"Clearly Visible & Seen To Be Causing Severe Injuries": Delhi Court Denies Bail To Wrestler Sushil Kumar In Chhatrasal Stadium Murder Case

A Delhi Court on Tuesday denied bail to Olympic wrestler Sushil Kumar in connection with the Chhatrasal Stadium murder case of former junior national wrestling champion Sagar Dhankhar.Additional Sessions Judge Shivaji Anand rejected the bail plea moved by Kumar after hearing his counsel and Additional Public Prosecutor Atul Shrivastava at length today.The Court was of the view that prima...

'Can The State Police Continue Once NIA Investigation Ordered By Central Govt? Are All UAPA Offences To Be Tried Exclusively By NIA Courts?' Supreme Court Reserves Judgment

The Supreme Court on Tuesday examined the contours of the phrase 'till the Agency (NIA) takes up the investigation of the case' in Section 6(7) of the NIA Act to ascertain till when the state investigation agency has the competence to continue the investigation after the central government has directed the NIA to investigate a scheduled offence.The Court also examined whether the offences...

"Cannot Restrain The Media; Identity Disclosed In Remand Application" – Judge On NCB's Plea For 'In-Camera' Hearing To Protect Identity Of One Accused

A local court at Mumbai has remanded four accused including two alleged suppliers, and guests arrested in the cruise ship drug case in NCB's custody till October 11, after refusing the agency's request for a non-public hearing to protect the identity of one accused. NCB's counsel claimed that details of their remand had made it to the papers; moreover, he was seeking for the remand...

Dependent Cannot Seek Compassionate Appointment On Higher Post Than Held By Deceased Employee: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that a dependent/applicant cannot seek compassionate appointment on the higher post than what was held by the deceased employee.The Court observed that the appointment on compassionate ground is a concession and not a right. It is an exception to the general rule of appointment in the public services and is in favour of the dependents of a deceased dying...

Supreme Court Extends Stay On Criminal Proceedings Against Azim Premji & Wife

The Supreme Court today extended the interim order of stay on the criminal proceedings before the court of an Additional City Civil and Sessions Court, Bengaluru, against WIPRO's founder Azim Premji, his wife and others on a private complaint over allegations of illegally transferring crores of rupees worth assets from three companies into a private trust and newly formed company.In...

Bikru Encounter- "Dare Devil Manner Of Incident Leaves Much To Be Said": Allahabad HC Denies Bail To Gangster Vikas Dubey's Maid

The Allahabad High Court on Monday denied bail to the maid of Slain Gangster Vikas Dubey, Rekha Agnihotri for allegedly aiding and instigating her husband and other accused persons in the killing of eight policemen in Kanpur's infamous Bikru encounter last year.She allegedly instigated Vikas Dubey's men to do the policemen to death and she is stated to have been atop a house adjoining...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Transfer Of Murder Case Against Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh

The Punjab and Haryana High Court today dismissed a plea seeking transfer of the murder trial against Dera Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh pending before special CBI judge, Panchkula. The Court was hearing the plea filed by the son of the deceased Ranjeet Singh (allegedly murdered by Ram Rahim Singh), who sought transfer of the case to another CBI court in Punjab, Haryana,...

'People Vaccinated With COVAXIN Treated As Un-vaccinated In Foreign Countries' : Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Re-Vaccination

A Public Interest Litigation has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the absence of the provisions of voluntary re-vaccination for persons who have been administered CoVAXIN in the present system of COVID-19 vaccination. Preferred by Kartik Seth, an advocate practising in the Supreme Court of India, the PIL states that under the present scenario, a person is...

Greater Presumption Against Highly Educated Persons Carrying Large Quantities Of Narcotics: Delhi HC Denies Bail In NDPS Case

The Delhi High Court recently denied bail to a woman in a case concerning the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Act, after observing that there is a greater presumption being an educated person that carrying large quantities of narcotics is a crime.Justice Subramonium Prasad said:"An uneducated person may claim no knowledge of the substance found in his/her possession and may raise a defense...

"Fine Tooth Comb Analysis Of Complaints Reveal No Allegations Of Arson": Delhi Court Discharges 8 Men Of Graver Offence In Three Riots Cases

A Delhi Court has discharged a total of 8 men in three different cases concerning North East Delhi riots after observing that a fine tooth comb analysis of various complaints reveal that there were no allegations of arson against them.Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Yadav discharged accused namely Neeraj and Manish in two different FIRs and others including Amit Goswami, Shyam Patel, Sonu,...

'Investigation Is Being Misdirected': Calcutta HC Takes Suo Moto Cognisance Of Alleged Misappropriation Of Amphan Relief Materials

The Calcutta High Court last week took suo moto cognisance of alleged misappropriation of relief material pertaining to Amphan 2020. The Court was adjudicating upon a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition filed by one Swapan Kumar Karmakar alleging embezzlement of government sanctioned Amphan related relief material. In the instant case, an authorised truck containing the logo of...

Reservation In Promotions [Day-2] - Figures & Data Need To Be Placed On Adequacy Of Representation: Supreme Court Tells AG

The Supreme Court on Tuesday told the Attorney General for India that the Centre will have to place figures and data would have to be placed before the Court showing that decision to continue with reservation in promotion was based on quantifiable data on adequacy of representation.A bench compriisng Justices L Nageswara Rao, Sanjiv Khanna and B.R.Gavai is hearing a number of...