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Gujarat Riots- Two Ministers Of State Cabinet Positioned In City Control Rooms to Directly Interfere With Police Functioning: Kapil Sibal To SC In Zakia Jafri's Plea
The Supreme Court on Wednesday continued hearing Zakia Ahsan Jafri's plea challenging the SIT report giving clean chit to the then-Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and other high functionaries in the Gujarat riots of 2002.At the outset, the bench of Justices A. M. Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and C. T. Ravikumar told Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, for the petitioner, "Mr Sibal, the...
Include Hospital Security Personnel Within Scope Of Kerala Healthcare Service Persons Act: High Court Proposes To State
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday suggested the inclusion of security guards and managerial staff of hospitals within the ambit of the Kerala Healthcare Service Persons and Healthcare Services Institutions (Prevention of Violence and Damage to Property) Act 2012. A Division Bench comprising Justice Devan Ramachandran and Justice Kauser Edappagath was considering a matter where several attacks...
State Govt Opposes Petitions Challenging Ban On Online Gambling In Karnataka, Says 'No Harm In Preventing Public From Squandering Their Hard Earned Money'
The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday began hearing on a batch of petitions filed challenging the Constitutional validity of the Karnataka Police (Amendment) Act 2021, by which the state government has banned all online gambling and betting, and provide maximum imprisonment of three years and penalty upto Rs 1 lakh for violation of the provisions. Senior Advocate Arvind...
Mumbai Police Orders Probe Against NCB Officer Sameer Wankhede; KP Gosavi Arrested By Pune Police
The Mumbai Police has appointed a four-member team to investigate the extortion allegations levelled against the Narcotics Control Bureau's Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede. The Joint Commissioner of Police Vishwas Nangre Patil issued the order on Wednesday directing Additional Commissioner of Police (ACP) Dilip Sawant to supervise the probe. The official order states that...
Delhi High Court Notifies VC Rules, Allows Public To View Virtual Proceedings
The High Court of Delhi Rules for Video Conferencing for Courts 2021, which seek to consolidate, unify and streamline the procedure relating to use of video conferencing for Courts, have been notified in the official gazette on October 26.The Rules consist of five Chapters and two schedules. While the Chapters provide for definitions, general principles and procedure for virtual...
PMLA Interpretation : 'Whole Act An Attempt To Aggrandize Power Of State', Kapil Sibal Argues In Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday commenced hearing on the batch of petitions concerned with the interpretation of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal enumerated the broad propositions for consideration by the bench of Justices A. M. Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and C. T. Ravikumar.(1) How can there be a penal statute in the absence of procedure on how to...
Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Complainant's Plea Challenging Anticipatory Bail Of MP Prince Paswan In Rape Case
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice on the plea filed by complainant challenging the anticipatory bail granted to Lok Janshakti Party MP Prince Paswan in connection with a criminal case concerning allegations of rape against him.Prince is a Member of Parliament from Samastipur in Bihar.Justice Yogesh Khanna sought response of Prince Paswan while posting the matter for further...
Pegasus Verdict Historic, Justice Raveendran Outstanding Choice To Head The Committe: Dushyant Dave
"It's a bright sunshine in the dark days," remarked former SCBA President Dushyant Dave, while speaking about the Supreme Court's order in the Pegasus snooping row. The Supreme Court today ordered the constitution of an independent expert committee to look into the allegations of widespread and targeted surveillance of politicians, journalists, activist etc using the...
TN Advocate General Recalls Former AG's Order Declining Consent To Initiate Contempt Proceedings Against S Gurumurthy
Advocate General (AG) R. Shunmugasundaram has recalled an order passed by his predecessor former Advocate General Vijay Narayan on March 31 this year, wherein the latter had declined to grant permission to initiate contempt proceedings against Tamil magazine Thuglak's Editor S. Gurumurthy for his comments about the judiciary during the magazine's annual meet with its readers on January...
Delhi High Court Seeks Centre's Response On VC Hearing Facilities, Appointments In Central Govt Industrial Tribunal
The Delhi High Court has sought a further status report from the Centre in respect of the conduct of hearings through virtual concerning mode in the Central Government Industrial Tribunal and appointments of additional members in the Tribunal. Justice Pratibha M Singh while listing the matter for further hearing on November 29 also dispensed the personal appearance of officers in the...
NDPS Charges Based On Section 67 Statements Of Accused Unsustainable : Supreme Court Applies 'Tofan Singh' Judgment
In a case under the NDPS Act, the Supreme Court has set aside the charges framed against the accused after noting that the case was based on statements by other accused given to officers under Section 67, which are inadmissible in evidence.A bench comprising Justices Sanjeev Khanna and Bela Trivedi noted that the Supreme Court's verdict in last year's case Tofan Singh v State of Tamil Nadu...