Supreme Court Upholds Delhi High Court's Order Dismissing Plea Challenging Rotation Of Wards For Reserved Categories In Upcoming Municipal Polls

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the Special Leave Petition filed by Manoj Kumar Jha challenging Delhi High Court's order of dismissing plea challenging notification issued by the State Election Commission changing the seats reserved in some wards under the General and Scheduled Caste category, for the upcoming municipal elections on the basis of descending order of percentage...

Slums In Railway Lands : Supreme Court Seeks Status Report From Centre On Eviction

The Supreme Court on Friday granted Railways two weeks time to file a status report regarding follow up steps taken by the department with regard to eviction of slum dwellers for reclaiming the Railway Property, particularly in Delhi.A bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and CT Ravikumar, which was considering special leave petitions assailing Gujarat and Punjab and Haryana High Court(s)...

Mere Vague Belief That Accused May Thwart Investigation Cannot Be A Ground To Prolong The Incarceration: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that mere vague belief that the accused may thwart the investigation cannot be a ground to prolong the incarceration of the accused.Justice Subramonium Prasad added that if there is no apprehension of interference in administration of justice in a criminal trial by an accused, then the Court should be circumspect while considering depriving the accused of...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Residential Requirement For NRIs In DASA Information Brochure

On Friday, the Supreme Court issued notice in the plea assailing the condition in the Direct Admission to Student Abroad programme ("DASA") Information Brochure mandating Indian Nationals to complete at least two years of education, inclusive of 11th and 12th or equivalent (not beyond), in a Foreign Country during the last eight years and further mandating passing the qualifying...

Mutation Of A Property In The Revenue Records Does Not Create Or Extinguish Title Nor Its Presumptive Value On Title: Telangana High Court

The Court also held that when there are concurrent findings from both courts in a well-reasoned order, the second appeal is not maintainable without any substantial question of law.

Conditions In Slum Rehabilitation Scheme Can't Be Waived, Supreme Court Tells Evicted Slum-dwellers

While hearing the special leave petitions assailing Gujarat High Court(s) demolition order, the Supreme Court on Friday observed that if a requirement of a scheme is an essential requirement, the question of condoning that requirement does not arise.Considering the problems faced by the desirous persons who were being denied opportunity to apply owing to insistence of authorities to comply...

Mumbai Sessions Court Stays Summons To WB CM Mamata Banerjee In Case Alleging Insult To National Anthem

The Sessions Court of Greater Bombay at Mumbai stayed the operation of a summons issued by the a Metropolitan Magistrate Court at Sewree against the Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee in a case of alleged disrespect and insult to the Indian National Anthem during an official visit to Mumbai in December 2021. On an application under Section 156(3) of the CrPC made...

Allahabad HC Criminal Appeals Pendency : SC Suggests Convicts Serving More Than 14 Yrs Sentence Be Granted Bail Or Considered For Early Remission

Expressing concern about the long pendency of criminal appeals before the Allahabad High Court, the Supreme Court, on Friday laid down some broad parameters that can be adopted by the High Court while granting bail.The Court ordered : "A list should be prepared for the ones who have served more than 14 years and is not a repeat offender. In all these cases there is a high possibility...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Quashes Order Of Preventive Detention As District Magistrate Failed To Forward The Order To Govt. Forthwith

The High Court of Madhya Pradesh recently set aside the order of preventive detention passed by the District Magistrate, holding that he failed to discharge his obligation, in as much as forwarding the case to the State Government after nearly 10 days of passing the respective order. The division bench of Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice D.D. Bansal was essentially dealing with a...

Delhi High Court Exempts Advocates From Wearing Gowns From March 2 Till Further Orders

The Delhi High Court has exempted the Lawyers from wearing Gowns practicing in the High Court with effect from March 2, 2022 till further orders. A notice in this regard was issued by the Registrar General of the High Court today.Wearing of Gowns by Advocates practicing in the Delhi High Court has been dispensed with, with effect from March 2, 2022 till...

Tweet Against HC Judge Hearing Hijab: Actor Chetan Granted Bail, Court Restrains Him From Posting Any Derogatory/Provocative Statements

A Magistrate court in Bengaluru on Friday granted bail to actor and activist Chetan Kumar A, arrested for retweeting an old tweet which he had posted nearly two years ago, criticizing an order passed by Justice Krishna S Dixit in an alleged rape case, who is now part of the full bench hearing a batch of petitions related to the Hijab ban. The court granted bail on execution of a...

"Offence of Money Laundering of Continuing Nature; Crime Has Traversed 20 Years," – Special Court In Nawab Malik's Remand Order

Observing that as per section 3 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, the offence of money laundering is "continuing in nature and it continues till such time a person [is] enjoying the proceeds of crime by its concealment or possession or acquisition or use of untainted property or use or projecting the same as untainted property" the special judge rejected the argument made...