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Cheating-forgery case: HC permits Ashneer Grover, wife to travel abroad

The Delhi High Court on Friday permitted payment app BharatPe's former MD Ashneer Grover and his wife, facing prosecution in a cheating and forgery case, to travel abroad by directing them to furnish a surety of Rs 80 crore each. While the couple intended to travel together to the USA from May 26 to July 1, the court permitted them to go abroad one at a time. On the suggestion of petitioners' counsel, the court allowed Grover to travel to the USA from May 26 to June 12 and his wife Madhuri Jain Grover from June 12 to July 1. Justice Subramonium Prasad said the couple shall not extend the dates of travel and shall return to India on the given dates. He made it clear that any application for the extension of stay abroad will not be entertained. They sought the permission to travel abroad to meet their extended family members in the USA and also submitted that their son has been invited for a summer course -- National Student Leadership Conference -- at the University of California, .

SpiceJet to seek Rs 450 cr refund from former promoter Kalanithi Maran

Airline taking step after Delhi High Court gave it reprieve in share transfer dispute

Excise scam case: HC dismisses Sisodia's bail pleas, AAP disagrees

After the rejection of the bail pleas of Manish Sisodia in the excise case, the AAP on Tuesday said the party "respectfully disagrees" with the Delhi High Court's decision and will approach the Supreme Court to seek "justice" for the former Delhi deputy chief minister. The high court on Tuesday dismissed the bail pleas of Sisodia in money laundering and corruption cases lodged by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the CBI respectively in connection with the alleged liquor scam. Addressing a press conference, Delhi minister Atishi said the excise policy case is a "political conspiracy" of the BJP. "We respect HC but we respectfully disagree with its decision. This alleged liquor scam is a political conspiracy by BJP. It is a political conspiracy to attack AAP, crush and trample the party. "When the BJP couldn't defeat AAP in Delhi and Punjab in the electoral battle, this conspiracy was hatched," she charged. The AAP leader said there are certain facts that prove this is a ...

High Court gives relief to Pepsico India over Rs 2,800 crore tax demand

The AO came to this conclusion on the basis of the bright line test (BLT) in transfer pricing

SC Collegium recommends two judges as permanent judges of Gauhati HC

The Supreme Court Collegium headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud has recommended to the Centre the names of two additional judges for appointment as permanent judges of the Gauhati High Court. The Collegium, also comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and B R Gavai, recommended that Justice Rajesh Sekhri be appointed as an additional judge of the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court for a fresh term of one year with effect from July 29, 2024. "... the Collegium resolves to recommend that Justice Susmita Phukan Khaund and Justice Mitali Thakuria, additional judges, be appointed as permanent judges of the Gauhati High Court against the existing vacancies," said one of the Collegium resolutions uploaded on the apex court website. It noted that the Collegium of the Gauhati High Court had unanimously recommended on April 1 the names of these two judges for appointment as permanent judges. "The chief ministers of the States of Assam, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh and the ..

Becoming mother natural phenomenon; employer has to be considerate: HC

Becoming a mother is a natural phenomenon, and an employer has to be considerate and sympathetic towards women staffers, the Bombay High Court said on Friday, while quashing a communication issued by the Airport Authority of India (AAI) denying maternity leave to an employee on the ground that she already had two children. A division bench of Justices A S Chandurkar and Jitendra Jain said women who constitute almost half of the segment of our society have to be honoured and treated with dignity at places where they work to earn their livelihood. Whatever the nature of their duties, vocation and workplace, women must be provided all the facilities to which they are entitled, it added. The bench quashed a 2014 communication issued by the AAI, Western Region Headquarters, which refused maternity leave to an employee, citing that she already had two children. "To become a mother is the most natural phenomenon in the life of a woman. Whatever is needed to facilitate the birth of a child

Live-in relationship against expectations of Indian tenets: Chhattisgarh HC

Live-in relationship is an imported philosophy and against the expectations of Indian tenets, the Chhattisgarh High Court has observed, holding that the institution of marriage no longer controls the people as it did in the past. The division bench of Justices Goutam Bhaduri and Sanjay S Agrawal made the observation while dismissing an appeal of a man seeking custody of a child born from his live-in relationship with a 36-year-old woman. The HC said that live-in relationship which is followed in certain sect of the society still continues as a stigma in the Indian culture as it is an imported philosophy contrary to the general expectations of Indian tenets. The order was passed on April 30 and a copy was made available recently. In his plea, Abdul Hameed Siddiqui (43) of Dantewada district said that he was in a live-in relationship with a woman from a different faith and she gave birth to a child. He moved the HC, located in the state's Bilaspur district, after a family court in .

EPFO 'actively' evaluating options in response to Karnataka HC judgement

The Karnataka High Court had struck down the inclusion of international workers in the EPF, deeming it "unconstitutional and arbitrary"

Jet Airways founder granted interim bail for 2 months on medical grounds

The Bombay High Court on Monday granted interim bail for two months on medical grounds to Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal, who has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case. A single bench of Justice N J Jamadar said Goyal shall pay a surety of Rs 1 lakh and not leave Mumbai without prior permission from the trial court. "The applicant (Goyal) shall be released on interim bail for a period of two months. He shall abide by all conditions imposed," the bench said. The high court also directed Goyal to surrender his passport. Goyal (75) had sought the interim bail on medical and humanitarian grounds as both he and his wife Anita Goyal are suffering from cancer. A special court in February refused bail to Goyal but permitted him to be admitted in a private hospital of his choice and seek medical treatment. Goyal then moved the HC, seeking bail on merits and to be released on interim bail on medical grounds. Goyal's counsel Harish Salve had urged t

Go First won't move against Delhi High Court order, set for liquidation

Go First filed for bankruptcy in May 2023. Since then, the lessors of these aircraft have been locked in a battle with the former owner of the airline and others to take control of their aircraft

UK govt acted unlawfully in approving climate plan: High Court judge

A High Court judge ruled Friday that the UK government acted unlawfully when it approved a plan to meet climate targets without evidence that it could be delivered. It was the second time in two years that the government's main climate action plan was found to be unlawful and insufficient in meeting legally-binding targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Justice Clive Sheldon sided Friday with three environmental groups that brought the case, ruling that the government's decision to approve its Carbon Budget Delivery Plan last year was simply not justified by the evidence. The plan outlined how the UK aims to achieve its climate targets, including pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by about two-thirds of 1990 levels by 2030 and to reach net zero by 2050. The judge said the details in the draft plan were vague and unquantified, and didn't provide officials with enough information on whether the plan should be approved. Lawyers acting for the environmental organizations tol

Delhi HC directs action against use of oxytocin in dairy colonies

The Delhi High Court has directed authorities to take action against the spurious use of oxytocin in dairy colonies here, saying the administration of the hormone amounts to animal cruelty and is an offence. A bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Manmohan Court asked the Delhi government's department of drugs control to conduct weekly inspections and register cases which will be investigated by the police. The court further asked the Intelligence Department of Delhi Police to identify the sources of oxytocin production, packaging and distribution and take action in accordance with law. The court's order came on a petition by Sunayana Sibal and others concerning the state of dairies in the national capital. The bench, also comprising Justice Manmeet PS Arora, recorded that one of the issues flagged by the court commissioner was the "rampant use" of oxytocin to force milk let-down and to increase production of milk in the cattle. "Since administering of oxytocin amounts to animal ..

FinMin studying HC order on PSBs' look out circulars for wilful defaulters

The Finance Ministry is studying the recent Bombay High Court order banning public sector banks from seeking the issuance of look out circulars, or LOCs, against wilful defaulters, sources said. Quashing the powers granted by the Union government to public sector banks (PSBs) to act against wilful defaulters, the High Court said it is arbitrary and violative of a person's fundamental rights. The finance ministry is aware of the April 26 judgement and will make a detailed assessment of the order, sources said, adding that the next course of action will be decided after studying the order. A division bench of Justice Gautam Patel and Justice Madhav Jamdar had on April 23 held as unconstitutional the clause of an office memorandum issued by the central government empowering the Chairman, Managing Directors and Chief Executive Officers of public sector banks to seek issuance of LOCs against default borrowers or even persons who stood guarantee for such borrowers. In its 289-page judgem

Will cease to exist in India if made to break encryption: WhatsApp tells HC

WhatsApp said that people use its platform because end-to-end messages are encrypted, ensuring privacy

HC not pronouncing verdict on plea against arrest: Hemant Soren to SC

Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court, saying the high court is not pronouncing verdict on his plea challenging arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta was told by senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Soren, that the high court had reserved its verdict on February 28 on his plea but still no decision has been delivered. Soren was arrested on January 31 in the case after he resigned as the Jharkhand chief minister, and party loyalist and state transport minister Champai Soren was named as his successor. He was arrested after being grilled by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for seven hours in the case. The ED is probing the alleged "huge amounts of proceeds of crime generated by manipulation of official records by showing dummy sellers and purchasers in the guise of forged/bogus documents to acquire huge parcels of land having value in crores'.

Bombay HC quashes circular on BH series number registration: Here's more

The Bharat series registration is introduced to streamline and standardise the vehicle registration process

Special Courts with sessions judges can try offences under IBC: SC

The High Court had observed that the objective of the legislature was not to burden a special court comprising a sessions judge with trials under the IBC

21 retired judges write to CJI against attempts to 'undermine' judiciary

Former Supreme Court and high court judges expressed concerns over attempts by certain factions 'to undermine the judiciary through calculated pressure, misinformation, and public disparagement'

Person can't be deprived of right to livelihood merely due to old age: HC

A person can't be deprived of right to livelihood and to live with dignity merely on account of old age and frail health, the Delhi High Court has observed while upholding an order directing eviction of a tenant from a property which is now required by a landlord for carrying out his business. The high court rejected the stand taken by the tenant that looking at the old age and health of the landlord, it was not believable that he would carry out any business from the premises which was sought to be vacated. The high court dismissed the petition by the tenant challenging an order of an additional rent controller (ARC) which had passed the eviction order. "The bona fides of the requirement set up by the landlord cannot be shrouded with doubts on such presumptive arguments. Merely because the landlord suffers old age and frail health, it cannot be presumed that he does not require the tenanted premises to run his business or is not capable of earning livelihood," Justice Girish ...

Delhi HC denies Arvind Kejriwal's plea against arrest, CM to remain in jail

The Delhi High Court stated that the Delhi chief minister "conspired with others" and was "actively involved in using proceeds of crime