Supreme Court Dismisses NIA's Appeal Against Bail Granted To Man Facing UAPA Trial For Joining ISIS

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain an appeal filed by the National Investigation Agency against the Bombay High Court's order upholding bail granted to a Mumbai youth Areeb Majeed, who is facing trial under UAPA following his return from Syria after joining Islamic State,A division bench comprising Justices S Abdul Nazeer and AS Bopanna observed that the High Court has...

Delay In Revenue Appeals: Committee Constituted To Optimise Case Management System In 3 Months- Centre Informs Supreme Court

SG Tushar Mehta also said that the committee includes representatives of the National Informatics Centre, Ministry of Law, Central Board of Direct Taxes, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Ministry of Finance.

Letters Patent Appeal Not Maintainable Against Interlocutory Orders Passed In Proceedings For Contempt: Jammu & Kashmir High Court

The Jammu And Kashmir High Court has recently held that Letters Patent Appeal under Clause 12 of the Letters Patent is not maintainable against orders passed in proceedings for contempt which are of interlocutory nature and does not determine any right or issue between the parties finally.Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Sanjay Dhar thus remarked,"The word "judgment" in terms of Clause...

TN Approaches Supreme Court To Restrain Karnataka From Proceeding With The Proposed Construction Of Mekedatu Reservoir

The State of Tamil Nadu has approached the Supreme Court seeking directions to restrain the State of Karnataka from proceeding with any activity in regard to the proposed construction of a reservoir at Mekedatu across the Inter-State river Cauvery. Relief for directing the Central Water Commission to reject and return the Detailed Project Report for the proposed Mekedatu...

Chief Justice AS Oka Inaugurates New Child Care Centre In Bengaluru City Civil Court Complex

Karnataka High Court' Chief Justice Abhay S. Oka on Friday inaugurated the creche (Child Care Centre) facility inside the City Civil Court Complex in Bengaluru for the benefit of children of advocates and court staff. Justice B V Nagarathna was the chief guest at the inaugural function. It was Justice Nagarathna who, as the administrative judge of City Civil court Bangalore, had...

INX Media Case- Delhi HC Reserves Order On CBI's Plea Challenging Trial Court's Order Allowing Inspection Of Documents By Accused Persons

The Delhi High Court on Friday reserved it's order on CBI's plea against a Special Judge's order directing it to allow the accused persons, including former Minister P. Chidambaram, to inspect the documents kept in Malkhana room collected by the agency while investigating the INX Media Case.Justice Mukta Gupta reserved order after reiterating that she was bound by the Supreme Court judgment...

'Appropriate Measures Should Have Been Taken Much Earlier': Madras HC Directs State To Submit Road Map For Purchasing Disabled Friendly Buses

The Madras High Court on Thursday directed the State government to submit a road map for purchasing disabled-friendly buses in 4 weeks time. The Court was adjudicating upon a batch of writ petitions seeking the universal use of disabled-friendly buses to uphold the rights of persons with disabilities. During an earlier hearing dated July 22 the Court had restrained the State government...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea For Uniform Pay & Service Conditions For High Court Employees

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice in a plea filed seeking directions to examine and evolve an LP appropriate pay structure and emoluments to the employees of the High Court across India.A Bench comprising Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice Sanjiv Khanna issued the direction while hearing a plea which has also sought a permanent mechanism for review of pay and service condition and...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice To Centre On WhatsApp's Plea Challenging Traceability Clause Under IT Rules 2021

The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice on WhatsApp's plea challenging the "traceability" clause mentioned under Rule 4(2) of the Information Technology Rules, 2021, as violative of a person's right to privacy enshrined in the Supreme Court judgment of KS Puttuswamy v. Union of India.A Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh issued notice after hearing...

Prisoner's Failure To Surrender On Completion Of Parole Amounts To Escape From State's Lawful Custody: Rajasthan High Court

Finding that a judgment delivered by a Division Bench of the High Court in the year 2020 isn't the correct law, the Rajasthan High Court on Thursday held that failure of a prisoner to surrender to the prison authorities on completion of parole period would amount to escape from the lawful custody of the State and that ordinarily such prisoner would not be entitled to be transferred to...

Delhi High Court Denies Interim Protection To Pinky Chaudhary In Jantar Mantar Sloganeering Case, Issues Notice On Anticipatory Bail Plea

Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice on the anticipatory bail plea filed by Bhupinder Tomar alias Pinky Chaudhary, prime accused in the alleged inflammatory and anti-Muslim sloganeering at Jantar Mantar. Justice Mukta Gupta however denied any interim protection from arrest to Chaudhary till September 13, next date of hearing. The Court also sought status report to be filed in...

High Court Issues Notice On Delhi Govt's Plea Challenging LG's Decision Appointing Prosecutors For Arguing Farmers Protest & Delhi Riots Cases

The Delhi High Court has issued notice on a petition filed by the Delhi Government against an order of the Lieutenant Governor, overturning the Cabinet's decision to appoint a panel of prosecutors of its choice to argue cases related to Farmers Protest and Delhi Riots.A Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh heard Senior Advocate Dr. AM Singhvi for the Delhi Government...