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Appellant along with other associates, is alleged to have hatched conspiracy of serial blasts in Delhi, resulting in explosions causing killing of 26 people and injury to 135 people.
“It is trite that the international treaty obligations are required to be followed strictly and any deviation therefrom would have adverse effects including downgrading of the business interests of country in the international community.”
The Supreme Court has issued directions to each State Government to set up a designated Committee, which has its focus on taking steps for setting up new jails, expanding the existing facilities in the jails, and providing facilities to the inmates using technology.
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Sheikh Sahadat, a 32-year-old person was found dead in police custody with black and blue marks of beatings all over his back and chest and with swelling on his hands and legs.
“In the case of Hindu women, who may not have their own income, receiving a life estate given to them by their husbands who may predecease them is an essential safeguard for their financial security during their lifetime.”
Delhi High Court issues rule applicable to electronic applications made for obtaining e-True copy.
“Even after the termination of their contractual relationship and the explicit withdrawal of rights to use the plaintiff’s trademarks and logos, defendants have unauthorisedly continued use of their deceptively similar marks.”
In respect of the weeding out of the record, committees to monitor the weeding out are constituted in each District Court; and around 52000 files are already weeded out.
The Court opined that the “rebellious” attitude of St. Stephen’s College, in subjecting students shortlisted for admission to PG courses, by Delhi University (‘DU’), to a further round of interview, is the main factor which provoked DU to reduce number of seats allocated to St. Stephen’s College.
The Court opined that as parties have amicably settled their disputes, no useful purpose shall be served in continuing with proceedings of the present FIR as it will create further acrimony between the parties.
In the meetings dated 20-2-2020 and 21-2-2020 at Chand Bagh and again on 22-2-2020 and 23-2-2020, there were talks of finances, arranging arms, procuring of petrol bombs for killing of people and arsoning of property and destruction of CCTV installed in the area.
“There is also no other compelling reason why the claim should not be disposed of before recording oral evidence, especially since the trust deed by which copyright was assigned was registered and the defendant does not claim to be either the owner, assignee or licensee of the said right.”
Delhi has been facing the fury of river Yamuna in spate year after year with last year, 2023, being particularly bad. Waterlogging, flooding and related collapse of civic services have become perennial issues.
“Petitioner’s claim to be custodian and representative of the people of India, is nothing but a fanciful claim which is devoid of any basis.”
An entity is required to be tested on three parameters namely, (a) financial, (b) functional, and (c) administration for its inclusion as ‘other authority’ in Article 12 of the Constitution.
A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.
Making derogatory complaints against spouse demonstrate lack of mutual respect and goodwill, which is crucial for a healthy marriage and merely by stating that such complaints are made after parties had separated, in no manner absolves a spouse from the guilt of committing cruelty on the receiving end.
“Even assuming the recorded consumption to be lesser than the average computed consumption of electricity, it can at best raise a doubt against the respondent; it cannot act as a proof beyond reasonable doubt to hold that the respondent has dishonestly tampered with the meter.”
By virtue of the two impugned actions/orders, today the respondents are trying to wrongly give retrospective seniority to the other similarly situated personnel like the petitioners herein by putting them ahead of such petitioners in the already existing seniority list as on date, which, as per the settled position of law, is not permissible.