Uphaar Fire Tragedy: Delhi Court Suspends Convict's 7 Year Jail Term For Two Days On Humanitarian Grounds In Evidence Tampering Case

A Delhi Court on Saturday suspended for two days the 7 year jail term awarded to one of the convicts, Dinesh Chandra Sharma in connection with the Uphaar fire tragedy that happened in the year 1997. Additional Sessions Judge Anil Antil suspended the sentence on humanitarian grounds for the purpose of allowing Sharma to attend his niece's engagement ceremony. Accordingly, Sharma was admitted...

SMS Intimation To Candidate's Mobile Number Sufficient Communication For Selection Process : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has rejected the argument of a candidate that the intimation given through SMS about physical fitness test and document verification is not sufficient. The Court noted that the SMS intimation was given in the mobile number furnished by the candidate."When a requirement is stated in the application to provide the mobile number, it is with a purpose to communicate and in...

Court Summons Four BJP Leaders Including Delhi Unit Chief Adesh Gupta In Criminal Defamation Case By Delhi Jal Board

A Delhi Court has summoned four BJP leaders including its Delhi Unit President Adesh Gupta in a criminal defamation complaint filed by Delhi Jal Board and its Vice Chairman Raghav Chadha. The case pertains to allegations levelled against the Board over scam of Rs. 26,000 crores. Those summoned include Adesh Gupta; Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, an MLA from Badarpur constituency and leader of opposition...

'Make Special Squads For Traffic Control In Greater Chennai'; Madras High Court Urges Authorities To Take Action Against Corrupt Practices By Traffic Police

Recently, Madras High Court has come down heavily on the irregular parking before commercial establishments in GST Road, Chennai, and it has also made observations on the alleged complicity of traffic police in allowing such illegalities. A single bench of Justice S.M Subramaniam observed that special teams must be deployed in strategical urban areas during peak hours to avoid...

[BREAKING] Aryan Khan Case : No Evidence For Conspiracy; Nothing Objectionable In WhatsApp Chats Suggesting Conspiracy, Says Bombay High Court In Bail Order

Prima facie there is no evidence on record to infer that Aryan Khan, his friend Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha conspired to commit offences under the Narcotics Drug and Psychotropic Substance Act, the Bombay High Court said in its detailed order granting bail to the trio in the cruise ship drug case. Justice Nitin Sambre had granted the trio bail on October 28, 2021. A detailed...

Only Those Who Are Responsible For Public Order Maintenance Must Judge What National Security, Public Order Or Security Of State Needs: J&K&L HC

While upholding the detention of an alleged worker of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), under the J&K Public Safety Act, 1978, the Jammu & Kashmir And Ladakh High Court last week observed that those who are responsible for national security or for maintenance of public order must be the sole judges of what the national security, public order or security of the State requires.Observing that it...

Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Sign Language Interpreters During Press Briefings By Ministers

A disability rights activist has moved the Supreme Court seeking directions to Centre and States to provide sign language interpreters during the press briefings by the Heads of States.A PIL has been filed seeking directions to have in-frame Sign language interpreter in all the official press briefings conducted by the Prime Minister, other Ministers of the Union Government, Chief Ministers...

Ex-Mumbai Cop Moves Bombay High Court Seeking Removal Of Subodh Kumar Jaiswal As CBI Chief

A retired Assistant Mumbai Police Commissioner (ACP) has approached the Bombay High Court seeking the removal of IPS officer Subodh Kumar Jaiswal as Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation by quashing his appointment on the grounds of eligibility. Jaiswal, a 1985 batch Indian Police Service officer served as the former Director General of Police, Maharashtra and was...

Delhi High Court Grants Interim Injunction To Britannia Against Oral Care Seller 'Good Day' In Trademark Infringement Suit

The Delhi High Court has recently granted an ad interim injunction to Britannia Industries against an oral care seller for allegedly using it's identical trademark 'GOOD DAY'. Justice Sanjeev Narula was of the prima facie view that Britannia's trademark 'GOOD DAY' has been acknowledged to be a well-known mark and therefore it will have a right to seek injunction in terms of Section 29(4) (b)...

'Hate Promotes Virality, Virality Increases Revenue' : Delhi Assembly Seeks Facebook Records Of Complaints About Communal Posts Prior To Riots

The Delhi Assembly's Committee on Peace and Harmony constituted to probe into the Delhi riots that took place in February 2020 grilled senior executives of Facebook India on Thursday for its alleged role in failing to curb provocative and inflammatory content that led to the riots. The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of NCT of Delhi in March 2020 had constituted a Committee on Peace...

Govt Job Offer Scam: Madras High Court Orally Directs TN Police To Refrain From Arresting Former Minister Rajenthra Bhalaji Till Wednesday

The Madras High Court has orally asked the Tamil Nadu Police not to arrest till the next date of hearing, former Minister and Senior AIADMK member, K.T. Rajenthra Bhalaji, accused in the government job offer scam.Justice M Nirmal Kumar, while adjourning the matter till next Wednesday, orally observed, "Till Wednesday, I will ask the police not to take any action. The police can proceed with...

Madras High Court Bats For Mental Health Screening Of Arrestees/ Accused For Remand

The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court has recently underlined how police, prison authorities and remanding magistrates must deal with arrestees/ prisoners who are persons with mental illness (PMIs). The expression 'every person' in Article 21 comprises an arrestee/ remand prisoner as well, and Section 20 (1) of the Mental Healthcare Act confers on every PMI the right to live...