Can't Wake Up Someone Pretending To Sleep : Kerala High Court Over Ineffective Implementation of Victim Protection Scheme By Police

The Kerala High Court on Monday yet again accentuated the insufficiency and lack of implementation of the victim protection system intended for sexual-assault survivors in the State.Justice Devan Ramachandran was adjudicating upon a plea filed by a sexual attack survivor alleging harassment from the accused and two police officers. The issue concerned the Court after numerous cases reached...

Consumer Commission Should Issue Bailable Warrant Only If Party Is Not Represented At All Through Counsel Or Representative : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has observed that the Consumer Commission should issue a bailable warrant for the appearance of a party only as a last resort. The issuance of bailable warrant is not justified if the party is represented through counsel or authorized representative."Bailable warrants are to be issued as a last resort and only in a case where it is found that the opponent parties are...

'Gravity Of The Offence': Calcutta High Court Rejects Anticipatory Bail Plea Of Mamata Banerjee's Polling Agent Sheikh Sufiyan In WB Post Poll Violence Case

The Calcutta High Court on Monday rejected the anticipatory bail plea moved by TMC leader Sheikh Sufiyan in the West Bengal post-poll violence case currently being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Notably, Sufiyan was the polling agent of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram for the 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections. Chief Minister Banerjee had lost...

Dadri MLA Murder- 'Absconding' Can't Be Treated As Incriminating Evidence: Ut'khand HC Acquits Man Serving Life Sentence

Holding that conviction cannot be based only on the ground that the alleged accused has absconded, the Uttarakhand High Court last week acquited a man convicted of murdering then Dadri (Uttar Pradesh) MLA, Mahendra Singh Bhati around 29 years back.The Bench of Chief Justice R. S. Chauhan and Justice Alok Kumar Verma set aside a 2015 judgment of the Special CBI court which had convicted...

This Is Khaki Ego & Arrogance: Kerala High Court On Pink Police Officer Harassing Minor

The Kerala High Court on Monday expressed its astonishment with the inaction of the respondents in the matter where a pink police officer had allegedly mortified an 8-year-old child and her father in public, accusing them of theft.After a CD containing the video of the incident was played in the courtroom, Justice Devan Ramachandran was visibly distressed and moved."The visuals are...

'Covid Vaccination Voluntary, Hasn't Mandated Vaccination At This Stage': Centre Tells Supreme Court

The Central Government has submitted before the Supreme Court that it has not mandated for Covid 19 vaccines to be administered mandatorily at this stageThe Centre has stated that according to Covid-19 Vaccine Operational Guidelines", a detailed policy document providing broad vision of government regarding Covid-19 vaccination programme formulated by it, covid vaccination is...

Madras High Court Dismisses Plea Against Reserving More Wards For Women In Municipal Corporation Elections

The petition was dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to challenge the Chennai City Municipal Corporation Act, 1919 and the subsequent Amendments.

[Reservation In Civic Body Elections] Supreme Court Issues Notice In Plea Challenging Madhya Pradesh High Court's Order Of Staying Reservation Notification

The Supreme Court today issued notice in the Special Leave petition assailing Madhya Pradesh High Court's interim order of staying the notification related to method of reservation in the civic body elections.The notice was issued by the bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and CT Ravikumar.The High Court had stayed the notification dated December 10, 2020 ("impugned notification") to the extent...

Supreme Court Asks Ministry Of Housing & Urban Affairs If It Has Any Rehabilitation Policy For Slum Dwellers Near Rail Tracks

The Supreme Court today asked the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs to place its stand as to whether it has any policy in slums adjacent to Railway Tracks in Gujarat and Haryana. While issuing notice to the Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs , the bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and CT Ravikumar in the SLP's assailing Gujarat and Punjab and Haryana High Court(s)...

Mumbai Court Grants Bail To Nawab Malik in Defamation Case Filed by Mohit Bharatiya

A magistrate court here on Monday granted bail to Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Nawab Malik in a defamation case filed against him by former Mumbai BJP youth wing president Mohit Kamboj Bharatiya.The Mazagaon magistrate court allowed Malik's bail on a personal bond of Rs 15,000.The court had earlier this month issued a process (notice) to Malik on the criminal defamation complaint...

If Vaccine Mandates Are Not Proportionate To Personal Liberty, We Will Go Into It : Supreme Court

In a petition challenging the validity of mandates imposed on vaccination in India, the Supreme Court on Monday urged Mr. Prashant Bhushan, appearing on behalf of the Petitioner, to implead the States, whose orders are being specifically assailed, as parties to the present proceedings. Appearing before the Bench comprising Justices L. Nageshwara Rao and B.R. Gavai, Mr. Prashant...

Sharjeel Imam's Speech Didn't Incite Violence, No Call To Bear Arms: Allahabad HC Grants Bail In Aligarh Sedition Case

Granting bail to Sharjeel Imam in the Aligarh Muslim University sedition case, the Allahabad High Court last week noted that neither he called anyone to bear arms nor any violence was incited as a result of the speech delivered by him. It may be noted that the instant case was registered against him in Aligarh last year for allegedly delivering an 'anti-national speech' at AMU...