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'In Arnab Goswami's Case, Your Lordships Interfered When Bail Was Pending; I'll Rely On That' : Sibal During Siddique Kappan Case
Siddique Kappan Case: Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal submitted before the Supreme Court on Wednesday that he will rely on the order in the Arnab Goswami's case to seek the release of Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan from custody.Sibal highlighted that Republic TV anchor Goswami was granted relief by the Supreme Court even when his bail application was pending before the Sessions Court.He...
NGT Bans Use And Sale Of Fire Crackers In Delhi-NCR Regions With 'Poor' Air Quality During COVID19 Pandemic
NGT (National Green Tribunal) on Tuesday imposed a total ban on sale and use of all kinds of fire crackers during Covid-19 pandemic in the NCR and all cities/towns in the country where the ambient air quality falls under the 'poor' and above category. The Tribunal clarified that its previous direction to restrict use of fire crackers in cities/towns where air quality is 'moderate'...
Allahabad HC Extends Interim Orders Passed By It & Courts Subordinate To It Till January 5
The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday (01st December) extended the operation of interim orders passed by it and by the Courts/ Tribunals subordinate to it, till Tuesday (05th January). The order has been passed by a Division Bench comprising of Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery as the Court noted that the "position obtaining today is same as was...
'Tweets Were Published Over One Year Ago': AG KK Venugopal Refuses Consent For Contempt Action Against Shefali Vaidya
The Attorney General for India, KK Venugopal has refused to grant consent for initiating contempt proceedings against author Shefali Vaidya for her tweets over Supreme Court, stating that the same were made over a year ago. Responding to a complaint filed by activist Saket Gokhale, the AG said, "I have examined the tweets referred to by you which have apparently been posted by...
Covid19- Services Rendered By Doctors, Health Workers & Policemen During COVID Appreciable; Expect Govt. Would Consider Their Demands: Madras High Court
"This Court places its appreciation and applauds to the services rendered by the Doctors, Health Workers and Police Officers during the pandemic time.", remarked Madras High Court on Tuesday (01st December). The Bench of Justice N. Kirubakaran Justice B. Pugalendhi was hearing a petition filed praying for a direction for State Of Tamilnadu, and Director Of Medical Education to...
Tweets Against CM Uddhav Thackeray: Mumbai Court Lifts Bail Condition, Allows Sameet Thakkar To Operate His Twitter Account
The Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court at Girgaon on Tuesday granted some relief to Nagpur resident Sameet Thakkar, who went to jail in relation to multiple FIRs registered against him for his alleged objectionable tweets against Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and his son Aditya Thackeray.ACMM RM Nerlikar allowed an application filed on behalf of Sameet Thakkar for relaxation of...
Siddique Kappan Case : KUWJ To Implead Wife & Daughter Of Journalist; Supreme Court Adjourns Hearing Next Week
Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the Kerala Union of Working Journalists(KUWJ) in the habeas petition filed for release of journalist Siddique Kappan, told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that the wife and daughter of the Kerala journalist will be impleaded in the petition.A bench headed by Chief Justice of India then adjourned the hearing till next week.Sibal offered to implead the...
Supreme Court Refuses To Allow immediate Re-opening of Sterlite Plant At Thoothukudi For Experimental Run
The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, refused to grant interim relief to Vedanta Ltd., rejecting the mining giant's plea for an immediate reopening of its Sterlite copper plant at Thoothukudi for an experimental run for 2, 4 or 6 weeks.The company had moved the top court following the Madras High Court verdict in August that dismissed Vedanta's writ petition to reopen its copper smelter and upheld...
Plea For Release Of Journalist Siddique Kappan: Live Updates From Supreme Court
Supreme Court is hearing the habeas corpus petition filed by the Kerala Union of Working Journalist seeking the release of Kerala journalist Siddiqque Kappan, who was arrested by the UP Police while he was on his way to...
Supreme Court Imposes Rs. 1 Lakh Costs On Petitioner For Resuscitating Same Cause In Repeated Proceedings
The Supreme Court on Wednesday imposed costs of Rs. 1 lakh on a petitioner for a "gross abuse of the process of the law", having approached the Court repeatedly for the same cause in successive proceedings.The bench of Justices Rohinton Nariman, Navin Sinha and K. M. Joseph also demanded an explanation from the Supreme Court registry on how such applications are being listed."You have come...