Court Reserves Order On Khalid Saifi's Bail Plea In Delhi Riots Larger Conspiracy Case

Founder of United Against Hate, Khalid Saifi, seeking bail in relation to the Delhi Riots larger conspiracy case, on Wednesday argued before a Delhi Court that the prosecution is attempting to communalize the narrative against a single community. Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat has reserved order in the bail plea moved by Khalif Saifi after hearing Senior Advocate Rebecca John...

Public Prosecutor, DGP Write To Kerala HC Registrar General Accusing Counsel Of Submitting Forged Printout Of Case Status

Additional Public Prosecutor P Narayanan along with the DGP has penned a letter to the Registrar General of Kerala High Court accusing a counsel of the Court of forging a case status.According to the letter, an accused charged under Section 308 IPC (attempt to commit culpable homicide) had approached the Court seeking anticipatory bail. The accused is reportedly a lawyer himself who was...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Sanjay Raut's Plea For Quashing FIR Over Alleged Use Of Abuses In An Interview

The Delhi High Court has issued notice on a petition filed by Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut seeking quashing of an FIR registered against him in December last year for allegedly using abuses, expletives while giving an interview to TV9 Marathi channel. Justice Mukta Gupta issued notice on the plea on Tuesday while posting the matter for further hearing on April 6. About the CaseThe FIR...

Delhi High Court Seeks Response Of Enforcement Directorate On Rana Kapoor's Bail Plea In Money Laundering Case

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought response of the Enforcement Directorate in the bail plea filed by Yes Bank founder Rana Kapoor in a money laundering case with regards to wrongful loss of sum of Rs 466.51 Crores to the bank. Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri issued notice on the bail plea and posted the matter for hearing on March 11. An ECIR was registered against Gautam Thapar, M/s....

Students Of Delhi University Move High Court Challenging Resumption Of Physical Classes & Exams

A plea has been filed in the Delhi High Court by five students challenging the decision of Delhi University to resume physical classes and examinations for the ongoing semester. The plea filed through Advocate Pranjal Kishore assails an office order dated February 9 issued by the University, directing resumption of physical classes from tomorrow. The plea also challenges a notice dated...

HC Can Interfere In Appeal Against Acquittal If Trial Court's View Is Found To Be 'Perverse': Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court last week observed that the High Court should interfere with the judgment and order of acquittal passed by the Trial Cour if it arrives at a finding that the trial Court's decision was perverse or otherwise unsustainable.The Bench of Justice Vivek Kumar Birla and Justice Subhash Vidyarthi observed thus while dismissing an appeal filed against the 2017 order passed by...

S.195 CrPC | No FIR Can Be Registered For Forgery/ Conspiracy Committed Before Court On The Basis Of Private Complaint: Chhattisgarh HC

The Chhattisgarh High Court recently held that in terms of Section 195 CrPC, no FIR can be registered for forging of documents or conspiracy committed before the Court, on the basis of a private complaint. Quashing one such FIR, Justice Narendra Kumar Vyas noted,"It certainly falls within ambit of Section 195 (ii) of Cr.P.C. which provides that no Court shall take cognizance of any...

Justice Talwant Singh Recuses From Alapan Bandyopadhyay's Plea Challenging CAT's Order Transferring His Case To Delhi

Justice Talwant Singh of the Delhi High Court on Wednesday recused from hearing a plea filed by Former West Bengal Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay, challenging the order passed by Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench which had transferred his petition filed before the Kolkata Bench to the Principal Bench at New Delhi.The matter, which was earlier heard by a single bench...

Hijab Ban- Karnataka High Court Full Bench Hearing(Day 4)- LIVE UPDATES

Karnataka High Court Full Bench will continue hearing on a batch of petitions challenging the hijab ban in educational institutions.The matter is before a bench comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice Krishna S Dixit and Justice JM Khazi will hear the petitions today at 2.30 PM.On Friday the Court requested the State to re-open the educational institutions at the earliest and...

Appeal From Any Order Passed By Family Court With Consent Of Parties Not Maintainable: Jharkhand High Court

The Jharkhand High Court recently held that Section 19(2) of the Family Courts Act, 1984 is akin to the provision under Section 96(3) of the Code of Civil Procedure which bars appeal from a decree passed with the consent of parties.It added that this bar operates with further expansion under Section 19(2), in as much as, no appeal shall also lie from "any order" passed by the Family Court...

Insolvency Law In Review – November & December 2021

The enactment of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016 (Code) has had significant ramifications on the corporate insolvency landscape. Over time, the Code has witnessed a manifold increase in litigation, and consequently in the number of decisions. This has made it difficult for insolvency practitioners to stay updated with developments in the field. This column fills this...

Hijab Ban : Senior Lawyers, Academicians Write Open Letter Condemning Violation Of Constitutional Rights Of Young Muslim Women

Over 500 law students, legal academics and lawyers practising in different jurisdictions across courts in India have written an open letter strongly condemning the violation of constitutional rights of young Muslim women who have been denied entry into educational spaces due to their wearing a hijab. ​Some of the signatories include Anjana Prakash (Ex High Court judge), Amar Saran...