Ex-NDA Minister Dilip Ray Gets Three Years Imprisonment In Coal Scam Case

Former union minister Dilip Ray was on Monday awarded three-year jail term by a Delhi court in a coal scam case pertaining to irregularities in the allocation of a Jharkhand coal block in 1999.Ray was Minister of State (coal) in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government.Special Judge Bharat Parashar also awarded three-year jail term each to two senior officials of the Ministry of Coal at that...

Supreme Court Dodges RTI Query On Live Streaming Implementation; Says 'Matter Under Registry's Consideration'

The Supreme Court has dodged detailed queries raised under the Right to Information Act seeking reasons for the non-implementation of live-streaming of court proceedings by giving an evasive reply that the "matter is under the consideration of the Registry"In the verdict pronounced on September 26, 2018 in Swapnil Tripathi v Supreme Court of India and connected cases, the court laid...

Cases Generating Much Heat In Public Domain Can't Influence Court's Decision: Madhya Pradesh High Court [Read Order]

"In the hierarchy of justice administration, at no level, can the Courts be held hostage to the shrill screech of public perception. The day that happens, no longer would it be said that the Courts are impervious to influence", remarked the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Tuesday (20th October).The Bench of Justice Atul Shreedharan made the afore-mentioned remark while hearing the Bail...

Allahabad High Court Grants Protection From Arrest To Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui & 4 Family Members In Molestation Case [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday granted protection from arrest to actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui and his Four family members in connection to a molestation case filed by his estranged wife, Aliya. The Division Bench comprising of Justices Manoj Misra and Sanjay Kumar Pachori was hearing Siddiqui's application for quashing of FIR. Though the Court declined this plea "as...

Delhi High Court Grants 6 hrs 'Custody Parole' To UAPA Accused To Accompany Wife For Surgery

The Delhi High Court on Friday granted Custody Parole to an accused, charged under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for a period of 6 hours, to accompany his wife who is to undergo surgery.A division bench of Justices Brijesh Sethi & JR Midha was hearing a plea seeking interim bail for a period of one month to the accused who is charged under Section 120-B IPC and 17 & 21 of...

Kerala High Court Orders Discharge Of Patient Allegedly Held Hostage By Hospital Over Non-Payment Of Bills [Read Order]

The Kerala High Court on Friday (23rd October) ordered the Hospital, accused of not discharging the patient due to non-payment of medical bills, to immediately discharge the patient and let her mother (Petitioner) take her son home.The Bench of Justice K. Vinod Chandran and Justice T. R. Ravi was hearing the plea of an aggrieved mother who was before the Court seeking discharge of her son...

High Courts Weekly Roundup

Week Commencing From October 19, 2020 Till October 25, 2020 Allahabad High Court 1. The Technology Is Being Misused To Commit The Offence, Particularly Against Women: Allahabad HC [Afroz Khan v. State of UP & Anr.] The Bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh expressed concern that technology is being misused to commit the offence, particularly against women. The Court was...

Law Student's Plea Against BCI Guidelines On Intermediate Yr Exams; Bombay HC Seeks Reply From Bar Council Of Maharashtra & Goa

The Bombay High Court on Thursday while hearing a law student's plea challenging Bar Council of India's guidelines dated May 27 and June 9 to conduct exams for its intermediate year students after the academic year starts and asked the petitioner to implead the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa as party in the matter.Division bench of Justice AA Sayed and Justice SP Tavade on Thursday heard...

[Breaking] BJP Leader Seeks AG's Consent To Initiate Contempt Against Andhra CM Jagan For Public Allegations Against Justice Ramana

An application has been filed before the Attorney General for India seeking his consent to initiate criminal contempt proceedings against the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy and his advisor, Ajeya Kallam IAS for making public allegations against Justice NV Ramana, judge of the Supreme Court.The application filed by BJP leader and lawyer Ashwini Upadhyaya before AG K...

Lawyer Seeks AG's Consent To Initiate Contempt Proceedings Against Prashant Bhushan For Recent Tweet Over CJI 's MP Visit[Read Letter]

Supreme Court Advocate Sunil Kumar Singh has written a letter to the Attorney General for India, KK Venugopal, seeking his consent for initiation of criminal contempt proceedings against Advocate Prashant Bhushan for his recent tweet over CJI Bobde. Delete A Lawyer seeks AG's consent to initiate criminal contempt proceedings against @pbhushan1 over his tweet "CJI avails a special...

Mehbooba Mufti's 'Dacoits Snatched Our Flag' Remark: Lawyer Files Police Complaint With Delhi Police [Read Complaint]

A Delhi based Supreme Court Lawyer, Vineet Jindal has filed a police complaint (sent to Shri S.N Shrivastava Commissioner, Delhi Police) against former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti for her alleged "dacoits snatched our flag" remark terming the remark as inflammatory, derogatory and inciting.As mentioned, the complaint filed with the Delhi Police (Shri S.N...

Courts This Week- A Weekly Round Of Important Legal Developments In The Country [Episode-37]

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