2017 Gutkha Display Row- Madras High Court Quashes Fresh Notice On Breach Of Privilege Issued Against MK Stalin And Other DMK MLAs

The Madras High Court on Wednesday set aside fresh show cause notices issued to 19 DMK MLAs by the Tamil Nadu Assembly's privileges committee on breach of privilege for displaying gutkha sachets and photographs, causing disorder and disrepute to the Assembly proceedings. A single judge bench comprising of Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana delivered the judgement by allowing the writ petition...

'Peace & Harmony Cannot Be Equated With Public Order' : Dhavan Defends Delhi Assembly Summons To Facebook VP

Defending the summons issued by Delhi Assembly's Committee on Peace and Harmony to the Vice President of Facebook in relation to enquiry into alleged role played by hate speech and fake news in Delhi riots, Senior Advocate Rajeev Dhavan made submissions before the Supreme Court on behalf of the Committee.Responding to the petitioners' arguments that the enquiry into riots was a matter beyond...

Advocate Moves Supreme Court Seeking For Designation Of Eligible Advocates Of Patna High Court As Senior Advocates

A plea has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking for a mandamus directing the Patna High Court to designate eligible Advocates of the Patna High Court as Senior Advocates in terms of guidelines laid down by the Supreme Court and the rules framed by the Patna High Court. The plea raises the issue that no new Senior Advocate has been designated at the Patna High Court for over the...

Munawar Faruqui Case: Indore Court Refuses Second Bail Plea Of Co-Accused Sadaqat Khan

The Second Bail Plea of Sadaqat Khan, the person who was arrested along with Comedian Munawar Faruqui following a comedy show in Indore, was rejected by the District and Sessions court, Indore, on Tuesday (09th February).The Additional Sessions Judge Yatindra Kumar Guru rejected Khan's Second Bail Plea, which was moved on the basis of "parity" as Faruqui has already been granted interim...

Kerala High Court Grants Interim Protection From Arrest To Sunny Leone In Cheating Case

The Kerala High Court, today granted interim protection from arrest to actor Sunny Leone(officially named Karenjt Kaur Vohra), her husband Daniel Weber and their employee Sunil Rajani who had filed anticipatory bail application apprehending arrest in a cheating case. A single bench of Justice Ashok Menon also ordered that police should serve notice on them under Section 41A of the Code...

'Arbitrary & Illegal Submission Of Challan Reports Under Sections 107/116 CrPC': Allahabad High Court Pulls Up UP Govt.

The Allahabad High Court last week pulled up the Uttar Pradesh Government as the SDM, Varanasi, acted "arbitrarily and illegally" in detaining two persons for breach of peace. The Bench of Justice Surya Prakash Kesarwani and Justice Shamim Ahmed was hearing the plea of Shiv Kumar Verma & Another seeking compensation in lieu of illegal detention from 12th October 2020 to 21st...

High Court Cannot Initiate Contempt For Violation Of Orders Of Karnataka Appellate Tribunal : Karnataka HC

The Karnataka High Court has held that it cannot initiate contempt proceedings for alleged breach of orders passed by Karnataka Appellate Tribunal (KAT) as it is not subordinate to the High Court, within the meaning of Section 10 of the Contempt of Courts Act. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum while disposing off a civil contempt petition...

Dishonour Of Cheques- Blank Cheque Would Attract Presumption U/s 139 NI Act If Signatures Are Admitted: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that even a blank cheque leaf would attract presumption under Section 139 of the Negotiable Instruments Act when signatures are admitted by the accused.The bench comprising Justices NV Ramana, Surya Kant and Aniruddha Bose observed that 'reverse onus' clauses under Section 118 and Section 139 of the Negotiable Instruments Act become operative once the signature(s)...

TRP Scam- Mumbai Police Investigation Against Arnab Goswami & Republic TV Is "Political Vendetta" and "Malicious Witch Hunt":ARG Media Tells Bombay HC

ARG Outlier Media Pvt Ltd. (company running Republic TV and R Bharat channels) has told the Bombay High Court that the investigation carried out by Mumbai Police in the TRP Scam case is guided by unparalleled political vendetta and a malicious witch hunt. In a rejoinder affidavit filed before the High Court on Tuesday, it is stated the Mumbai Police has failed to establish...

Supreme Court Stays Andhra Pradesh HC Order Initiating Contempt Proceedings Against Govt Official For Seeking Recusal Of Judge

The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed an order passed by the Andhra Pradesh High Court to initiate criminal contempt proceedings against a government official who had filed an affidavit supporting an application seeking recusal of Justice Rakesh Kumar from a division bench.The State of Andhra Pradesh filed special leave petitions against the order passed by the High Court on December 30,...

Bhima Koregaon Accused Rona Wilson Moves Bombay High Court Seeking SIT Probe Into The Report That 'Incriminating Materials Were Planted On His Laptop'

Researcher Rona Wilson, the first person to be arrested in the Bhima Koregaon Case, on Wednesday, approached the Bombay High Court seeking the formation of a Special Investigation Team to inquire into the planting of fabricated documents in his computer over a course of around 22 months. Wilson, as well as 15 other civil rights activists and academics, in India, are incarcerated,...

Bombay High Court Allows Kangana Ranaut To Withdraw Her Suit Challenging BMC's Demolition Order, Grants Four Weeks To Apply For Regularization

The Bombay High Court has on Wednesday granted liberty to Actor Kangana Ranaut to withdraw her plea challenging BMC's demolition order regarding the alleged unauthorized amalgamation of her three flats in a plush Mumbai suburb from the Civil Court. The actor moved High Court after her plea for interim relief was rejected in December 2020 by a City Civil Court in Dindoshi observing that...