Corporate Law News Plea for stay on extension of AI flight duty time rejected: HC February 20, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has refused to stay Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh’s order to extend the flight duty time limitation (FDTL) of Air India pilots and cabin crew, saying it was their duty to enable Air India to “pull through” the “financial crisis.” “Since the respondent Airlines is going through a crucial financial crisis, […] Read more » Air Craft Rules Air India Air India flight duty time rejected Air India pilots and cabin crew annual limitation of flying hours Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh civil aviation requirements Delhi High Court DGCA Directorate General of Civil Aviation FDTL FDTL and FTL financial crisis flight duty time limitation Flight Time Limitation grave financial crisis Justice Suresh Kait Memorandum of Settlement Union and the Airlines
Criminal Law News Court acquits don Dawood Ibrahim’s ‘aide’ April 24, 2012 / April 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Khalil Ahmed, said to be an aide of don Dawood Ibrahim, was on Monday acquitted by the Delhi high court in a case of alleged attempt to extort money from a businessman here. He was booked under a stringent anti-organised crime law. Justice Suresh Kait dismissed the police plea and upheld the trial court’s order […] Read more » criminal cases Delhi High Court don Dawood Ibrahim Justice Suresh Kait Maharashtra Control of Organised Crimes Act (MCOCA) stringent anti-organised crime law
Top Law News Delhi court dismisses godman’s plea to drop MCOCA charges March 27, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Monday dismissed a plea by ‘godman’ Shiv Murat Dwivedi, accused of running a prostitution ring in south Delhi, seeking to drop the case under MCOCA (Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act) against him. Dwivedi alias Ichchadhari Sant Swami Bhimanand Ji Maharaj Chitrakoot Wale, was arrested Feb 26, 2010 along with seven […] Read more » Delhi High Court Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act Justice Suresh Kait MCOCA (Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act)
High Profile Cases High court quashes proceedings against Microsoft India March 19, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Monday quashed charges of hosting objectionable content against Microsoft India and set aside a trial court order for initiating criminal proceedings against the company. Justice Suresh Kait accepted the company’s plea that Microsoft was not providing a platform to people to interact with each other and post or publish their views, […] Read more » Delhi High Court Justice Suresh Kait Metropolitan Magistrate Sudesh Kumar Microsoft India
Top Law News Objectionable matter: Yahoo plea for staying case refused February 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday refused Yahoo India’s plea for staying a trial court’s proceedings against it for allegedly hosting objectionable content on its website and adjourned the case till Mar 1. The court was hearing Yahoo’s plea against the lower court’s order to prosecute the website for allegedly hosting objectionable content. Justice Suresh Kait […] Read more » Delhi High Court Facebook and Google Justice Suresh Kait
Top Law News Court puts off hearing on Google, Facebook pleas January 20, 2012 / January 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday adjourned the hearing on petitions of Google India and Facebook India challenging a trial court’s order to prosecute them for allegedly hosting objectionable content. “The matter is likely to be taken up Feb 2 or Feb 3,” said Justice Suresh Kait. Google India and Facebook India earlier told the high […] Read more » Delhi High Court facebook Google Justice Suresh Kait Metropolitan Magistrate Sudesh Kumar
Top Law News Can’t control content, Google, Facebook tell court January 16, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Internet giants Google and Facebook told the court on Monday that it is not possible for to block offensive content that appears on their websites, in a case that has stoked fears about censorship in the world’s largest democracy. Google and Facebook are among 21 companies that have been asked to develop a mechanism […] Read more » Can't control content on Google and Facebook tell court google and facebook Justice Suresh Kait no control of content on google and facebook
High Profile Cases High Court dismisses Amar Singh’s plea January 14, 2012 / January 14, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday dismissed a plea of Rajya Sabha member and former Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Amar Singh seeking modification in the bail amount in the cash-for-vote case. Amar Singh approached the court saying that the high court’s order asking him to furnish a personal bond and two sureties of Rs.50 lakh each […] Read more » cash-for-vote case Delhi High Court Justice Suresh Kait Rajya Sabha member and former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh
Top Law News Filter content or face blackout, court warns Facebook, Google January 13, 2012 / January 13, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Like in China, Facebook and Google India’s websites can be blocked if they fail to come up with a mechanism to check and remove derogatory contents from their web pages, the Delhi High Court warned Thursday. “Like China, we will block all such websites,” Justice Suresh Kait said, after Facebook and Google India said that […] Read more » Delhi High Court Facebook and Google Justice Suresh Kait Senior advocate Siddharth Luthra
Top Law News Facebook, Google move court; Delhi Police issued notice January 11, 2012 / January 11, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to Delhi Police on a petition filed against summons issued by a trial court to 21 websites, including Facebook, Google, Yahoo and YouTube, for allegedly hosting obscene and derogatory content. Challenging a trial court order that issued summons to the websites, Facebook and Google had Wednesday approached the […] Read more » Delhi High Court facebook Google Justice Suresh Kait Yahoo YouTube
High Profile Cases Cash-for-votes: Summons for SP MP set aside December 15, 2011 / December 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday set aside a trial court’s summons to Samajwadi Party MP Rewati Raman Singh in the 2008 cash-for-votes scandal in parliament. The trial court had asked the Lok Sabha member to appear before it Nov 3. But allowing Singh’s plea to quash the trial court order, Justice Suresh Kait said: “Petition […] Read more » cash-for-votes Delhi High Court Justice Suresh Kait Samajwadi Party MP Rewati Raman Singh
High Profile Cases Cash-for-votes: Amar Singh’s passport released December 13, 2011 / December 13, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday modified the bail conditions of Rajya Sabha member and former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh, an accused in the 2008 cash-for-vote scandal in parliament, and ordered the release of his passport. The high court also permitted the MP to travel abroad for treatment without having to seek the trial court’s […] Read more » Amar Singh's passport released cash-for-votes Delhi High Court Justice Suresh Kait