"Extra-Judicial Confession Not Corroborated": Allahabad High Court Upholds Acquittal Of Murder-Robbery Accused

The Allahabad High Court recently upheld the acquittal of a Murder-Robbery accused as it noted that the alleged extrajudicial confession made by all the accused persons was highly unnatural and the same was not corroborated by any other evidence.Essentially, the Bench of Justice Vivek Kumar Birla and Justice Subhash Vidyarthi was hearing an appeal filed by the informant of the case (US/ 372...

Holy Quran Does Not Mandate Wearing Of Hijab; Islam Does Not Cease To Exist If Hijab Is Not Followed : Karnataka High Court

"What is made recommendatory by the Holy Quran cannot be metamorphosed into mandatory dicta by a hadith which is treated as supplementary to the scripture"

"I Don't Want Any Sealed Covers, Keep It With You" : Chief Justice of India Ramana

"Don't give any sealed covers keep it with you, I don't want any sealed cover", Chief Justice of India NV Ramana remarked on Tuesday while refusing to accept documents submitted before the Supreme Court in a sealed covered by the lawyer appearing on behalf of the Patna High Court.In a special leave petition pertaining to bail granted to an accused by the Patna High Court, Senior Advocate...

'Completely Frivolous': Delhi High Court Refuses To Entertain PIL Seeking Probe Into AAP's Alleged Links With Banned Khalistani Organisation

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a public interest litigation, seeking a High Level Inquiry against the allegations of links between banned Khalistani organisation 'Sikhs for Justice' and Arvind Kejriwal led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).The plea also sought to bar the party from contesting elections until the enquiry is completed and to temporarily suspend its membership from...

Supreme Court Stays Centre's Telecast Ban On MediaOne Channel; Passes Interim Order Allowing Channel To Operate

The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the telecast ban imposed by the Union Government on Malayalam news channel MediaOne.The Court passed the interim order in a special leave petition filed by the company running the channel assailing the Kerala High Court's judgment of upholding the decision of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to not renew the broadcast license of the channel.A...

Nimisha Priya Case | Will Appeal Against Death Penalty In Yemen, Not Participate In Negotiations With Victim's Family: Centre To Delhi High Court

The Centre has informed the Delhi High Court on Tuesday that it will take appropriate steps to institute an appeal before the next appellate forum challenging the death penalty awarded to Nimisha Priya, an Indian woman who was convicted by a Yemen court for killing a local in 2017. Anurag Ahluwalia appearing for the Centre, on instructions, apprised Justice Yashwant Varma that the Government...

LIVE UPDATES- MediaOne Channel's Plea Challenging Centre's Telecast Ban: Supreme Court Hearing

The Supreme Court shall hear today the special leave petition filed by Malayalam news channel MediaOne against the judgment of the Kerala High Court which upheld the Centre's decision to not renew its telecast license citing national security grounds. The bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud, Surya Kant and Vikram Nath had issued notice on the matter (on 10 March), to consider...

Calcutta High Court Directs Police To Ensure Presence Of Lawyer Who Allegedly Misled Court To Secure Client's Bail, Fled Upon Confrontation

In an unprecedented development, the Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the concerned police authorities to ensure the presence of a lawyer who had allegedly tried to mislead the Court while seeking bail for an accused.Such an order was issued after the lawyer had left the Court premises during recess and had failed to appear before the Court post recess to continue with his...

Hijab Ban | Prescription Of Uniform Dress Code For All Students Serves 'Constitutional Secularism': Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday, while upholding the ban on wearing hijab in government colleges, observed that prescription of a uniform for all students will promote a sense of "constitutional secularism" within the institution."The school regulations prescribing dress code for all the students as one homogenous class, serve constitutional secularism", the Court observed.A Full Bench...

[NDPS Act] Accused Claims Standing Order Not Followed In Seizure Of Over 1 Quintal Of Ganja, Allahabad High Court Grants Bail

The Allahabad High Court last week granted bail to a man booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) from whose possession allegedly over 1 Quintal of Ganja was recovered.The Bench of Justice Krishan Pahal granted bail to one Om Prakash Verma who claimed before the Court that the procedure laid down in the Standing Order to be followed while conducting...

Order 22 Rule 8 CPC| Delay By Liquidator To Implead Himself In Proceedings A Mere Technical Requirement, Not A Ground For Abatement Of Suit: Calcutta HC

The Calcutta High Court recently had the opportunity to expound on the principles pertaining to abatement of a suit under Order 22 Rule 8 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC) involving a corporate entity that had been declared as insolvent by the National Company Law Tribunal.Justice Shekhar B. Saraf was adjudicating upon an application seeking dismissal of the instant suit on the...

Supreme Court Suspends HC's Contempt Sentence On Persons Who Filed Frivolous Cases Against Azim Premji

The Supreme Court on Tuesday suspended for three years the sentence imposed by the Karnataka High Court for contempt of court on Advocate R Subramanian and P Sadanand for filing multiple petitions on the same cause of action through the private company "India Awake For Transparency" against the against former Wipro Chairman Azim Premji and his associates.Advocate R Subramanian through...