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Delhi Court Orders Police To Provide FIR Copy To Accused In Chief Minister Attack Case
A Delhi Court today directed the Delhi Police to provide a copy of FIR to the accused in relation to Chief Minister Rekha Gupta attack case. Judicial Magistrate First Class Gaurav Goyal of Tis Hazari Courts allowed the application filed by accused Rajesh Bhai Khimji Bhai Sakariya and directed the concerned investigating officer to supply a copy of the FIR to him within 24 hours. The...
'Who Is This Magistrate?' : Supreme Court To Hear Plea To Transfer Hit-And-Run Case Against Judicial Officer
The Supreme Court will be hearing on Friday the plea to transfer a hit-and-run case involving a sitting Judicial Magistrate as an accused.The matter was mentioned today before a bench of Justices Surya Kant, Ujjal Bhuyan and N Kotiswar Singh by counsel for the petitioner, that is, the deceased's wife.The counsel submitted that the petitioner's husband died due to the hit-and-run incident....
Rahul Gandhi Can't Be Stopped From Deleting Video Of Speech Against Savarkar, It's His Personal Liberty: Pune Court
In the ongoing defamation case over Rahul Gandhi's remarks against right-wing ideologue Vinayak Savarkar, a special MP/MLA Court in Pune on Tuesday dismissed an application that sought a directive to the Pune Police to furnish a report, it initially awaited from YouTube USA with regards to the allegedly defamatory speech delivered by the Congress leader against Savarkar.Notably, the...
Supreme Court Asks State Bar Councils To Hold Elections By January 31; Says Roll Verification Can't Be Reason To Postpone
Noting that the elections of State Bar Councils across India have not been held since many years, the Supreme Court today asked the Bar Councils to hold the elections by January 31, 2026."Having regard to the fact that elections to the State Bar Councils have not been held for decades, we have impressed upon ld. senior counsel appearing for the Bar Council of India to ensure that elections of...
Umar Khalid Flags Fabricated Evidence In 17 Delhi Riots Cases Out Of 93 Acquittals, Calls UAPA Chargesheet 'Storytelling'
Former JNU scholar Umar Khalid on Wednesday flagged before a Delhi Court fabrication of evidence found by the trial court in seventeen 2020 Delhi riots cases, out of the 93 cases which resulted in acquittals.Senior Advocate Trideep Pais referred to various orders passed by different judges wherein it was concluded that there has been fabrication of evidence by the Delhi Police and lack of...
No Estoppel Against Govt In Exercise Of Sovereign, Legislative Or Executive Power : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that the plea of estoppel cannot be raised against the Government in the exercise of its Legislative, Sovereign, or Executive functions."When pressed against the Government, the plea of waiver faces an especially high threshold and rarely succeeds," the Court said.The bench comprising Justice Surya Kant, Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice NK Singh agreed with the...
Kerala Cabinet Gives Nod For Judicial City, New High Court Building In Kalamassery
Law Minister of Kerala, P. Rajeev recently took to social media to announce that an in-principle Cabinet approval has been received for establishing a Judicial City in Kalamassery, Ernakulam. The project aims to house the Kerala High Court in its premises and is estimated to cost more than ₹1000 crore, for land acquisition and construction.This new proposal was necessitated due to lack of...
Delhi Court Reserves Verdict On Journalist Paranjoy Thakurta's Appeal Against Adani Gag Order; No Interim Relief
District Judge Sunil Chaudhary of Delhi's Rohini Court on Wednesday reserved order on the appeal filed by journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta against ex-parte gag order restraining reporting against Adani Enterprises.Earlier, judge Chaudhary had recused from passing orders even after hearing Paranjoy's appeal in great detail, in light of an order of District Judge Ashish Aggarwal quashing...