Month: October 2020

It is a game of skill: Rajasthan High Court rejects plea to ban Dream11

Source:-https://www.business-standard.com The Rajasthan High Court has dismissed a petition seeking a ban on Dream11 claiming the fantasy sports platform amounted to betting or gambling. The court said “the format of online fantasy game is a game of mere skill”. The petition also accused Dream11 of evading the goods and services tax (GST) since it is

Feroze sells house to Firoz; matter in Gujarat HC

source:-https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com AHMEDABAD: The Shakespearean saying ‘What’s in a name?’ would rather not apply in this case of property sale which hinges entirely on the name alone. A Parsi man, Feroze Falibhai Contractor, has been accused of projecting himself as a Muslim by suppressing his Parsi religious identity in selling his property to a Muslim, Firoz

Delay of over two years in uploading Patna HC judgment since its pronouncement, SC asks high court registrar to submit report

Source:-https://www.theleaflet.in Surprised by the inordinate delay of 733 days between the pronouncement of a judgment by the Patna High Court on January 28, 2018, and its uploading on the court website on May 1, 2019, the Supreme Court last week directed the Registrar General of the Patna High Court to submit a report on whether

Odisha HC asks state government to clarify stand on school fee waiver, verdict deferred

Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court on Monday directed the State Government to clarify its stand over the school fee waiver dispute after the association of DAV schools opposed an MoU agreed to during a mediation conducted by the School and Mass Education department. The Court was hearing three PILs seeking exemption of school fees

Ex legislator Iqbal told by Allahabad High Court to appear before ED

Source:-https://www.indialegallive.com New Delhi (ILNS): The Allahabad High Court has directed Haji Mohammad Iqbal, a former Legislative Council member who came under the purview of the Enforcement Directorate investigation on money laundering, to appear before the ED and present his case. This order has been given by Justice Suneet Kumar on the Petition of Afzal, son

Supreme Court to review Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy

Source:-https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com WASHINGTON: The Supreme Court is agreeing to review a Trump administration policy that makes asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for US court hearings.As is typical, the court did not comment Monday in announcing it would hear the case. Because the court’s calendar is already full through the end of the year, the justices will not

Why can’t NBSA guidelines be given more teeth?, Bombay High Court asks Centre

Source:-https://www.nationalheraldindia.com The Bombay High Court on Monday asked why the Union government could not ratify and enforce guidelines of private bodies such as the the News Broadcasters Standards Authority (NBSA) to regulate the content broadcast by TV news channels. A bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice G S Kulkarni said since the NBSA

Kerala high court rejects state government’s plea against airport lease to Adani group

Source:-https://www.hindustantimes.com The Kerala high court on Monday rejected the state government’s plea questioning the Centre’s decision to lease out Thiruvananthapuram international airport to the Adani Enterprises. While rejecting the plea of the state government and five others, the court said it did not want to interfere with what it called a policy decision of the

Baghjaan Fire: The Youth Of Assam Have Numerous Questions, But Do We Ask Them To?

Source:-https://www.youthkiawaaz.com It has been almost 5 months and yet, the authority hasn’t been able to put out the fire outburst in the Baghjaan region. 15 years back, a similar incident took place at Dikom, Dibrugarh, where global fire-fighting experts had to be brought in to control the blaze, which took around 45 days to control.