Update as on December 15, 2014

RECENT JUDGMENTS:

High Court of Bombay:

·        Mr. Shivashankar Swami vs. The Municipal Corporation of Greater Bombay & Anr.  [12.12.2014]

·        Darius Rutton Kavasmaneck vs. Gharda Chemicals Ltd. & Ors.  [12.12.2014]

·        Shalimar Transport and Carting Contractor, through its Proprietor, Shaikh Hameed s/o Shaikh Rahim vs. The State of Maharashtra & Ors.  [12.12.2014]

·        Mr.Ravindra Harshad Parmar vs. Mrs. Dimple Ravindra Parmar  [11.12.2014]

·        Vilas s/o. Rambhau Chaudhari vs. Hindustan Petrolelum Corporation Ltd., Mumbai & Anr.  [11.12.2014]

·        Ramakant s/o. Dattu Magar vs. The Union of India & Ors.  [11.12.2014]

·        Balaji s/o. Maruti Kamble vs. The State of Maharashtra  [11.12.2014]

·        Mr.Yashwant @ Balu Anand Fatnaik vs. The State of Maharashtra & Anr.  [05.12.2014]

RECENT BILL:

·        The Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Bill, 2014

RECENT NOTIFICATIONS:

·        Special Deposit Scheme 1975 – Payment of interest for the calendar year 2014

·        Grants exemption from the duties of Customs to goods imported for donation for the relief and rehabilitation of people affected by the floods in the State of Jammu and Kashmir

·        Grants exemption from Basic Excise Duty to goods donated or purchased out of cash donations for the relief and rehabilitation of people affected by the floods in the State of Jammu and Kashmir

RECENT FOREIGN COURT DECISIONS:

England & Wales High Court (Chancery Division) Decision:

·        Seton House Group Ltd & Anor v Mercer Ltd [2014] EWHC 4234 (Ch) (12 December 2014)

England & Wales High Court (Family Division) Decision:

·        Cooper-Hohn v Anthony Hohn [2014] EWHC 4122 (Fam) (12 December 2014)

England & Wales High Court (Queen’s Bench Division) Decisions:

·        Iwona Sobolewska v Michael Alfred Threlfall [2014] EWHC 4219 (QB) (12 December 2014)

·        Colin Gardner v Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust [2014] EWHC 4217 (QB) (12 December 2014)

·        Richard Peter Downing v Peterborough & Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2014] EWHC 4216 (QB) (12 December 2014)

England & Wales High Court (Technology & Construction Court) Decisions:

·        Imtech Inviron Ltd v Loppingdale Plant Ltd [2014] EWHC 4109 (TCC) (12 December 2014)

Suo Motu Statement by the Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh in Parliament on the arrest of a youth running Twitter handle on behalf of ISIS

Following is the text of the suo motu statement made by the Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh in Parliament today on the arrest of a youth running Twitter handle on behalf of ISIS:

“Mehdi Masroor Biswas aged around 24years was arrested on December 13,2014 by the Bangalore Police in case crime No.01218/2014 u/s 3,13 and 18 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act,1967, Section 66 F of the Information Technology Act and Section 125 of the Indian Penal Code. The accused had come to prominence in the electronic media in the U.K regarding his role in circulating ISIS material through a Twitter account. The central agencies worked in close collaboration with the Karnataka Police to develop information leading to his arrest. Mehdi had a Twitter account under the username “Shami Witness”. He used to visit prominent ISIS related sites, mostly in Arabic Language and then translate the contents in to English and repost the material on his twitter account.

During interrogation Mehdi disclosed that more than 60% of his twitter account followers were non-Muslims from western countries and a majority of his Muslim followers were from the western countries, particularly the U.K. Mehdi started closely following the developments in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan through internet during his college days and has been active in the social networking sites since 2009 . Over a period of time Mehdi started interacting with people in the social networking sites on matters related to “Jihad”.

Mehdi belongs to a middle class family from Kolkata and has done his electrical engineering from Gurunanak Dev Institute of Technology in 2012. He joined ITC following a campus recruitment drive and is currently employed there.

The interrogation of Mehdi Biswas has indicated that his activities were limited to posting and reposting of pro ISIS material on his Twitter account and social media sites. He has denied having recruited any person for ISIS.

Further investigation is in progress.”

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(Release ID :113332)

Source: Press Information Bureau (PIB)

Reports of Union Law Minister Agreeing for Setting up a Bench of High Court at Agra Denied

There have been some reports in the media that Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda, Union Minister of Law and Justice had purportedly given a statement that a Bench of Allahabad High Court is to be established at Agra. These reports are denied. No such statement has been given by the Minister.

The procedure for establishment of a Bench of a High Court is that a complete proposal is to be given by the concerned State Government in consultation with the Chief Justice of the High Court and the Governor of the State concerned.

No such proposal has been received from the State Government of Uttar Pradesh so far.

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(Release ID :113286)

Source: Press Information Bureau (PIB)