'The More You Publicise It The More You Serve Her Cause':Supreme Court Disposes Off Plea Seeking Censoring Of Kangana Ranaut's Social Media Posts

Recording that the petitioner-in-person has already instituted a private complaint for actor Kangana Ranaut's outbursts against the Sikh community over protests against the now-repealed three farm laws, and that the prayer for the clubbing of all FIRs lodged is not pressed, the Supreme Court on Friday disposed off the plea seeking censoring of her Social Media posts.The plea moved by lawyer...

Booster Vaccine Shots For All: Bombay High Court Seeks Response From Centre & State

The Bombay High Court on Friday sought responses to a PIL seeking directions to frame and implement a policy for administering the booster vaccine shot against the Covid-19 virus. A division bench led by Chief Justice Dipankar Datta directed the Union of India, Chief Secretary of Maharashtra, Principal Secretary of the Health Department and the BMC (civic body), to file...

IT Portal Glitches: CBDT Assures Gujarat High Court To Resolve Issues Of Assessees, Specifies Its Grievance Mechanism

The Central Board Of Direct Taxes (CBDT) today assured the Gujarat High Court that it shall attend to the grievances of the assessee (intending to file ITR and Tax Audit Reports) regarding the technical glitches existing on the Income Tax Portal.The Bench of Justice J. B. Pardiwala and Justice Nisha M. Thakore was also told about the grievance mechanism that has been employed by the Board to...

'Cause Fulfilled': Karnataka High Court Closes Suo Moto Case For Ensuring Elections To Municipal Bodies

The Karnataka High Court on Friday closed its suo moto case, registered for ensuring that elections are conducted to the Corporations/Municipalities in the State in order to comply with the mandate of Article 243-U(3) of the Constitution.The development ensued after the State Election Commission informed the Court that all the elections to the Local Bodies and the Municipalities in the...

Madras High Court Refuses To Restrain SEC From Notifying Urban Local Body Polls Amid Covid-19

The Madras High Court has adjourned a plea filed by a doctor, M. Nakkeeran, for postponing the urban local body polls in light of the worsening pandemic situation. Meanwhile, it has refused to grant any relief in the form of an interim stay on notifying/ conducting urban local body polls. The bench of Acting Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice PD Audikesavalu has...

Karnataka HC Cancels Bail Of Lecturer Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Minor; Says Trial Court Obligated To Hear Complainant U/s 439(1A) CrPC

The Karnataka High Court has set aside the order granting bail to a lecturer, accused of sexually assaulting a minor student of his college, as the trial court failed to given an opportunity to the complainant/victim of being heard before passing the order. Justice H P Sandesh set aside the order dated August 10, 2021 granting bail to Gururaj L, and directed that the accused be arrested...

Plea In Patna High Court Challenges Bihar Mining Corp's Move To Restrict Its Recruitment Process To CNLU Graduates Only

A petition has been filed before the Patna High Court challenging the recruitment notification of Bihar State Mining Corporation Limited for the post of Law Officer on the ground that it allows only the law graduates from the Chanakya National Law University, Patna (CNLU) to apply for the said post.Essentially, the Mining Corporation Limited issued a letter to the CNLU Vice-Chancellor on...

Overcrowding In Prisons: Calcutta HC Seeks State's Response On Status Of Mentally Ill Inmates, Non-Functional Jail Administrative Bodies

The Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the State government to file a detailed affidavit stipulating the status of prisoners with regards to the following concerns- overcrowding in prisons, mental health problems faced by prisoners, and the issue relating to non-functioning of bodies and filing up of vacant posts in prisons across the State. The Court directed such an affidavit to be...

BREAKING| Attorney General Grants Consent To Initiate Contempt Proceedings Against Yati Narsinghanand For Remarks Against Supreme Court

The Attorney General for India KK Venugopal has granted consent to initiate contempt proceedings against the 'Dharam Sansad' leader Yati Narsinghanand over his recent 'derogatory remarks' against the Constitution and the Supreme Court of India.The consent has been granted in response to a letter by an activist Shachi Nelli seeking to initiate contempt against Yati Narsinghanand for his...

PIL Moved Before Kerala High Court Against Order Revoking COVID-19 Curbs In Kasargod Ahead Of CPM District Meet

An advocate clerk has moved the Kerala High Court challenging the revocation of the Collector's order imposing restrictions to mitigate the resurgence of COVID-19 cases in the Kasargod district.Earlier, the Chairperson of the District Disaster Management Authority had issued an order only allowing 50 persons in any public gathering, including political gatherings to mitigate COVID -19 cases....

Active Involvement In 'Bulli Bai' App; Act To Defame Womanhood: Mumbai Court Says Refusing Bail To Accused

The three students accused in the Bulli Bai App Case have prima facie committed acts "defaming womanhood," the Bandra Metropolitan Magistrate Court observed in the detailed order refusing bail to Vishal Jha, Shweta Singh and Mayank Rawat. While their bail applications were rejected by Metropolitan Magistrate Komalsingh Rajput yesterday, a copy of the order was made...

Man Tries To Self Immolate Outside Supreme Court; Rushed To Hospital

On Friday, a man attempted to self-immolate outside the Supreme Court.According to news reports, the man has been identified as Rajbhar Gupta who is a resident of Noida The police have said that the man who suffered burn injuries has been admitted to the hospital.An inquiry is underway to ascertain the exact reason, the police also...