Delhi Court Adjourns Till July 9 Hearing In INX Media Case Against P Chidambaram, Karti Chidambaram And Others

A Delhi Court has adjourned en bloc hearing in the INX Media Money Laundering case till July 9 in relation to the main chargesheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the INX Media money laundering case against Former Union Minister P Chidambaram, his son Karti P. Chidambaram and 8 others. Special CBI Judge MK Nagpal had adjourned the matter in view of the directions issued by the...

Supreme Court Adjourns Perarivalan's Plea For Interim Bail In Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case

The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned by three weeks the hearing on an application filed by AG Perarivalan, who is serving life term in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, for interim bail. A vacation bench comprising Justices Vineet Saran and Dinesh Maheshwari adjourned the matter on the basis of a letter for adjournment circulated by the petitioner(Perarivalan).The interim bail...

Decided To Conduct Class XI Exams, Kerala Government Tells Supreme Court

The Kerala Government has informed the Supreme Court that it has decided not to cancel the exams for Class XI(Plus One) which are proposed to be held in September 2021.Yesterday, the Supreme Court had asked the Kerala Government's standing counsel to get instructions by today itself regarding the holding of physical exams amid the COVID-19 situation.In the reply affidavit filed before...

SC Judge Justice Anirudddha Bose Recuses From Hearing Pleas Of West Bengal Govt, CM and Law Minister On Narada Case

Supreme Court judge Justice Aniruddha Bose on Tuesday recused from hearing the petitions filed by the State of West Bengal, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Law Minister Moloy Ghatak in relation to the Narada case.The petitions were listed before a vacation bench comprising Justices Hemant Gupta and Aniruddha Bose. Justice Bose, who was earlier a judge of the Calcutta High...

'Will Create Vaccine Inequity' : Plea In Supreme Court Challenges Centre's Policy To Sell 25% Vaccines To Private Hospitals

The applicants say that there is massive under-utilization of vaccines allotted to private hospitals, and that they are trying to make "super-profits".

[CA Exams 2021]"Provide Opt Out Option And Additional Exam, Increase Number Of Attempts For Old Course Students" Over 6,000 CA Aspirants Write To CJI

Over 6,000 Chartered Accountancy aspirants have written to CJI NV Ramana seeking directions to ICAI to provide an Opt-Out option to the students who are unable to appear for the exams due to COVID-19, increase the number of attempts for Old Course Students and conduct an additional examination attempt for students who are unable to appear.While highlighting the issue of lack of opt-out option...

Police Officials Assaulted During Panchayat Polls- "Police Named 45 Unknown Persons In FIR": Allahabad HC Grants Anticipatory Bail To One

Noting that the Policer Officer named 45 persons in the said F.I.R., who were unknown to him, the Allahabad High Court last week granted Anticipatory Bail to a man accused of Assaulting Police Officials who were on election duty during the Panchayat Polls in Uttar Pradesh.The Bench of Justice Rajeev Singh granted Bail to one Raj Kumar observing that custodial interrogation was not necessary...

Don't Wait For Certified Copies Of Documents To Give Opinion On Filing Appeals In SC/ST Cases : Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court on Monday directed the state government to correct the practise followed by the prosecution department of commencing the work of giving opinion for filing appeals against acquittals in cases registered under the Schedule Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, only after receiving certified copies of the order and other documents. A...

Delhi High Court Hears Matters Till Late Night For The Second Time During Ongoing Summer Vacations

Setting a precedent in the efficient discharge of judicial duties, a new benchmark has been set by the Delhi High Court vacation benches. For the second time during the ongoing summer vacations, benches have been hearing matters till late in the night.A single-judge bench of Justice Jasmeet Singh of the Delhi High Court today has been hearing cases before the court's Summer Vacation Bench...

KAT Advocates' Association Approaches High Court Seeking Appointment Of Chairman And Extension Of Judicial Members By Another Term

The Kerala Administrative Tribunal Advocates' Association recently moved High Court aggrieved by the inaction by the Union and state government to extend the term of the present judicial members completing their first term by 19 July 2021, and to appoint a new chairman in the place of the former chairman. The Public Interest Litigation elaborated on how the Kerala Administrative...

Maharashtra Govt Not Cooperating With Probe Against Ex-Home Minister Anil Deshmukh : CBI To Bombay High Court

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has accused the Maharashtra Government of being in contempt of the Bombay High Court's order by refusing to part with the documents sought by the agency related to alleged political influence and corruption in the transfers and posting of police officers in Maharashtra. The agency made the allegation before a bench of Justices SS Shinde and...

West Bengal Post-Poll Violence: NHRC Constitutes Committee To Look Into Complaints As Per Calcutta High Court's Order

The Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Justice Arun Mishra has constituted a Committee to enquire into the complaints of post-poll violence in the state of West Bengal and has asked the committee to start its inquiry process immediately.This comes after the Calcutta High Court today refused to recall its June 18 order directing the National Human Rights Commission...