Delhi High Court Rejects Suit Against Waseem Rizvi's Book 'Muhammad' For Allegedly Making Incendiary Statements Against Islam & Prophet Mohammed

The Delhi High Court has rejected a suit filed against Syed Waseem Rizvi's Book 'Muhammad' alleging that it contained various demeaning and incendiary statements about Islam, Holy Quran and Prophet Mohammed. Justice Sanjeev Narula dismissed the suit filed by Qamar Hasnain which had sought permanent injunction restraining Rizvi from making statements or publishing the impugned remarks. It...

2021-The Year in Review: Judicial Appointments and Transfers

One of the highlights of the year for the Judiciary as an institution has been the recommendation of 9 judges to the Supreme Court of India. The Supreme Court Collegium recommendation, coming in after a year and a half, paved the way for the elevation of 9 high court judges and practicing lawyers as judges of the Apex Court. Apart from the record-high number of recommendations- the highest so...

AP (Telangana Area) Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act- After Grant Of Ownership Certificate In Terms Of Section 38­E Protected Tenants Are Deemed To Be Owners: SC

The Supreme Court recently upheld the view taken by the Telangana High Court in which the High Court had observed that after the grant of ownership certificate in terms of Section 38­E of the Tenancy Act, the protected tenants are deemed to be owners.It was also observed that once the protected tenants were deemed to be owners, there could not be any occupancy rights certificate as...

Kidnapping And Rape Or Love Marriage: Supreme Court Summons Parties To Find A Positive Solution

In case of where a 'husband' charged with offence of kidnapping and rape against his 'wife' by the wife's family, the Supreme Court on Thursday observed that the only thing being canvassed before the Court is that the husband had some pre-marital love affairs, which can hardly be a case under Section 376, IPC. A Bench comprising Justice SK Kaul and Justice MM Sundresh made the observations in...

Delhi High Court Calls For Uniform Practice To Be Followed By Labour Courts For Deciding Inquiry Related Issue As Preliminary Issue

The Delhi High Court has called for a uniform practice to be followed by the Labour Courts in respect of deciding the inquiry related issue as a preliminary issue.Justice Pratibha M Singh was of the view that the normal procedure which ought to be adopted by Labour Courts is to first decide the validity of the domestic inquiry as a preliminary issue. The Court added that in case the the...

Specify Details Of Website, Platform Where Info On Criminal History Of Citizens Is Publicly Available: Allahabad HC To DGP

The Allahabad High Court has asked the Director-General of Police, Uttar Pradesh Police to disclose the details of the website/platform from where information regarding the criminal history of accused persons could be accessed by the public at large.The Bench of Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta and Justice Om Prakash Tripathi also questioned as to why information relating to the criminal history of...

Ex-Punjab DGP Sumedh Saini Warned By Delhi Court For Attending Virtual Hearing Lying On Bed

A Delhi Court on Tuesday warned Former Punjab DGP Sumedh Singh Saini to be careful in the future after he showed up at the virtual hearing while lying on his bed.Essentially, the Special Judge, CBI, Sanjeev Aggarwal was hearing a 1994 abduction case in which Sumedh Kumar Saini is an accused and for that purpose, he had joined the proceedings through VC (Cisco Webex App).However, during...

Ludhiana Court Blast: High Court Seeks Details Of Security Arrangments In District Courts Across Punjab, Haryana & Chandigarh

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has sought details of Court Complex Security Measures in place across the States of Punjab, Haryana and UT Chandigarh.In this regard, the Registrar General of the High Court, Sanjiv Berry has written a letter to all the district and sessions Judges in Punjab, Haryana, and Chandigarh on the following four counts. This letter was sent within hours of the blast...

UAPA Accused In Custody For Over 2 Yrs On Allegations Of Posting About 'Sikhs for Justice Referendum' On FB: P&H High Court Grants Bail

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday granted bail to a UAPA Accused who has been booked for allegedly posting about 'Sikhs for Justice 2020 Referendum' on her Facebook account and who has been in custody for over two years and three months.The Bench of Justice Anupinder Singh Grewal referred to Apex Court's ruling in the case of Union of India versus K.A. Najeeb to observe that...

Omicron Spread: Lawyer Moves Supreme Court Seeking Strict Guidelines For Adherence To Covid Protocols During Upcoming State Elections

In the wake of the emergence of the Omicron variant of Covid 19, a lawyer has moved the Supreme Court of India seeking directions to the Election Commission of India to issue strict guidelines, policies, and directions for the practical enforcement and adherence to Covid-19 protocols during the upcoming state elections.Further directions have been sought to instruct and order the...

Taj Trapezium Zone- No Industrial Units Shall Be Cleared By UP Govt. Till Sectorial Guidelines Are Obtained from NEERI: SC Clarifies Previous Order

The Supreme Court has further clarified its December, 2019 order by which it lifted the status quo as regards construction, industrial activities and felling of trees in the Taj Trapezium Zone, in so far as the order required concurrence with the Central Empowerment Committee and opinion of NEERI.The top court on March 22, 2018, had ordered status quo concerning granting of ECs to...

Kolkata Municipal Elections: Calcutta HC Directs State Election Commission To Preserve CCTV Footage, Diaries Of Election Officials, Voters' Registers Due To Alleged Violence

The Calcutta High Court vide order dated December 23, 2021, directed the State Election Commission to to preserve CCTV footage of all polling stations of Kolkata Municipal Corporation Elections held on December 19, 2021. The State Election Commission was also directed to preserve the diaries of the presiding officer and register containing the thumb impression/signature of voters of all...