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Delhi High Court Reinstates Female Editor Terminated After Alleging Racism, Sexual Harassment At Workplace
The Delhi High Court has reinstated a woman, working as an Editor in an Akademi, who was terminated from the job after she accused the organisation's Secretary of sexually harassing her.The woman hailing from the North-East had alleged that the Secretary used to make inappropriate sexual advances towards her and made racist and sexist comments. While reinstating her, Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva...
NEET-UG Candidate Alleges Manipulation In Her OMR Answer Sheet: Kerala High Court Directs NTA To Conduct Enquiry
A NEET candidate has approached the Kerala High Court alleging that the OMR sheet attached to her application number has been manipulated. Justice N. Nagaresh directed the National Testing Agency to conduct an enquiry into the matter after taking note of all the discrepancies on the produced OMR sheet. The NTA was also directed to consider the entire materials produced on record and to submit...
"Such Chilling Effect On The Freedom of Speech Is An Assault ….": Quotable Quotes From CJI Ramana's Order In Pegasus Snooping Case
The Supreme Court order in Pegasus Spyware petitions started with a quote from the famous novel 1984 by George Orwell: "If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself." The court said that writ petitions raise an Orwellian concern, about the 'alleged possibility of utilizing modern technology to hear what you hear, see what you see and to know what you ...
NEET-UG : Supreme Court To Hear Tomorrow NTA's Challenge Against HC Order For Re-Test For 2 Students
The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned till tomorrow the hearing of the National Testing Agency's special leave petition challenging the recent Bombay High Court order directing the National Testing Agency to hold fresh exam for two NEET UG aspirants. A bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao, Sanjiv Khanna and BR Gavai could not take up the petition before 1 PM today. Since another matter...
Bombay High Court Refuses Urgent Hearing For Plea To Stop Nawab Malik's Comments Against Sameer Wankhede & NCB
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday refused urgent hearing of a PIL against Maharashtra cabinet minister Nawab Malik, seeking to restrain him from commenting on officers of the Narcotics Control Bureau or its Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede. The petition filed by a man claiming to be a businessman and maulana, was mentioned for urgent circulation before the bench of Chief...
Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To Man Arrested For Allegedly Possessing 349 Kilogram Of Ganja
The Allahabad High Court last week granted bail to a man booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) from whose possession allegedly 350 kilograms of Ganja was recovered. While noting that for the limited purpose of granting bail, the court has to only see if there are reasonable grounds for believing that the accused is not guilty, the Bench of...
Protection Of Journalistic Sources A Basic Condition For Freedom Of Press : Supreme Court In Pegasus Case
The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the constitution of a 3-member independent expert committee to probe into the allegations of widespread and targeted surveillance of activists, journalists, politicians and constitutional authorities using the Pegasus spyware. The committee will be headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice RV Raveendran.A Bench comprising the Chief Justice of India...
'Trigger Happy Filing' Of 'Half Baked Petitions' Merely On The Basis Of Newspaper Reports Should Be Discouraged, Says Supreme Court
Individuals should not file half Âbaked petitions merely on a few newspaper reports, the Supreme Court remarked taking note of 'the quality of some of the petitions filed' in Pegasus matter.The CJI NV Ramana led bench observed that such an exercise, far from helping the cause espoused by the individual filing the petition, is often detrimental to the cause itself. Such...
Walayar Rape-Death Case: Prime Accused Move Kerala High Court Seeking Bail
The prime accused in the infamous Walayar case that had built up public outrage in the State have moved bail applications before the Kerala High Court. Justice P. Gopinath will hear the applications on Monday.Advocate Sadik Ismayil appearing on behalf of the applicants submitted that the Central Bureau of Investigation was planning to submit a statement in the matter, and sought some more...
Pegasus- All You Want To Know About Supreme Court Appointed Committee-Members, Terms Of Reference, Procedure
The Supreme Court 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 Pegasus spyware.Compelling Circumstances To Appoint Expert committeeThe CJI NV Ramana led bench declined the Centre's plea to allow them to appoint an Expert Committee for the...
'Compelled To Determine Truth' : 7 Circumstances Cited By Supreme Court To Constitute Pegasus Committee
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the constitution of a 3-member independent expert committee to probe the allegations of widespread and targeted surveillance of politicians, journalists, activist etc using the Pegasus spyware.The committee's functioning will be overseen by former Supreme Court judge Justice RV Raveendran.A bench comprising the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justice...