'Please Have Faith In System' : Supreme Court Disapproves 'Parallel Debates' By Petitioners On Pegasus Issue

In connection with the Pegasus issue, the Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed some reservations regarding the petitioners, who have an interest in the matter, from conducting "parallel proceedings and parallel debates" on social media while the Court is seized of the issue and is dealing with it."Mr. Shyam Diwan, Mr. Kapil Sibal, Mr. C. U. Singh, Ms. Meenakshi Arora, Mr. Rakesh Dwivedi, all...

CJAR Requests CJI NV Ramana To Live Stream Pegasus Case Hearing Before The Supreme Court

Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms (CJAR) has written to the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana requesting him to live stream the hearing in the Pegasus snoop gate matter before the Apex court.The letter refers to the "deep concern regarding the recent revelations" that the Pegasus software was used to hack into the phones of Indian citizens, "apparently at the behest of the...

Pegasus Snoopgate: Solicitor General Seeks Time For Instructions, Supreme Court Adjourns Hearing Of Pleas Seeking SIT Probe Till Aug 16

The Supreme Court today granted time till Monday to Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to seek instructions from the Government on the nine petitions seeking probe into the Pegasus snooping controversy, on a request made by him While doing so, a bench comprising Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justice Vineet Saran and Justice Surya Kant asked the Petitioners to refrain from indulging...

Pegasus- Supreme Court Hearing-Day 2- Live-Updates

A bench comprising Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justice Vineet Saran and Justice Surya Kant will hear the petitions seeking a direction for an independent probe into allegations that illegal surveillance has been carried out on inter alia journalists, lawyers, government ministers, opposition politicians and civil society activists using the Pegasus spyware.The Bench will hear...

Political Parties Must Publish Criminal Antecedents Of Candidates Within 48 Hours Of Their Selection : Supreme Court Modifies Earlier Direction

With the objective of decriminalization of politics, the Supreme Court on Tuesday directed that the political parties must publish the criminal antecedents, in any, of the candidates within 48 hours of their selection.A bench comprising Justices RF Nariman and BR Gavai modified the direction in its February 13, 2020 judgment in that regard.In paragraph 4.4 of the February 2020 judgment,...

'Dogs Only Become Aggressive When They Are Hungry Or Thirsty' : Kerala High Court Directs To Designate Feeding Spaces For Community Dogs

The Kerala High Court urged the State to initiate expeditious steps to set up designated feeding spaces particularly for the community dogs in the area during the hearing of the suo motu matter initiated after a dog was brutally killed by three youth in the State. A Division Bench of Justice AK Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice P Gopinath directed so while observing that "dogs only...

Rajya Sabha Returns Taxation Laws Amendment Bill To Nullify Retrospective Tax Demand

The Rajya Sabha on Monday returned to Lok Sabha the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill 2021 in the Lok Sabha which seeks to nullify the effect of the amendment brought by Finance Act 2012 to impose tax liability on gains arising from indirect transfer of Indian assets with retrospective effect.Since Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill 2021 is certified as a money bill by the Lok Sabha Speaker, the...

Collusion In Bail Hearing Through Forged Vakalatnama : Allahabad High Court Deplores 'Downfall In Moral Values' Of Advocacy

The counsel for the accused had 'arranged' a forged vakalatnama and engaged a lawyer to represent the accused to record no-objection to grant bail.

Strictly Follow Covid Protocol : Kerala High Court Permits KTU To Conduct Offline Exams

The Kerala High Court on Monday permitted the Abdul Kalam Technological University (KTU) to proceed with offline examinations for its 6th semester students provided that they strictly adhered to the necessary Covid protocol for the same.Justice Anu Sivaraman disagreed with the petitioners and noted that the University did not violate the UGC Guidelines by proposing to conduct offline...

Quasi Judicial Powers Can't Be Delegated; One Who Decides Must Hear : Karnataka High Court

Quasi-judicial powers cannot be bartered away contrary to duties and obligations imposed upon the Commissioner in terms of the statute.

'Utterly Ridiculous' 'Devoid Of Common Sense': Madras High Court Directs Registry To Not Delve Into Judicial Acts By Separating Connected Pleas

The Madras High Court on Friday frowned upon its own Registry for attempting to exercise judicial powers which they do not possess by segregating connected cases and listing one set of those cases before a Division Bench and the other before a single Bench.A Division Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice P.D Audikesavalu remarked that a training programme must be conducted for...

Sterlite Protests: NHRC Submits Investigation Report In Sealed Cover Before Madras High Court, Counter Affidavit To Be Filed Within 3 Weeks

The Madras High Court on Monday granted time to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to file its counter affidavit making its stance clear within 3 weeks. The Court was adjudicating upon a plea moved by Mr. Henri Tiphagne, Executive Director of People's Watch seeking disclosure of NHRC's 'undisclosed' 2018 investigation report on the incident of police firing that had followed the...