Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea To Regulate Police Officers' Social Media Disclosures On Investigations

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice in a writ petition seeking issuance of directions to the Centre for framing rules and regulations or guidelines to govern reporting and broadcasting of any news related to any criminal investigation by police officials on their personal and professional media accounts.The writ petition, filed under Article 32 of the Constitution, contended that...

Yes Bank Loan Fraud Case: Delhi Court Reserves Order On Avantha Group Promoter Gautam Thapar's Bail Plea

A Delhi Court on Saturday reserved order on the bail application filed by Avantha Group Promoter Gautam Thapar in connection with the Yes Bank loan fraud case.Special Judge Sanjeev Aggarwal will now be pronouncing the order on October 30. The Court had sent Thapar to judicial custody after an application was filed on behalf of the Enforcement Directorate.An ECIR was registered against...

Courts Have To Be Circumspect While Allowing Foreign Travel During Pendency Of Criminal Case: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court last week observed that Courts have to be 'even more circumspect' while granting permission to a person to travel abroad during the pendency of a criminal case against him/her.The Bench of Justice Manjari Nehru Kaul, however, did underscore that the right of a person to travel admittedly cannot be curtailed."However, if the person is seeking to travel that...

'Citizens Are Entitled To Know What Goes On In The Court', Justice DY Chandrachud On Live-Streaming Of Court Proceedings

"We have formulated live streaming rules so that cases can be live-streamed, the hearings before a court can be live-streamed for the rest of the country. Because I do believe that citizens are entitled to know what goes on in the courts, they are entitled to know why cases are adjourned, whether judges sit from morning to evening in deciding cases. It is the basic right of the citizens to...

Menace Of Encroachments On Public Properties Creating Obstructions To Planned Development Of Nation: P&H High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently observed that the menace of encroachments on public properties are creeping up day-by-day and creating obstructions to the planned development of the nation. The Bench of Justice Augustine George Masih and Justice Ashok Kumar Verma observed thus while dealing with a plea filed by one Gurmukh Singh, accused of encroaching upon a common property under...

Delhi Court Asks Police Why Compensation Be Not Given To Man Threatened With Arrest Sans Registration Of FIR

A Delhi Court has sought response of the Delhi Police as to why appropriate proceedings should not be initiated against it for compensating a man who was threatened with arrest without registration of an FIR against him. Additional Sessions Judge Sunil Chaudhary brought the facts into the notice of DCP, North-East for the purpose of intimation and taking appropriate action for...

Courts In India Have Repeatedly Upheld Rights & Freedoms Of Individuals : CJI Ramana

The Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Saturday said that the Courts in India have repeatedly upheld the rights and freedoms of individuals. "They(courts) stood up whenever the individuals or society are at the receiving end of the executive excesses. It is an assurance that the seeker of justice, howsoever weak, need not worry about the might of the State", the CJI said.The CJI was speaking...

Application For Certified Copy Has To Be Made Before Expiry Of Limitation Period To Claim Exclusion Under Sec 12 Limitation Act : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that person wishing to file an appeal has to file an application for a certified copy before the expiry of the limitation period to avail benefit of exclusion of "time requisite" for obtaining a copy.If no application for a certified copy has been made, no exclusion can ensue, the bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, Vikram Nath and BV Nagarathna observed.The court...

OBC Quota Not 'Sucking Off' NEET-AIQ Seats; It Sets Off Social Inequality : DMK Tells Supreme Court

While stressing that the OBC candidates were denied thousands of seats in the NEET-All India Quota in the previous years, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Party has urged the Supreme Court to dismiss the petitions filed by NEET aspirants challenging Centre's decision to grant OBC reservations of 27% in the NEET-AIQ.The directions have been sought through written submissions made by DMK in a batch...

Anand Teltumbde's Letters Alleged Planting Of Evidence On Computer, Had Objectionable Contents, Hence Withheld : NIA

Taloja Prison officials only restricted "objectionable" and "incriminating" letters written by Professor Anand Teltumbde and activist Vernon Gonsalves as it was "hampering the trial" and material against them in the Bhima-Koregaon Elgar Parishad Case, the National Investigating Agency has said. The NIA's reply responds to their wives' - Rama Teltumbde and Susan Abraham's - plea...

The Concept Of 'Detention' Under Section 167 (2) Cr.P.C. And Its Scope, Range And Legality – Part - III [Webinar Video And Notes]

28. Whether the diary referred to in Sec. 167 (1) Cr.P.C. is the "case diary" or the "General Diary (G.D.)" and whether it should contain full and unabridged statements of persons examined by the police. "The diary referred to in Section 167 (1) Cr.P.C. is the "case diary" prescribed under Section 172 (1) Cr.P.C. (Vide Para 5 of In Re Raman Velu 1972 KLT 922 = ILR 1973 (1)...

Nomenclature Of Tax Does Not Determine Its Nature Of Levy Or True Character : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Friday held that the nomenclature ascribed to a tax does not determine the nature of the levy or its true and essential character. Holding so, the Court observed that the tax labelled as "water tax" or "sewerage tax" under the UP Water Supply and Sewerage Act is in substance a tax on land and buildings situated with the area of the Jal Sansthan authority. The Court...