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Sitapur Court Denies Bail To Alt News' Mohammed Zubair In Connection With FIR Over His Alleged 'Hatemongers' Tweet
A local court in the Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh today denied bail to the Co-Founder of Alt News, Mohammed Zubair in connection with a case against him for a tweet in which he allegedly called 3 Hindu seers- Yati Narasinghanand Saraswati, Bajrang Muni, and Anand Swaroop as 'Hate mongers'.Judicial Magistrate First Class Judge Abhinav Srivastava denied him bail on the ground that the...
Amravati Chemist's Murder Allegedly For Supporting Nupur Sharma: Special Court Remands Seven Accused In NIA Custody Till July 15
The Special NIA Court on Thursday remanded seven men to NIA custody till July 15 in connection with the murder of a chemist from Amravati, Umesh Kolhe (54), allegedly killed for circulating a WhatsApp post supporting the controversial comments made by BJP's Nupur Sharma against Prophet Mohammed. Special Judge AK Lahoti refused entry to the media at the NIA counsel's request. The...
"You Will Undo The Concrete": Delhi High Court Slams State Authorities For Not Mitigating Environmental Harm In The City
The Delhi High Court on Thursday came down heavily upon state officials for not taking steps to protect trees and to increase the green cover in the national capital. In its last order, the High Court had placed a ban on tree felling in the capital and had also asked the authorities including Public Works Department (PWD) and Delhi police to make amends to the harm caused to the environment...
'UP Police FIR A Strategy To Stifle Secular Persons Who Stand Up Against Communal Elements' : Mohammed Zubair To Supreme Court
Mohammed Zubair, the co-founder of fact checking website AltNews, on Thursday approached Supreme Court challenging the Allahabad High Court's refusal to quash an FIR registered against him for a tweet in which he allegedly called 3 Hindu seers- Yati Narasinghanand Saraswati, Bajrang Muni and Anand Swaroop as 'Hate mongers'. The Uttar Pradesh Police had booked FIR against him...
Further Investigation U/S 173(8) CrPC Not Ground To Seek Default Bail If Charge Sheet Filed Is Sufficient To Take Cognizance: J&K&L High Court
The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court today held that the test to be applied while considering a plea for default bail in terms of Section 167(2) CrPC, in a case where charge sheet is laid with a stipulation that further investigation is to be conducted in terms of Section 173(8) CrPC, is that whether affirmative action of taking cognizance and consideration of charge / discharge...
High Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Alleging Operation Of Illegal Slaughterhouses In Delhi
The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to entertain a petition seeking to ban the illegal slaughterhouses running in the Delhi NCR region. A division bench comprising of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad was of the view that the petitioner failed to give appropriate details about the said illegal slaughterhouses. "You have not given one single example of...
'A Proficient Advocate Must Be Physically Fit' : Supreme Court Enhances Motor Accident Compensation For Lawyer Who Suffered Disabilities
Observing that physical fitness is necessary for a proficient advocate and physical disabilities hamper the smooth functioniong of a lawyer, the Supreme Court recently granted relief to an advocate who had suffered 100% permanent disability due to an accident.The Court partly allowed his appeal by enhancing the compensation awarded by the High Court from Rs 23,20,000/- to Rs...
"Sponsored Candidates Are A Distinct Class By Themselves": Andhra Pradesh HC Denies Reclassification Of Sponsored Medical Seat To General
In a writ petition challenging rejection of admission under a sponsored seat, the Andhra Pradesh High Court clarified that 'sponsored candidates' are a distinct class of applicants who have to fulfill certain eligibility criteria for being treated as such and the Petitioner did not fulfil the criteria for admission under it; hence, there was no breach of rules or violation of...
"No One To Police The Police": MP High Court Raps MP Police Over Failure To Trace Minor Girl Allegedly Raped & Killed
The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently came down heavily on the state police department for its callousness and failure in tracing an 11-year-old missing minor girl whose father had approached the High Court 5 years back in the year 2017.Deprecating the way state police handled the case, the bench of Justice Rohit Arya and Justice Milind Ramesh Phadke remarked that there was no one to Police...
Rowdy Sheets Can't Continue Where Accused Is Acquitted & No Criminal Case Is Pending: Andhra Pradesh High Court
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that when an accused person has been acquitted of criminal cases pending against him and no more criminal cases are pending against him, then continuing a 'Rowdy Sheet' against such a person is not justified.A single bench constituting of Justice Cheekati Manavendranath observed,"It is not disputed before this Court that the petitioners have been...
Govind Pansare's Murder : Daughter Moves Bombay High Court Seeking Transfer Of Probe From SIT To Maharashtra ATS
The Bombay High Court on Thursday asked the Maharashtra Government to respond to an application to transfer slain communist leader Govind Pansare's murder investigation to the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad from the State SIT to find the real mastermind behind the murders. The application filed by the 82-year-old's daughter, Smita Pansare, states that nearly seven years after her...