BJP MP Brij Bhushan Singh Pleads Not Guilty To Sexual Harassment Charges Before Delhi Court

BJP MP and former WFI Chief Brij Bhushan Singh on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to the sexual harassment charges framed against him with respect to five women wrestlers.“Iska koi sawal hi nahi. Galti kiye hi nahi,” Singh told court when the judge asked him if he pleads guilty to the charges or not. Earlier this month, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Priyanka Rajpoot of...

MP Judicial Service | Supreme Court Allows Candidates With Disabilities To Attend Interview If They've Got Minimum Marks Prescribed For SC/ST Categories

The Supreme Court (today on May 21) resumed its hearing in a suo motu matter regarding a rule in the State of Madhya Pradesh that excludes visually impaired and no-vision candidates from seeking appointment to judicial services. As an interim relief, the Bench of Justices P.S. Narasimha and Sanjay Karol passed an order that the candidates of various disabilities who appeared for the...

'Brought Disrepute To West Bengal' : ECI Censures Ex-HC Judge & BJP Candidate For 'Low-Level Attack' Against Mamta Banerjee

The Election Commission of India has debarred former judge of Calcutta High Court and BJP candidate Abhijit Gangopadhyay from campaigning for 24 hours finding his comments on Mamata Banerjee to be “low-level personal attack”.The action is taken in respect of Gangopadhyay's comments that Mamata Banerjee has sold herself and her "rate" was Rs 10 lakh. He had even asked if she was...

Can Legality Of Arrest Be Examined After Trial Court Has Taken Cognizance & Rejected Bail? Supreme Court Asks Hemant Soren

While hearing former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren's petition challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), the Supreme Court on Tuesday (May 21) asked if the validity of arrest can be examined after the trial court has taken cognizance of the ED complaint and rejected the regular bail application of Soren.After hearing arguments for about one and half hours, the...

Hemant Soren's Interim Bail Plea : Live Updates From Supreme Court

The Supreme Court will hear today JMM leader and former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren's plea for interim bail for election campaigning.He has been under custody since January 31 when he was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with an alleged land scam.A vacation bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra Sharma will hear the matter. The ED has filed a...

If Hemant Soren Is Granted Interim Bail For Campaigning, Then All Jailed Politicians Will Seek Similar Treatment: ED Tells Supreme Court

In the latest development, the Enforcement Directorate has filed a reply before the Supreme Court, opposing the interim bail plea of former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, who is in judicial custody since his arrest by the agency in a money laundering case related to an alleged land scam.It may be mentioned that up until May 17, a bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar...

More Than 50% Candidates Failed AIBE 2023, RTI Reply Reveals

Only 69,646 out of 1,44,014 candidates who appeared for the 18th edition of the All India Bar Examination (AIBE 18) held on December 10, 2023, passed, according to information obtained through a Right to Information (RTI) application. The RTI reply, filed by Shibu Babu, disclosed that a total of 1,48,781 students registered for the exam, with 74,368 failing and over 4,700 absent. This means...

To Punish A Person For Casteist Insults Under SC/ ST Act, Comments Have To Be Made Within Public View: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court, while deciding a case arising out of a complaint made for an offence under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (Act), observed that an allegation of insult has to satisfy the requirement of having been made within public view. In the present case, the appellant had alleged that an offence under the Scheduled Caste and...

Electricity Act | SEZ Developer Not Ipso Facto A 'Deemed Distribution Licensee', Must Apply For Recognition And Be Scrutinized : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently held that SEZ developers, though conferred the status of "deemed distribution licensee" under the Electricity Act, must apply in terms of applicable Regulations and be scrutinized. The court further distinguished between regular distribution licensees and deemed distribution licensees to set aside a pre-condition imposed on an applicant requiring infusion of...

Lok Sabha Candidate Moves Supreme Court Saying Returning Officer Denied Him Form 17 Records Of Votes Polled

Advocate Mehmood Pracha, who contested in the Lok Sabha elections as an independent candidate from Rampur(UP) constituency, has filed an intervention application in the Supreme Court saying that the Returning Officer has not furnished to him the copies of the Form 17C record of votes polled in the constituency. Pracha has sought to intervene in the application filed by the Association...

'We Want Younger Bar To Grow' : Supreme Court Judge Requests Seniors To Give Vacation Time For Younger Advocates To Argue

Today, the Supreme Court (on May 20), while hearing a civil appeal, orally stressed that the young members of the bar should be given the opportunity to argue during vacation time. The matter in which this exchange took place was placed before the bench of Justices P.S. Narasimha and Sanjay Karol. Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, who was appearing for the petitioner,...

SEBI Imposes Rs 8 Lakh Penalty On Reliance Home Finance For Disclosure Violations

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) imposed a penalty of Rs. 8 lakh on Reliance Home Finance Limited (RHFL) for violations related to the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (LODR Regulations). The violations pertain to the company's failure to disclose material events and delays in disclosing crucial information as required under the...