Month: August 2020

Permission of Attorney General not required in Suo Motu criminal contempt cases

The Supreme Court in the recent Judgment in “Vijay Kurle & Ors, being Suo Motu Contempt Petition (Criminal) No. 2 of 2019” Settle the position that in suo motu Criminal Contempt cases, the Consent of Attorney General is not required. The court observed as under: “This is nothing but a suo motu action on reading …

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30-yr wait ends as Kerala HC orders state to build primary school in village

Thirty years of strife has finally seen some light of day for the Elambra, Manjeri Municipality of Malappuram district in Kerala. It was for so long that villagers had been waiting for a primary school here, but nobody cared. On July 29 the Kerala High Court put balm on the people’s pin when it ordered …

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Vikas Dubey killing: Petitions say even chairman of inquiry commission has ‘conflict of interest’

New Delhi: The high-powered inquiry commission set up by the Supreme Court to investigate the ‘encounter’ killing of gangster Vikas Dubey seems full of members with “conflict of interest”, if petitions to completely overhaul the composition of the commission are to be believed. Even the chairman of the commission, retired Supreme Court judge BS Chauhan …

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NCLT notifies revised SOP for video-conference hearings

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal has issued a revised Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for hearing of matters through video conferencing. The Tribunal has notified that it will use the CISCO-Webex platform will be used for holding Virtual Court Room from August 4th The mentioning applications will be submitted through email and if allowed a …

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Defence ministry requests CBFC to have all Army related movies, series to get NOCs

The defence ministry has written to the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), requesting it to direct producers of movies and web series to first seek permission from the defence ministry before airing films depicting Indian Army or military personnel. The letter of July 27, is from Sudarshan Kumar, under secretary in the Ministry of …

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Delhi HC asks jail authorities to consider installing television in high-security ward

The Delhi High Court today has asked the jail authorities to consider installing Television in the common area of the high-security ward in the Tihar Jail. A divisional bench comprising the Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan while hearing the matter through video conferencing stated that “they are already suffering a lot in …

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