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Lucknow Court Dismisses Defamation Complaint Filed Against CM Yogi Adityanath Over 'Kathmullapan' Remark
A special MP/MLA court in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow district has dismissed a defamation complaint filed against Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over his 'Kathmullapan' remark while addressing the Legislative Council in February this year. A video of the remark was shared on his official 'X' (formerly Twitter) account. Addl. Civil Judge (Sr. Div.)/ACJM Alok Verma observed that since...
Supreme Court Issues Directions To Ensure Direct Bank Transfer Of Compensation To Road Accident Victims & Workmen
The Supreme Court has passed a set of directions to ensure that the compensation paid to claimants under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 or the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 are directly credited to their bank accounts.The Court passed these directions after noticing that huge amounts of compensation passed under these laws are lying unclaimed before Courts. Based on a letter received from...
SCBA Condemns BJP MP Nishikant Dubey's Remarks Against Judiciary, Expresses Hope That AG Sanctions Criminal Contempt
The Supreme Court Bar Association and the Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association today (April 22) officially condemned the remarks made by Member of Parliament, Nishikant Dubey, against the judiciary and CJI Sanjiv Khanna and expressed hope that formal proceedings of criminal contempt are allowed by the Attorney General against Dubey. In a resolution passed by the SCBA, Dubey's...
Muslim Member Of State Bar Council Can't Continue In Waqf Board After End Of Term In Bar Council : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court held that a person appointed as a member of the State Waqf Board by virtue of being a Muslim member of a State Bar Council can no longer continue to be a member of the State Waqf Board after he ceased to be a member of the Bar Council.As per Section 14 of the Waqf Act(before the 2025 amendment), a Muslim member of the Bar Council of a State/UT can be appointed as a member of...
Expert Committee Suggests Before NGT To Regulate Number Of Horses To Protect Matheran Hill Station
The National Green Tribunal, Western Zone Bench, Pune, has taken note of an expert agency's report on the undesirable effects of horse dung presence in the Matheran Area, an eco-sensitive hill station in Maharashtra, and the measures to combat it.The report said, “It may be seen that current level of investigation reveals various measures to be taken to control the undesirable effects of...
Nishikant Dubey's Remarks : Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Removal Of Social Media Content Derogatory To Judiciary
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to consider next week a plea seeking directions to remove social media posts/videos doing rounds on the internet since BJP MP Nishikant Dubey's remarks against the Court and CJI Sanjiv Khanna, which were "derogatory and contemptuous" towards the judiciary. The petitioner's counsel, Advocate Narender Mishra, mentioned the matter before a Justice BR...
Nagpur Communal Violence: Court Grants Bail To Former Govt Servant Booked For Inciting Violence By Posting 'Pro-Aurangzeb' Post On Social Media
A sessions court in Nagpur on Monday granted bail to a 69-year-old former Government servant, who had made a post about Aurangzeb's Tomb, because of which the communal violence took place in the city on March 17.Adhoc District Judge MB Oza noted that the applicant-accused Mohammad Hamid Mohammad Hanif was a senior citizen and that the completion of investigation will take time and filing...
“Deeper Probe Is Required”: Supreme Court Pulls Up Delhi Government Over Its Handling Of Remission Cases
The Supreme Court today (April 21) slammed the Delhi Government for its handling of a prisoner's case seeking permanent remission.A bench of Justice Abhay S. Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan said that a “sorry state of affairs” prevails in the manner in which Delhi government is dealing with issue of premature release of the prisoners.“Perhaps a deeper probe is required in this case about...
Copyright Claim Over Songs In Restaurants: Supreme Court Stays Delhi HC Direction In Phonographic Performance Ltd's Plea
The Supreme Court has stayed Delhi High Court's direction to Azure Hospitality Pvt. Ltd. to pay Phonographic Performance Ltd. (PPL) as per the tariff of Recorded Music Performance Ltd. (RMPL), as if PPL were a member of RMPL, for playing songs from PPL's catalogue.A bench of Justice Abhay S. Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan issued notice in PPL's special leave petition challenging the judgment of...