'Reputation A Facet of Article 21' : Delhi Court Slams Media For Publishing News Against Umar Khalid Without Verifying All Facts In Riots Case

In a significant order, a Delhi Court has criticized media for publishing the alleged confessional statements of Umar Khalid in Delhi riots conspiracy cases, without clarifying that such confessions are not admissible in evidence."The news reports have only highlighted that accused Umar Khalid had confessed his involvement... However, none of the news item is shown to have made...

'Bordering On Professional Misconduct': Supreme Court To Proceed Against A Lawyer For Speculating About Outcome Of A Pending Appeal

The Supreme Court has pulled up a lawyer who, in his advice to his client, allegedly speculated about the outcome of a pending appeal before it.Prima facie, this, in our opinion, is bordering on professional misconduct and needs to be proceeded with, the bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, BR Gavai and Krishna Murari said and directed the party to to file an affidavit and disclose the...

High Court Exercising Bail Jurisdiction Cannot Pass Directions Which Will Have Direct Bearing Upon Trial: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has observed that a High Court, while exercising bail jurisdiction, cannot issue directions which will have a direct bearing upon the trial. The bench comprising Justice NV Ramana, Surya Kant and Aniruddha Bose observed thus while setting aside a direction of the High Court in a case, in which it directed the Investigating Officer to examine a CCTV footage and to submit...

NCLAT's Chennai Bench To Commence Functioning From January 25 Through Virtual Mode

Over Ten months after the Central government constituted another Bench of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) at Chennai, the same will start its functioning from Monday (25th January 2021) through Virtual Mode. A notification issued in this behalf states that the filing of Fresh Appeals against the orders of the Benches of the National Company Law Tribunal...

Late Night Police Visits To Rowdy Sheeter's Residence Violates His Privacy: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court has held that Police cannot visit the residence of a 'Rowdy Sheeter' during late night hours as it amounts to intruding into his privacy.Thumkunta Madhava Reddy, a rowdy sheeter, had approached the High Court alleging that the Police enters in the midnight every day ringing the door bell/knocking the door, waking him up late night, thereby disturbing his sleep....

Sonu Sood's Intentions 'Malafide' Not Approached The Court With "Clean Hands", Says Bombay High Court In 'Illegal Constructions" Case

Bollywood actor Sonu Sood and his wife's intentions were "malafide" and they did not approach the court with "clean hands," the Bombay High Court has observed in its order rejecting his petition for temporary relief against an unauthorized construction notice issued against them by the BMC in October 2020. Justice Prithviraj Chavan observed that in the past two years, the couple...

'National Interest' : CIC Advises Home Ministry To Maintain Consolidated Database Regarding Identified Legal/Illegal Migrants

The Central Information Commission has directed Home Ministry to give clear and categorical information to an RTI applicant who sought copies of records/data pertaining to illegal/legal migrants.Chief Information Commissioner Y. K. Sinha also 'advised' the Ministry to maintain a 'consolidated record/database regarding identified legal/illegal migrants, in the national interest'.The commission...

Dismissal Of Workman By Employer Cannot Be Interfered With Merely Because Disciplinary Enquiry Was Not Conducted: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that dismissal of a workman by his/her employer cannot be interfered with merely on the ground that it did not conduct a disciplinary enquiry, if the latter could justify the action before the Labour Court.Where an employer has failed to make an enquiry before dismissal or discharge of a workman, it is open for him to justify the action before the Labour Court...

Breaking: Delhi Court Sentences AAP Leader Somnath Bharti For Two Yrs Imprisonemnt AIIMS Case

A Delhi Court comprising of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Ravindra Kumar Pandey on Friday convicted AAP Leader Somnath Bharti under sec. 147, 149, 323, 353 of IPC along with Sec. 3 of Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, 1984.He has been sentenced to two years imprisonemnt today after hearing him on sentencing The Court was of the view that the prosecution...

"Whether 'Advocate On Record' Includes Sole Proprietary Firm?" Supreme Court Leaves The Question To SC Rule Making Authority

"The (Supreme Court) Rules being sacrosanct, we would not like to interfere with the same in the present proceeding", said the Court.

Delhi High Court Orders Seizure, Rehabilitation of Hippo From Asiad Circus, Issues Non-Bailable Warrant Against Circus Owner, On PETA's Plea

The Delhi High Court today directed the Delhi Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to seize a hippopotamus from Asiad Circus with the help of Delhi police and to transfer the animal to the zoo nearest to the location of seizure.A single judge bench of Justice Prathiba Singh, hearing an application by PETA India, also directed the issue of non-bailable warrant to the circus owner...

Supreme Court Issues Directions For Inter-State Virtual Recording Of Evidences Of Child Witnesses In Human Trafficking Cases

The Supreme Court has issued directions for virtual recording of testimonies of child victims/witnesses of human trafficking who are required to depose in courts which are far away from the place of their residence in a different State.A bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao, Abdul Nazeer and Indu Malhotra passed the directions in the suo moto case "In Re : Contagion of...