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Lawyer Writes To Mumbai Police Seeking FIR Against Sameer Wankhede Over Extortion Bid Allegations In Aryan Khan Case
A Mumbai based lawyer has approached the police for registration of an FIR against Narcotics Control Bureau's Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede and others for extortion, criminal conspiracy and bribery in the cruise ship drug case involving Aryan Shahrukh Khan. Advocate Sudha Dwivedi's complaint states that after Sail's allegations in his notarized affidavit, it is clear that the...
Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging HC Order Which Set Aside Dismissal Of Application Seeking FIR Against BJP Leader Kailash Vijayvargiya & 2 Others In Rape Case
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on a Special Leave Petition (SLP) against an order of the Calcutta High Court setting aside the order of the Chief Judicial Magistrate at Alipore which had dismissed an application seeking FIR against BJP Leader Kailash Vijayvargiya, RSS member Jisnu Basu, and Pradeep Joshi in a rape case. In the instant case, it had been alleged by the victim woman...
Anticipatory Bail Plea Not Maintainable If Accused Already In Custody In Another Criminal Case For Similar/ Different Offences: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court, bench at Jaipur has held that the anticipatory bail application of a person, already in custody in connection to a criminal case, will not be maintainable with respect to another criminal case registered for commission of similar or different offences. Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma was of the view that it would be appropriate that a footnote is added in all...
NEET-UG : HC Order For Retest To 2 Students Delaying Entire Results, NTA Tells Supreme Court; Seeks Early Hearing
The National Testing Agency on Monday urged the Supreme Court to allow urgent hearing of its 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 request for urgent hearing of the case was made by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta during mentioning before a Bench comprising CJI NV Ramana,...
Supreme Court Grants One Month's Time To Fee Regulatory Committee To Fix Fee Of Private Self Financing Medical Colleges In Kerala
The Supreme Court today granted 4 weeks time for the Fee Regulatory Committee for Medical Education in Kerala to consult college managements of private self-financing medical colleges for fixing "non-exploitative and reasonable" fee from 2017-18 onwards for MBBS studies. Taking note of the fact that the earlier direction could not be complied due to non-cooperation and CoVID, bench...
Delhi High Court Directs Police To Reconsider Plea Of Lawyer Engaged In Ram Janmbhoomi Case Over Withdrawal Of Security
The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the Delhi Police to reconsider within two weeks the plea filed by a Supreme Court lawyer, who represented Ministry of Home Affairs and Archaeological Survey of India in the Ram Janmbhoomi case before the Allahabad High Court, aggrieved by withdrawal of security provided to him in 2013. Justice Rekha Palli also sought a report to be filed in the matter...
Distance Limit For Quarries : Supreme Court Ask Parties To Approach NGT With Objections
The Supreme Court on Monday granted liberty to parties to approach the National Green Tribunal to raise objections against the NGT directions setting the minimum distance limit for quarries in Kerala as 200 meters from residential buildins.Observing so, the Court disposed of a batch of appeals, mainly filed by quarry operators and applicants to quarry leases, challenging the Kerala High...
'Making Profit Not A Wrongful Act': Delhi High Court On Doctors' Suit Against Baba Ramdev Over Remarks On Allopathy & Promotion Of Coronil
Hearing a plea against Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev for allegedly spreading misinformation against allopathy and in turn promoting his immunity booster medicine Coronil amid Covid-19 pandemic, the Delhi High Court on Monday remarked that making profit is neither a public nuisance nor a wrongful act.The oral remarks came from Justice C Hari Shankar after Senior Advocate Akhil Sibal appearing for...
Plea In Delhi High Court Seeks Evacuation Of Indians, Afghan Nationals Of Indian Origin Stranded Amid Taliban Rule
A public interest litigation has been filed before the Delhi High Court seeking directions on the Centre to issue E-Visas to Indians or Afghan Nationals of Hindu and Sikh origins stranded in Afghanistan amid Taliban rule. The petition has been filed by Parminder Pal Singh, former spokesperson and media advisor for Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee. Stating that many Indians and...
Protection Plea- P&H High Court Directs Punjab DGP To Decide Advocate's Representation Who Raised Issue Of 'Open Corruption' In RTO Dept
The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently directed the Director-General of Police, Punjab to take a decision on the representation submitted by a lawyer seeking police protection alleging a threat to his life due to his action of raising a voice against 'open corruption' in the RTO department of the state of Punjab.The Bench of Justice Manoj Bajaj was hearing the plea of a...