Non-Deliberate Insult to Religion Without Intention to Hurt Religious Feelings Not An Offence U/S 295A IPC: Bombay High Court

The language employed in Section 295A IPC is not wide enough to cover restrictions both within and without the limits of constitutionally permissible legislative action affecting the fundamental right guaranteed by Art 19(1)(a) of the Constitution.

Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Transfer Of Plea For Uniform Civil Code From Delhi High Court To SC

A plea has been filed before Supreme Court seeking transfer of plea pending before the Delhi High Court for direction to the Centre to constitute a Judicial Commission or High Level Expert Committee to prepare a draft of Uniform Civil Code, to the Apex Court.The plea by BJP Leader and Advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay has urged that the plea be transferred to Supreme Court and be...

Breaking- Delhi Govt Brings In Fresh COVID19 Restrictions: What Are Prohibited, What Are Restricted- Read Order

In a bid to control the recent surge in COVID-19 cases in the National Capital, the Delhi Government today announced a fresh set of restrictions which shall remain in force till April 30. An order to this effect has been issued by the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) banning all social, political, sports, entertainment, academic, cultural and religious gatherings in...

Mumbai Police Closes Chapter Proceedings Initiated Against Arnab Goswami

The Mumbai Police has terminated the chapter proceedings initiated against Republic TV editor Arnab Goswami as the enquiry against him was not completed within the stipulated six-month window. Assistant Commissioner of Police Sudhir Jambavdekar (Worli Division) passed the order, on Saturday, following Goswami's application under section 116(6) of the Criminal Procedure Code.On October 10,...

COVID Second Wave- "Desist From Exploiting Situation By Overcharging Affected Persons": MP High Court To IMA Members

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday (07th April) asked the Indian Medical Association (IMA) and MP Nursing Home Association members to desist from "exploiting" the coronavirus situation by overcharging the affected persons in the wake of the second wave of the pandemic. The Bench of Chief Justice Mohammad Rafiq and Justice Sanjay Dwivedi was hearing two Interlocutory...

Open Source Programmer Moves Kerala High Court Against IT Intermediary Rules 2021

On Friday, a free-and-open-source (FOSS) programmer moved the Kerala High Court challenging the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (the Rules). A Bench of Justice PV Asha took up the petition on Friday and asked the Office for the Assistant Solicitor General to take instructions from the Union government in respect of the...

Supreme Court Monthly Digest: March 2021 [74 SC Judgments] [Citation LL 2021 SC 118 To LL 2021 SC 192]

JUDGMENTS: 1. Whether Day Of Remand Is To Be Included For Considering A Claim For Default Bail? Supreme Court Refers To Larger Bench [Case: Enforcement Directorate v. Kapil Wadhawan; Citation: LL 2021 SC 118] Whether the day of remand is to be included or excluded, for considering a claim for default bail? The Supreme Court referred this issue to a larger bench. A bench...

Second Covid Wave: NCDRC To Function Through Video Conferencing From April 12, Suspends Physical, Hybrid Hearings

In view of the recent surge in Covid-19 cases, the President of the National Commission Disputes Redressal Commission of India (NCDRC) Justice RK Agrawal, today decided to suspend the physical hearing and hybrid hearing of the cases till further orders.According to the notice released dated 10th April 2021, it has been stated that the cases listed for physical hearings and hybrid hearings...

Escalation Of Prices Cannot Be The Sole Ground To Deny Specific Performance: Supreme Court

Escalation of prices cannot be the sole ground to deny specific performance, the Supreme Court observed.The bench comprising Justices L. Nageswara Rao and S. Ravindra Bhat also observed that, once a suit for specific performance has been filed, any delay as a result of the Court process cannot be put against the plaintiff as a matter of law in decreeing specific performance.The court...

Arbitration- Tribunals Should Decide Objections On Its Jurisdiction As Preliminary Issue; High Courts Have Limited Power To Interfere In Proceedings :Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court recently made significant observations with regard to the power of an Arbitral Tribunal to rule on its own jurisdiction and the manner of deciding the same. A Single Bench of Justice Prathiba M. Singh also addressed the issue of jurisdiction of High Courts over arbitral tribunals and the scope of such interference. Law governing applications under Section 16...

Mental Healthcare Act: Delhi HC Seeks Status Reports On Plea Alleging Lack Of Grievance Redressal Bodies

A single judge bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh of the Delhi High Court has sought status reports on the current functioning of the Mental Health Review Board and the State Mental Health Authority on a plea by a 19-year old man alleging that there was no grievance redressal mechanism in Delhi under the Mental Health Care Act, 2017.The 19-year old has moved Court seeking directions to the resp...

"Don't Want To Replace Physical Hearing, Idea Is To Show Flexibility Of Indian Judicial System": Justice DY Chandrachud

"The idea is to show flexibility of the Indian Judicial system. Not for a moment do we want to replace the physical hearing." said Justice Chandrachud during launch of Supreme Court's new website for Judgments and e-Filing 3.0.He said this, with reference to Bombay High Court's recent decision to switch to virtual hearings again from physical hearings in wake of surge in Covid19...