YS Vivekananda Reddy Murder : Supreme Court To Hear On June 19 Plea Seeking Cancellation Of YS Avinash Reddy’s Anticipatory Bail

The Supreme Court today heard a plea filed by Suneetha Nareddy, challenging the anticipatory bail granted to Kadapa MP YS Avinash Reddy, who was accused of murdering Nareddy's father, Vivekananda Reddy.A Vacation Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Ahsanuddin Amanullah heard the plea today. Nareddy herself appeared before the Bench as it made clear that senior advocates won't be allowed to...

Delhi Court Extends Judicial Custody Of Activist Khurram Parvez, Journalist Irfan Mehraj For 45 More Days In UAPA Case

A Delhi Court has extended judicial custody of human rights activist Khurram Parvez and Kashmiri journalist Irfan Mehraj in a 2020 UAPA case after the NIA sought more time to complete the investigation. Mehraj and Parvez are accused in the alleged NGO Terror funding case registered by NIA in October 2020.On June 09, Principal District & Sessions Judge Sanjay Garg of Patiala House...

Centre Continues To Ignore Collegium Reiterations; Somasekhar Sundaresan Overlooked While Appointing 3 New Judges To Bombay HC

The Central Government yesterday notified the appointments of three advocates as additional judges of the Bombay High Court accepting the recommendations made by the Supreme Court collegium on May 2. However, in doing so, the Centre has ignored an earlier resolution passed by the Supreme Court collegium on January 18 which reiterated the recommendation to elevate Advocate Somasekhar...

Supreme Court Vacation Bench Refuses To Hear Senior Advocates; Says Juniors Should Be Given Opportunities During Vacation

While making it extremely clear that senior counsels won’t be permitted to mention or argue cases, the Supreme Court refused to hear as many as four senior counsels today. Mentioning a matter, Senior Advocate Abhishek Singhvi appeared before a Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Ahsanuddin Amanullah. On seeing the senior advocate, the Bench remarked, “Mr Singhvi, you are mentioning before...

Breaking | Mumbai Court Acquits Two Accused In 2002 Best Bakery Case

A Sessions Court in Mumbai on Tuesday acquitted two accused in the second part of the 2002 Best Bakery case in Gujarat.The two accused Harshad Solanki and Mafat Gohil were absconding when the other accused in the communal riots case faced trial in Mumbai leading to a separate trial for them. They were arrested in 2013 and the trial against them began in 2019. Fourteen people were killed at...

Kerala Court Prevents 'Marunadan Malayali' From Publishing Defamatory Content Against Actor Prithviraj

The Additional Sub Judge, Ernakulam on Monday passed an injunction against the Malayalam news portal ‘Marunadan Malayali’ preventing the channel from publishing any defamatory content against popular Malayalam Film industry actor Prithviraj Sukumaran. The interim injunction was passed in a civil defamation suit filed by the actor claiming damages of Rs. 10 Crore. The suit was...

LiveLaw Turns 10 : A Decade In Revolutionary Legal Reporting

Parents will feel a sense of thrilling excitement when they see their child making accomplishments surpassing their humble expectations. A similar sentiment pervades our minds when we look at the growth which LiveLaw had over the last ten years. LiveLaw took its birth on June 13, 2013, exactly ten years ago. We started off as a small website publishing reports simplifying complex...

“Character Assassination Without Proof” : MP Sanjay Raut Files Defamation Complaint Against BJP's Kirit Somaiya

Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) MP Sanjay Raut has filed a criminal defamation case against ex-MP and BJP member Kirit Somaiya on Monday regarding allegedly defamatory tweets from 2022. Raut, editor of Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamna’ claims Somaiya’s tweets are “destructive” and amount to “character assassination without any proof.” The case was filed in the...

Supreme Court Questions Low Insurance Coverage For Drivers & Riders Under Motor Vehicle Aggregator Guidelines 2020

The Supreme Court, on Monday, indicated dissatisfaction with respect to the insurance coverage that the Motor Vehicle Aggregator Guidelines 2020 provide for drivers and pillion riders.While hearing a plea challenging Delhi High Court’s order allowing bike-taxi aggregators, Rapido and Uber from operating bike-taxis without aggregator licenses in Delhi till a final policy regarding the same...

Madras High Court Files Detailed Report Before Supreme Court On Status Of Toilets For Women Lawyers In Nilgiris Court Complex

The Supreme Court, on Monday, directed the listing of the plea concerning lack of toilets for female lawyers at Nilgiris Court Complex before an appropriate Bench in the first week of July, 2023.On 9th July, 2023, the Apex Court had directed the Madras High Court administration to submit through its Registrar General a detailed report on the issue of lack of toilet complexes for women lawyers...

Supreme Court Stays Delhi HC Order Which Allowed Bike-Taxi Operations Of Rapido, Uber In Delhi

The Supreme Court, on Monday, stayed the order of the Delhi High Court allowing bike-taxi aggregators, Rapido and Uber, to operate bike-taxis without aggregator licenses in Delhi till the Delhi Government notified its policy for the same.“Under these circumstances, in our opinion, an interim order staying the whole-scale operation of a statutory regime till the finalisation of policy...

Prof Ashok Ramappa Patil Appointed As Vice Chancellor Of NUSRL Ranchi

Prof. (Dr.) Ashok Ramappa Patil has been appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of the National University of Study and Research in Law (NUSRL), Ranchi.The NUSRL in a post on its website said: “Hon’ble Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court cum Chancellor of National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi has appointed Prof. (Dr.) Ashok Ramappa Patil as the Vice Chancellor of the...