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02/02/2021

In a big relief for Amazon, the Delhi High Court today directed Future Retail Ltd to maintain status quo in relation to its with deal with Reliance (Amazon.com NV Investment Holdings LLC v. Future Coupons Pvt Ltd & Ors).

While reserving its order in Amazon's interim plea to stop Kishore Biyani's Future Group companies and officials from relying on approvals given by statutory authorities in relation to the deal, a Single Judge Bench of Justice JR Midha said,

"...immediate orders are necessary to protect the rights of the petitioner till the pronouncement of the reserved order."

The Court accordingly ordered that till the pronouncement of the order, FRL and other respondent parties cannot proceed any further with the deal with Reliance.

20/01/2021

A Mumbai Sessions Court on Wednesday rejected the bail plea of former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) Partho Dasgupta in a case related to the Television Rating Points Scam (TRP Scam).

Dasgupta was arrested by the Mumbai Police on December 24 for his alleged involvement in the TRP Scam. He was in police custody till December 31, after which he was remanded to judicial custody for two weeks.

Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) Shishir Hirey had opposed the bail plea for the State, arguing that Dasgupta had misused his position as CEO of BARC for personal gain. He added that Dasgupta's conduct amounted to "tainting the sanctity of the post he held."

The SPP also referred substantially to chats allegedly exchanged between Dasgupta and Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami. He contended that Goswami and Dasgupta had colluded to manipulate the TRPs of Republic TV channels.

11/01/2021

A division bench of the Gujarat High Court comprising of Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Justice Ilesh J. Vora on Friday directed for the annual year 2020-21. The High Court opined that the powers exercised by the CBDT are beneficial in nature and therefore, it should exercise it for proper administration of fiscal law so that undue hardships is not caused to the taxpayers. The decision came after the Government had extended the due dates of filing ITR and tax audit reports after considering the pandemic situation.

The bench while analyzing the issue relied heavily on Vaghjibhai S. Bishnoi v. Income Tax Officer & Anr. (2013) wherein the Gujarat High Court has held that the powers given to CBDT are beneficial in nature and are to be exercised for a proper administration of fiscal law so that undue hardships is not caused to taxpayers.

08/01/2021

Justice Hima Kohli was sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court on Thursday. Telangana Governor Dr Tamilisai Sounderarajan administered the oath at a ceremony held at Raj Bhavan, Hyderabad.

With Justice Kohli's appointment, Telangana High Court has got its first woman Chief Justice in the country at present out of 25 High Courts.

It was on December 31 that the Union Ministry of Law and Justice notified the appointment of Justice Kohli, then a judge of Delhi High Court, as the CJ of Telangana High Court, accepting the recommendation made by the Supreme Court collegium.

17/12/2020

The Supreme Court on Thursday said that it will pass orders tomorrow in the contempt of court petitions against stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra and cartoonist Rachita Taneja for their tweets critiquing the top court.

A three-judge bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy and MR Shah heard petitioner's counsel, advocate Nishant Katneshwarkar for less than a minute before it said that it will pass an order tomorrow.

On November 12, Attorney General KK Venugopal had granted permission to initiate contempt of court proceedings against Kamra based on complaints from various law students and lawyers who had drawn the attention of the law officer to four tweets by Kamra.

According to the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, a private individual can file a contempt of court petition in Supreme Court only after obtaining the consent of the Attorney General or the Solicitor General. Similar consent has to be obtained from the concerned Advocate General of the State when filing a contempt petition before a High Court.

15/12/2020

The Supreme Court today refused to interfere with the Kerala High Court order prohibiting AYUSH doctors from advertising or prescribing medicines as cure for COVID-19.

A three-judge Bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, Subhash Reddy and MR Shah stated that top court has declined to modify the High Court order as sought.

The judgment was delivered on an appeal preferred by the Dr AKB Sadbhavana Mission School of Homeo Pharmacy against an order passed by the Kerala High Court on August 21.

The High Court order prohibited AYUSH doctors from advertising or prescribing medicines as cure for COVID-19, except for the purpose of boosting immunity, as per the Centre’s advisory issued on March 6, 2020. The High Court had recorded that practices such as Homeopathy, Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and naturopathy can be used to enhance immunity to reduce the risk of COVID-19.

11/12/2020

The Maharashtra Cabinet on Wednesday approved two bills that contain provisions for stern punishments, including death penalty, for crimes such as r**e, child abuse and acid attack, The Indian Express reported.

The bills – the Special Court and Machinery for Implementation of Maharashtra Shakti Criminal Law, 2020, and the Maharashtra Shakti Criminal Law (Maharashtra Amendment) Act, 2020, – will be tabled during a two-day Winter Session of the state Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council, which begin from December 14.

According to the draft bill, those found guilty of crimes such as r**e, child abuse and acid attack will be sentenced to imprisonment for at least 10 years. This time period may extend to the remainder of their natural lives or to death sentences in cases that have characteristics of being heinous in nature, the draft said.

Acid attack survivors will also be given Rs 10 lakh for plastic surgery and facial reconstruction. The convict will pay the amount as fine.

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06/12/2020

In a recent event at UN titled 'Eliminating the violence to the Women'. Retired Cheif Justice AK Sikri was the keynote speaker.

The discussion made by the renowned panelist concluded on a note saying that due to gender inequality in society, there are problems like domestic violence on the women which turns out into intolerable violence to them.

There were eminent panelists like actress Shabana Azmi, retired Chief Justice of India, and other reputed advocates.

The retired Justice AK Sikri pointed out 3 major dimensions of dignity:
1. Women are free as well as capable to take the right decision for themselves,

2. Respect all the decisions made by her,

3. There needs to be a conducive environment in which she can take decisions freely.
He grandly said that all the rights of a woman must be treated as prudent Human rights.

He was the only male on the panel and thus he was asked the question 'how men can ensure there is no violence towards the women'.

To that he replied "Mothers have to play an important role here in teaching their sons to help and respect each and every woman, they should be taught to break a glass ceiling when there is women discrimination in the society."

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03/12/2020

A very rare and beautiful moment for the husband and wife who are taking their oaths together for becoming the judges in Madras High court.

There were 8 people who were taking their oaths today as judges and among them were the couple Justice Murali Shankar Kuppuraju and Justice Thamilselvi T. Valayapalayam.

The Advocate general who was giving an opening speech said that it was the very first time when a couple is being sworn in together in Madras. A similar incident had happened in the Punjab High Court.

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