Delhi High Court Seeks Further Status Report On FIR Against Alt News Co-Founder Mohammed Zubair, Interim Protection To Continue

The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought further status report from the Delhi Police with respect to investigation carried out in the FIR registered against Co-Founder of Alt News, Mohammed Zubair over a tweet made by him in response to a twitter user in August 2020. Justice Mukta Gupta, who was hearing Zubair's plea seeking quashing of the said FIR, added that the interim protection from...

Whether 2012 Guidelines To Prevent Detention Of Juveniles In Adult Jails Complied? Delhi High Court Seeks Report

The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the Secretary of Delhi State Legal Services Authority ('DSLSA') to submit a report within two weeks on implementation and compliance of the 2012 guidelines and directions regarding the juveniles and children in conflict with law who are lodged in adult jails. A coordinate bench of the High Court in the case titled Court On Its Own Motion v. Dept. Of...

Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari Appointed As Chief Justice Of Madras High Court

Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari has been appointed as the Chief Justice of Madras High Court. In exercise of the powers conferred under Clause (1) of Article 217 of the Indian Constitution, the President of India in consultation with the Chief Justice of India has made the appointment, states the notification issued by Additional Secretary (Ministry of Law & Justice) dated 10th...

Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple: Supreme Court Extends Time For Special Audit Till 30th June

The Supreme Court of India on Thursday granted time upto 30th June 2022 for completion of the special audit of 25 years ordered by the Court in 2020 for the iconic Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple at Thiruvananthapuram.A Bench comprising Justice UU Lalit and Justice Ravindra Bhat granted the extension in pursuance of applications filed for extension of time by the Administrative Committee and...

Court Awards Life Imprisonment To Stalker Who Set Lecturer Ablaze In Full Public View Two Yrs Ago

A Sessions Court in Maharashtra's Wardha district has sentenced Vikesh Nagrale to life imprisonment, convicted of stalking and killing 24-year old Ankita Pisudde by setting her on fire in full public view two years back. Additional Sessions Judge Rahul Bhagwat of the Hinganghat Sessions Court had pronounced Nagrale guilty on Wednesday. The court, however, had deferred the sentencing by...

Jharkhand High Court Upholds ₹60K Fine Imposed On State Govt For Providing Late Info Under RTI Act

While elucidating the distinction between Public Information Officer and Public Authority, Jharkhand High Court has upheld the fine of INR 60,000 imposed by the State Information Commissioner on the concerned department of the State government for not providing the information in time. Stating that the Public Information Officer has to obtain the required information from the custody of...

Desist From Sending WhatsApp Messages To Judges : Supreme Court To Hira Gold Scam Victims

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court asked the duped investors in the Heera Gold Scam case to refrain from attempting to establish communication with Apex Court Judges through WhatsApp messages. While hearing an appeal filed by Investigating Agencies against Heera Gold Exim Pvt. Ltd. and its Managing Director, Nowhera Shaikh for defrauding investors, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul expressed...

NEET-PG| Service In Specialized Units Doesn't Amount To Serving In Rural/ Difficult Area To Qualify For 40% In-Service Quota: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday observed that service in Specialized Units would not amount to serving in "remote and/or difficult areas" for the purpose of qualifying for the stipulated 40% in-service quota in Post Graduate Medical counselling for seats in Government/private colleges in West Bengal.It may be noted that Supreme Court, in TN Medical Officers Association v. State of Tamil...

Due Caution Must Be Exercised By Appellate Court Before Reversing Acquittal Orders By Trial Courts: Bombay High Court

Even if the appellate court is inclined to re-evaluate and re-appreciate evidence on record to take a different approach, such interference is not justified when the trial court's view is a possible view, not marred with perversity or unreasonableness and thus, the appellate Courts must exercise a great deal of caution before disturbing the factual findings recorded by the trial...

When Political Party Is Defamed, Members Not At Helm Of Affairs Can't File Complaint : Madras HC Quashes Complaint Against Maridhas Over Remarks Against DMK

The Party has not authorised the filing of the complaint. If the partymen or the members of DMK had been defamed, then as a member of a definite class of people, the respondent could have maintained the complaint, the court observed.

Delhi Riots Erupted After Sharjeel Imam's Arrest, He Can't Be Charged For Conspiracy Endlessly: Arguments For Bail In Delhi Court

Seeking bail in the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case, JNU student Sharjeel Imam on Thursday told a Delhi Court that we cannot afford to have a system where conspiracies become endless and are rendered in perpetuity. Advocate Tanveer Ahmed Mir appearing for Imam told Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat that no allegation of conspiracy can be attributed to Imam after his arrest in...

Persuade Judicial Officers Having Good Track Record To Withdraw Resignation : Supreme Court To HCs

The Supreme Court endorsed the practice followed by some High Courts of persuading a Judicial Officer having good track record to withdraw the resignation tendered by him/her."Losing a good Judicial Officer without counselling him/her and without giving him/her an opportunity to introspect and re­think, will not be in the interest of either the Judicial Officer or the Judiciary", the...