Delhi Court Grants Bail To Sharjeel Imam In 2019 Jamia Violence Case

A Delhi Court on Thursday granted bail to Sharjeel Imam in a case concerning the violence in Jamia Milia Islamia University on the 13th and 14th of December, 2019. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Dinesh Kumar granted bail to Sharjeel considering the fact that he was not arrested in the matter during investigation. "Considering the nature of offence, and the fact that he was not arrested...

Consumer Case Not Maintainable Over Medical Services Given Free Of Charge Just Because Doctor Draws Salary From Hospital : Supreme Court

"The salary that is paid by the hospital administration to the employee medical officer cannot be regarded as payment made on behalf of the person availing of the service or for his benefit so as to make the person availing the service a "consumer" under Section 2(1)(d) in respect of the service rendered to him.”

[Gujarat Riots] 'Not Interested In Targeting Anybody', Says Kapil Sibal; Supreme Court Reserves Judgment On Zakia Jafri's Plea

On Thursday, the Supreme Court heard the rejoinder and sur-rejoinder arguments in a petition filed by Zakia Ehsan Jafri challenging the closure report filed by SIT discarding the allegations of larger conspiracy by high state functionaries and other entities in the Gujarat riots of 2002 that ensued the Godhra train massacre. Over a course of fourteen days, a Bench comprising Justices...

Don't Throw Away Non-Veg Food Stalls Just Because Party In Power Says So Or To Satisfy Ego Of Some: Gujarat High Court To AMC

Dealing with a plea filed by certain street vendors who claimed that they have been arbitrarily prohibited from selling non-vegetarian food on the streets of Ahmedabad, the Gujarat High Court today rapped the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and asked them not to throw away carts of such people to satisfy the ego of some.Hearing the matter, the Bench of Justice Biren Vaishnav earlier...

'Wrongs Of Past Can't Be Basis For Disturbing Present Peace' : Delhi Court Rejects Plea To Restore Temples Inside Qutub Minar Complex

A Delhi Court has rejected a civil suit filed on behalf of Jain deity Tirthankar Lord Rishabh Dev and Hindu deity Lord Vishnu alleging that the Quwwat-Ul-Islam Masjid situated within the Qutub Minar Complex in Mehrauli was built in place of a temple complex and seeking restoration of the temple complex comprising as many as 27 temples.The Court noted that the suit was barred by the provisions...

In Contempt Matters The Affidavit Should Not Contain More Than 3 Pages: Gujarat High Court To Govt Pleaders

Taking note of the practice of filing long affidavits before the Court in contempt matters, the Gujarat High Court today directed the Government pleaders to restrict their affidavits to a maximum of three pages.The Bench of Chief Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Ashutosh Shastri orally remarked thus:"This practice of filing affidavits in 8 pages, 12 pages should stop in contempt matter. This...

Explosion Takes Place In Delhi's Rohini Court; One Injured

A minor explosion took place in the court complex at Rohini in New Delhi today. The Delhi police said that the explosion took place in a laptop bag.The incident happened in Court No.102, when proceedings were underway. Soon after the blast, the proceedings were halted. One person who got injured has been admitted in hospital.As per DCP Pranav Tayal, the explosion happened in a laptop bag,...

'Not Properly Served Notice':Gauhati High Court Sets Aisde Ex-Parte Foreigners' Tribunal's Order Declaring Man As Foreigner

The Gauhati High Court has recently set aside an ex-parte order by a foreigners' tribunal declaring a Silchar resident as a foreigner after noting that the tribunal had failed to properly serve notice thus rendering the proceedings illegal. A Bench comprising Justices Kotiswar Singh and Malashri Nandi observed, "We have found that the petitioner was not properly served notice before...

Karnataka High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To Man Accused Of Smuggling Whale Vomit

The Karnataka High Court has granted anticipatory bail to a prime accused alleged to be involved in smuggling of 8.25 kgs of ambergris, commonly known as whale vomit. A single judge bench of Justice K Natarajan allowed the application filed by one Riyaz. It is the case of the prosecution that on receipt of credible information on 05.08.2021, the Forest Officers intercepted the Wagonr...

Won't Proceed In FIRs Against 'OpIndia' Reports, West Bengal Govt Tells Supreme Court

The State of West Bengal on Thursday informed the Supreme Court of India that it has no objection to the quashing of the FIRs filed over the reports published in 'OpIndia' portal.Senior Advocate Siddharth Dave appearing for the State informed a Bench comprising Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice MM Sundresh that State has decided to not proceed further in the FIRs. The Bench appreciated...

'Atrocious': Kerala High Court Admits Plea Against 'Churuli' Movie For Excessive Use Of Abusive Language

The Kerala High Court on Thursday admitted a writ petition filed against the Malayalam movie 'Churuli' which was recently released on an OTT platform for excessive use of abusive and obscene language.After a portion of the said movie was played in the courtroom, Justice N. Nagaresh issued notice to all the respondents and orally remarked that the dialogues used in the movie were 'atrocious...

Lawyer-Activist Sudha Bharadwaj Released After Over 3 Years In Jail

Lawyer and well-known tribal rights activist Sudha Bharadwaj walked out of Byculla women's prison today after over 1000 days of incarceration in the Bhima Koregaon – Elgar Parishad caste violence Case. Bharadwaj was arrested on August 28, 2018. The Special NIA court set 16 bail conditions for Bharadwaj yesterday. The Bombay High Court had directed Bharadwaj to be produced...