Delhi Court Rejects CJP Leader Ratna Singh's Plea For FIR Against Cops Over 'Illegal Detention'

A Delhi Court on Saturday (October 10) rejected Cockroach Janta Party's legal affairs head Ratna Singh's plea seeking registration of FIR against policemen alleging wrongful confinement as well as restraining her from going to protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar in relation to the conduct of SIR.Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Abhinav Pandey, Saket Courts also...

Delhi Riots: Court Finds Sharjeel Imam Violated Interim Bail Conditions By Being Present During Brother's Media Interview

Imam's bail is due to expire today.

Delhi Riots: Court Convicts Tahir Hussain For Abetment Of Rioting, Acquits Him Of Other Charges

A Delhi Court on Saturday convicted former Aam Aadmi Party councillor Tahir Hussain for the offence of abetment for rioting in relation to a North-East Delhi riots case.Additional Sessions Judge Parveen Singh of Karkardooma Courts however acquitted him of other charges. The judge also acquitted other accused persons namely Md. Shadab, Shah Alam, Riyasat Ali, Gulfam, Md. Rihan, Arshad Qayyum...

CJI Surya Kant Constitutes 'Judicial Well-Being Committee' For Judges' Mental Health

To foster the physical and mental well-being of judges across the country, the Chief Justice of India, Surya Kant, has constituted a Standing Committee chaired by Justice K. V. Viswanathan. The committee on 'Judicial Well-being' has been constituted on the occasion of World Mental Health Day, celebrated across the world on October 10 each year. The committee will comprise four other...

CEC Protest: CJP Legal Affairs Head Ratna Singh Moves Delhi Court Seeking FIR Against Cops Over 'Illegal Detention'

Cockroach Janta Party's legal affairs head Ratna Singh moved a Delhi Court on Saturday (October 10) seeking registration of FIR against policemen alleging wrongful confinement as well as restraining her from going to protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar in relation to the conduct of SIR. The application has been filed by Singh before Saket Court's Chief...

CJI Intervenes For Release Of Lawyers Detained Over Protest March

After the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) urgently wrote to the Chief Justice of India, Surya Kant, about several advocates being detained and taken to Yamuna Sports Complex for peacefully protesting outside the Supreme Court, the CJI has communicated to the authorities that the lawyers be released.The SCBA passed a resolution this morning bringing to the CJI's attention the excessive use...

Delhi Court Dismisses Deputy CM Parvesh Verma's Criminal Defamation Case Against AAP Leader Saurabh Bhardwaj

A Delhi Court on Saturday dismissed the criminal defamation case filed by Deputy Chief Minister Parvesh Verma against Aam Aadmi Party leader Saurabh BhardwajAdditional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) Neha Mittal of Rouse Avenue Courts rejected the plea which contended that Bharadwaj allegedly insinuated that Verma used his political influence to favor officials of a school involving a...

SCBA Condemns Detention Of Protesting Lawyers, Seeks CJI's Urgent Intervention

The Supreme Court Bar Association(SCBA) has written to the Chief Justice of India, Surya Kant, bringing to his urgent attention that several Senior Advocates and other advocates, including women advocates, who were peacefully protesting outside the Supreme Court area today, have reportedly been detained through the use of excessive police force.The SCBA has passed a resolution expressing...

Supreme Court Asks High Court To Re-Hear Plea Against Goa Female Weightlifter's Selection As Coach

The Supreme Court recently set aside the Bombay High Court's order, which disallowed Goa weightlifter Vaishnavi S. Ugadekar from selection to the post of Coach (Grade-IV) in Weightlifting. A bench comprising Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice Shree Chandrashekhar observed that the High Court decision dismissed the plea without impleading or hearing her, despite her being one of only...

Govt Servant Cannot Claim Inter-District Transfer As Right; Education System Is For Students, Not Teachers' Convenience: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has recently held that being displaced from one's family is a universal problem faced by employees, and that a Government servant cannot claim an inter-district transfer, as a matter of right on that ground.A bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice K Vinod Chandran held so while setting aside an Allahabad High Court order that had prima facie found contempt in the rejection...

Lawyers Holding Protest March Against CEC & SIR Detained In Delhi

A group of lawyers who were holding a protest march against the Chief Election Commissioner and the Special Intensive Revision were detained by the personnel of Delhi Police and the Central Reserve Police Force near the Supreme Court.They were detained after they marched for about 100 yards, and were taken into a bus to be taken to an unknown location. Lawyers' march before being...

Delhi Police Moves Court To Cancel Sharjeel Imam's Interim Bail In Delhi Riots UAPA Case

The Delhi Police has moved a Delhi Court seeking cancellation of the interim bail granted to Sharjeel Imam, accused in the 2020 North-East Delhi riots larger conspiracy case.The Delhi Police has alleged that Imam violated the bail condition by interacting with media persons.The Police has cited violation of the condition which said that during the interim bail period, Imam shall not use...