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Plea To Provide Legal Aid To NRC Excluded People In Assam: Gauhati High Court Issues Notice To UOI, State Government
While hearing a plea filed by the Human rights organization 'Citizens for Justice and Peace' (CJP) [led by Teesta Setalvad] seeking proper legal aid for such people who have been left out of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, the Gauhati High Court on Monday (01st March) issued notice to the Union of India, State Government among others. The Petitioner-organization...
Bhima Koregaon: Supreme Court Issues Notice On Gautam Navlakha's Plea Against Bombay High Court Judgment Denying Him Default Bail
Supreme Court bench headed by Justice UU Lalit on Wednesday issued notice on a petition filed by activist and Journalist Gautam Navlakha challenging Bombay High Court's recent order rejecting his bail application in the Bhima Koregaon (Elgar Parishad – Maoist links) case.A Two-Judge Bench of Justices UU Lalit and KM Joseph was hearing the plea against the Judgment of Bombay High Court...
"It Poses Serious Security Concerns", Patna HC Takes Judicial Notice Of A 'Huge Structure' Located Adjacent To The Newly Inaugurated Centenary Building
The Patna High Court on Monday (01st March) took judicial notice of a 'huge structure' situated on the north side, adjacent to the newly inaugurated Centenary Building of the Patna High Court. The Full Bench of Justice Ashwani Kumar Singh, Justice Vikash Jain, Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah, Justice Rajendra Kumar Mishra, and Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh took the Judicial notice...
Bombay High Court Directs OTT Platform Amazon Prime To Take Down Telugu Movie 'V' On Actor Sakshi Malik's Plea
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday restrained Venkateshwara Creations Pvt. Ltd. from releasing the Telugu Movie 'V' on the OTT platform, Amazon Prime until deletion of a scene wherein a portfolio picture of Mumbai based actor, Sakshi Malik was used without her permission. The Court also directed the defendants to take down the telecast of the film in all versions, irrespective of language...
Centre Has Duty To Create Additional Courts For Better Administration Of Laws Made By Parliament : SC Expresses Prima Facie View
The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed a prima facie view that the Union Government has a duty to create additional courts for the better administration of the laws made by the Parliament.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, Justices L Nageswara Rao and S Ravindra Bhat observed that the power under Article 247 of the Constitution is "coupled with a duty" on the part of...
Establish Uttar Pradesh Educational Services Tribunal Only After Court's Permission : Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has ordered that its permission is needed before establishing the Uttar Pradesh Education Services Tribunal, which is the subject matter of an ongoing lawyers strike.In a suo moto case registered by the Court following conflict between the Allahabad High Court Bar Association and the Awadh Bar Association with respect to the location of Tribunal's principal seat,...
SC Bars Contempt Actions Against EPFO For Implementation Of Employees Pension Proportional To Salary
The Supreme Court has barred all courts from taking up contempt petitions against the Employees Provident Fund Organization(EPFO) and the Central Government seeking the implementation of judgments which held that employees pension cannot be capped at Rs 15,000 and that the same should be proportional to the last drawn salary.A bench comprising Justices UU Lalit and KM Joseph passed this...
Charges For Both Murder And Abetment Of Suicide Cannot Coexist, Charge In The Alternative Can Be Framed Against An Accused: Kerala High Court
In an order rendered on Tuesday, the Kerala High Court emphasised that a person could not be charged for murder as well as abetment of suicide simultaneously. A Single Judge Bench of Justice R Narayana Pisharadi underscored that the offences of murder and suicide, punishable under Sections 302 and 306 respectively, were 'mutually exclusive' and could not coexist. The Court...
Allahabad High Court Takes Suo Moto Cognizance Of UP Educational Services Tribunal Matter
The Allahabad High Court has taken suo moto cognizance of the controversy surrounding establishment of the Uttar Pradesh Educational Services Tribunal. A Division Bench comprising of Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery is likely to hear the case titled 'In Re Constitution Of Education Tribunals' today.The Allahabad High Court Bar Association and the...
Karnataka HC Calls For Appearance Of BBMP Officers For Solving Road Potholes Problem
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday directed Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to study the report prepared by Karnataka State Legal Services Authority (KSLSA) before coming out with an action plan to repair potholes and bad roads and footpaths in the city. On February 10, the court had asked BBMP to submit an action plan for removal of potholes on a priority basis in the city...
"From Hundred Rabbits You Can't Make A Horse, Hundred Suspicion Don't Make A Proof": Delhi Court Discharges 2 Accused In Delhi Riots Case
"From a hundred rabbits you can't make a horse, a hunder suspicion don't make a proof" - Quoting lines from Fyodor Dostovsky's book "Crime and Punishment", Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat on Monday discharged two accused persons of the charges of attempt to murder and using arms or ammunition in the Delhi Riots case. Imran and Babu, the two accused persons, were charged of the...