Month: January 2020

Madhya Pradesh HC stays suspension of Ratlam principal suspended over notebooks with Savarkar’s image.

Source – indiatoday.in The Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court has stayed the suspension of the principal of a government-run school at Malwasa in Ratlam district, action against whom was taken over distribution of notebooks carrying the picture of Hindutva ideologue Veer Savarkar on the cover. Principal R N Kerawat was suspended by

IGST on ocean freight is not permissible under law: Gujarat High Court.

Source – business-standard.com The Gujarat High Court has declared imposition of integrated goods and services tax (IGST) on ocean freight as violative of the Constitution. Ocean freight is the cost incurred through an agreement between two foreign parties to bring goods to India via ocean. Allowing petitions against the tax, the court said the levy and collection

To win trust of Jacobites, govt files petition in High Court.

Source – newindianexpress.com KOCHI: In an attempt to pacify the Jacobite faction in the Church dispute with Orthodox, the state government on Thursday filed a petition before the Kerala High Court seeking to review its judgment directing the Ernakulam district collector to take over Kothamangalam Cheriyapalli, its precincts and movable properties after removing all persons squatting inside

2011 rape case: HC allows Chandigarh Police to proceed as per law to restrain accused’s family from leaving country.

Source – indianexpress.com The Punjab and Haryana High Court has, in a rape cause from Punjab’s Hoshiarpur, permitted Chandigarh Police to make a request to the appropriate agency or a competent court to restrain a rape accused’s family from leaving the country. The accused, Sukhminder Singh, has been absconding since 2012 and police fear that if his

Certain prayers on section 144 need to be heard: Gujarat HC.

Source – indianexpress.com The Gujarat High Court (HC) on Wednesday acknowledged that certain prayers in the petition challenging the continuous prohibitory orders issued under Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) section 144, read with certain provisions of the Gujarat Police (GP) Act, need to be considered, even as the state government sought for more time to file an

‘Satisfactory answer about Gumnami Baba will be true tribute to Netaji’

Source – hindustantimes.com As the nation celebrates the 123rd birth anniversary of freedom fighter and Indian National Army leader Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on January 23, the mystery around the identity of Gumnami Baba alias Bhagwanji, whom many believed was Bose, continues to evoke curiosity. Some people feel a satisfactory answer to the questions being

Andhra Pradesh high court special bench to hear Amaravati pleas.

Source – economictimes.indiatimes.com HYDERABAD: The Andhra Pradesh high court has said it will appoint a two-member special bench to hear petitions challenging the decision of the YS Jagan Mohan Reddy government to shift the capital city away from Amaravati and to have three capitals. The court admitted petitions of the farmers of Amaravati region who

Supreme Court Suggests Amending Constitution Over Powers Of Speaker To Disqualify MPs, MLAs.

Source – New Delhi: In a path breaking ruling, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said Parliament should “rethink” whether the Speaker of a House should continue to have powers to disqualify lawmakers as such a functionary “belongs to a particular political party”. Parliament may seriously consider amending the Constitution to substitute Speaker of Lok Sabha and