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Internet Is Boundless, Judges Must Be Equipped With Knowledge To Handle Evolving Cyber-Crime Landscape: Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya
Internet has boundless borders and judges must be equipped with the knowledge to handle the evolving landscape of cyber crime threats, including digital arrests, hackling, ransomware threats, said Telangana High Court judge Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya on Saturday (May 2)Justice Bhattacharya was speaking at a session which was a part of Sikkim High Court's 'National Conclave on Technology...
'Govt Must Consider Detenu's Representation At Earliest Point Of Time' : Supreme Court Sets Aside Detention Under NSA
The Supreme Court recently set aside a preventive detention order passed under the National Security Act on the ground that the detenu's representation against the preventive detention was considered by the State government belatedly.A bench of Justices MM Sundresh and N Kotiswar Singh noted from the facts of the case that the appellant-detenu made 2 representations against the detention...
Right Of Foetus v. Woman's Autonomy : Contrasting Judicial Approaches
'Pro-life' v 'Pro-choice' is an issue that countries around the world continue to debate. The significance of this issue is so profound that a country, which supposedly is the world's oldest democracy, overturned its 50-year-old Roe v Wade decision, which protected women's right to abortion as an intrinsic part of the right to privacy.Fortunately, India doesn't have that kind of problem...
Telangana School Education Dept & TSLSA Sign MoU To Promote Legal Awareness, Child Rights In Schools
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been entered into between the School Education Department, Government of Telangana and the Telangana State Legal Services Authority (TSLSA) to promote legal awareness, child rights protection, and access to justice among school students across the State.The MoU was signed by Sri E. Naveen Nicolas, IAS, Director of School Education, on behalf of...
Delhi Judge Dies By Suicide
A Delhi Judge, Aman Kumar Sharma, aged 30 years, died by suicide today, said the Delhi Police.He was serving as the Secretary of District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), North East District at Karkardooma Courts.Sharma had joined the Delhi Judicial Services on June 19, 2021, news agency PTI reported. He graduated from the Symbiosis Law School in Pune and completed his BA LLB in...
TCS Nashik Case: Sessions Court Denies Anticipatory Bail To Nida Khan
In the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Nashik BPO sexual harassment and religious coercion case, a sessions court in Nashik on Saturday (May 2) refused to grant pre-arrest protection to accused Nida Khan, who had sought anticipatory bail plea citing her pregnancy.Additional Sessions Judge KG Joshi had heard the arguments put forth by Khan's legal counsel comprising advocate Baba Sayyed and...
Savarkar Filed Mercy Petitions Before British 5 Times, Treated Cow As Useful Animal Not God: Grandnephew Tells Court
A Special MP/MLA Court in Pune was recently informed that right-wing ideologue Vinayak Savarkar had filed five mercy petitions with the then British government and had also appealed recruitment in British government during the World War II.This comes in the testimony of Satyaki Savarkar, the grandnephew of Savarkar, who has lodged a criminal defamation case against Congress leader Rahul...
Supreme Court Issues Notice On PIL Seeking Separate Revenue Judicial Cadre Of Trained Professionals For Land Disputes
The Supreme Court recently sought the response of the Union and States, as well as the Law Commission of India, on a PIL seeking establishment of a separate revenue judicial cadre for adjudication of land disputes.According to the petitioner, about 66% civil cases relate to land disputes and the same are adjudicated by revenue officers who do not have legal qualifications. As such, he...
Jana Nayagan Movie Leak | Chennai Court Rejects Bail To Nine Accused, Says Investigation Necessary To Unearth Entire Network Of Conspiracy
The Principal Session Court in Chennai has dismissed the bail applications of nine accused in connection with the online leak of the upcoming Tamil movie “Jana Nayagan” starring Vijay. Judge S Karthikeyan dismissed the bail petitions filed by Srinath @ Sriram, Sanjay, Bala @ Balakrishnan, Manigandan, Ruthran, Rajesh, Prasanth, Selvam, and Rajini. “From the submissions of...
“No Further Orders Necessary”: Supreme Court Dismisses TMC Plea On Centre-Appointed Counting Officers In Bengal Elections
In Trinamool Congress' plea challenging ECI's appointment of Central government and central PSU employees in West Bengal elections' counting process, the Supreme Court today observed that the ECI Circular, which provides that counting personnel should be a random selection of central and state governme employees, shall be followed in letter and spirit."No further orders are necessary except...
Bengal Polls : Supreme Court's Special Sitting Tomorrow For Trinamool Congress Plea Against ECI's Decision On Counting Officers
The Supreme Court will hear tomorrow (Saturday) the plea filed by All India Trinamool Congress against appointment of Central Government and Central PSU employees as counting supervisors and assistants for the West Bengal Assembly elections, 2026.A special bench of Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Justice Joymalya Bagchi has been constituted to hear the plea urgently on a Saturday, as...