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'Father Stan Swamy Was A Long Standing Activist' : UN Body Mourns His Death In Custody; Urges India To Release Persons Detained Without Legal Basis
Today, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) urged India to release every person detained without a sufficient legal basis, including those arrested simply for expressing critical or dissenting views. Furthermore, it stressed the call on the Government of India to ensure that no one is detained for exercising their fundamental rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly,...
Sudha Bharadwaj's Bail Plea : Bombay High Court To Verify If Pune Sessions Judge Was Competent To Take Cognizance Of Chargesheet
The Bombay High Court said it would verify with the Registry if Additional Sessions Judge Kishor Vadane was a Special Judge under the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Act in 2018/2019 and if he was authorised to take cognisance of the Pune police's charge sheet against the accused in the Bhima Koregaon Elgar - Parishad Case. A division bench of Justices SS Shinde and NJ...
UP Court Refuses Bail To Kerala Journalist Siddique Kappan In UAPA Case
A local court in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh has rejected the bail plea of Kerala-based journalist Siddique Kappan who has been booked under various offences under the stringent UAPA (Unlawful Activities Prevention Act).Taking note of the allegations against Kappan, Additional Sessions Judge Anil Kumar Pandey rejected the bail plea. The Court primarily took into account the alleged material...
Getting Slot For Hearing Is Very Valuable, Advocates Must Make Use Of It: Supreme Court On Adjournments
Supreme Court on Tuesday urged that since procuring a slot for hearing is hard in the present times, on account of shortage of judges and other factors, lawyers must make use of the opportunity when their matters are listed and come up for hearing and not seek adjournments if they can help it.The bench of Justices Chandrachud and M. R. Shah was scheduled to hear a 2019 SLP arising out of a...
Man Imprisoned In UAE Over Alleged Spying For India; His Mother Moves Kerala High Court Seeking Support
A woman has moved the Kerala High Court seeking directions to the Centre to provide the necessary support to her son who has been imprisoned in UAE since August 2015. The man was arrested for allegedly spying for the Indian government. Justice P.B Suresh Kumar directed the counsel for Central Government to get instructions in the matter when the matter was taken up today.The plea by...
Bombay High Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Decision To Divest SLSA, DLSA From Awarding Compensation Under Goa Victim Compensation Scheme
The Bombay High Court, Goa Bench, has sought response of the Central Government and Goan administration on a plea challenging the amendment made in Goa Victim Compensation Scheme, 2012, divesting the jurisdiction of State and District Legal Service Authorities in deciding and awarding compensation to victims. Filed by an organization namely Scan Goa and its founder through Advocate J....
Madras High Court Grants Police Protection To Queer Woman Belonging To LGBTQIA+ Community Harassed By Family Members
The Madras High Court has granted police protection to a queer woman belonging to the LGBTQIA+ community alleging harassment by her family members after disclosing about her sexual orientation while observing that the couple living together was conscious about their relationship. Following the guidelines laid by the High Court to ensure protection of LGBTQIA+ persons in consensual...
'No Basic Affirmation Of Facts By UP Police' : Karnataka High Court On Notice To Twitter India MD In Ghaziabad FIR
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday posed several questions to the UP Police for insisting on appearance of Twitter India's Managing Director Manish Maheshwari for investigation in the FIR related to Ghaziabad video, without ascertaining the basic facts about his and Twitter India's culpability in the matter. Justice G Narender noted that crux of the matter is that a doctored video...
Law Officers & Central Govt Counsel Can't Display Name Of Court In Their Vehicles : Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has held that the display of the name of the court by state law officers and central government counsel in the name-boards of their motor vehicles was contrary to the rules framed under the Motor Vehicles Act.The Court held so while issuing a slew of directions to regulate the unauthorized display of the official State emblems and unauthorized use of name boards on...
Madras High Court Upholds Default Bail Of Accused Under UAPA, Admonishes State For Lackadaisical Approach
The Madras High Court last week upheld the decision of a lower Court, granting default bail to a man accused under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA) over an allegedly offensive Facebook post. A Bench comprising Justices PN Prakash and R Pongiappan also admonished the investigating agencies for their lackadaisical approach in handling the case. The Court opined...
Firecracker Explosion: Madras High Court Grants 5 Lakh Compensation To 12-Yr-Old Victim, Takes Note Of Frequent 'Accidents'
The Madras High Court (Madurai Bench) last week granted 5 lakh compensation to the family of a 12-year-old boy, who sustained grievous injuries due to the explosion of firecrackers that were illegally strewn in and around the place he was playing.Noting that the boy was almost half dead and he was lying in a vegetative state, the bench of Justice N. Anand Venkatesh granted his mother, a coolie...