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Indian Judge Nixes Bid To Shut Down Devas Liquidation
Law360 (April 28, 2021, 8:37 PM EDT) An Indian court has rejected a bid to shut down the government-authorized liquidation of Devas Multimedia Pvt. Ltd., an Indian satellite company that s attempting to enforce a nearly $1.3 billion arbitral award against a division of the country s space agency.
Ruling for the High Court Of Karnataka at Bengaluru, Judge P.S.Dinesh Kumar concluded on Wednesday that Devas shareholder Devas Employees Mauritius Pvt. Ltd. had failed to show how the winding-up petition filed in January by the Indian state-owned Antrix Corp. Devas foe in the arbitration violated any part of the Constitution of India. The petition was filed amid allegations.
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‘They should safeguard information retrieved from gadgets’
The High Court of Karnataka has declared that action for dereliction of duty or other proceedings can be initiated against investigation officers (IOs) if they are found to have furnished to any third party, data retrieved from electronic gadgets that could impinge on privacy of any person connected to the probe in criminal cases.
The court also declared that it is the responsibility of the officers to safeguard the information or data retrieved from electronic gadgets such as smartphones, computers, laptops and storage units, including cloud-based storage, email accounts, etc.
“The disclosure, making public or otherwise in court proceedings, would have to be determined by the judge of the court concerned by passing a judicial order. In no case could such details or data be provided by the investigation officer to any third party during the course of investigation without the written permission from the court concer
Bangalore Palace land has been used for widening adjoining roads.
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Entire 472 acres acquired for ₹11 crore, says government; HC allows it to move apex court on the issue
The High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday permitted the State government to seek modification of the order from the apex court on utilising Bangalore Palace property for widening Ballari and Jayamahal roads as the government pointed out that a “blunder” has resulted in offering Transferable Development Rights (TDR) worth ₹1,396 crore to occupants of the palace properties as against a total of ₹11 crore compensation fixed for the entire 472 acres of palace property in the 1996 law.