Source – hindustantimes.com The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to Enforcement Directorate (ED) on former finance minister P Chidambaram’s bail petition. The bench of the court headed by Justice R Banumathi asked the probe agency to file a fresh affidavit.The case will be next heard on November 26. The ED was represented by Solicitor
Source – hindustantimes.com A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi will rule on Wednesday on whether the CJI’s office is covered by the transparency law, the Right to Information (RTI) Act. The Supreme Court verdict will come on a petition filed by Central Public Information Officer
Source – indianexpress.com On Wednesday, the Supreme Court ruled that the office of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) is a public authority under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, and including Justices N V Ramana, D Y Chandrachud, Deepak Gupta, and Sanjiv Khanna, upheld a Delhi High Court
Source – outlookindia.com The Delhi High Court on Thursday came down heavily on the Arvind Kejriwal-led government and other concerned authorities over the deteriorating air quality in the national capital, saying “there is complete lack of will to implement” ideas to tackle the problem. A division bench of Justices G.S. Sistani and Anup Jairam Bambani
Source – thehindu.com The landmark judgement delivered by the Supreme Court on Wednesday bringing the Chief Justice of India’s (CJI) office under the Right to Information (RTI) Act has former CJIs and former judges divided. While some say it brings in more transparency others are ‘sceptical about the repercussions’. Former CJI T.S. Thakur said, “The
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 – 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 – medianama.com On 23rd October, 2019 the Delhi High Court passed a judgement on whether content take-down and blocking orders passed by it would be global in nature or would they be limited to operating in the territory of India. The court concluded that for content which was uploaded from India, they could direct global takedowns and
