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'Kathmullapan' Remark | Lucknow Court Upholds Dismissal Of Defamation Complaint Against CM Yogi Adityanath
Lucknow District Judge Babita Rani last week upheld a Magistrate Court's order dismissing a defamation complaint filed against Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over his 'Kathmullapan' remark while addressing the Legislative Council in February this year. A video of the remark was shared on his official 'X' (formerly Twitter) account.The complaint filed by former IPS officer and presently...
Chhattisgarh Liquor Scam | 'No Possibility Of Trial Commencing In Near Future' : Supreme Court Grants Bail To PMLA Accused
The Supreme Court on Monday(May 19) granted bail to Anwar Dhebar, businessman and brother of former Raipur Mayor Aijaz Dhebar, accused in a money laundering case arising out of the alleged Rs. 2,000 crore Chhattisgarh liquor scam.A bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan observed that the maximum sentence prescribed for the offence is seven years and that there is no possibility...
Supreme Court Calls On P&H Bar Council Chairman To Submit Proposal On Nomination Of Ex-HC Judge To Conduct Haryana Bar Elections
The Supreme Court today called on the Chairman of Punjab and Haryana Bar Council to submit within 2 days a proposal regarding nomination of a former High Court judge to conduct Bar elections in Haryana.The ex-judge so nominated should preferably be well-conversant with the functioning of the Bar Associations/Bar Council, the Court said.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh...
Order Staying Release Of In-Service Indian Women Army Officers Applicable To Officers Whose Cases Are Pending Before SC/HC/AFT: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court yesterday clarified its interim order staying release of in-service women officers of the Indian Army, saying that it would cover all such officers whose cases are pending before the Supreme Court, High Courts or the Armed Forces Tribunals.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh passed the order pursuant to the mentioning of an application by Additional...
Don't Blow Trivial Issue Out Of Proportion; Concerned Persons Have Expressed Regret: CJI Gavai On Maharashtra Protocol Violation
Chief Justice of India, Justice BR Gavai, has requested that the issue regarding protocol violation during his visit to the State of Maharashtra be given a quietus, as all concerned have already expressed regrets.CJI Gavai urged that the trivial issue not be blown out of proportion. The press note issued today states : "News items are being published in the media regarding protocol issues...
Op Sindoor Post : Haryana Court Sends Ashoka University Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad To Judicial Custody
Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, who was arrested by the Haryana Police last week over a Facebook post on 'Operation Sindoor', has been sent to judicial custody by a local court in Sonepat, Haryana.The Court rejected State Police's request for his 7-day custody. On May 18, the Magistrate had remanded the Professor to police custody for two days. Mahmudabad has already moved...
'Need To Show Strong Case For Interim Order' : Supreme Court Hears Petitioners' Arguments To Stay Waqf Amendment Act 2025
The Supreme Court today (May 20) heard for over three hours the petitions challenging the Waqf(Amendment) Act 2025 on the question of passing interim orders.During the hearing, the bench comprising Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justice AG Masih orally observed that for a stay of the statute, a strong case has to be shown."There is a presumption of constitutionality in favour of...
Unfortunate That Accused In Such Cases Have To Approach Supreme Court: SC Grants Bail To 65-Year-Old Visually Disabled Accused
The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to a 65-year-old cheating and forgery accused who suffers from 50 percent visual disability and has been in custody for 7 months.A bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan observed that it is unfortunate that accused persons in such cases are compelled to approach the Supreme Court to seek bail.The Court observed, “The offences are...
Political Protest Not An Unlawful Act, Embarrassing Govt Not Terror Offence: Safoora Zargar Tells Court In Delhi Riots UAPA Case
Safoora Zargar, accused in the 2020 Delhi riots larger conspiracy case, on Tuesday made submissions before a Delhi Court seeking discharge in the UAPA case probed by Delhi Police's Special Cell.Zargar is presently out on bail in the case. Advocate Shahrukh Alam submitted before Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai of Karkardooma Courts that embarrassing the government us neither a...
After Apology, Supreme Court Recalls Direction For Action Against Lawyer Who Filed Plea For Victims' Cause While Representing Accused
The Supreme Court on Monday recalled a portion of its May 9 order that had directed the Secretary of the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu to take appropriate action against Advocate N Subramaniam for professional misconduct in connection with the Tamil Nadu cash-for-jobs scam case.On May 9, the Court had pulled up Advocate Subramaniam for filing the SLP on behalf of the Anti-Corruption Movement...
Tamil Nadu Govt Approaches Supreme Court Against Madras HC's Rejection Of Its Challenge To ED Searches Of TASMAC Headquarters
The State of Tamil Nadu has approached the Supreme Court challenging Madras High Court's rejection of its plea against searches conducted by the Enforcement Directorate on Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC) headquarters.To recap briefly, the case pertains to an alleged Rs.1000 crores liquor scam stated to have taken place in Tamil Nadu. After ED conducted raids in March,...
