Timeline For Pronouncement Of Judgment Prescribed In Order XX CPC Does Not Apply To High Courts: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that timeline for pronouncement of judgment prescribed in Order XX of the Code of Civil Procedure does not apply to the High Court.In this case, the Division Bench of the Himachal Pradesh High Court set aside a judgment of the single judge on the ground of delay in delivery of judgment. The Division bench noted that the arguments in this case were finally concluded...

SCBA Elections To Be Conducted Physically Through Secret Ballot: Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Directions To Election Committee

A plea has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Election Committee of Supreme Court Bar Association, to conduct the upcoming election strictly by way of secret ballot in physical form in terms of Supreme Court Bar Association Bye-laws. The petition filed by Advocate Pradeep Kumar Yadav has urged the Court to issue directions to the Joint...

Delhi HC DB To Hear Plea Seeking To Transfer Work Of Chargesheet Scrutiny From Prosecutors To Legal Division Of Police

A single judge bench of Justice Prathiba Singh of Delhi High Court has marked and transferred to a division bench, a writ petition seeking the transfer of the work of scrutiny of chargesheets from public prosecutors to the legal division of the Delhi Police.Filed by the Delhi Prosecutors' Welfare Association, which identifies itself as a registered association of all the Public...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Sets Aside Govt Nod To Transfer Panchayat Land To Pvt Developer

The Punjab and Haryana High Court quashed an order passed by the Punjab Government permitting the exchange of over 42 kanals of gram panchayat land abutting Airport Road in Mohali with another chunk owned by a coloniser. "The entire process of exchange of land smacks of mala fide as its real purpose is to give benefit to the coloniser/developer, who would later sell the same in the...

Supreme Court To Hear Kerala Govt Plea Against Thiruvananthapuram Airport Lease To Adani Group On March 16

The Supreme Court on Monday posted to March 16 a batch of petitions challenging the decision of the Airport Authority of India(AAI) to lease out the management of Thiruvananthapuram International Airport to Adani Enterprises Limited.The Kerala Government and few other individuals have filed Special Leave Petitions against the judgment of the Kerala High Court which upheld the lease of the...

Public Sector Banks Permitting Large Exposure Without Adequate Securities A Grave Concern; Revisit Lending Guidelines : Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has dismissed the petition filed by founder of NMC Health, Dr Bavaguthu Raghuram Shetty (B R Shetty) who has challenged the Lookout Circulars (LOCs) issued by Bank of Baroda and Punjab National Bank against him and the endorsement issued by Bureau of Immigration not permitting him to travel to Abu Dhabi. A single bench of Justice P S Dinesh Kumar...

Surveillance Of Private Communications Limits Right To Privacy: South Africa Constitutional Court Holds Its Surveillance Law Unconstitutional

Surveillance of private communications limits the right to privacy, the Constitutional Court of South Africa observed while holding that the Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-Related Information Act, 2002 RICA) is unconstitutional.The Court upheld declaration of unconstitutionality by the High Court to the extent that the RICA fails to— (a) provide...

'Toolkit' Has Nothing On Violence Or Incitement; Not Seditious : Justice Deepak Gupta, Former SC Judge, On Disha Ravi's Arrest

Commenting about the 'toolkit' which led to the arrest of 21-year old climate activist Disha Ravi, former Supreme Court judge Justice Deepak Gupta said that he could not see anything "seditious" about the document."Every citizen of this country has a right to oppose the government so long as the opposition is peaceful", said Justice Deepak Gupta during a panel discussion on...

Strained Relations Between Rhea Chakraborty & Sushant's Sisters Not A Ground To Quash FIR Against Priyanka Singh : Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has observed that strained relations between actor Rhea Chakraborty and late actor Sushant Singh Rajput's sister Priyanka Singh cannot be a ground to quash the charges pertaining to abetment of suicide and criminal conspiracy levelled by Chakraborty against Singh, at this stage. The court also refused to accept the contention raised by Priyanka's lawyers that...

"Open To Petitioner To Switch Off TV ": Madras HC Disposes Of Plea Against Sanskrit News Telecast On Doordharsan

Noting that it is a matter for the Government to decide, the Madras High Court last month disposed of a plea filed against Sanskrit news telecast on Doordharasan Podhigai Tamil Television Channel. The Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice M. M. Sundresh also observed, "It is open to the petitioner to switch off the television and get some other form of entertainment...

"The Law Acts As Juggernaut For Hateful, Divisive And Schismatic Propaganda" Madhya Pradesh Freedom Of Religion Ordinance 2020 Challenged In SC

"It is unfortunate that the political and communal gimmick of 'Love Jihad,' which was earlier solely confined to the 'Us vs Them' narrative espoused by fake-propaganda machines (eg. 'WhatsApp University,' shady social media outlets, etc.), political rallies and societal fringes, has manifested itself as a legislation."

Prosecutor Cites Sec 164 Statement Of Witness To Allege That Partho Dasgupta Was Aware Of TRP Manipulation

A former employee with the Broadcast Audience Research Council India (BARC ) has allegedly told a magistrate that the organisation received several complaints against Republic TV alleging that the channel used dubious methods to get number 1 viewership, but then CEO of BARC- Partho Dasgupta and Chief Operating Officer (COO) Romil Ramgarhia did not pay any heed. A witness in the...