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Any Link Between Savarkar & Godse Family Is Not Necessary To Decide Defamation Case: Pune Court Rejects Rahul Gandhi's Plea
A special MP/MLA Court in Pune has rejected the application filed by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi claiming that Vinayak Savarkar had family relations with Nathuram Godse and thus the "maternal side" family tree of the complainant in the defamation case - Satyaki Savarkar, must be brought on record.Notably, Gandhi had in his application stated that Satyaki is the son of Savarkar's brother...
'Raises Questions About Accountability', Supreme Court Rebukes Gujarat's Commercial Court For 17 Years Delay In Issue Framing
The Supreme Court recently expressed displeasure over the Gujarat Commercial Civil Court's inaction to frame the issues in the recovery suit for more than 17 years. Further, the Court criticized the commercial court's arbitrary manner of concluding the suit by closing the plaintiff's evidence, followed by a consequential dismissal order. “What is shocking, however, is that the appellant...
BCI Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra Condemns Sharmishta Panoli's Arrest By Bengal Police, Calls For Her Immediate Release
Bar Council of India Chairperson & BJP Rajya Sabha MP Manan Kumar Mishra, Senior Advocate, has issued a statement condemning the arrest of law student Sharmishta Panoli by the Kolkata Police in a case over allegedly hurting religious sentiments in a social media post.The statement stressed that Panoli was arbitrarily being subjected to harsh legal consequences. He expressed :“Mere...
Supreme Court Rejects Challenging Validity Of Rule 29(4) Copyright Rules Requiring Prior Notice For Statutory Broadcast Licence
The Supreme Court rejected a plea challenging Rule 29(4) of the Copyright Rules, 2013, which sets out the specific particulars that broadcasters must include in the prior notice required for invoking the statutory licence under Section 31D of the Copyright Act, 1957.Section 31D provides for a statutory licence to broadcasters to communicate literary and musical works and sound recordings...
Mere Scolding Of Student Not Abetment Of Suicide : Supreme Court Discharges Teacher In S.306 IPC Case
The Supreme Court recently discharged a teacher who had been accused of abetment to suicide after a student died by suicide following a scolding by the teacher. The Court said that no mens rea can be attributed to the accused as “no normal person could have imagined that a scolding, that too based on a complaint by a student, would result in such tragedy due to the student so scolded...
Divorced Wife Remaining Unmarried Entitled To Maintenance Reflective Of Standard Of Life She Had During Marriage: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, in a recent ruling has enhanced the permanent alimony payable to the wife to ₹50,000 per month, nearly doubling the amount previously awarded by the Calcutta High Court, to ensure that she can live with the standard of living she enjoyed during the marriage and which reasonably secures her future.The Court observed that the appellant-wife, who has remained unmarried and...
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Kolkata Court Remands Law Student Sharmistha Panoli To Judicial Custody Over Allegedly Offensive Video
A court in Kolkata's Alipore area has remanded 19 year old law student and Instagram influencer to 14 days judicial custody in a case over allegedly hurting religious sentiments through social media posts made in the wake of Operation Sindoor.While denying the state's request for police custody, the court remanded the student to judicial custody after she was brought to Kolkata in connection...
No Temporary Injunction Can Be Granted In Appeal Against Rejection Of Plaint : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently observed that there ought to be a subsisting plaint to seek an injunction order. The Court added that an injunction order loses its validity upon rejection of the plaint and would be back in operation only when the plaint is restored/revived.The bench comprising Justices BV Nagarathna and SC Sharma heard the case where the Respondent, along with an appeal against...
Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea For Degrees To Fazil & Kamil Students Of Madarsas
The Supreme Court on Friday sought responses from the Union and the State of Uttar Pradesh in a plea seeking directions to allow Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti Language University, Lucknow, to conduct exams, declare results and grant degrees for Kamil (graduate) and Fazil (post-graduate) students of recognized Madarsas.The bench of CJI BR Gavai, Justice AG Masih and Justice AS Chandukar issued notice...