NIA Court Allows Sudha Bharadwaj's Application Seeking Access To Five Books A Month From Outside

The special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Tuesday allowed access of five books a month to lawyer and activist Sudha Bharadwaj, who is accused in the caste based violence that took place on the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Bhima Koregaon on January 1, 2018.Special Judge DE Kothalikar directed the Superintendent of Byculla District Prison to grant the access of books to...

Revised National Litigation Policy Under Process, Centre Tells Delhi HC

The Centre told the Delhi High Court on Wednesday that a "new and revised" National Litigation Policy (NLP) was in the works and would be in place in times to come.The submission by the central government was made before a bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jyoti SIngh during the hearing of a PIL seeking implementation of the NLP launched in June 2010.Additional Solicitor General...

Plea Seeking Enactment Of 'Advocate Protection Act': Allahabad High Court Dismisses Plea Saying It Can't Direct To Enact Law

The Allahabad High Court last week dismissed a plea seeking direction to State to introduce a Bill "Advocate Protection Act" for the protection of Advocates practicing in the State. The Bench of Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery observed, "We do not find ourselves legally equipped to give any direction for Legislation of any enactment." This...

SEBI Bans CNBC Awaaz Host Hemant Ghai, His Mother & Wife From Securities Market For Fraudulent Practices

The Securities and Exchange Board of India has issued a circular banning host of the show Stock 20-20 on CNBC Awaaz, Hemant Ghai, his wife, Jaya Hemant Ghai and mother Shyam Mohini Ghai from buying, selling or dealing in securities, either directly or indirectly until further orders.Ghai faces allegations of engaging in multiple buy-today-sell-tomorrow trades. SEBI has noted in its order that,...

Allahabad High Court Grants Protection To Inter-Faith Couple, Who Married 3 Years Ago, From Police Harassment Under UP Ordinance

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday restrained the UP Police from taking action against a married inter-faith couple, alleging harassment ever since invocation of the controversial Love-Jihad Ordinance. A Division Bench of Justices Ritu Raj Awasthi and Saroj Yadav at Lucknow ordered that till the next date of listing, the petitioners shall not be harassed by the police on the basis...

'Orders Passed To Facilitate Private Commercial Activity': Gujarat High Court Raps Authorities, Sets Aside Father-Son Externment Orders

The Gujarat High Court on Monday (11th January) reprimanded the authorities for externing a son and his father from Navsari district "to facilitate a private commercial activity of a private individual." The Bench of Justice Paresh Upadhyay was hearing the pleas filed by the son and his father, challenging identical externment orders passed by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Navsari...

"Won't Pass Any Irresponsible Resolution Or Call For Strike Hampering Judicial Functioning": Bar Association Purwa Submits Before Allahabad HC

The members/leader of the Tehsil Bar Association Purwa, District Unnao on Wednesday (13th January) submitted before the Allahabad High Court that they will not pass any irresponsible resolution or call for strike hampering the judicial functioning at the Tehsil Bar Association Purwa, District Unnao. The Bench of Justice Jaspreet Singh was also assured by the members of association...

Delhi High Court Stays Eviction Notice Against Heirs Of Maharaja of Baroda From Safdarjung Lane Bungalow

The Division Judge bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh today stayed execution of eviction notice served on Maharaja Ranjit Singh Gaekwad (now deceased) for property occupied by his family and him on 7, Safdarjung Lane, New Delhi. The stay has been granted subject to payment of Rs. 10 lakhs per month as deposit until the decision by the court on the stay application or the...

Mahindra Finance Not An Authority Under Article 12, Writ Petition Not Maintainable Against It: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court in Arif Khan v. Branch Manager Mahindra Finance Sultanpur & Another, observed that writ of Mandamus cannot be issued to a private body, Mahindra and it does not comes under the ambit of Article 12 of the Constitution. Petitioners submission The Petitioner in this case had prayed before the court to issue a writ of Mandamus directing Mahindra...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice To Future Retail, Reliance in Amazon Appeal Against December Order

The Delhi High Court today issued notice on Amazon's appeal against Single Judge Bench Justice Mukta Gupta's order on Future Retail's plea on the Reliance-Future Rs. 24, 713 cr deal.The court has asked the parties to file their replies in the case by Feb 12.While Amazon was represented by Sr. Adv. Gopal Subramanium, who submitted a brief of his case, Sr. Adv. Harish Salve appeared for...

Uttarayan Festival Amid COVID: Gujarat High Court Agrees To State Govt's Guidelines, Allows Kite Flying With Restrictions

While hearing the plea seeking complete ban/prohibition on kite flying and use of crackers on the festival of Uttarayan, the Gujarat High Court last week agreed to the 13-point guidelines submitted before the Court by the State Government. The Bench of Chief Justice Vikram Nath and Justice J. B. Pardiwala observed that the instructions as placed before it on behalf of the State...

US Executes 52 Year Old Lisa Montgomery, First Female Death Row Convict In Over 70 Years

Lisa Montgomery, a 52 year old woman, was executed on Wednesday by lethal injection after the US Supreme Court denied the application of stay of execution. Montgomery, the only woman on the death row, was the first woman to be executed by the US government in over 7 decades. It is however pertinent to note that the she was one of the three death row convicts who were scheduled to...