Supreme Court Grants Interim Protection To Umar Ansari, Son Of Mukhtar Ansari, From Arrest In Model Code Of Conduct Case

In a criminal appeal of Umar Ansari, son of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, seeking anticipatory bail, the Supreme Court granted him interim protection from arrest.The matter was placed before Justices Hrishikesh Roy and P K Mishra on January 25. The facts of the case are that an FIR was lodged against Abbas Ansari, Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party candidate from Mau Sadar...

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Supreme Court Takes Suo Moto Cognizance Of Order Passed By Single-Bench Of Calcutta HC Which Ignored Division-Bench's Stay On CBI Probe

The Supreme Court has taken suo moto cognizance of an order passed by Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay of the Calcutta High Court which called illegal, and ignored an order by a division bench, which stayed the single bench's order for a CBI probe into alleged irregularities pertaining to admissions to medical colleges in West Bengal. A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court presided over by...

Prevent Genocide Of Palestinians In Gaza, Allow Humanitarian Aid : ICJ Directs Israel In South Africa's Application

The International Court of Justice, in a highly anticipated verdict, ruled that there was a need to issue provisional measures against Israel to prevent the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.The Court issued the following provisional measures :1. By 15 : 2 votes, the Court directed that Israel shall, in accordance with its obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of...

Andhra Pradesh Government Moves Supreme Court Against Grant Of Anticipatory Bail To Chandrababu Naidu In IRR Alignment Corruption Case

The Andhra Pradesh government has preferred a Special Leave Petition before the Supreme Court, challenging the State's High Court order granting anticipatory bail to former Chief Minister and Telegu Desam Party (TDP) President N Chandrababu Naidu in alleged Inner Ring Road (IRR) alignment scam.The matter is listed for consideration before the Bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta...

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2023- Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002

Prevention of Money Laundering Act (Act 15 of 2003) – Section 3 – Registration of ECIR – Effect of delay – Information about all complaints, the nature of the complaints, and the amount of money allegedly collected towards illegal gratification had all come into the public domain – Once a piece of information relating to the acquisition of a huge amount of illegal gratification in...

Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay: Calcutta High Court Judge With Penchant For Courting Controversies

Recently, Calcutta High Court judge, Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay stirred controversy when he ignored and declared illegal an order of a division bench presided over by Justice Soumen Sen, who had stayed the single judge's order for a CBI probe into medical admission irregularities in West Bengal.Justice Soumen Sen, a senior judge, presided over a division bench also comprising Justice Uday Kumar, and stayed the single bench's verdict upon noting that no opportunity was given to the State to...

Supreme Court Stays Meghalaya HC Order Fixing Compensation Amount For Unnatural Custodial Deaths

The Supreme Court has issued notice on Meghalaya government's petition challenging an order of the State's High Court, whereby quantum of punitive compensation payable by the government for custodial deaths since 2012 was affixed on the basis of age of the victims.A three-Judge Bench of Justices BR Gavai, Sanjay Karol and Sandeep Mehta stayed the impugned judgment, subject to a condition that...

“Recovery Evidence” Under Section 27 Of The Evidence Act- Questions & Answers By Justice V Ramkumar [Part-XII]

Q.56 Supposing, in the above question “police custody” of the accused is wrongly obtained from the Court and while so, a recovery falling under Section 27 of the Evidence Act is effected. Is the recovery evidence admissible? Ans. Yes. Such a confession is not liable to be excluded merely on the ground that it was obtained under an illegal order of remand. (Vide State v....

BREAKING | 'Can Say There Existed A Large Hindu Temple Before Gyanvapi Mosque's Construction', Concludes ASI's Survey Report

In a significant development, the Archaeological Survey of India's (ASI) survey report concerning the Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi has claimed that there existed a large Hindu Temple before the construction of the existing structure (Gyanvapi Mosque).The report also asserts that the parts of the pre-existing temple including pillars were used in the construction of existing structure...

Bombay Bar Association Amends Bye-Laws To Reserve 25% Seats For Women In It's Standing Committee

The Bombay Bar Association, one of the oldest associations of lawyers in the country amended its bylaws to reserve 25% or five seats in its standing committee for women.“In a historic move Bombay Bar Association amended its bye-laws to ensure at least 5 seats to female members on the standing committee of 20 members,” Advocate Vishal Kanade, Secretary of the BBA said. He added that there...

Advocates' Office Run From Residence Not Subject To Property Tax As Business Building: Supreme Court Refuses To Interfere With Delhi HC Ruling

The Supreme Court refused to interfere with the Delhi High Court judgment, holding that an advocate's office run from a residential building is not subject to property tax under the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act as a "business building."While doing so, the Bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Augustine George Masih affirmed that the "professional activity" of lawyers does not fall within...