Plea In Bombay High Court Seeks FIR And Court-Monitored Probe Against Maharashtra Chief Minister, Home Minister And Param Bir Singh On Corruption Allegations

A second petition has been filed in the Bombay High Court seeking a court-monitored probe by an independent agency and registration of an FIR, against the Chief Minister of Maharashtra Uddhav Thackeray, home minister Anil Deshmukh and former Mumbai Police Commissioner, Param Bir Singh, for "gross negligence," in taking action, following allegations of corruption. In a letter to the...

Do You Have Any Scheme To Look After Health Issues Of Transgender Community?: Gauhati High Court Asks Assam Govt

The Gauhati High Court has asked the Assam Government if it has proposed any scheme to look after the health issues of the members of the Transgender community. A Division Bench comprising of Chief Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Manash Ranjan Pathak further directed the Central Health Ministry to come up with the list of beneficiaries under the Ayushman Bharat Yojana, who...

Lok Sabha Passes Marine Aids to Navigation Bill, 2021

With "enormous technological development" in the field of marine navigation, the Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Marine Aids to Navigation Bill, 2021. It seeks to put in place a statutory framework for regulation of technological advancements in marine aids to navigation, and remove the operational difficulties arising thereof. The Bill also proposes to repeal the Lighthouse Act,...

Lok Sabha Passes Finance Bill 2021

The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed the Finance Bill, 2021 to give effect to the financial proposals of the Central Government for the financial year 2021-2022. Apart from the Finance Act, the Bill also proposes to amend the Income Tax Act, 1961; Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956; the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956; the Central Sales Tax Act, 1956; the SEBI Act,...

Breaking: AIIMS Assault Case: Delhi Court Affirms Conviction Of AAP MLA Somnath Bharti U/Ss 147,149 IPC &PDPP Act, 2Year Jail Term Upheld

A Delhi Court on Tuesday affirmed the conviction of AAP MLA Somnath Bharti in the AIIMS Assault Case under sec.147 (punishment for rioting) read with sec. 149 (Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence commit­ted in prosecution of common object) of the Indian Penal Code along with sec. 3 of Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, 1984. Howeverer, the Court set aside his...

"CCTV Cameras Were Not Working": Delhi Police Tells High Court On Incident Of Detained Man Being Forced To Sing National Anthem During Delhi Riots

The Delhi Police today informed the Delhi High Court with respect to an incident of a detained man at a police station being allegedly forced to sing the national anthem during the 2020 Delhi riots, that the CCTV cameras of the police station were not working at the time of the incident due to "some technical fault".The police has told the court this vide an affidavit filed through the...

Bollywood Versus Republic TV & Times Now: Delhi High Court Extends Interim Order Against Media Channels

The Delhi High Court today extended its interim order until May 25, asking media houses AGR Outlier Media Pvt Ltd, Bennett Coleman and Co Ltd, and others to ensure that no defamatory content will be uploaded on their social media platforms or displayed on their channels defaming the Hindi film industry or infringing the right to privacy of persons associated with it.The order was passed in...

Breaking: Supreme Court To Hear Param Bir Singh's Plea Seeking CBI Probe Against Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Desmukh Tomorrow

A Supreme Court bench comprising of justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Subhash Reddy will hear tomorrow the petition filed by Former Mumbai Police chief Param Bir Singh seeking CBI investigation in the alleged corrupt malpractices of Anil Deshmukh, Home Minister of Government of Maharashtra.Singh, who was shunted out as Mumbai Police Commissioner in the wake of Antilia bomb scare case, has...

Kerala High Court Calls For Changes In Law To Penalise 'Road Rage'

While allowing bail to a person accused of ramming his truck into a vehicle belonging to the Kerala High Court, the High Court observed that India did not yet have legal provisions penalising 'road rage'. In his bail order, Justice VG Arun takes note of the absence of law in this respect, either under the Motor Vehicles Act or penal legislation. "This is an aspect which should engage...

UP Panchayat Polls: Plea Before Supreme Court Challenges High Court's Order Directing 2015 To Be Taken As Base Year For Reserving Seats

A plea has been filed before the Supreme Court challenging the Allahabad High Court's order dated 15th March that directed State of UP to take 2015 as base year instead of 1995 for reserving seats in upcoming UP panchayat polls, and hold elections by May 25th. The plea has also challenged the UP government's 17th March issued in compliance of the High Court's order as a consequence of...

Mehmood Pracha's Office Raid- "Delhi Police Trying To Invade Into Premises Of Advocates Which Is Unacceptable And Illegal" Patiala House Bar President To Delhi Court

A Delhi Court on Tuesday reserved orders in the application filed by Advocate Mehmood Pracha against the second raid conducted by Delhi Police's Special Cell. The order was reserved after Advocate RK Wadhwa, President of the New Delhi Bar Association took strong objections while representing the Bar on the Delhi Police's Raids thereby violating their privacy.Chief Metropolitan Magistrate...

'Centre's Prior Approval Required To De-reserve Forests' : Karnataka High Court Quashes Notification Releasing Forest Land

The Karnataka High Court has struck down an order/notification dated February 23, 2017 issued by the state government by which it purported to release a total of 260 acres forming a part of a reserve forest to the revenue department for rehabilitating project affected families in the forest lands. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice S Vishwajith Shetty said:...