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Delhi High Court Upholds Life Term To 2 For Rape And Murder

1Sep

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Delhi High Court Upholds Life Term To 2 For Rape And Murder

[ad_1] Both the accused were arrested by police in May, 2012 from different places in Delhi.(File)New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Thursday upheld the life sentence awarded to two men convicted of gang-rape and murder of a woman in 2012, saying the brutality showed the "depraved and evil" mentality of the convicts.A bench of Justices Mukta Gupta and Anish Dayal said from the nature of injures reported in the post-mortem report, it was evident that the woman put up a brave resistance before the two men, "who overpowered her physically, caused grievous injures on her body, raped and eventually strangled her"."Thereafter, they attempted to erase the evidence by dumping the body on the roadside and extracted her belongings and put them in different locations. Considering the brutality of the ...

No Property Can Be Demolished without Giving Owner Opportunity Of Hearing: Delhi High Court

1Sep

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No Property Can Be Demolished without Giving Owner Opportunity Of Hearing: Delhi High Court

[ad_1] This order has been passed by the High Court on a civil suit filed by Hnunpuii.(Representational)New Delhi: The Delhi High Court recently said that no property can be demolished on the ground of unauthorised construction without giving the owner an opportunity for a hearing.Justice C Hari Shankar, while passing the order, said, "To my mind, there can be no question of demolishing any property on the ground that it is unauthorised, until and unless the person owning the property and/or in possession of/residing in the property, are given an adequate opportunity of hearing and due principles of natural justice are complied with."The court further said that it is no answer to compliance with the principles of natural justice to contend that if an opportunity was granted, the persons ...

Restaurants Taking Service Charge Ignoring Court Guidelines: Centre To Delhi HC

1Sep

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Restaurants Taking Service Charge Ignoring Court Guidelines: Centre To Delhi HC

[ad_1] Are you still paying the service charge on your food bills at the restaurants? If yes, then you surely need to give this article a look. In a recent update on the ongoing 'service charge' row, the Centre and the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) informed the Delhi High Court that hotels and restaurants are still collecting service charges, even after receiving the guidelines on banning the levy. The Centre further stated that the customers are unwillingly paying the extra charge, even if they are dissatisfied with the service."It was noticed that restaurants and hotels were openly flouting the guidelines and collecting service charges from consumers involuntarily, even when they were dissatisfied with the services," the application read. It further stated that after the...

Telegram Asked To Disclose Details Of Channels Violating Copyright Law

31Aug

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Telegram Asked To Disclose Details Of Channels Violating Copyright Law

[ad_1] New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has said the defence of free speech and the right to privacy cannot be used by any entity, including an infringer, to escape the consequences of illegal actions. The remark was made by the high court while directing messaging platform Telegram to disclose in a sealed cover the details of channels, including their mobile numbers and IP addresses, disseminating certain content in violation of copyright law.Justice Prathiba M Singh, while dealing with a lawsuit by a coaching centre and its owner against the "illegal" sharing of its teaching material on various channels on the platform under "masked" identities, stated that Telegram's reliance on the laws of privacy and right to freedom of speech and expression was "completely inapposite in these facts ...

‘Can’t Check Aadhaar Card Before Sex’: High Court On Minor’s Rape Charge

30Aug

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‘Can’t Check Aadhaar Card Before Sex’: High Court On Minor’s Rape Charge

[ad_1] The accused said the complainant was giving dates of birth as per her convenience. (Representational)New Delhi: A person in a consensual physical relationship is not required to judicially scrutinise the date of birth of his partner, the Delhi High Court has said while granting bail to a man accused of "raping" his alleged minor partner who has "three different dates of birth", according to official documents.The court said a person is not required to see the Aadhaar card or the PAN card or verify his partner's date of birth from her school records before getting into a consensual physical relationship with her and granted relief to the accused who claimed that the prosecutrix was giving her dates of birth in accordance with her own convenience only to invoke the provisions of the...

Big setback for WhatsApp, Facebook in India

25Aug

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Big setback for WhatsApp, Facebook in India

[ad_1] In a big setback for Meta Platforms, the Delhi High Court has directed the CCI to probe WhatsApp LLC and Facebook Inc. The Delhi High Court, on Thursday, has rejected WhatsApp and Facebook's appeals against the Competition Commission of India's (CCI) probe into the instant messaging platform's updated privacy policy of 2021. WhatsApp has announced its updated privacy policy allowing the company to share data concerning user interaction with business accounts with Facebook. A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad has withheld the single judge's order rejecting the Meta's plea to interdict the CCI's investigation. Last year in April, a single judge of the high court had refused to...