Delhi High Court Issues Notice To AajTak, Press Council Of India And The Centre On Plea Alleging Misreporting On Farmers' Protests On Republic Day

The Delhi High Court today issued notice to and sought replies from AajTak, the Press Council of India and the Centre, on a petition filed by former MP Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa alleging that video reports by the channel on the protests are in fact a "concoction of phantom imagination" bearing no nexus to the facts of the protests.Alleging misreporting by the channel on the farmers' protests...

EPF-Supreme Court Recalls Its Order Upholding Kerala HC Ruling That Employee's Pension Should Be Proportional To Salary

The Supreme Court has recalled its order dismissing the Special Leave Petition filed against the Kerala High Court Judgment that set aside Employee's Pension (Amendment) Scheme, 2014 that capped maximum pensionable salary to Rs.15, 000 per month.The bench comprising Justices Uday Umesh Lalit, S. Hemant Gupta and Ravindra Bhat posted the SLPs filed against the High Court judgment by Union of...

SCAORA Requests CJI To Resume Physical Hearing In Supreme Court With Existing Virtual Courts In A Hybrid manner

The Supreme Court Advocates On Record Association has on Sunday written to the Chief Justice of India seeking resumption of physical hearings with the existing virtual Courts in a hybrid manner. The Association through its Representation has also requested for access to the Registry being granted to the Advocates and AORs,, for following up urgent matters related to registry issues...

Supreme Court Weekly Roundup [Jan 25 – Jan 31]

Top Stories: 1. 'We Are Concerned About Broadcasts Which Incite Violence' : Supreme Court Seeks Clarity From Centre On Powers Under Cable TV Act A Bench led by CJI SA Bobde asked the Central Government about its powers under Cable TV Networks(Regulation) Act 1994 to control broadcast of content (by electronic media), that has a tendency to incite violence. "We aren't concerned so...

Offences Under Sec. 377 IPC And POCSO Act Against Small Children Cannot Be Settled By Compromise: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court on Friday held that the court cannot permit quashing of FIR merely on the ground that the parties have entered into a compromise where the FIR relates to heinous offences against small children under sec. 377 of Indian Penal Code and POCSO Act. Justice Subramonium Prasad has dismissed the petition filed under sec. 482 Cr.P.C. praying for quashing of an FIR dated...

High Courts Weekly Roundup [Jan 25 – Jan 31]

Summation of important High Court orders this week

LIVE NOW- Webinar On "CRIMINALISING COMEDY AND CINEMA"

LiveLaw is organizing a webinar on " Criminalising Comedy And Cinema" on Sunday, 6 PM.The details of the webinar are as follows:Topic: Criminalising Comedy And CinemaDate & Time: January 31,2021, 6PMPanelistsMr. Sanjay Hegde, Senior Advocate Supreme Court Of IndiaSanjay Rajoura, Stand Up ComedianAditi Mittal, Stand Up ComedianDaraab Farooqui, Film WriterModerator: Avani Bansal,...

PIL In Supreme Court Challenges Centre's Overriding Power Over Deputation/Transfers Of IPS Officers

The Supreme Court has been moved in a PIL challenging the constitutionality of Rule 6(1) of the Indian Police Service ( Cadre) Rules, 1954 for conferring powers on the Central government to override the states in matters of transfer and deputation of IPS cadre officers.Rule 6 (1 ) was introduced in the principal Act, viz. – "6. Deputation of Cadre Officers: 6(1 ) A cadre Officer may,...

Farm Law Protests: Freelance Journalist Mandeep Punia Sent To 14 Day Judicial Custody

Freelance Journalist and contributor for the Caravan magazine, Mandeep Punia, who was detained yesterday from the Singhu border was presented before Court number 2 (Tihar Jail) by Delhi Police and the Metropolitan Magistrate Akhil Malik has sent him to 14-Day Judicial Custody. As per the media reports, Punia was detained by the Delhi Police yesterday for allegedly misbehaving with...

Extra-Ordinary Power Of Trial Court Under Section 319 CrPC Should Be Exercised Sparingly, Reiterates Supreme Court

The Supreme Court reiterated that the power of a Trial Court under Section 319 of the Criminal Procedure Code to proceed against other persons appearing to be guilty of offence is a discretionary and extra-ordinary power which has to be exercised sparingly. In this case, the Trial Court, allowed one such application filed by the de-facto complainant and summoned a person. As he did not appear,...

TRP Scam: Complainant Hansa Research Group Not Immune From Investigation, Mumbai Police Tells Bombay High Court

Hansa Research Group, the complainant in the Television Rating Points Scam (TRP Scam) has sought to transfer the investigation into the scam, from the Mumbai Police to the CBI, only after realising its "nexus" with the accused TV channels was being investigated, the Mumbai Police has said in an affidavit to the Bombay High Court. Five of the 15 people arrested by the Mumbai Police...

UAPA- Delhi High Court Rejects Plea Against Extension Of Period Of Investigation And Detention Of 'Suspected Al-Qaeda Operatives'

The High Court of Delhi on Thursday refused to set aside the Trial Court's order directing extension in the period of investigation and custody of the accused for a period of 45 days with directions to the investigating agency to expedite the investigation. A single Bench of Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar heard the plea by two accused NajmusSakib and Al Mamun Kamal against order passed...