Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Affidavit On Steps Being Taken For OTT Regulation

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Central Government to inform what it proposes to do to regulate Over the Top(OTT) platforms such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+Hotstar etc.A bench headed by the Chief Justice of India asked the Union Ministry to file reply to the PIL filed by Advocate Shashank Shekhar Jha seeking the establishment of an autonomous body to regulate online...

Supreme Court Dismisses PIL Seeking Establishment Of 'World Class University' In India

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a PIL seeking the establishment of a "world class University" in India.The petition was filed by an NGO named Banamali Das Welfare and Development Foundation. The counsel for the petitioner submitted that although there were over hundred universities in India, none of them was 'world class' and that the Central Government was duty-bound to establish a...

Supreme Court Dismisses BJP Leader's Plea Seeking Opposition Leader Status In Mumbai Corporation

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a BJP leader's petition seeking Leader of Opposition status in the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai.A bench headed by the Chief Justice of India dismissed the special leave petition filed by Prabhakar Tukaram Shinde challenging a judgment of the Bombay High Court which rejcted his plea.He had sought the Leader of Opposition status in the Mumbai...

Bengaluru Organization Seeks FIR Against Haryana Minister Anil Vij For 'Exterminate' Tweet On Disha Ravi

A Bengaluru-based organization has submitted a criminal complaint before the police seeking FIR against Haryana Minister Anil Vij over his tweet calling for 'extermination' of 'anti-nationals' in the wake of the arrest of 21-year old climate activist Disha Ravi in the farmers protest 'toolkit' case."Hate Speech Beda" (a collective to combat hate speech) based in Bengaluru on Monday submitted...

'To Flirt With A Junior Not An Acceptable Conduct For A Judge' : Supreme Court To MP Judge Facing Disciplinary Proceedings For Sexual Harassment

The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed reluctance to entertain a petition filed by a former District Judge from Madhya Pradesh challenging the disciplinary proceedings initiated by the MP High Court over the sexual harassment allegations made by a junior judicial officer.Appearing for the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Senior Advocate Ravindra Srivastava read out before a bench headed by the...

Former Chief Justice Of Punjab & Haryana High Court Justice M Rama Jois Passes Away

Former Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Justice M. Rama Jois, passed away on Tuesday morning. He was 88 years old. Jois was born on 27 July, 1932. He obtained his degree in law from a college in Bengaluru. He held the office of Chief Justice at the Punjab and Haryana High Court between 3 May 1992 – 31 August 1992. He was also a former Member of the Rajya...

[CM Advocate Welfare Policy] Delhi HC Directs NIACL To Issue E-Cards To 29077 Advocates Who Are Beneficiaries Of Mediclaim Policies

The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the New India Assurance Company Limited (NIACL) to issue E-cards to all 29077 lawyers who are beneficiaries of the medi-claim policies enabling them to avail benefits from the date of inception of the policy. A single judge bench comprising of Justice Pratibha M. Singh directed that such E-cards shall be issued without awaiting the completion of...

2016 JNU Sedition Case: Delhi Court Summons Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya & Others On March 15

The Patiala House Court in Delhi has taken cognizance of the chargesheet filed by the Delhi Police in the 2016 JNU sedition case. The Court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate has summoned all 10 accused in the case, including Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya and former JNU Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar, and has directed them to remain present before the Court on...

Supreme Court To Consider PIL Seeking Inclusion Of Judges, Lawyers, Court Staff In COVID Vaccine Priority List

The Supreme Court on Monday said that it will consider a PIL seeking inclusion of lawyers, judges and court-staff in the priority list for COVID vaccine.A bench headed by Chief Justice of India posted after two weeks the petition filed by Arvind Singh saying that judiciary and lawyers should also be regarded as frontline workers at par with doctors, police etc and should receive priority for...

Relief To First Year MBBS Students As SC Directs AIIMS Gorakhpur To Conduct An Exam For Student Denied Permission To Appear Due To Low Attendance

Supreme Court has on Tuesday granted relief to students denied permission to appear in the first year professional MBBS exam by AIIMS Gorakhpur on account of low attendance by directing the Management to hold another test. The Court has directed that an exam be conducted for 11 students, including 10 petitioners and one student with a similar status as that of the petitioners. A...

The Bar Must Discourage Their Clients From Raising Baseless Allegations Against The Judicial Officers: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court (Madurai Bench) recently observed that the bar must discourage their clients and the litigant from raising baseless allegations against the officers and they must desist from incorporating the same in the pleadings. This observation by Justice K. Murali Shankar came in a revision petition filed alleging that the petitioner was not afforded sufficient opportunity...

Take Immediate Steps To Set Up Grievance Redressal Forum In Compliance Of S. 11 Of The Transgender Act Of 2019: Calcutta High Court To Govt.

The Calcutta High Court last week directed the Chief Secretary of the West Bengal State to take immediate steps to set up a Grievance Redressal Forum and Mechanism in the State in terms of Section 11 of Transgender (Protection of Rights) Act of 2019. The Bench of Justice Rajasekhar Mantha was hearing the plea of one Pallabi Chakraborty who claimed to be a transgender and sought...