Sushant Singh Rajput Death: Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Direction To Complete CBI Investigation In 2 Months

A Writ petition has been filed in the Supreme Court questioning the "silence" on part of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) regarding the status of its probe into the mysterious death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput.The plea filed by Mumbai resident Puneet Kaur Dhanda and her husband, Advocate Vineet Dhanda has urged for issuance of directions to the CBI to complete...

Willing To Issue A Public Notice That 'Cauvery Calling' Is Not A State Project? Karnataka High Court Asks State Govt

The Karnataka High Court on Monday directed the state government to clarify whether it was willing to issue a public notice that the 'Cauvery Calling' project is the project of 'Sadhguru' Jaggi Vausdev's Isha Foundation and Isha Outreach and that the government has nothing to do with it.A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice S Vishwajith Shetty said :"Entire grievance is...

Transgenders To Be Included as Separate Gender Category in NCRB Reports: Centre Informs Delhi High Court

The Centre today informed the Delhi High Court that transgenders shall now be included as a separate gender category in Prison Statistics Report prepared by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).The Additional Solicitor General Chetan Sharma submitted this before the Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan hearing the petition.The Court was hearing a petition...

Punjab And Haryana High Court Rejects AAP MP Sanjay Singh's Plea To Quash Defamation Case Filed By Bikramjit Singh Majithia

The summoning order clearly demonstrates application of mind by the learned magistrate at Ludhiana: P&H HC

Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain PC George MLA's Plea To Postpone Kerala Local Body Polls

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a petition filed by Kerala MLA PC George seeking the postponement of local body polls in the State scheduled to start from tomorrow.A Bench headed by Justice L. Nageswara Rao heard the matter and informed the Advocate for the Petitioner, Adolf Mathew, that the Apex Court would not be entertaining the matter. Mathew submitted to the Court...

'What Kind Of A Plea Is This?' : Supreme Court Adjourns Plea Seeking Compensation For Sufferings Due To Emergency

"What kind of a plea is this?", noted the Supreme Court on Monday while adjourning the plea filed by a 94 years-old widow, seeking for the Proclamation of Emergency in 1975 to be declared as unconstitutional and for a compensation to the tune of Rs. 25 crores from the authorities who have participated in the same. A Bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul was presiding over the...

Delhi High Court (FB) Mandates Filing Of Convict's Income Affidavit & Victim Impact Report To Determine Compensation U/S. 357 CrPC

"Court has to take into consideration the effect of the offence on the victim's family even though human life cannot be restored but then monetary compensation will at least provide some solace"

'This Is A Little Ambitious' : Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Arnab Goswami's Fresh Petition Against Mumbai Police FIR

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a writ petition filed by ARG Outlier Media Private Ltd(the company running Republic TV channels) and Arnab Goswami against the FIR registered by Mumbai police against the editorial team of the channels.A bench comprising Justices D Y Chandrachud and Indira Banerjee expressed disinclination to entertain the petition and suggested that the same...

As Attorney General Grants Consent, Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Contempt Proceedings Against Comic Artist Rachita Taneja

A law student has moved the Supreme Court seeking initiation of criminal contempt proceedings against comic artist Rachita Taneja (Sanitary Panels), for her illustrative tweets depicting Supreme Court being hand in glove with the ruling party, BJP. "The three alleged posts in the form of cartoons/ caricatures have shaken the public trust and confidence in the judicial system of...

Breaking- Supreme Court Refuses To Quash FIRs Against Journalist Amish Devgan For Remarks Against Sufi Saint Moinuddin Chishti

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to quash FIRs registered against Journalist Amish Devgan for his remarks against Sufi Saint Moinnuddin Chisthi.A bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar & Sanjiv Khanna however, clubbed all FIR's filed against Devgan and transferred them to Ajmer. The July 8 stay on investigation and coercive action against the journalist will continue.As many as 7 FIRs have...

Central Vista Project: Supreme Court Allows Foundation Ceremony For New Parliament Building Without Altering Site In Any Manner

"We clarify that the authorities would be free to continue with procedural processes without altering the status of the site(s) in question in any manner, including to continue with the scheduled progmramme of foundation stone-laying on 10th December, 2020", Supreme Court said in the Order.

Courts This Week- A Weekly Round Of Important Legal Developments In The Country [Episode-43]

Courts This Week- A Weekly Round Of Important Legal Developments In The Country...