'What Are You Doing Here?' : Supreme Court Pulls Up Delhi Judge For Attending His Case Hearing Taking Leave

The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up a judge of Delhi Judicial Service for taking leave from his duty to attend the hearing of his personal case.A bench comprising Justice L Nageswara Rao and Justice BR Gavai was considering an application related to the promotion of Civil Judges Junior Division in Delhi Judiciary.Noting that one of the applicants was present for the hearing, Justice...

Activist Saket Gokhale Moves Delhi High Court Against CVC, ED Over Failure To Publish ED Director's Immovable Assets

Activist Saket Gokhale has moved the Delhi High Court against Central Vigilance Commission and the Enforcement Directorate for not uploading and making public the immovable property declarations of ED Chief SK Mishra on the website of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). It is pointed out that CVC had issued an office order on 23rd November last year, giving a week's time for filing...

Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Censoring Of Actress Kangana Ranaut's Social Media Posts

A plea has been moved in the Supreme Court seeking censoring of the Social Media posts of Actress Kangana Ranaut in order to maintain law and order situation in the Country.The plea moved by petitioner in person Sardar Charanjeet Singh Chanderpal seeks a direction to Union Home Ministry, IT Ministry, TRAI and State Police Authorities of different states to take Preventive action on social...

"Will See On Administrative Side": Delhi High Court Disposes Plea For Enhancing Pecuniary Jurisdiction Of Civil Judges

The Delhi High Court today disposed of a PIL filed by Advocate Amit Sahni seeking enhancement of pecuniary jurisdiction of Civil Judges for adjudicating original suits. The present maximum pecuniary jurisdiction of civil judges is Rs. 3 lacs.At the outset, the Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh observed that three lakh is a "very nominal amount".The Chief...

Kottiyoor Rape Case: Kerala High Court Reduces Sentence Awarded To Former Priest To 10 Yrs Imprisonment

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday reduced the sentence imposed on former priest Robin Mathew Vadakkumchery in the infamous Kottiyoor rape case that had shaken the public conscience, where he was accused of raping and impregnating a minor girl in 2016.The POCSO court at Thalassery had sentenced him to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment under Section 376 (2)(f) of IPC and provisions of the...

BREAKING : Bombay High Court Grants Default Bail To Sudha Bharadwaj In Bhima Koregaon Case; Refuses Bail To 8 Other Accused

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday granted default bail to lawyer-activist Sudha Bharadwaj in the 2018 Bhima Koregaon – Elgar Parishad caste violence case.However, the Court rejected the bail applications of the 8 other accused Sudhir Dawale, Dr P Varavara Rao, Rona Wilson, Advocate Surendra Gadling, Professor Shoma Sen, Mahesh Raut, Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira. They were...

Gujarat Riots- Zakia Jafri's Plea Against Clean Chit To Narendra Modi- LIVE UPDATES From Supreme Court

Supreme Court to continue hearing today the petition filed by Zakia Jafri challenging the SIT's clean chit to the then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi & other high functionaries in the #GujaratRiots of 2002. A Bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT Ravikumar will take up the part-heard matter for further hearing. Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi for SIT will continue...

Puducherry Local Body Elections: Madras High Court To Decide If Reservation For Backward Classes Is Mandatory

In a batch of petitions challenging the withdrawal of reservation for Backward Classes (BC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) in the upcoming Puducherry local body elections, the Madras High Court is set to examine if providing reservation for BC is mandatory as per the Constitutional provisions or not.The bench of Acting Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice P.D Audikesavalu will take...

'Raised Legitimate Public Issue; No Adverse Consequence Ensued': Madras HC Quashes FIR Over Protest Gathering During Pandemic

The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court has quashed an FIR registered against a member of the political party for organizing protest in November 2020, the peak days of Covid-19 pandemic. "…The petitioner is a member of the political party. They have only raised a legitimate public issue. As a result of the petitioner's conduct, no adverse consequence ensued. The accused has not indulged in...

Intention To Cause Death Immaterial If Prosecution Proves Ingredients Of "Thirdly" Of Section 300 IPC: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has observed that once the prosecution establishes the existence of three ingredients forming part of "thirdly" in Section 300 of the Indian Penal Code, it is irrelevant whether there was an intention on the accused part to cause death.The bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and AS Oka was considering a criminal appeal against an order dated July 18, 2016 passed by the...

Dearth of Members, NCLT Benches At Chennai Not Fully Functional: Madras High Court Asks Centre To Clarify

In a public interest litigation filed before Madras High Court for directions to make the NCLT Benches in Chennai fully functional, the respondents including Union of India, NCLT and the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India has been asked to clarify if a single technical member of the Bench at Chennai has been discharging the duties of the NCLT Bench in Kochi...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Bhojpuri Actress's Plea Against Hacking Of Her Facebook Page, Restoration Of Account

The Delhi High Court has issued notice on the plea filed by a Bhojpuri Actress, Neha Shree seeking registration of FIR and subsequent investigation regarding hacking of her Facebook Page and account. Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar sought response of Facebook, Delhi Government and city Cyber Cell in the plea which also sought direction on Facebook to restore the access of the Facebook page and...