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George Floyd Murder: Ex-Police Officer Derek Chauvin Sentenced To 22.5 Years In Prison
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been sentenced to 22 and a half years (270 months) in prison on Friday for the murder of African American George Floyd and the sentence in this regard was delivered by Judge Peter A. Cahill of Hennepin County District Court. George Floyd was killed last year while getting arrested by the police in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 25th,...
Didda Copyright Row- "Historical Work And Historical Facts Can Never Be Copyrighted: Kangana Raut Moves Bombay HC To Quash FIR
Actor Kangana Ranaut and her brother have filed a petition in the Bombay High Court to quash the FIR against them in the Didda copyright row on author Ashish Kaul's private complaint. Kaul is a former Zee Network executive and the author of the book Didda: The Warrior Queen of Kashmir. In the petition filed under Article 226, 227 of the Constitution and 482 of the CrPC, Ranaut...
Kannada Actor Chetan Kumar Files Civil Defamation Suit Against Labour Minister Arbail Shivram Hebbar
Actor Chetan Kumar has filed a suit for defamation before a City Civil court in Bengaluru against Karnataka Labour Minister Arbail Shivram Hebbar seeking Rs 1 as damages. The Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge, on June 24 while hearing the suit, directed "At this stage I am of the opinion that before passing orders on I.A.No. 1 and 2, it is necessary to hear the other side. Hence,...
Finance Ministry Extends Deadline Of IT Act Compliances; COVID Treatment Expenditure & COVID Death Ex-Gratia Exempted From Tax
The Government has granted an extension of timelines of compliances under the Income Tax Act and has also announced tax exemption for expenditure on COVID-19 treatment and ex-gratia received on death due to COVID-19. It has been decided to provide an income-tax exemption to the amount received by a taxpayer for medical treatment from an employer or from any person for...
CA Exams 2021: Supreme Court To Hear On Monday Plea Seeking Opt-Out Option, More Exam Centres, Postponement If Adherence To Covid Protocols Not Possible
Supreme Court will on Monday hear the plea filed seeking directions for an "Opt-Out" option to aspirants of the upcoming CA exams 2021, more Exam Centres and postponement of exam if adherence to Covid Protocols is not possible.A three-judge Bench of Justice AM Khanwilkar, Justice Dinesh Maheshwari and Justice Aniruddha Bose will hear the plea filed by Child Right Activist Anubha...
CBI FIR In ISRO Conspiracy Case: Kerala High Court Grants Interim Protection To Ex-Deputy Central Intelligence Officer Till July 1
A Single Bench of the Kerala High Court comprising Justice K Haripal on Friday extended the interim anticipatory bail granted to P.S Jayaprakash till the next hearing, which has been posted on July 1st, 2021. Adv. Kaleeswaram Raj on behalf of the applicant argued that he was only part of investigation for one month, which was much after the FIR was lodged. Moreover, he was only...
COVID- One Time Relief Measure: Cap of 20 Lakh Beneficiaries for Distribution of Non-PDS Ration Arbitrary and Ad-hoc, Says Delhi High Court
Forming a prima facie observation that the policy appears to be arbitrary and an ad hoc figure, the Delhi High Court on Friday said that even on a broad brush basis to say that there are only 20 lacs non PDS Beneficiaries looking for food grain under the Delhi Government's guidelines will be a substantial under-estimation.The observation came in the plea filed by Delhi Rozi Roti Adhikar...
"Prima Facie Case Made Out": Calcutta HC Issues Notice To BJP's Ashoke Dinda On TMC Leader's Plea Challenging His Election Win
The Calcutta High Court has issued notice to Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Moyna Constituency and Cricketer Ashoke Dinda on the election plea filed by All India Trinamool Congress' leader Sangram Kumar Dolai. Sangram Dolui had lost to BJP's Ashok Dinda by 1,260 votes in Moyna Constituency and thus, in his election plea, he had alleged irregularities in counting. Hearing the...
"Textbook Example Of State Instrumentality's Unjust Enrichment": Madras High Court Slams BSNL For Its Failure To Use Land For 20 Yrs
The Madras High Court on Wednesday slammed BSNL for virtually grabbing the property belonging to one A. S. Marimuthu by paying a paltry sum of just Rupee one. The Bench of Justice N. Anand Venkatesh observed: "This writ petition is a textbook as to how the instrumentality of a State has attempted to unjustly enrich itself and had thereby virtually grabbed the property belonging to...
"The Matter Has To Be Heard De Novo": Supreme Court Hearing In Narada Scam Case- Full Courtroom Exchange
In connection with the Narada hearing, the state of West Bengal on Friday told the SC that it was not even given a copy of CBI's letter to the Calcutta HC CJ, that the HC had stated that it shall hear only the recall applications first and not the matter on merits and that it sends out a wrong message that while the CBI can file it affidavit without any application, the state is required to...
Andhra Pradesh High Court Defers Issuance Of Notice In Suo Moto Revision Over Withdrawal Of Cases Against Chief Minister
The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Friday deferred issuing notice in the suo moto criminal revision petitions registered over the withdrawal of criminal cases against Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy.A single bench of Justice Lalitha Kanneganti said that it wanted to first examine the administrative committee's report, on the basis of which the suo moto cases were registered by the...