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...

Unauthorised Flag Posts In Public Spaces Erected By Political Bodies: Kerala High Court Seeks State Response

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday slammed the practice of political entities setting up flag posts in public spaces without obtaining the requisite permission from the concerned authorities. Justice Devan Ramachandran issued notice to the State and sought its response in the matter while remarking:"The one question that crosses the mind of this court is how an entity is allowed to put up...

PIL To Remove 'Prime Minister' Name And Image From PM CARES To Be Heard On October 25 By Bombay High Court

A PIL in the Bombay High Court seeks directions to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to remove the name and image of the 'Prime Minister' from the PM CARES fund's trust deed and official website. The petition filed by the district president of the Indian National Congress party, Thane, further seeks removal of the State Emblem of India and the National Flag, calling it a violation of...

'We Don't Know Where Money Deposited In PM CARES Fund Is Going' :Justice Lokur Expresses Concerns About Subversion Of RTI

To highlight concerns about the subversion of the Right To Information Act, former Supreme Court judge Justice MB Lokur cited the instance of lack of information about the funds in the PM CARES Funds."How there is no information out in the public domain about how crores and crores of money that has been donated by average citizens and big business is being spent?", he said. He said that we...

Passing Of Adverse Orders No Basis To Infer Personal Bias Of A Judge: Allahabad High Court Dismisses A Transfer Plea

The Allahabad High Court last week observed that adverse orders are no basis to infer the personal bias of a Judge. The Court further noted that if this ground were to be permitted for allowing a transfer plea, the wheels of justice would come to a standstill.The Bench of Justice J. J. Munir observed thus while dismissing a plea seeking transfer of a Hindu Marriage Petition from the...

No Limitation Period In Case Of A Usufructuary Mortgage : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has observed that there is no limitation period in case of a usufructuary mortgage.A bench comprising Justices Hemant Gupta and V Ramasubramanian was dealing with an appeal filed by a mortgagee, who claimed ownership of the mortgaged property on the ground that 45 years had elapsed after the mortgage.The Supreme Court noted that the Full Bench of Punjab and Haryana High...

MP High Court Issues Show Cause Notice To Trial Court Judge For Disclosing Rape Victim's Name In Her Deposition

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently issued a show-cause notice to a trial court judge for disclosing the name of a rape victim in the deposition underscoring that the same is inconsistent with Section 228A of the Indian Penal Code and is also in violation of Apex Court's direction in the case of Nipun Saxena vs. Union of India [(2019) 2 SCC 703].The Court was hearing the second...

Delhi Has Unique Law & Order Requirements; Experienced Officer Required As Police Commissioner : Delhi HC On Rakesh Asthana's Appointment

The Delhi High Court has expressed concurrence with the stand taken by Central Government that appointment of IPS Officer Rakesh Asthana as the Delhi Police Commissioner was done with a strategic view to address the "extremely challenging" law and order situation therein, which often has international implications by virtue of it being the national capital."It ought to be kept in mind that...