Police Brutality In Stations Will Stop If CCTV Cameras Are Installed: Kerala High Court While Hearing Case Where Man was Cuffed To Handrails

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday observed that brutality in police stations will come to a close once functional CCTV cameras are installed in its premises, particularly inside the cells.Justice Devan Ramachandran was adjudicating upon an incident where a Dalit man was handcuffed to the handrail of the Police Station merely for asking for the receipt of a complaint he had preferred before...

Information And Broadcasting Ministry Invokes IT Rules, 2021 To Block Two Pak YouTube Channels And Two Websites For Spreading Anti-India Propaganda

On Monday, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry invoked Rule 16 of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 ("IT Rules") and issued directions to block 20 YouTube channels and two websites that it claimed had indulged in spreading "anti-India propaganda and fake news". In a statement made on Tuesday, the Ministry said that it...

'Vulgarity During Court Proceedings': Madras HC Initiates Contempt Action Against Lawyer

In the aftermath of video clippings of one of the lawyers logged in the virtual court engaging in eroticism with a woman went viral, Madras High Court has registered a suo motu criminal contempt proceedings. About the incident that occurred in the court of Justice G.K Ilanthiraiyan, a Division bench of Justice P.N. Prakash and Justice R. Hemalatha noted: "This Court cannot afford...

Karnataka Govt Tables Bill To Impose Restrictions On Religious Conversion, Inter-Faith Marriages

The Karnataka Government on Tuesday introduced the Karnataka Protection of Right To Freedom Of Religion Bill, 2021, which seeks to impose restrictions on religious conversions and inter-faith marriages, before the Legislative Assembly. The discussion on the same is likely to be held on Wednesday. The bill prohibits "unlawful conversion" from one religion to another...

'BR Ambedkar Must Be Turning In His Grave Seeing How Judicial Independence Is being Trampled With': MP John Brittas In Rajya Sabha

"The key framer of the Constitution and the first law minister- Dr. B. R. Ambedkar- would be turning in his grave, seeing how judicial appointments are being made and how the independence of the judiciary is tampered with," Kerala MP John Brittas has said in the Parliament."It is true that Ambedkar was not in favour of prohibiting Supreme Court and High Court judges from taking up office...

Jharkhand Assembly Passes Anti-Lynching Bill That Provides For Punishment Upto Life Imprisonment For Culprits

The Jharkhand State Assembly today passed a law to prevent Mob Lynching in the state [The Jharkhand (Prevention of Mob Violence and Mob Lynching) Bill, 2021. If this becomes law after receiving the assent of the Governor, Jharkhand will become only the third Indian state – after West Bengal and Rajasthan – to have a dedicated anti-lynching law.The Statement of Object and Reasons to the...

'Had Sought Default Bail Like Sudha Bharadwaj' : 8 Bhima-Koregaon Accused Approach Bombay HC Claiming 'Factual Error' In Judgment

Eight accused in the Bhima Koregaon-Elgar Parishad case denied default bail have re-approached the Bombay High Court claiming to have exercised their right to default bail well within the stipulated period.It may be recalled that the High Court had granted default bail to lawyer-activist Sudha Bharadwaj, an accused in the case, on the ground that the Pune Sessions Court was not competent...

Negotiable Instruments Act Being Penal Statute Should Receive Strict Construction: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 should receive strict construction for the reason of being a penal statute. Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri also observed that specific averments in a criminal complaint which satisfies the requirements of sec. 141 of the Act are imperative in nature.Sec. 141 of the Negotiable Instruments Act talks about the offences...

How Supreme Court Protected Press Freedom In 2021

2021 was a year where India retained its low ranking of 142 out of 180 countries, as in the year before. Reporters Without Borders (RSF), a French NGO which prepared the Global Press Freedom Index said, "India is one of the world's most dangerous countries for journalists trying to do their job properly".2021 was also a year where one saw the Supreme Court making crucial and timely interventions to protect journalists who were facing threats and criminal law process for doing their...

Ensure Proper Scrutiny Before Matters Are Sent For Seeking Leave To Appeal By State: High Court To Delhi Government

The Delhi High Court has told the Delhi Government to ensure that a proper scrutiny is carried out before the matters are sent to it for seeking leave to appeal by the State.Justice Mukta Gupta was dealing with a plea filed by the State seeking leave to appeal against a judgment dated 12th February, 2020 wherein two men, the respondents in the matter, were acquitted for offences under Section...

Delhi Court Issues Summons In Suit Against Business Of Carrying Forward Trading In Cryptocurrencies Without Regulatory Approval

A Delhi Court recently issued summons in a suit filed against the business of carrying forward trading in cryptocurrencies in the Country, without any statutory or regulatory approval. Additional District Judge Geetanjali of the Saket Court was dealing with a suit filed by one Vidyut Kayarkar against a website called Olymptrade, operated by Saledo Global LLC, seeking a direction that such...

[Mainpuri Girl's Death Case] Principal Of School Where The Girl Was Found Hanging Arrested: UP Govt Informs Allahabad HC

The Uttar Pradesh Government last week informed the Allahabad High Court that it has taken into custody, the principal of the school where a 16-year-old girl of Mainpuri was found hanging in the year 2019.AgarwalEssentially, the Bench of Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal and Justice Piyush Agrawal is dealing with a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea filed in connection with a case regarding...