Implement State-Wide Liquor Prohibition 'To Wipe Out Tears Of Women & Children': Madras High Court Makes An Ardent Appeal To Govt.

“Government never minds flooding of State with liquor as long as revenue flows steadily from booze.”

Supreme Court Exempts NDTV Promoters Prannoy Roy & Radhika Roy From Making Deposit Before SAT For Hearing Appeals Against SEBI Penalty

In a relief to NDTV promoters Prannoy Roy & Radhika Roy, the Supreme Court on Monday exempted them from making deposit before the Securities Appellate Tribunal(SAT) for hearing their appeals against the penalty of over Rs 16.97 crores imposed by the Securities and Exchange Board of India(SEBI) in a case related to insider trading.A bench headed by the Chief Justice of India ordered that "no...

Greta Thunberg 'Tool Kit' Case- Advocate Nikita Jacob Moves Bombay High Court Seeking Transit Bail

Mumbai-based Advocate Nikita Jacob, against whom a Non-Bailable Warrant has been issued by a Delhi Court in connection with the Greta Thunberg "tool kit" case, has now moved the Bombay High Court Seeking Transit Anticipatory Bail.The matter has been listed for tomorrow before the Bench of Justice P D Naik. #Breaking : Advocate Nikita Jacob has moved the Bombay High Court for transit...

Breaking: Supreme Court Grants Five Days Interim Bail For Siddique Kappan To Visit His Ailing Mother

The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the interim bail application filed by Kerala Union of Working Journalists, seeking release of journalist Siddique Kappan, citing critical health condition of his 90 years old bed-ridden mother and her last wish to see her son."It is submitted that the mother is said to be in a critical situation and that she is likely not to survive for many days. In...

'Privacy Of People More Important Than Your Money' :Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Against What'sApp's New Privacy Policy

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice, returnable within four weeks, on an application seeking to restrain WhatsApp from implementing its new privacy policy in India and to direct it to apply the privacy policy which is made applicable to users in European region.The Union Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, WhatsApp and Facebook are the respondents in the...

Former Supreme Court Judge Justice PB Sawant Passes Away

Former Judge of Supreme Court Justice PB Sawant passed away in his residence at Pune.He was 91.He was appointed as a Judge at the Supreme Court in 1989 and he retired in 1995. Prior to that, he had been appointed as a Judge of the Bombay High Court. He was also the former Chairman of the Press Council of India (PCI).As a Judge of the Bombay High Court, Justice Sawant was known for...

Sexual Harassment: Supreme Court Debars Advocate's Clerk From Entering Its Precincts For Three Months

The Supreme Court has prohibited an Advocate's Clerk from entering its precincts for a period of three months, after he was found guilty of Sexual Harassment in an internal enquiry. In a notice to this effect, issued by the Gender Sensitization Internal Complaints Committee (GSICC) of the Supreme Court, it is stated that the clerk, Ashok Saini, is debarred from entering the Court...

"Wait For The UPSC Extra Chance Judgment"; Supreme Court Adjourns Plea Seeking Extra Opportunity For Candidates Who Exhausted Last Attempt In JEE Advanced In 2020

The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the petition seeking for an extra opportunity for candidates who had exhausted their last attempt in JEE Advanced in 2020 and had faced difficulties on account of the COVID-19 pandemic. A Bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar heard the matter and proceeded to direct the Counsel for the Petitioner to wait the reserved judgement in the matter...

While Declining Bail To Juvenile Take Into Account Social Investigation Report & Not Merely Police Report: P&H High Court Directs JJ Boards

The Punjab & Haryana High Court last week directed the Juvenile Justice Boards across the States of Punjab and Haryana and the Union Territory, Chandigarh to record their reason for declining bail to a Juvenile and the circumstances that led to such a decision. The Bench of Justice Jaishree Thakur further directed that the said decision shall be founded on the basis of...

Courts This Week- A Weekly Round Of Important Legal Developments In The Country [Episode-52 ]

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'Abdication Of Judicial Duties' : Legal Experts Question Disha Ravi's Remand In Greta Thunberg Toolkit Case

Criticizing the Magistrate's order remanding 21-year old climate activist Disha Ravi in the Greta Thunberg 'toolkit' case, acclaimed criminal law practitioner Senior Advocate Rebecca Mammen John said that it amounted to "shocking abdication of judicial duties".She expressed deep disappointment at the conduct of the Duty Magistrate, Patiala House court of New Delhi, who, according to her,...

'Times Now's Viewership Numbers Deliberately Reduced To Benefit A Newly Launched Channel' : Bennett Coleman Serves Legal Notice On BARC

Bennet Coleman and Company has sent a legal notice to the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) alleging illegal and fraudulent viewership data manipulation, and tampering of Television Rating Points (TRP) of Times Now, and has sought for a compensation of more than 400 crores for the same.It is alleged that the TRP ratings of Times Now were deliberately manipulated from 2017...