Once It Is With Media, Leakage Allegations Are Already Established : Delhi HC To Delhi Police On Asif Iqbal Tanha's Plea

The Delhi High Court on Friday again expressed its displeasure with the evasive stand taken by the Delhi police in responding to the grievance raised by Asif Iqbal Tanha, accused in Delhi riots conspiracy case, regarding the leakage of his alleged confessional statement to the media.Standing Counsel for Delhi Police, Amit Mahajan refuted the claim that the leakage was done by the police and...

NCB File Charge Sheet Against Rhea Chakraborty, 32 Others In Drug Case Connected To SSR

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)'s Mumbai Zonal Unit has submitted an 11,700-page charge sheet in the drug case connected to actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death, against his partner Rhea Chakraborty and 32 others. A large part of the charge sheet was submitted by the central agency in electronic form owning to ecological concerns. The charge sheet has been filed against...

Supreme Court Collegium Reiterates Recommendations For Judges Elevation In Kerala, Karnataka, HP High Courts

The Supreme Court Collegium has reiterated earlier recommendations on the appointment of Judges to the High Courts of Kerala, Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh, following a meeting convened on 2nd March 2021. The Collegium has therefore reaffirmed its recommendation of advocates Viju Abraham, Mohammed Nias C.P. and Paul KK for elevation to the Kerala High Court, Advocate...

[Use of Sakshi Malik's photo in V] Casual and Cavalier Approach With No Thought To the Very Real Consequences On the Person, Says Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court on Thursday, while lifting the prohibition order on the release of Telugu Movie 'V' on OTT platform, Amazon Prime, opined that the Vemkateshwara Creation's approach while using actor Sakshi Malik's photograph in the film was 'casual and cavalier in the extreme'.The development came after the High Court on Tuesday restrained Venkateshwara Creations Pvt. Ltd. from...

Supreme Court To Hear On Monday Plea Seeking Termination Of Pregnancy Of A 14-Year Old Girl, Asks Medical Board To Submit Report In A Sealed Cover

Supreme Court has on Friday adjourned to Monday, the plea of a 14 year old girl seeking termination of her 26 weeks old pregnancy. A three-judge Bench of CJI Bobde, Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramaniam has directed the Medical Board to submit its report on feasibility of the medical termination in a sealed cover, following which the Court will hear the matter on Monday, March...

Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea By A Lady Civil Judge From Uttarakhand Against Termination , Directs To Approach The High Court

Supreme Court has refused to entertain plea against dismissal of a lady Civil Judge from service in Uttarakhand for allegedly holding a minor girl captive at her residence and mistreating her. A three-judge Bench of CJI Bobde, Justice Bopanna and Justice Ramasubramanian has given the petitioner the liberty to withdraw and approach the High Court. The plea sought directions to...

'Until State Is Held Vicariously Responsible For Menace Of Spurious Drugs, Its Department Will Never Swing Into Action': Jammu & Kashmir High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Tuesday upheld an order of the National Human Rights Commission, holding the Government vicariously liable for lapses on part of its Drugs Department, in keep a regular vigil on the contents of drugs being offered for sale. "Until and unless, the State is held vicariously responsible for such actions or omissions, the Government or its...

Supreme Court Collegium Proposes Elevation Of 5 Advocates As Judges At Three High Courts; Reiterates 5 Recommendations

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended elevation of five Advocates as Judges in the High Courts of Madhya Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana, and Jammu and Kashmir. The Collegium proposed: Advocates Dr. Vivek Sharan, Nidhi Patankar and Pranay Verma be appointed as Judges at the Madhya Pradesh High Court.Advocate Vikas Bahl be appointed as a Judge of the Punjab and Haryana...

SC Collegium Proposes To Make 10 Allahabad HC Judges Permanent [Read Resolution]

The Supreme Court Collegium on 05th March approved the proposal for the appointment of 10 Additional Judges of the Allahabad High Court as Permanent Judges of the Allahabad High Court.The following is the list of judges of Allahabad High Court, who are proposed to be made permanent:1. Justice Ali Zamin, 2. Justice Vipin Chandra Dixit, 3. Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav, 4. Justice Ravi...

Acquittal Of Rape Accused After 20 Yrs In Jail: NHRC Calls For Report From UP Govt. On Rehabilitation & Action Taken Against Erring Officials

In many such cases, there may be prisoners older than 75 years of age dying in the jails, which clearly depicts the ineffectiveness of the Sentence Review Board. The Commission media report has observed that the contents thereof, if true, amount to violation of human rights of the victim: NHRC

"Exercise Restraint And Follow 'Nilesh Navlakha Case' Guidelines On Media Trial Scrupulously": Bombay High Court To Media

The Bombay High Court on Thursday (04th March) directed media organizations to observe restraint and not publish any content related to the incident of death of a Pune woman who fell from the balcony of her house and subsequently died. The Bench of Justice S. S. Shinde & Justice Manish Pitale also directed the media organizations to scrupulously follow the guidelines which the...

Elgaar Parishad Speech Taken Out Of Context; Not Offensive : Sharjeel Usmani Moves Bombay HC To Quash FIR

Former Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) student leader, Sharjeel Usmani (23) has approached the Bombay High Court for quashing the FIR registered against him, in Pune, for his speech at the Elgaar Parishad. On February 2, 2021, the Swargate Police station, Pune, registered an FIR against Usmani under section 153A (Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion,...