SLP Moved In Supreme Court Challenging Allahabad HC's Verdict Declaring 'UP Madarsa Act' As Unconstitutional

A Special Leave Petition (SLP) has been moved in the Supreme Court challenging the Allahabad High Court's March 22 verdict declaring the 'UP Board of Madarsa Education Act 2004' as UNCONSTITUTIONAL. The petition, moved by Anjum Kadari and others, states that the High Court committed a grave error while passing a judicious order and it did not consider positive assistance of the Bar and passed...

Kerala Court Acquits 3 RSS Workers In Madrasa Teacher Riyas Moulavi Murder Case

A Kerala Court in Kasargod acquitted three RSS workers, Nitinkumar, Ajesh and Akhilesh in the murder of thirty-four-year-old Madrasa teacher Mohammed Riyas.The District and Sessions judge, Kasargod K K Balakrishnan passed the verdict. Riyas Moulavi was murdered in Old Choori inside Old Juma Masjid allegedly by RSS workers on March 20, 2017Police had arrested 19-year-old Nitin, 20-year-old...

A Politician Judge – Judiciary's Bane And Nobody's Gain

A judge may deal with politics, for the very Constitution is a political document. Sacrosanct as it is, it does engender many a political battle to be fought in a constitutional court's arena. But that judge dealing in politics! It had never been in the constitution makers' contemplation, perhaps. That happening—and, indeed, happening too frequently to anyone's comfort—imperils...

Bar Council Of Delhi's Vice Chairman, Secretary, Members Urge Union Home Minister Not To Implement Three Criminal Laws

The Vice Chairman, Secretary and two members of the Bar Council of Delhi (BCD) have written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah urging him not to implement the three criminal laws- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and Bharatiya Sakshya. The new laws will be enforced with effect from July 01, replacing the existing Indian Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, and...

Supreme Court Directs Survey Of Karnataka Mines For Which Rehabilitation & Reclamation Plans Not In Place

In a public interest litigation (PIL) relating to iron ore mining in Karnataka, the Supreme Court recently directed Karnataka's Principal Chief Conservator of Forests to carry out a detailed scrutiny and survey of Category A/B/C mines (in Bellary, Chitradurga and Tumkur) in respect of which data and/or R&R (rehabilitation and reclamation) plans have not been submitted/approved.The Bench...

Another PIL Filed In Delhi High Court Seeking Removal Of Arvind Kejriwal From Post Of Chief Minister

A fresh public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking removal of Arvind Kejriwal, who has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the liquor policy case, from the post of Chief Minister of Delhi.The plea has been moved by Vishnu Gupta, who is a social worker and National President of Hindu Sena. Yesterday, a division bench headed by Acting...

Constitutional Courts Cannot Sit With Folded Hands When Executive Fails to Perform Its Duties : Justice BR Gavai

In his recent lecture at Harvard Kenedy School, Justice Gavai spoke extensively on the theme “How Judicial Review Shapes Policy”. Justice Gavai, through his insights highlighted the Indian Judiciary's continuous efforts in upholding the ideals of constitutionalism when the executive branch of the government falls back in fulfilling its duties. "The judiciary in India has...

Judicial Inquiry Ordered Into Mukhtar Ansari's Death

A Chief Judicial Magistrate's court in Uttar Pradesh's Banda district has ordered a judicial inquiry into the death of Gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari Mukhtar Ansari who died yesterday evening allegedly due to cardiac arrest, PTI reported.Banda Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Bhagwan Das Gupta has appointed Garima Singh, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (MP-MLA Court Banda) as the...

Constitutional Mandate For Schedule Caste Representation Helped My Elevation To Supreme Court: Justice BR Gavai

Supreme Court Judge, Justice BR Gavai in a recent cross-cultural discussion hosted by the New York City Bar Association, expressed how the prominence of affirmative action in the Indian legal framework contributed to his elevation to the Supreme Court of India. Justice Gavai explained the impact of diversity, equity and inclusion in the Indian diaspora, and illustrated how his elevation...

Arvind Kejriwal Personally Addresses Delhi Court, Says Approver "Bought Bail" Paying ₹55 Crore Donation To BJP

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal personally addressed a Delhi Court today and submitted that the mission of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) was only to implicate him in the liquor policy case and that the central probe agency wanted to crush the Aam Aadmi Party. Kejriwal made the submissions before Special CBI Judge Kaveri Baweja of Rouse Avenue Courts as he was produced in court on...

Gujarat Court Sentences Ex-IPS Officer Sanjiv Bhatt To 20 Years In Jail In 1996 Drug Planting Case

A Sessions court at Palanpur in Gujarat's Banaskantha district today sentenced former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt to 20 years in jail in the 1996 drug-planting case. He was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment under NDPS sections 21(c), 27A (punishment for financing illicit traffic and harbouring offenders). A fine of Rs 2 lakh has also been imposed upon him. Additional sessions judge JN Thakkar...

BREAKING | Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's ED Custody Extended By 4 Days Till April 1 In Liquor Policy Case

A Delhi Court on Thursday further remanded Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody till April 01 in the money laundering case related to the alleged liquor policy scam case. He was arrested on the night of March 21.Special CBI judge Kaveri Baweja of the Rouse Avenue Courts passed the order after Kejriwal was produced in court on the expiry of his six days of...