Bombay High Court quashes order that refused to restrain Nawab Malik from tweeting against Wankhedes
The Hindu
The Bombay High Court on Monday quashed and set aside the Order of a single Bench of the HC that had refused to restrain Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik from making public statements against the Narc
The Bombay High Court on Monday quashed and set aside the Order of a single Bench of the HC that had refused to restrain Maharashtra Minister against the Narcotics Control Bureau’s (NCB) zonal director and his family.
A division Bench of Justices S. J. Kathawalla and Milind Jadhav quashed and set aside the Order after Mr. Malik and Mr. consented that the single Bench Order be recalled and , raised through an interim application on his defamation suit filed against Mr. Malik, be heard afresh by the HC.
On November 22, a single Bench of Justice Madhav Jamdar held that though Mr. Malik’s tweets against Mr. Wankhede, particularly those pertaining to allegations of the NCB officer having submitted a false caste certificate to secure the Central government job and having accepted illegal gratification while on duty, had stemmed out of malice, the Minister couldn’t be completely prohibited from making comments against a public officer. Dnyandev then challenged the singe Bench order.
The Shakti Scheme in Karnataka has completed its first year, yet the smart cards intended for the beneficiaries remain undistributed. According to Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy, while the smart cards have been prepared, their issuance has been stalled due to the absence of electronic ticketing machines (ETMs) in all buses, making them impractical.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly R. Ashok were engaged in war of words over the Lok Sabha election results on Tuesday, with the former calling the latter “ignorant and entertaining people”. In response, Mr. Ashok said the Chief Minister “sometimes wakes up from deep slumber to exhibit his arrogance and anger”.