Reserving Order On Rahul Gandhi's Revision Plea, Allahabad HC Asks Magistrate Not To Proceed In 'Sikh Remarks' Case Till Verdict

The Allahabad High Court today reserved its verdict on the revision plea filed by LoP Rahul Gandhi challenging an order of the Varanasi Court directing a re-hearing of a plea seeking registration of an FIR against him over his alleged remarks on Sikhs made during his trip to the United States. A bench of Justice Sameer Jain also said that it expects the Magistrate Court not...

Remarks On Sikhs | Rahul Gandhi Projected Opposition's Views Abroad; Magistrate To Decide If Offences Made Out : UP Govt To Allahabad High Court

Opposing LoP Rahul Gandhi's plea concerning his alleged remarks on Sikhs, the Uttar Pradesh Government today argued before the Allahabad High Court that the magistrate must be allowed to apply his 'independent mind' to assess whether a cognizable offence is prima facie made out against him. Before a bench of Justice Sameer Jain, the state submitted that in revisional...

Gujarat High Court Adjourns Hearing In Asaram's Temporary Bail Extension Plea

The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday (September 3) adjourned the hearing of Asaram's plea for extension of temporary bail filed in a rape case.For context, the Rajasthan High Court had on August 27 dismissed the applicant's plea for interim bail (in a separate case) and had directed him to surrender by August 30. As per news reports, the applicant's had surrender himself before the Jodhpur...

Acquittal In Criminal Case For Allegedly Submitting Forged Documents Doesn't Confer Eligibility For Service: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court upheld termination of the petitioner on allegations of submitting forged documents during appointment process, despite the petitioner being acquitted in a criminal case of forgery, fabrication and cheating instituted by the concerned department.Justice Anand Sharma said that just because the petitioner was acquitted, would not give rise to the presumption that...

Defamation Law Insufficient To Deal With 'YouTube Menace': Karnataka HC Orally Remarks In Editor's Plea To Quash Defamation Case By Minister

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday (September 3) orally remarked that the menace of Youtube was so much that the law of defamation was insufficient to tackle it. The court made these oral remarks while hearing a petition filed by Editor-in-Chief of Kannada Prabha–Ravi Hegde, seeking to quash the criminal defamation complaint lodged against him by Minister K J George with respect to...

No Statutory Bar In Recognising More Than One Association: High Court Asks TN Bar Council To Consider Plea Of Nilgiris Women Lawyers Body

The Madras High Court has directed the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry to reconsider an application filed by the Women Lawyers Association of Nilgiris for recognition. The bench of Justice MS Ramesh and Justice V Lakshminarayanan held that the Bar Council's view, that only one association could be recognised in a district, was misconceived and contrary to the Welfare Fund...

Kerala High Court Seeks Clarity On Travancore Devaswom Board's Global Event At Sabarimala, Says Can't Use Devotees' Money

A lawyer has moved a PIL before the Kerala High Court seeking a direction restraining the State government and the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) from conducting an event titled 'Global Ayyappa Sangamam' in the premises of Sabarimala Shrine and Pampa from 16-20 September.According to the plea, the event is veiled as one related to devotion, tourism and secular promotion, but in reality, is...

Did You Instigate Protestors Or Not? Bombay High Court Asks Manoj Jarange To Respond To Allegations Of Damage To Public Property In Mumbai

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed Manoj Jarange and organizers of the protest for Maratha Reservation in Mumbai to file an affidavit responding to allegations of large-scale damage caused to public properties in the city during the protest. The court said this while noting that the issue for which Jarange and his supporters protested in Mumbai had been resolved now. The development...

Sikh Remarks Row | Didn't Incite Sikhs To Rise In Rebellion; Intent Can't Be Inferred From Stray Sentence: Rahul Gandhi Submits In Allahabad HC

Challenging an order of the Varanasi Court directing a re-hearing of a plea seeking registration of an FIR against him over his alleged remarks on Sikhs, Rahul Gandhi, Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, today submitted before the Allahabad High Court that he had not incited the Sikh community to rise in rebellion and that his entire speech was not considered by the Court to...

Delhi High Court Stays Advertisement For Appointing Only Retired Public Prosecutors As APPs

The Delhi High Court has stayed an advertisement restricting appointment of only retired public prosecutors as Assistant Public Prosecutors (APPs).Justice Sachin Datta passed the order on a plea filed by one Vikas Verma challenging the advertisement issued by the Delhi Government's Directorate of Prosecution on August 22. The impugned advertisement was for engagement of Public Prosecutors...

We Must Filter Out Disharmonious Things: Karnataka High Court Grants Interim Relief To MLA In FIR Over Comment On Inter-Religious Marriage

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday (September 3) directed the police not to take any coercive steps against Vijayapura MLA Basangouda R Patil (Yatnal), booked in a FIR for allegedly making a controversial statement promising Rs. 5 Lakh to any Hindu youth who marries a Muslim woman.Issuing notice on Yatnal's plea for quashing the FIR registered against him, Justice M I Arun in his interim...

Kerala High Court Asks State Bar Council To Receive Enrollment Application Of Retired Govt Employee Who Pursued LLB In Evening Classes

The Kerala High Court has directed the Bar Council of Kerala to receive the application for enrollment of a retired government employee, who completed LLB course by attending evening classes.Justice Easwaran S admitted the writ petition and issued an interim order directing the Bar Council of Kerala to receive the application.The writ petition was filed challenging the denial of enrolment to...