Supreme Court Directs Uttarakhand Govt To Prevent Hate Speeches At Roorkee Dharam Sansad

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Uttarakhand Government to take measures to prevent hate speeches in Dharam Sansad which has been planned at Roorkee tomorrow."You will have to take immediate action. Don't make us say something. There are other ways of preventive action. You know how to do it!", Justice Khanwilkar told the Deputy Advocate General of the State of Uttarakhand Jatinder...

Non-Reporting Of Seizure Forthwith To Magistrate U/S 102 (3) CrPC Doesn't Make Such Seizure By Police Illegal: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has observed that non-reporting of the seizure forthwith, as provided under Section 102(3) Cr.P.C., shall not ipsofacto render such seizure illegal particularly as no period is specified and its consequences have not been provided.About the provisions involved in the matterIt may be noted that Section 102 of CrPC provides for the power of police officers to seize...

IIT Aspirants Who Appeared In JEE-Advanced In 2020 & 2021 Move Supreme Court For Extra Chance In JEE-Advanced 2022

IIT aspirants who appeared in JEE Advanced 2020 and 2021 but were either not able to qualify or who qualified but got low rank have approached Supreme Court challenging notice dated December 30, 2021 which makes them ineligible from being granted the benefit of extra chance to appear in JEE Advanced, 2022. The impugned notice dated December 30, 2021 issued by Joint Admission Board...

Actor Assault Case | Kerala Bar Council Pulls Up Crime Branch For Leaking Privileged Communication To Media

The Bar Council of Kerala on Sunday lashed out at the Crime Branch for leaking privileged communication between a lawyer and his client in the 2017 sexual assault case to the media. A meeting was convened to consider the complaint filed before the Council seeking appropriate legal action against the police officers who allegedly leaked a telephone conversation between Senior Advocate B....

Arbitration Act : Supreme Court Asks High Courts To Submit Particulars of All Pending Section 11(6) Applications

The Supreme Court, on April 21, asked its Registry to seek particulars of the pending applications under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 from all High Courts. It noted that the same shall reach the Apex Court by 06.05.2021. A Bench comprising Justices M.R. Shah and B.V. Nagarathna was hearing a plea assailing the order dated 30.06.20202 passed by the...

BREAKING| "Will List It, Wait For Two Days" : CJI Ramana Agrees To List Appeals Against Karnataka HC's Hijab Judgment

The Chief Justice of India on Tuesday agreed to list the hijab case appeals in two days."I will list. Wait for two days", CJI Ramana told Senior Advocate Meenakshi Arora when she mentioned the petitions filed against the Karnataka High Court's judgment in the Hijab case for urgent listing.The SLP has been filed against the judgment dated March 15 passed by the High Court of Karnataka,...

PIL Seeks Direction To CM Adityanath To Disclose Actual Name, Stop Using 'Yogi' As Title: Allahabad HC Dismisses It With ₹1 Lakh Cost

The Allahabad High Court on Monday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea filed seeking direction to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to disclose his full and actual name in the public domain, with Rs. 1 Lakh Cost.The PIL plea moved by one Namaha also sought a direction to CM Yogi Adityanath to take the oath of office and secrecy under his real name and to refrain...

PIL Filed In Calcutta High Court Seeking NIA Probe Into Crude Bomb Blasts In WB's Malda District Which Injured 5 School Children

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition has been filed in the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday seeking a probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) into the incident of crude bomb blast in West Bengal's Malda district on Sunday. Five school children were reportedly injured after the crude bombs they were playing with, mistaking those for balls, exploded in Kaliachak's Gopalnagar...

Supreme Court Dismisses PIL For Judicial Enquiry By Former CJI Into Communal Violence During Ram Navami-Hanuman Jayanti

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a PIL which sought a judicial enquiry by a commission headed by a former Chief Justice of India into the instances of communal violence during the recent Ram Navami- Hanuman Jayanthi celebrations.A bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao and BR Gavai was hearing a PIL filed by lawyer Vishal Tiwari.Tiwari submitted that the situation is alarming and only...

Justice Oka Recuses From Hearing Bengaluru Civic Body Polls Matter

Justice A. S. Oka on Monday recused from the hearing of state of Karnataka's challenge to the December 4, 2020 decision of the Karnataka High Court directing the State Election Commission to hold elections of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike as expeditiously as possible by publishing election programme within six weeks from the date of publishing of final list of Electoral rolls.Elections...

'The British School': Delhi High Court Directs Sanjay Gandhi Educational Society To Change Name Of 4 Schools Infringing Trademark

While dealing with a trademark infringement suit filed by the British School Society over the mark 'The British School', the Delhi High Court has directed changing of names of four schools run by Sanjay Gandhi Educational Society, purportedly using identical name. Justice Pratibha M Singh directed the defendants to change the name of their schools w.e.f. 1st May, 2022 and apply to the CBSE,...

'No Imminent Threat': Rajasthan High Court Directs SP To Consider Postgraduate Woman's Protection Plea

The Rajasthan High Court disposed of a plea filed by a postgraduate woman raising grievance that she wants to pursue her studies, whereas she is being harassed by the police as her father has lodged a missing person report. Being a resident of Ganganagar, the petitioner is presently residing as a paying guest at Jodhpur and wants to continue her study. In this regard, she prayed...