Tripura Violence : Supreme Court Agrees To Give Urgent Listing To Petition Challenging UAPA Against Lawyers, Journalists

The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to urgently list a petition challenging the invocation of UAPA by the Tripura police against journalists, lawyers and activists over their social media posts regarding the recent communal violence in the State.Advocate Prashant Bhushan mentioned the matter before a Bench comprising CJI NV Ramana, Justice AS Bopanna and Justice Hima Kohli seeking urgent...

Gujarat Riots : All Those Who "Collaborated" Were Rehabilitated Later; SIT Head RK Raghavan Made High Commissioner - Sibal Tells Supreme Court

While arguing Zakia Jafri's plea against the clean chit given by the Special Investigation Team(SIT) to the then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and other high functionaries in the Gujarat Riots case, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal told the Supreme Court that the SIT head RK Raghavan was appointed as a High Commissioner later."All these people who, quote-unquote, "collaborated",...

Public Works Contracts Scam: Madras High Court Directs DVAC To Complete Probe Against Former AIADMK Minister SP Velumani In 10 Weeks

The Madras High Court on Monday instructed the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) to submit within ten weeks, the final report/ charge sheet in corruption probe against former Tamil Nadu Minister SP Velumani. The direction was given by Division Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice P.D Audikesavalu while disposing off two petitions filed against...

Justice Chandrachud Recounts Experience In Kargil During Char-Dham Hearing; Says Army People Closely Bound With Civilians

In the course of the hearing in the Char-Dham Highway expansion matter, Justice D. Y. Chandrachud on Wednesday recounted his Experience in Kargil, expressing that army lives are closely bound with civilians.These remarks came when Senior Advocate Colin Gonsalves, for the petitioner-NGO Citizens for Green Doon, expressed that he is "very perturbed by this narrative of Army versus the people,...

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

Gujarat Riots Case: 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...

At The Time Of Framing Of Charges, Accused Can Bring To Court's Notice About Relevancy Of Document Kept Back By Investigating Agency : Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has observed that at the time of framing of charge, an accused can bring to the notice of the Court that an unrelied document recovered during the course of investigation and kept back by the investigating agency is relevant and has a bearing on the prosecution case. Since the accused can exercise such right only if he is aware of the existence of the document, he should...

Delhi High Court Expects State To Be More Prompt In Deciding Emergency Parole Applications

The Delhi High Court has said that it hopes and expects that the State would be more prompt in deciding prisoners' applications for grant of emergency parole. Justice Subramonium Prasad recently made the observation while dealing with the plea filed by one Ashutosh Tiwari seeking a direction on the State to release him on emergency parole for a period of 90 days. Tiwari had filed an...

False Allegations Of Child Molestation Lethal To The Life Of Accused: Kerala High Court Acquits Man Accused Of Raping Daughter

While dealing with a POCSO case where a father was accused of molesting his minor daughter, the Kerala High Court on Wednesday observed that false allegations of child molestation particularly against a parent can have a dangerous impact on the accused.A Division Bench comprising Justice K Vinod Chandran and Justice C. Jayachandran while acquitting the father remarked: "Forensic and...

Gujarat Riots - No Appeal Filed Against Maya Kodnani's Acquittal; VHP Persons Appointed Prosecutors In Many Cases : Kapil Sibal Tells Supreme Court

On Wednesday, to demonstrate the lack of proper investigation by the SIT in the Gujarat riots conspiracy case, Mr. Kapil Sibal pointed out to the Supreme Court that SIT has not challenged the Gujarat High Court's decision to acquit Maya Kodnani, former BJP MLA from Naroda, who was identified as the 'kingpin' in the Naroda Patiya massacre of 2002 by the trial court. Kodnani was named as a...

Jharkhand HC Hauls Up Bihar & Jharkhand Sr. Police Officers For Arresting Public Prosecutor Sans Following Due Procedure

The Jharkhand High Court on Tuesday called into question the action of the senior police officers of Bihar and Jharkhand state in a matter concerning the arrest of a Ranchi-based lawyer on account of their failure to follow the due process of law.Essentially, the Bench of Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad and Justice Ananda Sen was hearing a habeas corpus writ petition filed by the wife of...

Olympian Mayookha Johny Seeks To Quash FIR Against Her, Kerala High Court Seeks State's Response

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday sought the State government's stand on Olympian Mayookha Johny's plea to quash the FIR lodged against her for allegedly raising false rape allegations. Justice K Haripal directed the Public Prosecutor to take instructions in the plea and listed the matter for hearing on December 6th. The petitioner argued that the case was lodged to pressurise her...

Infringement Of Right Of Two Adults To Choose Each Other As Life Partners Is A Constitutional Violation: J&K&L High Court

The Jammu & Kashmir And Ladakh High Court on Monday observed that when two adults consensually choose each other as life partners, it is manifestation of their choice that is recognised under Articles 19 and 21 of the Constitution and the violation of such right is a constitutional violation. Hearing a protection plea filed by a married couple, the Bench of Justice Tashi Rabstan...