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Jantar Mantar Sloganeering: Delhi Court Grants Protection From Arrest To Pinky Chaudhary Till August 16
A Delhi Court on Friday granted protection from arrest to Pinky Chaudhary alias Bhupender Tomar, the prime accus ofed in the alleged inflammatory and anti-Muslim sloganeering at Jantar Mantar. ASJ Ashutosh Kumar of Patiala House Courts granted him protection from arrest on his anticipatory bail plea noting that from the Video presented by the SHO of the alleged incident, the words uttered by...
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta Declines Consent To Initiate Contempt Proceedings Against Justice Markandey Katju
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Friday declined to grant his consent to initiate contempt of court proceedings against Ex-Supreme Court Judge Markandey Katju for his alleged contemptuous remarks against the Indian Legal system and the Supreme Court of India while giving a deposition in the Nirav Modi extradition case.UK Court Rejects Justice Katju's Opinion Against Indian Judiciary In...
IT Rules 2021 Manifestly Unreasonable; Bring Chilling Effect On Free Speech : Bombay High Court Stays Digital Media Code Of Ethics Enforcement
Dissent is vital for the functioning of any healthy democracy, however, the new 2021 IT Rules can have a chilling effect on freedom of speech, with a journalist or news publisher having to think twice before criticizing the State administration, the Bombay High Court has said. The court observed thus while staying Rules 9(1) and 9(3) of the Information Technology (Guidelines...
'Judges Should Lay Down Law In Continuum Irrespective Of Outcome Of Next Election': Justice Nariman
Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman, former Supreme Court Judge on Saturday observed that it is important for judges to lay down Constitutional law in continnum without being affected by the outcome of the next election. He also remarked about how dissent is very much alive in our Courts today. "The fact that we can write dissent today is a great matter, you finish one judgment and then there are...
"No Disturbance To 'Public Order', How PASA Invoked In Gambling Cases?": Gujarat High Court Quashes Detention Order
Emphasizing that by no stretch of imagination can it be held that Gambling incidents could disturb public order, the Gujarat High Court recently set aside judgment and order of the Single Judge and quashed the detention order passed on the basis of two cases registered against one Asheshbhai Dudhiya under the Gambling Act.Essentially, the single judge of the High Court had earlier dismissed...
"No 'Printed Proforma' While Passing Judicial Orders": Allahabad High Court Asks District Judges In UP To Inform Judicial Officers
The Allahabad High Court on Monday directed the Registrar General to issue a circular/ memorandum to all the District Judges in the State of Uttar Pradesh intimating them to inform all the Judicial Officer not to use "Printed Proforma" in passing the Judicial Orders. The Bench of Justice Shamim Ahmed directed thus while observing that the conduct of the judicial officers in passing...
138 NI Act- High Court Can Nullify An Order Of Conviction Even After The Revisional Stage On the Basis Of Settlement Between Parties: Allahabad HC
The Allahabad High Court recently held that High Court can nullify an order of conviction passed by it in a Criminal Revision in a Cheque bouncing case, by using the power under Section 482 CrPC noticing subsequent compromise of the case by the contesting parties.The Court has permitted the compounding of an offence committed under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act while hearing...
No Litigant Can Assume As A Matter Of Right Court's Power To Condone Delay, Rights Accruing To Opposite Party Need To Be Kept In Mind: Delhi HC
The Delhi High Court has observed that no litigant can assume, as a matter of right, the Court's power to condone delay and that the rights accruing to opposite party on account of the delayed action also needs to be kept in mind while exercising such a power."While it is true that the power to condone delay is intended to advance substantive justice, nevertheless, procedure cannot be given...
'Dissent In Democracy Is Vital' : Bombay High Court Stays Enforcement Of IT Rules 'Code Of Ethics' Against Digital Media
The Bombay High Court on Saturday stayed Rules 9(1) and 9(3) of the Information Technology (Guidelines For Intermediaries And Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules,2021, which mandate that digital news media and online publishers should adhere to the "Code of Ethics" prescribed by the Rules.The High Court prima facie observed that the said provisions infringe the fundamental right to freedom...
TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee, WB Minister Move Tripura High Court Seeking Quashing Of FIR In Khowai PS Incident
Trinamool Congress General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee, MP Dola Sen, West Bengal Minister Bratya Basu, and 3 others have moved the Tripura High Court seeking quashing of FIR registered against them on a suo-moto complaint. They have been booked for obstructing police officers from performing their duties on August 8, said Kiran Kumar, the Superintendent of Police (SP) in...
Nominate Members To Vacant Posts At National Commission For Minorities By September End: Delhi High Court To Centre
The Delhi High Court has extended the time given to the Central Government for nominating members to vacant posts at the National Commission for Minorities by September 30.The Court was hearing a petition seeking directions for the expeditious filling up of vacancies at the National Commission For Minorities. A single judge bench comprising of Justice Rekha Palli ordered thus:"Keeping in view...
Panel Discussion: "Drunk On Power: A Study Of Alcohol Policing In Madhya Pradesh"-Justice Madan Lokur
The Criminal Justice & Police Accountability Project is organising a Panel Discussion & Report Release on "DRUNK ON POWER: A STUDY OF ALCOHOL POLICING IN MADHYA PRADESH"The esteemed speakers for the event are:Justice Madan B Lokur (Judge, Supreme Court Of Fiji And Former Judge, Supreme Court Of India)Dayamani Barla (Journalist And Activist)Nihalsing Rathod (Advocate, Bombay High...