BENGALURU: The High Court on Tuesday stayed the criminal proceedings against Ratan Tata, chairman emeritus of the Tata Group, and others before a lower court in Bengaluru, till August 18 in connection with a copyright infringement case.
The court has also issued notices to Halasuru Police, and Bengaluru-based Lieutenant Colonel (Retd) D.K. Havanoor, an author.
Hanavoor had filed a complaint in 2013 over copyright infringement alleging that his book 'March of a foot soldier' was being sold through several websites without his permission. He had named several online websites, including Landmark Etail Ltd. The court had recently issued summons to Ratan Tata, and others, to appear before it in connection with the case on August 4.
Tata had approached the court seeking to quash the case against him stating that the criminal proceedings were on the wrong premise that Ratan Tata owns an entity 'Tata Enterprises, part of the Tata Group of Companies'. "Each Tata company or enterprise operates independently and has its own board of directors and shareholders, to whom it is answerable," the petition stated.
Follow KMC Act: HC to BBMP
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday passed several directions to BBMP, including that reasonable time shall be mentioned in the notices issued before taking up any demolition work against illegal constructions.
It said that BBMP shall strictly follow Sec 462 of the KMC Act, which is to mention reasonable time in the notices to reply in such cases. It further directs that the identity of the property and the boundaries shall be delineated in an unambiguous manner.
The court was hearing the petition alleging that BBMP had illegally demolished a property. The court imposed a cost of Rs 25,000 on BBMP in this case.
NEET for overseas students
The High Court in an interim order has stated that Overseas Citizens of India cardholders, who have qualified NEET UG 2017, are eligible to apply for admission to first year MBBS/BDS course under management quota seats in the deemed Universities.
As the first round of counseling is already over, the court said in its order that their claim for management quota seats shall be considered in the second round.
Malleswaram blast-hit gets Govt job
After state government submitting before the High Court that it has provided a government job to Malleswaram bomb blast victim Leesha, the HC on Tuesday disposed of the victim’s contempt petition. Leesha, who suffered severe injuries during the blast, approached the court alleging non-compliance of an earlier order directing the state government to provide her a suitable government job on compassionate grounds.
