Bombay High Court Grants Parole To 1993 Mumbai Serial Blasts Convict Six Months After Brother's Death

The Bombay High Court on Thursday granted emergency death parole to Essa Memon, who is serving a life sentence in the 1993, Mumbai Serial Blasts case. Essa is the brother of Tiger Memon, accused of being the brain behind the blasts. A division bench of justices SS Shinde and Manish Pitale granted seven days parole to Memon, without police escorts. Memon, who has spent 26 years in...

CCI, SEBI Approval to Reliance-FRL Deal Disregards Law: Amazon Tells Delhi High Court

Seeking an interim injunction against the Reliance - Future Retail Ltd stake sale deal worth Rs. 24,000 crore, Amazon today submitted before the Delhi High Court, that FRL had urged authorities like SEBI and CCI to disregard the award, and by giving their approvals to the deal, they had disregarded the law indeed.The court directed both parties to file a 5 page note with relevant portions...

Can Accused Be Directed To Pay Compensation To Victim As A Condition To Grant Bail? Supreme Court To Examine Scope Of Section 357 & 357A CrPC Before Trial

Can a Court direct an accused to pay compensation to victims as a condition to grant bail? The Supreme Court will examine this issue raised in a special leave petition filed against a Gujarat High Court order.In this case, the Gujarat High Court, while granting bail to a murder accused observed that the heirs/representatives of the deceased of victim(s) is required to be compensated in terms...

Adani Defamation Case: Gujarat High Court Suspends Arrest Warrant Against Journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta

The Gujarat High Court today (28th January) suspended the non-bailable warrant of arrest issued by a Magistrate in Kutch agains journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta in connection with a 2017 defamation suit filed by the Adani Group against Thakurta. The Bench of Justice B. N. Karia suspended the Magistrate's Order while hearing the application filed by Guha praying to quash and set aside...

"What Are The Judicial Academies Doing?": Justice Madan Lokur On Bombay High Court's Skin-To-Skin Judgment In POCSO Case

"There are judicial academies, what are they doing? Is it not the job of the judicial academies?", remarked Justice Madan B. Lokur on Thursday.Speaking at the launch of the second edition of Tata Trusts' 'India Justice Report', the former Supreme Court judge was responding to a query seeking his views on a recent judgment of the Bombay High Court holding that direct skin to skin touch...

All Commercial Appeals From District Court Orders To Now Be Listed Before Division Benches: Delhi High Court

The High Court of Delhi has on Wednesday directed its Registry to list all commercial appeals from district court orders before the Commercial Appellate Division Benches. The Court has also directed these appeals to be registered as FAO (Comm) before they are listed before the Commercial Appellate Division. A Single Bench of Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva has directed that all appeals...

Land Acquisition Act 1894: Title Of Land Owner Ceases Once State Takes Possession Of Land: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court reiterated that once possession is taken by the State, the land vests absolutely with the State and the title of the landowner ceases.The bench comprising Justices allowed the appeal filed by Assam Industrial Development Corporation Limited against a Gauhati High Court judgment nullifying the award passed under Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The award pertained to land...

Central Crime Branch(CCB) Not A 'Police Station'; Chargesheet Filed By It Invalid : Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that Central Crime Branch (CCB) is not a police station and therefor the final report filed by it is not in contemplation with the provisions of Section 173(2) of the Code. The magistrate court cannot take cognizance of it.A single bench of Justice B A Patil on January 18, allowed two petitions filed by Dr.M.G.Gopal Principal & Dean of KIMS and Dr....

When It Comes To Fundamental Rights Of Prisoners It Is Not An Adversarial Litigation, It Is The Duty Of State: Bombay High Court

Can the continued detention or incarceration of an undertrial be detrimental to his health? The Bombay High Court is likely to answer this question while deciding 81-year-old poet-activist, Dr Varavara Rao's bail application on medical grounds. A division bench of Justices SS Shinde and Manish Pitale on Thursday repeatedly asked the State as well as the National Investigating Agency...

LSAT India 2021 Rescheduled

The Law School Admission Council (LSAC) has rescheduled 2021 LSAT—India to be held over several days and time slots in the week starting 14 June 2021. The deadline for registration has also been extended to 4 June 2021. Note: For students who wish to take the LSAT—India before the CBSE, LSAT—India will open an administration on 25 March 2021. [Registration for that...

'She Has Vividly Described Her Love Relationship With Accused' : Bombay High Court Acquits Man Accused Of Raping Minor Girl

The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court has set aside the conviction and sentence of a 27 years old driver, accused of raping a minor girl on the ground that her testimony did not inspire confidence.The prosecutrix was aged 17 years and 9 months on the date of crime.The trial court had sentenced the accused to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for the offences under Section 376(2)(n) of...

'Ensured That Access To Justice Remained Unhindered': Supreme Court Says On Its 71'st Anniversary

The Supreme Court of India, in a press release issued on its 71st Anniversary today, stated that, all these years, it ensured that the access to justice remains unhindered.It was on on 28th January, 1950, the Court held its first sitting the Chamber of Princes in the Parliament building. Chief Justice Harilal J.Kania and Justices Saiyid Fazl Ali, M. Patanjali Sastri, Mehr Chand Mahajan,...