Corruption FIR Against Anil Deshmukh: Maharashtra Govt. Moves Bombay High Court Challenging CBI Summons To Chief Secretary And DGP

The Maharashtra government has approached the Bombay High Court challenging summons issued by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to state Chief Secretary Sitaram Kunte and Director General of Police (DGP) Sanjay Pandey in connection with the corruption FIR against former State Home Minister Anil Deshmukh.The CBI recently summoned Kunte and Pandey for the third time after the Mumbai...

Mob 'Brutally Lynched' 18-Yr-Old Only On Cattle-Lifting Suspicion Even Though He Carried No Cattle: Tripura HC Denies Anticipatory Bail

The Tripura High Court last week denied pre-arrest bail to a man who was allegedly a part of a mob that brutally murdered/lynched an 18-year-old boy, Saiful Islam on the suspicion that he was in the team of cattle lifters.Stressing that a young boy of 18 years was brutally lynched by a mob only on the suspicion that he was a cattle lifter, even though no cattle were found in his possession,...

SC Directions In Prakash Singh Case For DGP Appointment Not Applicable To Union Territories: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held the directions issued by the Supreme Court in the case of Prakash Singh & Others v. Union of India for appointment of Police Chiefs by the Union Public Service Commission are applicable only to the States. "The judgement and the directions therein, have no application for appointment of Commissioners/Police Heads of Union Territories falling under...

"Police Officials Themselves Confused, Not A Proper Way Of Conducting The Case": Court Pulls Up Delhi Police, Calls For Effective Prosecution In Riots Cases

A Delhi Court on Tuesday pulled up the Delhi Police officials including an SHO over lack of coordination and their confused conduct in connection with a North East Delhi riots case.Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat directed that the copy of the order be sent to Special Commissioner of Police, Division- I (Law and Order) for ensuring better coordination between the police officials...

Mere Failure To Avoid Collision By Taking Some Extraordinary Precaution Does Not In Itself Constitute Contributory Negligence: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that mere failure to avoid the collision by taking some extraordinary precaution, does not in itself constitute negligence.To establish contributory negligence, some act or omission, which materially contributed to the accident or the damage, should be attributed to the person against whom it is alleged, the bench comprising Justices Hemant Gupta and...

Uthra Murder : Husband Who Murdered Wife By Inducing Snake Bite Sentenced To Consecutive Double Life Imprisonment By Kerala Court

In the Uthra murder case, a Kerala court on Wednesday sentenced Sooraj S Kumar to double life imprisonment and a five lakh fine for murdering his wife by inducing a homicidal snakebite. He was also awarded 10 years and 7 years of imprisonment in two other cases for causing hurt by means of poison and destroying evidence. The sentencing will have to run consecutively.The Kollam Additional...

Indian Professional Nurses Association Moves Delhi High Court Seeking Voting Rights To All Nurses Registered With Delhi Nursing Council

A Public Interest Litigation has been moved in the Delhi High Court seeking voting rights to all nurses registered with Delhi Nursing Council for the purpose of electing it's office bearers and executive committee.Moved by Indian Professional Nurses Association, an NGO, through Advocates Robin Raju and Joel Joseph, the plea also seeks a further direction on Delhi Nursing Council to publish...

Bhima Koregaon Elgar Parishad Case: Will Provide Clone Copies Once Received From FSL, But Trial Shouldn't Be Stayed - NIA

Four years after arrests in the Bhima Koregaon – Elgar Parishad Case, the National Investigation Agency has said that it will provide remaining copies of electronic evidence seized, but the trial in the case should go on. Responding to pleas by lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj and journalist Gautam Navlakha to stay the proceedings or defer framing of charges until the clones copies are...

'Smuggling Narcotics A Serious Offence; Legal Aid Under Consideration': MEA Tells Delhi High Court In Case Of Indian Seafarers Stranded In Iran

The Ministry of External Affairs has informed the Delhi High Court that the five Indian seafarers who are stranded in Iran have been provided with assistance of Indian Mission and assured the Court that necessary assistance will be provided to them under the law. The development came while Justice Rekha Palli was hearing a plea moved by families of the seafarers, stranded in Iran...

Aryan Khan, Arbaaz Merchant & Munmun Dhamecha Bail Hearing Before Special NDPS Court-LIVE UPDATES

A Special NDPS Court will hear the bail applications of Aryan Khan, Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha in the cruise ship drugs case. They were arrested on October 3 and are currently lodged in Arthur Road Prison. On October 7, a Mumbai Magistrate had rejected further NCB custody of the accused and had remanded them to judicial custody.Stay on this page for live-updates of the hearing,...

Judgment Debtor Can't Raise Objections In Instalments; Res Judicata Applicable To Execution Proceedings : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has observed that the principle of res judicata will apply to execution proceedings as well. The Court added that a judgment debtor cannot raise objections to executions in installments.A bench comprising Justices Hemant Gupta and V Ramasburmanian made this observation while rejecting a new objection raised by a judgment-debtor against the auction-sale proceedings in the...

Former PWD Minister Ebrahim Kunju Files Appeal Before Kerala High Court DB Against Court-Ordered ED Probe in Money Laundering Case

Former PWD Minister V.K Ebrahim Kunju has moved the Kerala High Court challenging the decision of a Single Judge directing the Enforcement Directorate to probe into the allegations that a cash deposit of Rs 10 crores was made during demonetisation into the current account of a newspaper daily called Chandrika, where he was the Chairman of the governing body.A Division Bench comprising...