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Calcutta High Court Orders Police Authorities To Keep Vigil, Curb Kidnapping Incidents
The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday personally interacted with a minor victim girl who had allegedly been kidnapped and thereafter ordered for the girl to be handed over to her parents pursuant to her request. Justice Shampa Sarkar had earlier directed the Superintendent of Police, Purba Medinipur to file a report before the Court indicating the reasons as to why the minor girl who was...
J&K&L HC Reserves Judgment On Father's Plea To Perform Last Rites Of His Son Killed In Hyderpora Encounter
The Division bench of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh comprising Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal & Justice Javed Iqbal Wani on Wednesday concluded the hearing in the plea filed by a father seeking permission to perform last rites as per religious faith for his son Amir Latief Magrey, who was killed in Hyderpora Encounter, at the graveyard where he was buried by the police....
Bombay High Court Seeks Status Report On 2008 Malegaon Blast Case From Trial Court, NIA
The Bombay High Court has directed the Special NIA court to submit a status report on the Malegaon 2008 blast trial against BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur and Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Purohit and five others. A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and V G Bisht also directed the National Investigation Agency to file an affidavit within two weeks detailing the number...
Young Minds Develop Negative Notions Of Justice Delivery System: Kerala HC Suggests Introducing Child-Friendly Rooms In Family Courts
The Kerala High Court has suggested introducing child-friendly rooms in all Family Courts in the State after finding that they were operating with inadequate infrastructure and facilities. The Court thereby directed the Registrar of the District Judiciary to submit a report on the number of POCSO Courts functioning in the near vicinity of all Family Courts and to explore the possibility...
"We Are The Shiv Sena" : Eknath Shinde Group Argues Before Supreme Court
Opposing a plea to stay the floor test ordered in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly tomorrow for the Maha Vikas Aghadi government, dissident Shiv Sena leader Ekanth Shinde argued before the Supreme Court that his group is the real Shiv Sena."We are not leaving the Shiv Sena. We are the Shiv Sena. We have the overwhelming majority", Shinde's lawyer Senior Advocate Neeraj Kishan Kaul...
Udaipur Killings | National Investigation Authority Re-Registers Case Against Two Accused
The National Investigation Agency of India has re-registered case against accused who conspired, planned and committed the heinous murder of Shri Kanahiya Lal Telli on 28.06.2022 in Udaipur, Rajasthan.The case has been re-registered under sections 452, 302, 153(A), 153(B), 295(A) & 34 of the Indian Penal Code and sections 16, 18 & 20 of the UA(P) Act, 1967 against the accused...
Cannot Invoke Article 226 If An Effective And Statutory Remedy Exists Before NCLAT: Madras High Court
The High Court of Madras Bench comprising of Justice T. Raja and Justice K. Kumaresh Babu, while adjudicating a writ petition filed in Sunku Vasundhara v State Bank of India, has held that when an effective and statutory remedy lies before the Appellate Authority i.e. National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), aggrieved parties cannot invoke Article 226 of the Constitution of...
BREAKING: Supreme Court Allows Jailed MLAs Nawab Malik & Anil Deshmukh To Participate In Tomorrow's Floor Test In Maharashtra Assembly
The Supreme Court has permitted jailed Maharashtra MLAs Nawab Malik and Anil Deshmukh to vote in the floor test, which the Governor has ordered to be held tomorrow to test the majority of the Maha Vikas Aghadi Government. The Top Court gave green signal for the floor test to be held tomorrow.Since they are in judicial custody in cases registered by ED/CBI, the vacation bench of Justices...
Under 'Right Of Subrogation' Guarantor Is Entitled To Initiate CIRP Against Principal Borrower: NCLT Kolkata
The National Company Law Tribunal ("NCLT"), Kolkata Bench, comprising of Shri Rohit Kapoor (Judicial Member) and Shri Harish Chander Suri (Technical Member), while adjudicating a petition filed in Orbit Towers Pvt. Ltd. v Sampurna Suppliers Pvt. Ltd., has held that if a Guarantor pays the debt on behalf of the Principal Borrower, then it steps into the shoes of the Creditor and...
Breaking: Supreme Court Allows To Conduct Floor Test In Maharashtra Assembly Tomorrow
The Supreme Court has refused to stay the floor test in the Maharashtra Assembly tomorrow. The same will however be subject to the final outcome of the petition filed by Shiv Sena Chief Whip Sunil Prabhu challenging the Maharashtra Governor's direction to the Chief Minister to prove majority of Maha Vikas Aghadi Government.The order was pronounced at 9 PM after the Court held a special...
President Extends KK Venugopal's Tenure As Attorney General For India For 3 More Months
Senior Advocate KK Venugopal has been appointed as the Attorney General for India for three more months or until further orders, whichever is earlier. AG Venugopal was appointed as the Attorney General for India in June 2017. His tenure was ending tomorrow. Now, he will remain attorney general for 3 months.A notification issued in this regard states thus:"The President is pleased to...
Breaking: Maharashtra Floor Test- Supreme Court To Pronounce Order At 9 PM Today-LIVE UPDATES
The Supreme Court will hear today at 5PM the petition filed by Shiv Sena Chief Whip Sunil Prabhu challenging the Maharashtra Governor's direction to the Chief Minister to prove majority of Maha Vikas Aghadi Government by taking floor test in the Assembly tomorrow.Senior Advocate Dr AM Singhvi mentioned the matter for urgent listing before a vacation bench comprising Justices Surya Kant and...