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Byju Raveendran says settlement near after Singapore court contempt orderByju's founder Byju Raveendran announced a settlement in principle with lenders like GLAS Trust and Qatar Investment Authority, following a...- Delhi HC dismisses PIL to deregister AAP, disqualify Arvind KejriwalThe Delhi High Court has rejected a plea to deregister the Aam Aadmi Party and disqualify its leaders. The court found the petition lacked ...
- YouTuber Gulshan Pahuja gets 6-month jail term for criminal contemptThe Delhi High Court has sentenced YouTuber Gulshan Pahuja to six months in jail for criminal contempt. He was found to have scandalised th...
- HC issues notices to Kejriwal, other AAP leaders in a defamation caseThe Delhi High Court has issued notices to Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, Sanjay Singh, and other AAP leaders in a suo motu contempt of c...
- Delhi High Court initiates contempt plea against Kejriwal, recuses from excise caseJustice Swarana Kanta Sharma of Delhi High Court has started contempt proceedings against Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia. They face cha...
- GAIL moves court against PNGRB over unbundling planGAIL has taken its dispute with the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board to the Delhi High Court. The regulator wants to separate gas...
- Word of the Day: BlatherskiteWord of the Day: Blatherskite proves the enduring richness of the English language, a word that blends humor, critique, and precision into ...
- Delhi High Court issues notice in textbook delay contempt plea; Govt assures supply before summer breakThe Delhi High Court has issued notice on a contempt petition concerning the delayed supply of textbooks to students in government schools....
- Delhi HC judge recuses from hearing PIL seeking action against Kejriwal, AAP leaders over recording, circulation of court proceedingsA Delhi High Court judge has withdrawn from a Public Interest Litigation concerning the alleged recording of court proceedings. The PIL acc...
- Excise policy: Delhi HC judge Swarana K Sharma refuses to recuse, rejects Kejriwal's pleaJustice Swarana Kanta Sharma rejected pleas for her recusal from the Delhi liquor-policy case. She stated litigants cannot judge judges wit...
- Attorney General declines consent for initiating contempt proceedings against Kapil SibalVenugopal has said that having gone through the entirety of his speech, he finds that Sibal's criticism of the court and the judgements was...
- Vicarious liability can't be applied to contempt case : SCThe apex court said Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 explains civil contempt to mean willful disobedience of a decision of the Court, and there...
- Plea in SC seeks initiation of criminal contempt proceedings against Kunal KamraThe plea was filed a day after Attorney General K K Venugopal granted consent for initiation of criminal contempt proceedings against Kamra...
- Law commission not in favour of diluting Contempt LawCommission has not found favour with the idea to amend the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 and to restrict its definition to only “wilful diso...
- The LC has opined against minimising the exercise of power of contempt of Court by the judiciarySuch dilution, the Commission has held, “would not be a meaningful exercise and would not be in larger public interest”.
- Supreme Court to consider CS Karnan’s plea for sentence recallThe recall application, filed by counsel Nishchal Kumar Neeraj, argued that Justice Karnan had been sentenced in absentia on the basis of s...
- AAP government moves Delhi HC against ACB chief MK MeenaThe Aam Aadmi Party government also sought contempt proceedings against Mohan, saying he was acting under "direct instruction and orders of...
- Supreme Court sets aside contempt proceeding against ONGC CMD Sudhir VasudevaThe Supreme Court today quashed the contempt proceedings initiated by Madras High Court against ONGC CMD Sudhir Vasudeva.
- Pakistan Supreme Court strikes down new contempt law; Raja Pervez Ashraf's fate in limboPak's SC struck down the govt's new contempt law, aimed to prevent the premier being pressured to revive graft cases against President Asif...
- Accidental,unintentional disobedience is not contempt: SCAccidental or unintentional disobedience of court orders does not amount to contempt, unless there is a wilful attempt to obstruct the cour...
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