"Action Taken Against Accused Police Officers, SIT Formed": UP Govt. Tells Allahabad High Court In Ex-Army Man Torture Case

On a plea filed by an ex-soldier of the Indian Army alleging that he was humiliated and brutally tortured by the Uttar Pradesh Police, the Uttar Pradesh Government today submitted before the Allahabad High Court that the Government has acted against accused police officers and an SIT has been formed to investigate the matter.This response of the State Government comes in the backdrop of...

Evidence Of Disabled Person Not Inferior: Madras High Court Upholds Conviction

The Madras High Court on Wednesday affirmed the orders of a lower court convicting and sentencing an auto-rickshaw driver to seven years of rigorous imprisonment for abducting and sexually molesting a visually challenged woman. Opining on the probative value of the testimony of the victim, Justice RMT Teekaa Raman remarked,"Law does not distinguish the evidence of able-bodied person with...

Justice Sanjeev Narula Of Delhi High Court Recuses From Hearing Juhi Chawla's Plea For Waiver Of Rs. 20 Lakhs Cost In 5G Case

Justice Sanjeev Narula of the Delhi High Court today recused himself from hearing Bollywood actress Juhi Chawla's plea seeking waiver of costs of Rs.20 lakhs imposed on her during dismissal of her suit against the roll-out of 5G technology in the country.The court had imposed costs of Rs.20 lakhs on the petitioners, dismissing their petition, saying it was "frivolous litigation" - in light...

Delhi Voter ID Not Must For Advocates Enrolled With BCD To Claim CM's Welfare Scheme : High Court

In a significant verdict, the Delhi High Court on Monday ordered to extend benefits of the Chief Minister's Advocates' Welfare Scheme to all advocates registered with the Bar Council of Delhi, and residing in the National Capital Region (NCR).The benefits are to be extended irrespective of whether they hold voter ID cards of Delhi or not. The order has been passed by Justice Prathiba Singh in...

[BREAKING] 'Decision Taken In Students' Interest' : Karnataka High Court Refuses To Cancel SSLC Exams

The Karnataka High Court has refused to interfere with the decision of the State Government to hold SSLC exams in physical form for students of Class X from July 19.A division bench comprising Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice Hanchate Sanjeev Kumar observed that the holding of exam was "in the interest of students" and that the state has taken adequate precautionary measures against...

Challenge To Sedition Offence : Supreme Court Seeks Responses Of Attorney General, Union of India; Hearing On July 27

The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned to July 27 the hearing of the challenge to the constitutionality of the offence of sedition under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code.Attorney General for India KK Venugopal, to whom the bench had issued notice on the petition on April 30, and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who was appearing for the Union of India, requested for two weeks time to...

Premeditated Murder Of Wife, Four Minor Daughters: Allahabad High Court Upholds Death Sentence

The Allahabad High Court on Friday upheld the conviction of a man for brutally murdering his wife and four minor daughters aged 7, 5, 3 years and the youngest one was merely one and a half months old. A Bench comprising Justices Ramesh Sinha and Rajeev Singh also affirmed the imposition of death penalty on the accused by opining that it was a 'rarest of rare' case.The accused had been...

'Read New IT Rules' : Supreme Court Asks Petitioner Seeking Action Against Islamophobic Content In Social Media

The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned to next week a plea filed against communal 'hashtags' and Islamophobic content trending on Twitter and other social media platforms. A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India NV Ramana has given a week's time to the petitioner to peruse the new IT Rules, 2021 (Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) 2021).The plea...

Sister Abhaya Murder Case : Kerala High Court Seeks State's Response On Plea Challenging Parole Granted To Convicts

The Kerala High Court on Monday asked the State to file a statement while hearing the petition seeking immediate withdrawal of parole granted to the convicts in the Sister Abhaya murder case. The Division Bench of Justices K. Vinod Chandran and Ziyad Rahman A.A while issuing notice, sought the response of the concerned authorities in the matter. During the hearing, it was also pointed out by...

'Absolute Need Of The Hour': Madras High Court On Erection Of Cell Phone Towers Amidst Covid-19 Induced Online Education/ VC Meetings

The Madras High Court has observed that erection of cell phone towers "to connect India through its length and breadth" is the absolute need of the hour, especially for setting up an effective and robust communication network amidst the Covid-19 pandemic. Justice G. Chandrashekharan, while directing the police authorities to grant necessary protection for installation of cell phone towers,...

'Accommodating One Is Always At Cost Of Another': High Court Disposes Constable's Plea For Perpetuating Posting At Delhi On Medical Grounds

The Delhi High Court has observed that unlimited number of personnel of any force cannot be accommodated in Delhi as accommodating one person is always at the cost of another. Denying relief to a constable of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), a division bench comprising of Justices Rajiv Sahai Endlaw and Amit Bansal observed thus: "Unlimited number of personnel of any force cannot...

'Honour' Killing : Supreme Court Cancels Bail Granted To Man Accused Of Conspiracy To Murder Brother-in-Law In front Of Pregnant Wife

Supreme Court Cancels Bail Granted To