed by it to