Under Which Law News Portals Are Required To Be Registered/Licensed: Jammu & Kashmir And Ladakh High Court Seeks Govt. Response

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has sought the pointed reply of the Jammu & Kashmir Government on the provisions of law under which, the news portals, if at all are required to be registered or licensed The Bench of Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Sanjay Dhar was hearing the plea filed by NGO, Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Forum highlighting the mushrooming growth of...

'Excessive and Disproportionate': Madras High Court Strikes Down Tamil Nadu's Law Banning Online Games With Stakes-Read Judgment

The Madras High Court on Tuesday struck down the Tamil Nadu Gaming and Police Laws (Amendment) Act, 2021 which imposes a ban on playing of games such as rummy and poker on cyberspace with stakes. Part II of the Tamil Nadu Gaming and Police Laws (Amendment) Act, 2021 had amended the Tamil Nadu Gaming Act, 1930. A Bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthikumar...

Plea In Supreme Court Against Kerala HC Judgment Quashing Govt. Scheme Allotting 80% Minority Scholarships To Muslims

The Minority Indians Planning and Vigilance Commission Trust has moved the Supreme Court against the decision of the Kerala High Court quashing Orders of the Kerala Government announcing scholarships to Muslim students and Latin Catholic/Converted Christians in the ratio 80:20.The High Court had allowed the PIL filed by the respondent herein, consequently quashing three Government Orders by...

[BREAKING] Judge Uttam Anand Death Case Goes To CBI : Jharkhand High Court Accepts State's Recommendation

Accepting the recommendation made by the Jharkhand Government, the Jharkhand High Court on Tuesday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to take over the probe into the death case of Dhanbad district judge Uttam Anand at the earliest. A Division Bench of Chief Justice Dr Ravi Ranjan and Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad gave this direction during the hearing of the case today.Uttam...

"Is He Custodian Of Local Politicians?": Gujarat High Court Tears Into SDM For Externing Citizen For Questioning BJP MLA

The Gujarat High Court on Monday stayed an externment order passed against a man, the petitioner before the Court, taking into account the fact that the said order was passed right after an FIR was registered against him after he criticized a BJP MLA.Justice Paresh Upadhyay noted that the externment order passed by the SDM, Godhra Prant was, without the authority of law and beyond...

"Centre Misled Court By Blatant Lies": Plea In Supreme Court Challenges Constitutionality Of PM CARES & PMNRF

A Special Leave Petition (SLP) has been filed before the Supreme Court against the dismissal of a PIL by the Allahabad High Court which challenged the validity of the PM Cares Fund and Prime Minister's National Relief Fund [PMNRF] in light of the Disaster Management Act, 2005. The SLP notes that the High Court was misled to conclude that PMCARES Fund does not receive any budgetary support or...

'No Death Caused Due To Oxygen Shortage In Jaipur Golden Hospital': Delhi Police Tells Court

The Delhi Police has told a Delhi Court that no deaths were caused due to oxygen shortage in the Jaipur Golden Hospital in the intervening night of 23rd and 24th of April where several patients allegedly lost their lives due to oxygen shortage.The status report has been filed by the Police in a plea seeking registration of FIR for the offence of murder against the management of Jaipur...

Witness Cannot Be Prosecuted For Perjury U/s 193 IPC For Mere Inconsistency In His Statements: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that a witness cannot be prosecuted for perjury under Section 193 of the Indian Penal Code merely because he made inconsistent statements before the Court.The bench led by CJI NV Ramana observed that the prosecution for perjury cannot be ordered if there is no intentional falsehood uttered. Mere reference to inconsistent statements alone is not...

Governor Can Exercise Pardon Power Even If Prisoner Has Not Undergone 14 Years Imprisonment : Supreme Court

Governor's powers under Article 161 of the Constitution are not restricted by Section 433A CrPC.

State Cannot Plead Financial Burden To Deny Salary For Legally Serving Doctors : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has observed that the state cannot be allowed to plead financial burden to deny salary to legally serving doctors. Allowing such an excuse raised by the state would amount to violation of fundamental rights under Articles 14(right to equality) , 21(right to life) and 23(right against bonded labour) of the Constitution."The State cannot be allowed plead financial ...

Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Stand On Legality Of Attaching DRTs In One State To Those In Other States

The Supreme Court today issued notices to the Centre on a plea filed against Delhi High Court's order deferring by 6 weeks the challenge to validity and legality of the notification issued by the Union Ministry of Finance transferring & attaching the jurisdiction of Debt Recovery Tribunal, Jabalpur to Debt Recovery Tribunal, Lucknow in the absence of availability of presiding officer...

All You Want To Know About The Tribunal Reforms Bill, 2021 Passed By Lok Sabha

The Tribunal Reforms Bill 2021 ("Bill") was passed in Lok Sabha on Tuesday amid opposition demanding further discussion on the Bill. The Bill seeks to provide for uniform terms and conditions of the various members of the Tribunal and abolish certain tribunals, as a part of its bid to rationalize the tribunals. Key Highlights Abolition of Appellate Tribunals: Film...