Tag: High Court
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According to the head of the Karnataka contractors’ group, there have been no accusations of corruption
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) contractors have accused the Congress administration of corruption, while D Kempanna, the head of the Karnataka state contractors’ organization, has denied the accusations and said that their demand is for the rapid settlement of outstanding invoices. “We ask that the government pay our outstanding debts. No contractors have come…
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Act now: More women are abusing POCSO and SC/ST. Uttar Pradesh High Court
The Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act (POCSO Act) and the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities Act, also known as the SC/ST Act) are two laws that are increasingly being misused to “grab money” from the government, according to the Allahabad High Court. Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav made the following observation…
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Bengal panchayat election violence: SC instructs NHRC to intervene only when necessary and not in others’ areas of responsibility
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) was criticized by the Supreme Court on Friday for failing to intervene when there are serious complaints of rights violations while arguing for the right to appoint observers during the West Bengal panchayat elections in 2023. The court also ruled that the NHRC lacks the authority to establish a…
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Haryana government informs HC that the operation is not “ethnic cleansing”
The Haryana government informed the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday that there was no “ethnic cleansing” involved in the demolition work done in Nuh and Gurugram and that it was done in accordance with the law. Deepak Sabherwal, the state’s additional attorney general, told the court verbally that there was no evidence of…
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33 female students petition Kerala High Court for “discriminatory” hostel curfews
At least 33 female students from Mar Athanasius College in Ernakulam have filed a lawsuit against the “discriminatory” curfew hours for the school’s women’s dormitories with the Kerala High Court. The females are furious because guys are not allowed to enter their hostel after 9 p.m., whereas women are allowed to do so until 6.30…
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If the use of trademarks in the ads program violates trademark law, Google cannot claim safe harbor: HC
According to the Delhi High Court, Google’s use of trademarks as keywords in its Ads Program constitutes “use” for purposes of intellectual property law, and in the event of infringement, it cannot rely on a legal “safe harbor” to escape legal consequences. The lawsuit was filed by Agarwal Packers and Movers Ltd., who claimed that…
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Nikhat Bano, the wife of Abbas Ansari, is granted bail in the unlawful meeting case by the SC
Nikhat Bano, the wife of Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) MLA Abbas Ansari, was granted bail by the Supreme Court on Friday. She was detained for allegedly having an unauthorized meeting with her husband while he was incarcerated. The relief was granted by a justice panel made up of A S Bopanna and M M…
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NCP leader Nawab Malik receives a two-month interim release from the Supreme Court due to his health
In a money laundering case, the Supreme Court on Friday granted temporary release to former Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik for two months due to his health. Malik had filed a petition with the Supreme Court challenging the Bombay High Court’s decision to refuse him bail in the case being investigated by the Enforcement Directorate (ED)…
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WFI elections are postponed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court
Following a plea by the Haryana Wrestling Association (HWA), the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday postponed the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) elections scheduled for Saturday till further instructions. The decision to allow the Haryana Amateur Wrestling Association to vote in the WFI elections was contested in the petition.