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,...

Karnataka Govt To Modify Curbs On Travel From Kerala After HC's Observation That Inter-State Roads Can't Be Blocked

Update on March 9 : Karnataka's Restrictions On Travel From Kerala Against Centre's Orders, High Court SaysThe Karnataka Government on Friday told the High Court that it was proposing to modify the restrictions imposed on travel from the neighbouring state of Kerala on account of rising COVID-19 cases.The State Government's counsel made this submission after the Karnataka High Court...

UP Bar Council VS BCI- "Have Power To Give Directions To State Bar Councils Under Advocates Act": BCI Tells Delhi High Court

The Chairman of the Bar Council of India, Manan Mishra, has informed the Delhi High Court that the Circulars dated 19th January, 2021 and 2nd February, 2021 for appointment of Committees to look after the activities of the Bar Council of UP have been issued in exercise of its powers under the Advocates Act. Mishra told a Single Bench of Justice Prathiba M. Singh that the BCI has power...

Once The Investigation Is Completed It Is Mandatory For The Police To Inform The Informant About Action Taken: Tripura High Court

The Tripura High Court on Monday (01st February) directed the State Government to ensure that the requirements of Section 173 (2) (ii) of Cr.P.C. are 'scrupulously followed' in all cases. The Bench of Chief Justice Akil Kureshi and Justice S. G. Chattopadhyay specifically directed the Home Department of the State Government to issue a proper circular addressed to all police...

Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Inclusion Of Advocates As 'Professionals' In MSME Act

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea filed seeking inclusion of Advocates in the definition of the word "professional" under the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act 2006. A three-judge Bench of CJI Bobde, Justice Bopanna and Justice Ramasubramanian issued the direction while hearing petitioner's challenge to the Delhi High Court order refusing to...

Dollar Smuggling Case-Swapna Suresh Made Shocking Revelations About Chief Minister, Some Ministers And Speaker: Customs Tells Kerala High Court

The Customs Deparment has told the Kerala High Court that the prime accused in gold smuggling case, Swapna Suresh, has made "shocking revelations" against Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan, Speaker and three Ministers regarding smuggling of US Dollars in her statement recorded under Section 164 CrPC."It is submitted that in the 108 Statement and 164 Statement the 1st respondent(Swapna Suresh)...

Wife's Silence Cannot Give Rise To An Inference That She Had Consented For Purpose Of Adoption U/S 7 Of Hindu Adoption & Maintenance Act: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that a wife's silence or lack of protest at the time of adoption by her husband cannot give rise to an inference that she has consented to such adoption under Section 7 of the Hindu Adoption & Maintenance Act, 1956. "The court cannot presume the consent of wife simply because she was present at the time of adoption," a Division Bench...

Bombay High Court Exempts Arnab Goswami From Personal Appearance Before Trial Court In Anvay Naik Suicide Case

The Bombay High Court, on Friday, granted Republic TV's Editor-in-Chief, Arnab Goswami, exemption from personal appearance before an Alibaug court in the Anvay Naik abetment to suicide case, till April 16. A division bench of Justices SS Shinde and Manish Pitale granted the ad-interim relief on an amended plea by Goswami, seeking to quash the 2018 FIR and charge sheet against him in...

Don't Stall Probe Into Amaravati Land Scam; Agreeable To CBI Investigation Under Court-Monitoring, AP Govt Tells SC

The State of Andhra Pradesh on Friday urged the Supreme Court to lift the stay imposed by the AP High Court on the probe into the Amaravati land scam case.Senior Advocate Dr Rajeev Dhavan, appearing for the State Government, submitted that the government was agreeable to a court-monitored investigation even by the CBI."We agree to no coercive action against the accused. We agree...

Centre's OTT Rules 'Lack Teeth', Says Supreme Court; Solicitor General Agrees To Present New Draft

The Supreme Court on Friday expressed dissatisfaction about the new rules framed by the Central Government under the Information Technology Act to regulate Over The Top(OTT) platforms like Netlifx, Prime Vidoe etc., social media platforms and digital news portals."These OTT Rules don't have any teeth; they're only just guidelines", orally observed the Supreme Court on Friday during a...