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India Today
7 hours ago
- Politics
- India Today
High Court sets aside expulsion of Pune student over Operation Sindoor post
The Bombay High Court on Monday set aside the order of expulsion of an engineering student from Pune for her social media post on India's precision strikes against terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK) as part of Operation bench of Justices MS Karnik and NR Borkar observed that the principles of natural justice were not followed by the college while passing the order of expulsion of the student as she had not been given an opportunity to be 19-year-old student, a fourth-semester engineering student at the Sinhagad Academy of Engineering in Pune, had been expelled after she was arrested on May 9 for her social media post. In her plea filed with the high court, the student challenged her expulsion from college as being "arbitrary and unlawful", as per a Live Law May 7, India carried out Operation Sindoor precision strikes, destroying nine terror launchpads and killing over 100 terrorists in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in response to the Pahalgam terror attack, which claimed the lives of 26 the armed forces launched Operation Sindoor on May 7, the student posted a message critical of the government on her social media account. She later claimed that the post led to a barrage of abuse and threats from users deleting the post the same day and issuing a public apology, an FIR was filed against her, accusing her of inciting communal tension and endangering national month, the High Court granted bail to the student, expressing shock over her arrest. During her time in custody, she missed two theoretical papers and a practical exam but was able to appear for the remaining exams after her engineering student has since written to the authorities, requesting permission to retake the missed examinations.
Hindustan Times
10-05-2025
- Business
- Hindustan Times
HC refuses to restrain MCA from conducting T20 Mumbai League over franchise dispute
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Wednesday refused to restrain the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) from conducting further editions of the T20 Mumbai League without one of the teams, Shivaji Park Lions, whose contract was terminated in 2020 for allegedly defaulting on payments. A division bench of chief justice Alok Aradhe and justice MS Karnik disposed of the plea filed by Jupicos Entertainment Pvt Ltd, a special purpose vehicle (SPV) that owns the Shivaji Park Lions, and refused to interfere with a single-judge bench's decision in April to deny the petitioner interim relief. The single-judge bench had cited an 'inordinate delay' of five years in challenging the MCA's 2020 termination order. Jupicos was formed in 2018, after a consortium of Juniper City Developers (India) Ltd (JCDIL) and Cosmos Prime Projects Limited (CPPL) successfully bid for a team representing Mumbai South Central for the first five editions of the league. The consortium formed an SPV to operate the team, with JCDIL and CPPL having an 85% and 15% shareholding, respectively. In its petition, Jupicos claimed that it suffered huge losses in the second edition of the league in 2019. The company said it transferred its entire participation fee of ₹5.6 crore to the MCA, but received an income of only ₹3.7 crore, including GST. Jupicos claimed it did not receive any sponsorship fee from the league. In November 2019, Probability Sports (India) Pvt Ltd, a company that operates the T20 Mumbai League for the MCA, issued a notice alleging that Jupicos had defaulted on a payment of around ₹35 lakh towards the participation fee for the league's second edition. It also failed to deposit a tax deducted at source (TDS) amount of ₹68.4 lakh for two financial years with respect to the first edition, the company claimed. Following this, a termination notice was served to Jupicos in January 2020. Jupicos filed an arbitration petition in the Bombay high court in March, seeking temporary injunction to restrain the MCA from conducting any further editions of the league without the Shivaji Park Lions. Senior advocate Vivek Tankha, representing the petitioner, told the court that after the termination notice was issued, Jupicos had held meetings with the respondents, wherein it maintained that it was willing to pay the amount due after it received the sponsorship fee. He added that other team owners were also facing a financial crunch and had defaulted on payments, but only Jupicos was singled out for differential treatment 'in bad faith'. In response, senior advocate Ashish Kamat, representing the MCA, contended that the termination was valid and in line with the legal framework. However, the court denied interim relief to Jupicos, citing a delay of over five years in filing an appeal against the termination notice. It also observed that Jupicos never challenged the termination notice. As a result, the court said, the MCA's contention that it had waived the breach by addressing correspondence, etc., to it is prima facie plainly untenable. The bench observed that Jupicos's contract with Probability Sports was entirely independent, with the MCA only acting as the confirming party. Stating that the termination notice is not disputable, the bench ruled that the agreement was clearly determinable, with no proprietary rights conferred upon Jupicos. The court upheld an earlier order passed by a single-judge bench, noting that the company's belated approach to seek interim relief was unsatisfactory. 'Having perused the order of the learned single judge, we find no reason to interfere with the same…,' the court said. As for the losses suffered by Jupicos, the court ruled that the company can claim damages in case the termination notice is held to be illegal.
Hindustan Times
09-05-2025
- Business
- Hindustan Times
HC seeks Centre's response to firm's plea to allow human trials of cancer vaccine
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Wednesday issued a notice to the central drug regulator to respond to a petition filed by a Nashik-based cancer research company seeking permission to conduct phase 1 human trials of its cancer immunotherapy drug, Per-C-Vax. A bench of chief justice Alok Aradhe and justice MS Karnik sought a response from the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) after the petitioner, Datar Cancer Genetics Pvt Ltd, claimed that the regulator had arbitrarily rejected its application to conduct phase 1 human trials of its indigenous vaccine to treat solid organ cancers. In its petition, the company said that it had submitted an application to CDSCO to conduct the trials under the New Drugs and Clinical Trials (NDCT) Rules, 2019, on August 2, 2023. The rules mandate CDSCO to respond to the application in 30 days, failing which the plea is deemed to be approved, the petition said. The regulator did not respond to the application within 30 days, it added. Later, CDSCO repeatedly insisted upon pre-clinical animal study data despite Datar Cancer Genetics explaining that, given the nature of its vaccine, this was scientifically impossible, the petition said. On April 22, 2025, the Drugs Controller General of India, Dr Rajeev Singh Raghuvanshi, rejected the application after highlighting deficiencies, the petition said. The company called the rejection 'mala fide' and a 'colourable exercise of power' to defeat the legislative safeguard built into the NDCT Rules to protect the applicants. It also said the rejection was 'a fraud on the statute' and against the larger public good. The company said it has a team of highly qualified individuals comprising seven MDs, 13 PhDs, and 78 scientists with master's degrees in pharmaceutics or biotechnology. It also claimed that it serves patients in multiple countries and regions, such as the US, UK, Europe, Canada and India, and also has a presence in South America and Africa. The company's counsel stated that the vaccine would put India on the world map. 'Ten patients, who are on stage 4 cancer, will be administered this therapeutic help, marking the end of the first trial,' he added. Datar Cancer Genetics urged the high court to declare that its application was deemed approved, considering CDSCO's failure to adhere to the 30-day time frame. It also requested the court to issue directions to the regulator to facilitate all administrative steps that may be required to conduct the clinical trial under the NDCT Rules, 2019. After hearing the plea, the court granted the regulator four weeks to file its reply to the petition and posted the matter for hearing on June 13.
Time of India
08-05-2025
- Time of India
HC: Strictly stop banned methods to net sea catch
Panaji: The high court on Thursday told the director of fisheries, the Goa coastal police force, and the Coast Guard to strictly enforce the ban on LED fishing, bull trawling, and pair trawling. The division bench, comprising justices M S Karnik and Valmiki Menezes, ordered the directorate of fisheries and Goa coastal police to maintain a dedicated mobile number and an email ID for receiving complaints from the public and to widely publicise the number and the email ID. 'The phone number/helpline shall be made available 24 hours a day with a responsible officer monitoring the same, to ensure prompt action in the event of a complaint being received with regard to illegal fishing in any banned operations under the Act or Ban Order 2017,' the HC said. It further directed every complaint to be entered into a register along with a report on the action taken. The HC called for inspections to be carried out on fishing vessels arriving and departing from all six fishing jetties in Goa, as well as at private jetties. Operation Sindoor Operation Sindoor: Several airports in India closed - check full list Did Pak shoot down Indian jets? What MEA said India foils Pakistan's attack on Jammu airport: What we know so far The authorities, the HC said, must immediately suspend registrations under the Merchant Shipping Act/Inland Vessels Act along with fishing permits for those conducting such banned fishing operations. The court observed that Goa coastal police have practically no operational interceptor boats and rely on small crafts that are unable to patrol the 100 nautical mile coastline of Goa. Citing this 'sorry state of affairs', the HC directed Goa coastal police and the Goa home department to immediately procure interceptor boats in the shortest possible time to plug this gap. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Google Brain Co-Founder Andrew Ng, Recommends: Read These 5 Books And Turn Your Life Around Blinkist: Andrew Ng's Reading List Undo There is 'no enforcement machinery worth the name in place to carry out statutory duties cast upon Goa coastal police of enforcement of law within the territory assigned to them,' the HC observed. Goa coastal police at present have only one operational interceptor boat, which has to cover a coastline of 110km and a breadth of 12 nautical miles of the sea, the HC observed. It also pointed out that most coastal police stations are grossly understaffed and that there is a dire need to augment the number of officers and personnel. Panaji: The high court on Thursday told the director of fisheries, the Goa coastal police force, and the Coast Guard to strictly enforce the ban on LED fishing, bull trawling, and pair trawling. The division bench, comprising justices M S Karnik and Valmiki Menezes, ordered the directorate of fisheries and Goa coastal police to maintain a dedicated mobile number and an email ID for receiving complaints from the public and to widely publicise the number and the email ID. 'The phone number/helpline shall be made available 24 hours a day with a responsible officer monitoring the same, to ensure prompt action in the event of a complaint being received with regard to illegal fishing in any banned operations under the Act or Ban Order 2017,' the HC said. It further directed every complaint to be entered into a register along with a report on the action taken. The HC called for inspections to be carried out on fishing vessels arriving and departing from all six fishing jetties in Goa, as well as at private jetties. The authorities, the HC said, must immediately suspend registrations under the Merchant Shipping Act/Inland Vessels Act along with fishing permits for those conducting such banned fishing operations. The court observed that Goa coastal police have practically no operational interceptor boats and rely on small crafts that are unable to patrol the 100 nautical mile coastline of Goa. Citing this 'sorry state of affairs', the HC directed Goa coastal police and the Goa home department to immediately procure interceptor boats in the shortest possible time to plug this gap. There is 'no enforcement machinery worth the name in place to carry out statutory duties cast upon Goa coastal police of enforcement of law within the territory assigned to them,' the HC observed. Goa coastal police at present have only one operational interceptor boat, which has to cover a coastline of 110km and a breadth of 12 nautical miles of the sea, the HC observed. It also pointed out that most coastal police stations are grossly understaffed and there is a dire need to boost the number of officers and personnel.
Hindustan Times
06-05-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
HC takes up suo-motu cognisance of delays in adoption process
Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Monday took suo-motu (on its own) cognisance of a media report highlighting that prospective parents in India have to wait for an average of three-and-a-half years to adopt infants and young children. A division bench of chief justice Alok Aradhe and justice MS Karnik sought a response from the Centre, the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA), and other relevant authorities on the matter. The court also appointed senior advocate Dr Milind Sathe and advocate Gaurav Shrivastava as amici curiae to assist it in adjudicating the suo-motu proceedings. The matter is scheduled to be heard on June 23. The bench referred to a news report published in The Times of India on April 3, citing CARA data as of March 31, which showed that over 35,500 prospective parents had registered for adopting children, but only 2,400 children were available for adoption. The report also referred to a parliamentary panel's recommendations to revisit adoption laws and streamline protocols. It highlighted concerns such as the low adoption rate among older or special-needs children, and a separate adoption mechanism under Hindu laws that differs from CARA guidelines. In India, the journey of orphaned, surrendered or abandoned children, from the day they are handed over to a shelter home to the day when they are placed in an adoptive home, is long and rigorous. Children cannot be given up for adoption without the Child Welfare Committee's clearance. Child Welfare Committees are autonomous bodies established under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, whose primary function is to address the needs of children who are abandoned, orphaned or in need of care and protection. To adopt a child, a prospective parent must first apply online with relevant documents on CARA's website. A social worker then visits the home to counsel the family and completes a home study report. Adoption agencies then share a child's profile identified as legally free for adoption with the prospective parents based on their preferences regarding gender, age and medical history. A district magistrate then reviews the case, ensuring that all legal requirements are met. However, due to conditions of a previous high court order, reviews in Maharashtra are taken up by the respective district courts. If satisfied, the court issues the adoption order, formally recognising the prospective adoptive parents as the child's adoptive parents. This order is crucial for obtaining a birth certificate for the adopted child, reflecting the names of the adoptive parents.
