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Anti-Defection Law: Explained
The Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly Mr.Biman Banerjee has approached the Supreme Court against the order of the Kolkata High Court. The Kolkata High Court in its order had, among other things, held that the Speaker must take a decision on the disqualification of Mr.Mukul Roy within 3 months from the date of the order. The following article shall seek to explain...
'Father Is Daughter's Fortress, There Cannot Be A Graver Crime': Kerala High Court On Sexual Assault Of Girl By Father
"There can never be more graver and heinous crime than the father committing rape on his own daughter," observed the Kerala High Court recently while upholding a man's conviction under Section 376 of the IPC and sentencing him to undergo 12 years rigorous imprisonment.Justice R. Narayana Pisharadi was dealing with the case of a 16 years old girl who fell prey to her father's repeated...
Cannot Expect Victim Child To Speak About The Occurrence In A Parrot Version: Madras HC Reverses Acquittal Of School Teacher For Sexually Assaulting 4 Year Old Student
The Madras High Court has recently set aside a trial court order acquitting a school teacher in Puducherry who had been charged with sexual assaulting a minor student by observing that a four-year old child cannot be expected to give cogent evidence regarding the sexual assault suffered. The teacher, Earlam Periera, had been sentenced on two counts under the Protection of Children from...
Lakhimpur Kheri Case : 'We Get The Impression That You Are Dragging Your Feet', Supreme Court Tells UP Police
The Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that it was getting the impression that the Uttar Pradesh Police was "dragging its feet" in its investigation into the Lakhimpur Kheri violence of October 3, which claimed the lives of 8 people, four of them being farmers protesters who were allegedly mowed down by the vehicles in the convoy of Ashish Mishra, the son of Union Minister and BJP MP...
Can A Notice Under Section 91 CrPC Be Issued To An Accused Person? Delhi High Court To Decide
The Delhi High Court has issued notice on a petition raising the question as to whether a notice under sec. 91 of the Code of Criminal Procedure can be issued to an accused person.Justice Yogesh Khanna sought response of the State and directed it to file a status report before October 22, the next date of hearing.The plea sought setting aside of the notices issued under sec. 91 of CrPC...
Aryan Khan Bail Order To Be Pronounced At 2.45 PM Today
A Special NDPS Court in Mumbai is likely to pass orders on bail applications of Aryan Shah Rukh Khan, Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha at 2.45 pm, today.Special Judge VV Patil said the orders will be pronounced in the afternoon. The court reserved the bail pleas for orders on October 14.The Narcotics Control Bureau informed the court that they will also be filing replies of all the...
Karnataka High Court Directs State To Comply With SC Directions Barring Installation Of Statues On Public Roads, Pavements
The Karnataka High Court has directed the State Government to ensure compliance with the directions of the Supreme Court barring installation of statues or construction of any structure in public roads, pavements, sideways and other public utility places.A division bench of then Acting Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum in their order dated September...
Breaking: Supreme Court Sets Aside Two Week furlough Granted By HC To Asaram Bapu's Son Narayan Sai, Convicted In Rape Case
The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside the grant of two weeks' furlough to self-proclaimed godman and rape convict Asaram's son Narayan Sai who is also serving life term in a 2014 rape case.The bench headed by Justice D. Y. Chandrachud was pronouncing the judgment on the state of Gujarat's SLP against the June order of the Single Judge of the Gujarat High Court granting the...
Supreme Court Physical Hearings : Senior Advocates Request CJI To Keep Hybrid Option Open On All Days; CJI Agrees To Discuss Issue With Colleagues
Expressing reservations regarding the decision of the Supreme Court to resume mandatory physical hearing on two days in a week, few senior lawyers made a mention before the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Wednesday.Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal submitted before the CJI that the revised SOP issued by the Court to have mandatory physical hearings on Wednesday and Thursday will create a lot...
ICC Men's T20 World Cup: Delhi High Court Restrains 'Rogue Websites' From Infringing Star India's Broadcasting Rights
The Delhi High Court has granted interim injunction in favour of Star India Pvt. Ltd., restraining certain 'rogue websites' from streaming, broadcasting or sharing through the internet the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021.Star India claims to have acquired exclusive global media rights for various ICC events from the International Cricket Council for a duration of eight years i.e.,...
Lakhmipur Kheri Case : Supreme Court Hearing LIVE UPDATES
The Supreme Court Bench led by CJI Ramana to hear today the PIL seeking a time-bound CBI probe into the recent violent incident of Lakhimpur Kheri. On last occasion, Supreme Court had recorded its dissatisfaction over the investigation done by the Uttar Pradesh Police in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence. After that, the UP Police arrested the prime accused Ashish Mishra, son of Union Minister...