Submit Details Of FIR Against Police Officers Of All Ranks; Explain Rationale Of Their Continuance In Service: Punjab & Haryana High Court To Govt. [Read Order]

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday (28th October) asked for details of the FIRs registered against the serving police officers of all ranks in the State of Punjab including their nature.The Single Bench of Justice Anupinder Singh Grewal also asked the State, through its home secretary, to specify the current posting of such officers.Matter before the CourtNotably the bench was...

Supreme Court Stays Delhi High Court Order Denying Extension Of Interim Bail To Undertrials [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the order of the Delhi High Court denying further extension of interim bails granted to undertrials. In a special leave petition moved by the National Forum On Prison Reforms, a Bench comprising of Justice L. Nageswara Rao, Justice Hemant Gupta and Justice Ajay Rastogi has stayed the operation of the Delhi High Court's order until November...

Permission To Lawyers & Registered Clerks To Travel In Local Trains; Bombay HC Extends Operation Of Earlier Order Till December 1 [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court on Thursday extended the operation of its previous order allowing all advocates registered with the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa and registered clerks to travel in local trains on daily passes issued by the High Court, till December 1.The matter came up before the division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni and AA Kumbhakoni Advocate...

Bhima Koregaon Case : Supreme Court Asks Bombay High Court To Consider Varavara Rao's Bail Application At The Earliest

The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Bombay High Court to list the bail application of 81-year-old poet P. Varavara Rao, who is an undetrail in the Bhima Koregaon case, before the appropriate Bench and hear it at the earliest. A Bench comprising of Justices UU Lalit, Vineet Saran and S. Ravindra Bhat expressed concern about the bail application filed on medical grounds not...

BJP Leader Moves Plea In Supreme Court For Removal Of Party Symbols In EVMs

BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyaya has filed a writ petition before the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Election Commission of India to use the name, age, qualification and photograph of contesting candidates on ballots and Electronic Voting Machines instead of symbols of political parties. The plea states that this is to secure equal opportunity to all contesting candidates in...

"Muslims Overpowering Hindus Of Nuh District, Mewat": Plea In SC Seeks SIT Probe Into Alleged Crimes & Forceful Conversions

A plea averring that the Muslim Community of Nuh, Haryana are overpowering Hindus of the area has been filed in the Supreme Court, praying for their protection.Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain has filed the petition stating that local police has failed to exercise powers as a result of which the life and liberty of Hindus is in peril.Citizens of Nuh are having to lead animalistic lives, the...

Andheri Court Orders Inquiry Into Complaint Against Kangana Ranaut & Sister Rangoli Chandel For Allegedly Spreading Communal Hatred [Read Order]

The Metropolitan Magistrate, 66th Court at Andheri on Thursday ordered inquiry against actor Kangana Ranaut and her sister Rangoli Chandel for allegedly posting derogatory tweets against the Muslim community. Court ordered an inquiry under Section 202 of CrPC and called for a police report on the allegations against the siblings.Judge Bhagwat T Zirape was hearing a complaint filed by Advocate...

Media Trial Is Interference With Administration Of Justice; Amounts To Contempt Of Court: Aspi Chinoy Argues In Bombay High Court

Senior Advocate Aspi Chinoy submitted before the Bombay High Court on Thursday that 'trial by media' results in interference with the administration of justice and therefore amounts to contempt of court as per Section 2(c) of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971.He submitted that when media pre-judges the guilt of the accused, the right to free and fair trial under Article 21 of the Constitution...

Sushant Singh Rajput's Friend Moves Bombay High Court Seeking CBI Probe Into Disha Salian's Mysterious Death

Late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput's friend, Sunil Shukla, has moved the Bombay High Court seeking a CBI investigation into the death of actor's former Business Manager Disha Salian. Shukla claims to have documents to prove that the "mysterious death" of Ms. Salian was not a Suicide but a Murder. The petition is filed through Advocates Sriram Parakkat, KR Sripathy and...

Karnataka HC Grants Bail To Prime Accused Mansoor Khan In IMA Money Laundering Case [Read Order]

The Karnataka High Court recently granted bail to Mohammad Mansoor Khan, prime accused in the 'I Monetary Advisory' (IMA) scam in a case registered with the Enforcement Directorate. Justice SREENIVAS HARISH KUMAR has granted bail to the accused on health grounds. It took into consideration that Khan has been a diabetic since the year 2013, suffering from hyper tension since the year 2010...

30K Vacant Posts Of Sub-Inspectors & Constables: Patna High Court Calls For Action Taken Report From Bihar Govt. Within 4 Weeks [Read Order]

The Patna High Court recently asked the State Government to file a status report regarding filling up the posts of Sub-Inspectors and Constables in the State of Bihar.The Bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice S. Kumar was informed that at this point in time, there are more than 30,000 posts which are lying vacant.The Court gave the State Government a period of four weeks to file...

'Acquittal Does Not Conclude Disciplinary Enquiry': SC Upholds Dismissal Of Police Constable Acquitted In A Murder Case [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court, while upholding dismissal of police constable, reiterated that order of dismissal can be passed even if the delinquent official had been acquitted of the criminal charge.Heem Singh, was appointed as a Constable in the police service of Rajasthan in 1992. In August 2002, he was named in an FIR in a murder case and later a charge sheet was filed under Sections 302, 201 and...