Delhi Riots: High Court Denies Bail To One In Rahul Solanki Murder Case

The Delhi High Court has denied bail to Sirazuddin in connection with the case concerning murder of one Rahul Solanki, who died after being shot during the North East Delhi riots last year.Justice Mukta Gupta rejected Sirazuddin's bail plea after opining that he was seen as a part of the mob carrying a danda, as per the video footages available on record."Considering the fact that at the...

Article 136 - Direct Appeal From HC Single Bench Orders Maintainable In Cases Of 'Glaring Errors & Injustices' : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has reiterated that existence of alternate remedies is not an absolute bar against the exercise of discretion under Article 136 of the Constitution of India. Observing that the discretion under Article 136 is "flexible and sufficiently wide to correct glaring errors and injustices", the Supreme Court recently entertained a petition filed challenging a single bench order of...

'No Rule That Poor People Can't Donate Organs': Kerala High Court Directs Authority To Reconsider Plea For Unrelated Kidney Transplantation

The Kerala High Court recently observed that the poor economic background of a donor is not a bar for organ donation.It thus allowed a petition challenging the order of the District Level Authorization Committee, rejecting the application of a woman for organ donation on the ground inter alia that the donor hails from a poor family.Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan while considering the plea...

NEET-SS 2021 : Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Criteria Which Allows Candidates From Any Discipline To Apply For DM(Medical Genetics)

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on a writ petition which challenges the eligibility criteria to the course of Doctorate of Medicine ("DM") Medical Genetics prescribed in the Schedule to PG Medical Education Regulations 2000 since it allows post graduates from every medical discipline to apply for the course of DM Medical Genetics and Doctorate of National Board (DrNB)...

'Provocation Depends On Mental Attitude Of People': Delhi High Court Disposes Plea To Restrain Movie 'The Conversion'

The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to restrain the release of film 'The Conversion', challenged on account of allegedly displaying communally charged content and having the potential of provoking hatred among religious communities."Provocation depends upon mental attitude of people," remarked Chief Justice DN Patel at the outset.The Bench also comprising of Justice Jyoti Singh...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Against Insistence On Aadhaar Card For Covid Vaccination

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on a writ petition seeking directions to the Centre to not insist on the production of Aadhaar card as the only proof of identification for the purpose of administering Covid-19 vaccination.At the outset, Justice D. Y. Chandrachud observed, "Don't go by newspaper articles. Have you seen the COWIN App yourself recently? It has now been updated. Go to...

Supreme Court Dismisses Abdul Nazir Maudany's Plea To Relax Bail Condition

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the plea filed by Abdul Nazir Maudany, prime accused in the 2008 serial bomb blast case seeking relaxation of condition imposed by the Apex Court while granting him bail on 11th July 2014 in the 2008 Bengaluru blasts case.A Bench comprising Justice Abdul Nazeer and Justice Krishna Murari issued the direction while hearing an application filed by...

'Clear Case Of A Relative Being Favoured' : Supreme Court Dismisses As Withdrawn Former Kerala Minister KT Jaleel's Petition Challenging Lok Ayukta Report

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain the petition filed by former Kerala Minister KT Jaleel challenging the Kerala High Court's verdict which upheld the report of Kerala Lok Ayukta holding him guilty of nepotism and favouritism.Jaleel, who was the Minister for Higher Education and Minority Welfare during the LDF government term of 2016-2021, was found to have breached his oath...

'You Have Strangulated The Entire City, Now You Want To Come Inside?' : Supreme Court On Farmers Group's Plea For Permission For Satyagraha At Jantar Mantar

If the farmers groups have already approached the Courts challenging the controversial farm laws, what is the point in continuing with the protests against the laws, asked the Supreme Court today.A bench led by Justice AM Khanwilkar posed this query orally to farmers group "Kisan Mahapanchayat" which has approached the Court seeking permission to hold satyagraha at Jantar Mantar in the...

'Dignity Of Rape Victim Must Be Upheld, Judge's Duty To Forbid Scandalous Questions In Cross Examination': Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has sent a strong reminder to the trial courts to ensure that the dignity of a rape victim is protected and line of questioning during cross-examination doesn't intend to insult or annoy the victim. A division bench of Justices Sadhana Jadhav and Sarang Kotwal in their judgement reminded the trial courts to resort to Sections 148, 151 and 152 of the Indian...

COVID- Delhi High Court, District Courts To Continue With Restricted Physical Hearings Till October 30

The Delhi High Court and district courts will continue to function with restricted physical hearings till October 30.According to the office order issued by the Registrar of High Court:"the Hon'ble Full Court has been pleased to order that the existing mechanism of hearing of matters in this Court shall continue till 30.10.2021. Further, the cases instituted in the year 2019 shall also be...

Witness Before Probe Panel Accuses Sambhaji Bhide & Milind Ekbote Of Instigating Bhima Koregaon Riots

The Pune police "took away" research papers and evidence that revealed right-wing extremist leaders Sambhaji Bhide and Milind Ekbote instigated and initiated the riots at Bhima Koregaon(BK) in Pune, on January 1, 2018, an anti-caste activist alleged before an inquiry panel, on Wednesday. Harshali Potdar (33) said she managed to re-collect a chunk of the lost evidence after the...