"Whether Prosecution Sanction Required Even If Accused Was Not Holding The Office At The Time Of Taking Cognizance": Supreme Court Issues Notice In HD Kumaraswamy's Plea

The Supreme court has issued notice in a Special Leave Petition filed by HD Kumaraswamy limited to the question as to whether without sanction the Special Judge could have taken cognizance of a complaint under Prevention of Corruption Act.Challenging the Karnataka High Court judgment which dismissed his petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the JD (S) Leader...

Allahabad High Court Seeks Response Of GST Authority On Software Glitches Causing Harassment Of Poor Assessees

The Allahabad High Court has sought the response of the Central Goods & Services Tax (CGST) Authority in a case relating to technical glitches in its software for issuing online show cause notices to alleged defaulters. A Single Bench of Justice Pankaj Bhatia noted that due to the said glitch, a concerned assessee was merely served the show cause notice via e-post, without the...

CBI Seeks Transfer Of 'Fake Obscene CD Case' Involving Chhattisgarh CM Outside The State

In view of the incumbent Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel being an accused in the matter, the CBI on Monday pressed before the Supreme Court the need for transfer of the trial in the 'fake obscene CD case' that had rocked Chhattisgarh politics in October 2017 to Delhi or at other place outside of Chhattisgarh.A CD containing morphed pictures of the erstwhile PWD Minister Rajesh Munat (of the...

Media Trial During Investigation Interferes With Administration Of Justice; Amounts To Contempt Of Court : Bombay High Court

In a significant pronouncement, the Bombay High Court on Monday held that media trial during criminal investigation interferes with administration of justice and hence amounts to 'contempt of court' as defined under the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971.The Court also held that media reports interfering with criminal investigation, before the initiation of trial, can amount to interference...

Legal Issues Pending On Vijay Mallya Extradition : Centre Tells Supreme Court

The Centre on Monday informed the Supreme Court that "further legal issues" remained before fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya could be extradited from the United Kingdom to India. A Special Bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice UU Lalit had previously directed the Union Government to file a status report on the progress in the extradition process pending in...

'Resumption Of Physical Hearings Affect Women Lawyers More Adversely' : Women Lawyers Move Supreme Court Against Delhi HC Decision To Start Physical Functioning

The Supreme Court has been moved in another writ petition by women advocates against the decision of the High Court of Delhi has directed for the resumption and expansion of physical hearing of cases in Courts within the National Capital Territory of Delhi, without giving an option to the litigants to be represented by their advocates virtually in matters listed before physical court.As...

[BREAKING] Some Reporting Of Republic TV & Times Now In SSR Case 'Prima Facie Contemptuous', Says Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court on Monday held that the media coverage done by the Republic TV and Times Now against Mumbai police in the case pertaining to death of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput is prima facie contemptuous."Criticism of city police by TV media was unfair, in view of the material placed on record. The city police was at the very basic stage of probe", the High Court said.Bombay...

"It's A Private App, If You Don't Want To, Don't Use It": Delhi High Court on Plea Against WhatsApp's Updated Privacy Policy

Observing that WhatsApp is a 'private app' and that the users voluntarily use the app even though they have the option to not use it, the Delhi High Court today said that it will only issue notice in the petition once it understands the concern of the petitioner against the application and its contentious updated privacy policy. The single judge bench of Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva of the Delhi...

"Women Cannot Be Denied Right To Autonomy In The Garb of Protection":Women's Rights Group Moves Allahabad HC Against UP Anti-Conversion Ordinance

A Lucknow based women's rights group, Association for Advocacy and Legal Initiatives, has moved the Allahabad High Court seeking to intervene in the ongoing proceedings against the Anti-Conversion Ordinance passed by the UP Government.The High Court has allowed the intervention application filed through Advocate Vrinda Grover. At the outset, the application alleges that the Ordinance has...

"If Courts Adopt Virtual Court System, It May Lead To A Better Rule Of Law": Former CIC Shailesh Gandhi Writes To Chief Justice Of India

"The possibilities and advantages of Virtual hearings have come to light because of the Supreme Court’s decision to conduct judicial work by Virtual hearings": Former CIC

Char Dham Road Project: Supreme Court Directs To List The Petitions In Last Week Of January

The Supreme Court on Monday listed the Char Dham Yatra road project for hearing on a Non-Miscellaneous Day in the last week of January, the interim order to keep the road width at 5.5m continuing in the meantime.In December last year, the bench of Justice Rohinton Nariman had asked the High Powered Committee, set-up by it, to consider the applications filed before the Court by the Ministry...

'You Are At Liberty To Invoke All Powers Under Law' : Supreme Court Tells Centre On Plea To Stop Tractor Rally

The Supreme Court on Monday told the Delhi Police that it is the 'first authority' to decide whether protesting farmers can be granted entry into the national capital or not. The observation was made by the Chief Justice of India while hearing an application filed by the Delhi Police seeking for an injunction against the tractor rally proposed to be carried out by farmers in Delhi on...