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Delhi Court Issues Bailable Warrants Against YouTuber Dhruv Rathee In 2018 Defamation Case
A Delhi Court on Saturday issued bailable warrants against YouTuber Dhruv Rathee in a 2018 defamation case. The case pertains to a complaint filed by Vikas Sanskrityayan alleging that Rathee posted a video which is alleged to be defamatory in nature.It was alleged that by the complainant that a video titled, 'BJP IT Cell Part II' was published and circulated by Rathee who lives in Germany,...
SCBA Joint Secretary Sends Legal Notice To KPCC President Over Congress Kerala Post Against CJI Surya Kant
Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Joint Secretary and advocate Meenesh Dubey has sent a legal notice to Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president Sunny Joseph, seeking an explanation for the absence of a public apology and an express reprimand over a controversial post targeting Chief Justice of India Surya Kant from the official X account of the Kerala Congress unit.The legal...
#TheLawChallenge : A Weekly Quiz For The Legally Curious By LiveLaw & QShala, Attractive Prizes For Winners
Welcome to the LiveLaw and QShala Law Trivia Quiz! We are excited to bring you this collaborative initiative — a law trivia-based quiz that will be held every Saturday. The quiz is entirely online, and you can participate by answering questions through the Google Form linked on this page. Ready for the Law Challenge is India's first comprehensive law quiz book for curious minds, published by Juggernaut. Built around over 300 questions across 20 chapters, it explores the Indian Constitution,...
Arbitration Clause Does Not Bar Criminal Case : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has recently held that the existence of an arbitration clause in an agreement does not bar criminal proceedings. It further observed that courts must first examine whether the allegations disclose the essential ingredients of the offence.A bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta observed so while hearing an appeal against a Gauhati High Court order refusing...
Delhi Executive Magistrate Court Orders Release Of CJP Founder Abhijeet Dipke: Live Updates
CJP founder Abhijit Dipke was put under preventive arrest and will be produced before the Special Executive Magistrate Court shortly.AISA leader Neha Bora was released after formal procedures.Both were detained ahead of 'Lehra Do Tiranga' march in Connaught Place.As per Delhi Police, action has been taken against Dipke under Section 126/170 of BNSS.The provisions empower Executive Magistrates...
Delhi Protest | Supreme Court Refuses To Examine Challenge To Section 163 BNSS, Issues Notice On Plea Challenging S. 172 BNSS
In the pleas arising from the recent Delhi protests, the Supreme Court on Thursday (October 15) said that it will not examine constitutional validity of Section 163 of BNSS, 2023 (erstwhile Section 144 of CrPC), which empowers executive magistrates to issue prohibitory orders.A bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi observed that the Supreme Court had upheld...
'Used Position To Facilitate Violence': Court Sentences Tahir Hussain To Two Years In Jail In Delhi Riots Case
A Delhi Court on Friday sentenced former Aam Aadmi Party councillor Tahir Hussain to two years in jail after convicting him for the offence of abetment of rioting in relation to a North-East Delhi riots case.Additional Sessions Judge Parveen Singh of Karkardooma Courts noted that the present case was the second conviction of Tahir Hussain for his alleged involvement in the riots of February...
Supreme Court Grants Bail To Former RG Kar College Principal Sandip Ghosh In CBI Case
The Supreme Court on October 15 granted bail to Sandip Ghosh, former RG Kar Medical College Hospital at Kolkata, who was chargesheeted in a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) case involving alleged financial irregularities at the college and manipulation of merit scores to accommodate undeserving candidates.A bench of Justices MM Sundresh and Justice Prasanna B Varale allowed Ghosh's...
Supreme Court Asks ECI To Produce Video Records Of Vote-Counting In 2023 Sringeri Assembly Election
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (October 14) rebuked the Election Commission of India for not maintaining the records of the vote counting in Karnataka's Sringeri Assembly Constituency in an appeal filed by Congress member TD Rajegowda. Rajegowda had approached the Supreme Court after he was unseated as the MLA pursuant to the Karnataka High Court's direction to recount votes, which resulted...
'If No Concrete Steps Taken, We Will Sit On Dharna' : Supreme Court To Centre On Lack Of Pedestrian Crossing Near Delhi HC
The Supreme Court today (October 16) again reiterated its concern over the absence of a pedestrian crossing at the Delhi High Court and orally warned that, if no action is taken at the next hearing, the judges will have to come and stage a dharna (protest) near it until it's done.A bench comprising Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice KV Viswanathan said this on the lack of basic...
Rules On Airfare Pricing Finalised, To Be Published Within Two Weeks: Centre Tells Supreme Court
The Union Government informed the Supreme Court on Friday (October 16) that rules to regulate airfare pricing have been finalised and received administrative approval, and would be published within two weeks.A bench of Justice Vikram Nath, Justice R Mahadevan and Justice Aparesh Singh was hearing a PIL filed by S. Laxminarayanan concerning arbitrary and exorbitant airfare pricing by...