Category: High Court

Bombay High Court quashes BARC’s order on imposing fine on TV Today Network

Source:-https://www.hindustantimes.com The Bombay High Court has quashed and set aside an order passed by the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) imposing a fine of Rs five lakh on TV Today Network Limited, which owns news channel India Today, for alleged viewership malpractices. A division bench of Justices Nitin Jamdar and Milind Jadhav on November 5

Orissa High Court unhappy over non-compliance of its order on teacher’s salary

Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court has expressed displeasure over the State government’s failure to ensure full compliance with an order issued on July 6, 2018 and directed the Secretary and Director of Higher Education to appear in person again. The order related to payment of full salary entitlement of a college teacher Basanta Kumar

Madras High Court judge asks Corporation Commissioner, Police chief to walk on Marina Beach

Source:-https://www.thehindu.com Justice Vineet Kothari of the Madras High Court on Tuesday asked Greater Chennai Commissioner of Police Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal and Corporation Commissioner G. Prakash to take their morning or evening walk on the Marina beach and its loop road, to ensure that the place was maintained well and was free of encroachments. The senior-most

Judges err, admits High Court

Source:-https://www.tribuneindia.com Judges err, the High Court has ruled. In an candid observation on the functioning of the subordinate judiciary, the High Court has asserted that at times, flawed orders with errors in fact or law have been passed by judicial officers. The HC has directed the compiling of such errors before pointing these out to

Former Punjab Police chief Sumedh Singh Saini moves SC after high court dismisses bail petition

Source:-hindustantimes Former Punjab director general of police (DGP) Sumedh Singh Saini has moved the Supreme Court, seeking anticipatory bail in a case related to the alleged abduction and disappearance of a junior engineer, Balwant Singh Multani, in 1991. Saini, who is likely to be represented by senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, moved the apex court on

Principal seat of High Court need not be in State capital: Centre tells AP HC

Source:-thehindubusinessline The notification of the President’s Order on the constitution of a separate High Court for Andhra Pradesh, with the principal seat at Amaravati, cannot be construed as the Central government’s decision to declare Amaravati as the capital of the State. The principal seat of the High Court need not necessarily be in the State

Delhi High Court, hearing Kalanithi Maran plea, orders SpiceJet to deposit Rs 243 crore within six weeks

Source:-moneycontrol The Delhi High Court, which is hearing a lawsuit filed by SpiceJet’s former promoter, Kalanithi Maran of Sun Group, and his KAL Airways, against the low-cost airline, has ordered it to deposit nearly Rs 243 crore within six weeks. The amount is essentially an interest payout of the sum Maran and KAL Airways won