'Delhi Can Ill-Afford Another Riots; Role Of Facebook Must Be Looked Into': Supreme Court Upholds Delhi Assembly Summons

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to quash the summons issued to Facebook India Managing Director Ajit Mohan by the Peace and Harmony committee of the Delhi Assembly Committee seeking his appearance in an enquiry related to Delhi Riots."The capital of the country can ill-afford any repetition of the occurrence and thus, the role of Facebook in this context must be looked into...

Can Anyone Write Anything To Destroy Some One's Reputation?: Delhi High Court To Saket Gokhale In Defamation Suit By Lakshmi Puri

The Delhi High Court today lashed out at RTI activist Saket Gokhale for allegedly defamatory tweets against the former Indian Assistant Secretary General at the UN, Lakshmi Puri, noting that Gokhale of his own admission had not approached any authorities before putting out the tweets.The tweets in question allegedly not only raised queries about Puri and her husband's sources of income, they...

Capping Medical Oxygen Prices: Kerala High Court Directs State To Speed Up Process Of Fixing Transportation Cost

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday directed the State Government to expedite the process initiated to fix the transportation cost of Liquid Medical Oxygen and Oxygen Inhalation in cylinders. Justice PB Suresh Kumar while hearing a matter further directed the State to devise a mechanism in the meanwhile to ensure compliance with the order of the Ministry of Chemical and Fertilizers fixing...

CIC Stays RBI Order Directing Bank To Disclose RTI Information On NPAs & Top Defaulters

The Central Information Commission (CIC) has stayed the order of the First Appellate Authority (FAA) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) which had directed the disclosure of information on non-performing assets (NPAs) and top defaulters of the Saraswat Co-operative Bank Limited. CIC Suresh Chandra passed the order in an appeal filed by Saraswat Bank against the RBI direction.The RBI's FAA...

Supreme Court To Hear Amazon-Future-Reliance Case On July 20

The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned to July 20th the hearing of the petition filed by Amazon challenging an order dated March 22 passed by a Division Bench of the Delhi High Court staying a single-judge order which had upheld the Emergency Award passed by a Singapore Tribunal halting the Reliance-Future deal. A bench comprising Justices RF Nariman, Justice KM Joseph...

UAPA : Can Magistrate Extend Time To File Chargesheet Under Section 43D?Supreme Court To Examine

The Supreme Court is examining the issue whether a Magistrate is competent to grant extension of time for filing chargesheet as per section 43 D of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act.The issue before the bench comprising Justices UU Lalit, Ajay Rastogi and Aniruddha Bose is whether such extension of time under Section 43D can only be allowed by a "special court" under the UAPA....

Supreme Court Grants Interim Bail To 13 Prisoners Who Were Languishing In Jail For 14-22 Years Despite Proving Juvenility

The Supreme Court on Thursday granted interim bail to 13 prisoners who have been lodged in Agra Jail for periods ranging from 14 to 22 years, despite establishing that they were juveniles at the time of offence."It is not in dispute that 13 Petitioners have been held by Juvenile Justice Board as juveniles. Let interim bail be granted to them by presenting personal bonds", a bench...

Gold Smuggling Case: State Moves Kerala High Court Challenging Single Judge Order Quashing FIR Against ED

The Kerala government on Wednesday approached the High Court against its Single Bench order quashing the FIRs filed by the State Police against Enforcement Directorate officials. The FIRs were lodged for allegedly forcing the prime accused in the gold smuggling case to implicate Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in the matter. The appeal is preferred against the order dated 16th April...

The Evidence Of Approximate Age Of Prosecutrix Cannot Take The Place Of Proof Of Exact Age: Patna High Court Acquits Accused In POCSO Case

The evidence of approximate age of the prosecutrix cannot take the place of proof of exact age, the Patna High Court observed while acquitting an accused in a POCSO case.Arjun, the accused, was found guilty of rape of a girl aged about 13 years. He was convicted by the Trial Court of offences under Sections 366A and 376 of the Indian Penal Code and 4 of the POCSO Act.In appeal, the High...

'Poverty Can Be Addressed Through Healing Touch Of Law': Madhya Pradesh High Court Issues Directions For Implementation Of Poverty Alleviation Schemes

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has issued directions to the District Legal Service Authorities and the State Authority for ensuring implementation of poverty alleviation schemes promulgated under provisions of Legal Services Authority Act, 1987 and NALSA (Effective Implementation of Poverty Alleviation Schemes) Scheme, 2015.A division judge bench comprising of Justices Sheel Nagu and Anand...

'Voice Of The Majority Should Be Honoured': Calcutta High Court Refuses To Interfere With No Confidence Motion Against Malda Zilla Parishad President

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday dismissed the plea of Gour Chandra Mandal, President of the Malda Zilla Parishad to withhold a meeting scheduled for July 8 to discuss a no-confidence motion against him. The notice of no confidence was served to Mandal by 23 members of the 38 strong district council.Justice Shampa Sarkar while dismissing the plea observed, "..an institution (read as...

Kerala High Court's E-Filing Rules Have Legal & Technical Defects : KHCAA Report

The Kerala High Court Advocates' Association has filed two reports stating that new e-filing rules introduced by the Kerala High Court are affected by legal and technical problems.Two Committees were constituted to examine the efficiency of the recent E-filing Rules, namely, Legal and Technical committees. Both these Committees prepared comprehensive reports as to the legal and...