'Tandav' Series Row : Bombay High Court Grants Transit Pre-Arrest Bail To Director, Producer, Writer, Amazon Content Head

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday granted transit anticipatory bail to Tandav web series director Ali Abbas Zafar, producer Himanshu Mehra, Amazon content head Aparna Purohit and writer Gaurav Solanki enabling them to seek regular pre-arrest bail from Uttar Pradesh. The three-week anticipatory transit bail was granted by Justice PD Naik days after the Hazratganj Police in UP booked...

"Data Collection Should Be Constitutionally Valid" - Justice Srikrishna Speaks On WhatsApp's New Policy, AarogyaSetu Etc. With Seema Chishti

Yesterday, the central government has asked Facebook-owned WhatsApp nine questions on their new proposed data policy said to affect users, as data shared over the popular messaging app is expected to be tightly integrated with Facebook. According to reports, about 8,10,000 users globally installed Signal on last week, nearly 18-fold compared with the download numbers on January 6, the...

Constitutional Error To Hold At This Stage That No Ground Exists To Review Aadhaar Verdict: Justice Chandrachud Dissents

It is a constitutional error to hold at this stage that no ground exists to review the judgment, Justice DY Chandrachud remarked in his dissent against dismissal of review petitions challenging Aadhaar verdict.The judge said that if these review petitions are to be dismissed and the larger bench reference in Rojer Mathew were to disagree with the analysis of the majority opinion in...

Breaking- Supreme Court Dismisses Review Petitions Challenging Aadhaar Verdict, Justice Chandrachud Dissents

The Supreme Court, by 4:1 majority, has dismissed a batch of review petitions challenging the judgment of the Constitution Bench in Aadhaar case [Puttaswamy (Aadhaar-5J.) v Union of India].While Justices AM Khanwilkar, Ashok Bhushan, S. Abdul Nazeer and BR Gavai observed that no case for review of judgment, Justice DY Chandrachud expressed his dissent. The review petitions were not heard in...

'Abuse Of Process' : Karnataka High Court Dismisses Petition Seeking Criminal Action Against Azim Premji Under RBI Act

The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a not for profit company named "India Awake for Transparency", challenging an order of the magistrate court dismissing its private complaint seeking directions to Reserve Bank of India to register a case against Wipro founder Azim Premji and others under the Reserve Bank of India Act. A single bench of Justice Suraj...

"This Virus Has To Be Controlled": Allahabad High Court Expresses Dissatisfaction On Seeking Unnecessary Adjournments

A Single Judge Bench of the Allahabad High Court comprising of Justice Rekha Dikshit on Monday expressed dissatisfaction on the acts of counsels seeking unnecessary adjournments ultimately affecting the justice-dispensation system in the judiciary. "We are constrained to say the virus of seeking adjournment has to be controlled." The Court observed while hearing a petition...

No Coercive Action Against Cattle Transport Till Rules Are Made : Karnataka Govt Tells High Court

The State Government on Wednesday informed the Karnataka High Court that till the rules are brought into force under the "Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Ordinance, 2020", no coercive action shall be initiated for breach or violation of section 5 of the ordinance. Section 5 of the Ordinance reads thus: Restriction on transport of cattle.- No person...

'We Also Want To Get Back To Action': Supreme Court Expresses Intention To Reassess Possibility Of Physical Hearings

Two Benches of the Supreme Court expressed an inclination on Wednesday during separate instances to reassess the possibility of resuming physical hearings. A Bench headed by the Chief Justice of India observed that the Court was eager to "go back to action", however, the same would be done only after taking into account the opinion of health authorities. The Court was presiding over...

'They Are Brilliant Minds; Why Malign Them For Their Views?' : CJI On Criticism Against Farm Laws Committee

The Chief Justice of India on Wednesday expressed unhappiness at the public criticism against the members of the committee constituted by the Supreme Court to negotiate on the farmers protests.The CJI orally remarked that "unnecessary aspersions" were cast on the committee members and they were "maligned" just because they had expressed certain views in the past on the farm laws."Aspersions...

[Breaking] TRP Scam Case : Mumbai Sessions Court Denies Bail To Ex-BARC Chief Partho Dasgupta

A sessions court is Mumbai dismissed the bail application of Partho Dasgupta, ex-CEO of the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), who was arrested in the alleged Television Rating Points (TRP) scam case on December 24, 2020. His application for bail reserved for orders, on Tuesday, after the Mumbai Police vehemently argued against granting him bail. Special Public Prosecutor...

"Farmer Unions Will Not Appear Before Committee, They Are Totally Convinced That Farm Laws Need To Be Repealed": Dave, Bhushan Tell Supreme Court

The farmers unions are 'totally convinced' that the farm laws need to be repelled and therefore they will not appear before the committee to discuss amendments, submitted Advocate Prashant Bhushan and Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave before the Supreme Court on Wednesday.Bhushan and Dave are appearing for the eight farmers unions which were added as respondents by the Supreme Court in December...

'Restricts Women From Contesting From General Wards": Punjab & Haryana HC Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Haryana Panchayati Raj (Second Amendment) Act

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday issued notice on a writ petition challenging the vires of the Haryana Panchayati Raj (Second Amendment) Act, 2020, which provides 50% reservation of seats for women in local body elections. A Division Bench led by Chief Justice Ravi Shanker Jha has issued notice on the petition filed by two women members of Zila Parishads in...