Plea For Stringent Bail Provisions, Reverse Onus, Death Sentence For Rape: Supreme Court Asks Govt. To Consider

The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, refused to entertain a writ petition seeking a direction to the Government to bring certain reforms and amendments in the law to make it stringent and deterrent in cases of rape with grievous injury, gang rape and rape/gang-rape with murder.While disposing the writ petition filed by Advocate Kirti Ahuja and others, the Court, however, granted them liberty to...

23 Years Delay In Listing A Habeas Corpus Petition: Calcutta High Court Moots Proceedings For Misconduct Against Errant Officers

We cannot afford stacking of files without the same being listed in spite of judicial orders: Calcutta High Court

Dowry Death - No Conviction Under Section 304B IPC If Unnatural Death Is Not Established : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that the offence of dowry death under Section 304B of the Indian Penal Code cannot be made out if the cause of death has not been established as unnatural.The Court also held that it has to be shown that the deceased wife was subjected to cruelty or harassment in connection with demand for dowry soon before her death.Holding that these factors were not established,...

Father Stan Swamy Gets Straw & Sipper, Files Fresh Application Expressing Fear Of Transfer From Taloja Jail

Father Stan Swamy, the 83-year-old jesuit priest from Ranchi who was arrested from his home in October for his alleged role in the caste based violence that took place at Bhima Koregaon in January 2018, has been provided with straw and sipper that he has been asking for since November, his lawyer informed the Special NIA Court on Friday.Appearing on behalf of Father Stan, Advocate Sharif...

Charge Of Attempt To Murder For Attending Tablighi Jamaat Congregation Prima Facie Abuse Of Process Of Law: Allahabad High Court

Charge-sheeting the applicant under Section 307 IPC for attending Tablighi Jamaat Congregation prima facie reflected abuse of the power of law: Allahabad High Court

N95 Is A Generic Term: IPAB Stays Operation Of Registration Of N95 Trademark

The Intellectual Property Appellate Board has stayed the operation of registration of 'N95' as trademark.The term N95 is a generic term in the mask industry, the same is not capable of being neither registered or protected as trade mark nor the same can be appropriated by any one entity, the Board observed while considering a Rectification Application is filed by SASSOON FAB International...

'State Duty Bound To Protect Right To Shelter' : Karnataka High Court Directs Govt To Reconstruct Migrants' Huts Burnt Down During Lockdown

Asserting that the State is bound to protect the right to shelter, the Karnataka High Court on Friday directed the state government to reconstruct at its own cost the huts/shanties of migrant workers in Bengaluru, which were burnt down by unknown miscreants when the occupants had left for their native places after the announcement of the lockdown.The Court direct that the State, within...

All Courts Must Endeavour Towards Creating an Active Environment for Disabled Lawyers: Justice Chandrachud

"All courts must also endeavour towards creating an active environment for disabled lawyers. There must be equal opportunity cells in the Supreme Court and in each High Court in the country...Our benchmarks reflect the outcome", said Justice DY Chandrachud on Thursday. He was speaking at the Valedictory Session of the 3-day International Summit on Legal Professionals with Disabilities,...

Uttarakhand High Court To Organize Training Programmes For Enhancing IT Skills Of Advocates Across State

Uttarakhand High Court to organize IT Training Programmes across 13 districts for deprived Lawyers

Delhi High Court Directs RBI To Reconsider Jindal Steel And Power Ltd Application To Remit $300 mln To Mauritius Subsidiary

The Delhi High Court today remanded to the Reserve Bank of India, an application by Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) to transmit $300 million to its wholly owned subsidiary Jindal Steel and Power (Mauritius) Ltd (JSPML). Directing the central bank to reconsider its decision on JSPL's application, the court noted that the RBI's order dated 30.12.2019, vide which it had rejected...

Delhi Riots: Delhi High Court Directs Shifting Of Jamia Student Asif Iqbal Tanha To Guest House For Writing Exams

The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the jail authorities to forthwith take Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) student Asif Iqbal Tanha, to a guest house located in Lajpat Nagar, Delhi so that he is able to study and appear in examinations scheduled from 04th December. The Bench of Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri was hearing an application filed by Tanha under Section 439 Cr.P.C. read with...

"Public At Large Has Been Callous, Negligent & Irresponsible": Himachal Pradesh High Court Issues Directions For Govt. To Tackle COVID19

Noticing the steep surge in COVID-19 cases, the Himachal Pradesh High Court on Thursday (03rd December) issued ssveral directions for the State Government to tackle COVID cases in the State.While observing that it is not the Government which is solely responsible for the rise in COVID Cases, the Bench of Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan and Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua also...