Bengaluru Court Orders Take Down Of 'Hostel Hudugaru Bekagiddare' Trailer For Using Actor-Politician Ramya's Name Allegedly Without Permission

A Court in Bengaluru has passed an ex-parte interim order directing Gulmohur Films, Zee Entertainment and other respondents to take down all the trailers of Kannada film 'Hostel Hudugaru Bekagiddare' showing the name, clips of film actor and ex-MP Divya Spandana (alias Ramya), allegedly without her permission. Additional City Civil and Session Judge Ravindra Hegde further ordered, “By...

ED Seeks Thoothukudi Court's Permission To Assist DVAC In Disproportionate Assets Case Against TN Minister Anitha Radhakrishnan

Thoothukudi Principal Sessions Court has adjourned to August 2 a petition filed by Enforcement Directorate's Special Public Prosecutor N Ramesh, seeking permission to assist the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) in the ongoing Disproportionate Assets case against Tamil Nadu Fisheries Minister Anitha Radhakrishnan.The petition was filed by the prosecutor under Section 301 and...

Supreme Court Grants Bail To Teesta Setalvad; Calls Gujarat HC Observations 'Perverse', 'Contradictory'

The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted regular bail to human rights activist Teesta Setalvad in the Gujarat police case over alleged fabrication of evidence in the 2002 riots cases.A bench comprising Justices BR Gavai, AS Bopanna and Dipankar Datta quashed the Gujarat High Court's order which denied her regular bail after opining that the High Court's observations were "perverse"...

'Being A Journalist Doesn’t Mean You Have The License To Take Law Into Your Own Hands': Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday orally remarked that a journalist or a reporter doesn’t have the license to take the law into their own hands. The Court made the observation while hearing a plea by a journalist who was denied anticipatory bail by the Madhya Pradesh High Court.The case of the journalist was that he was trying to expose a racket involving the illegal sale and purchase of a...

Vivekananda Reddy Murder | Supreme Courts Asks CBI to Produce Charge Sheet; Issues Notice in T Ganga Reddy's Plea Against Surrender Order

The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday sought the response of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to Suneetha Nareddy’s plea challenging the grant of anticipatory bail to Lok Sabha member YS Avinash Reddy by the Telangana High Court. Besides this, the top court also directed the central agency to file, in a sealed cover, a copy of the charge-sheet, as well as that of original...

Oudh Bar Association Decides Not To Hold Felicitation Function For Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh

The Executive Committee of the Oudh Bar Association of the Allahabad High Court has decided not to organise felicitation/farewell function in the honour of Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh who has recently been transferredto the Kerala High Court. The decision was taken in the emergency meeting of the Association called on July 16 which was chaired by its President Anand Mani Tripathi...

LIFE Mission Case : Supreme Court Adjourns M Sivasankar's Bail Plea By Two Weeks After ED Seeks Time To File Response

The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted the Enforcement Directorate two weeks' time to file its response in the plea by M. Sivasankar, Former Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister of Kerala, seeking bail on medical grounds. Sivasankar had approached the Top Court seeking bail in a money laundering case in connection with the LIFE Mission corruption case on grounds of ill-health....

Supreme Court Agrees To Consider Early Listing Of Pleas Challenging Marital Rape Exception

The Supreme Court on Wednesday stated that it would consider listing the pleas concerning the constitutional validity of Exception 2 to Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code which provides exception to non-consensual matrimonial sex from the offence of rape. The batch of petitions was to be listed on May 9, 2023 after it could not be heard by a bench comprising Chief Justice DY...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Independent Probe Into Alleged Fake Encounters In Assam

The Supreme Court has issued notice on a plea filed against the Gauhati High Court’s refusal to entertain a PIL filed in 2021 seeking independent investigation of alleged fake encounters in Assam.The bench of Justice S. Ravindra Bhat, Justice Aravind Kumar said, “Issue notice. Let notice be also served through standing counsel for the State.”The petitioner claims that the PIL was...

Supreme Court To Hear Plea Relating To Effects Of Radiation From Mobile Towers On September 5

The Supreme Court on Tuesday posted to September 5 a bunch of petitions relating to the effects of electromagnetic radiation generated by mobile phone towers.A bench comprising Justices AS Bopanna and MM Sundresh was hearing appeals arising out of a Rajasthan High Court judgment which upheld a government notification prescribing a minimum distance of 500 meters for mobile towers from...

SEBI Circular On Disclosure Of Material Events By Listed Entities Under Regulations 30 And 30a Of SEBI (Listing Obligations And Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has released a significant clarification regarding the disclosure of material events and information by listed entities under Regulations 30 and 30A of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015. The circular, issued on July 13, 2023, aims to enhance transparency and ensure timely disclosure of...

‘Dissenting Speech Always Seen As Symptom Of Conspiracy’: Akhil Gogoi Moves Supreme Court Challenging Sedition and Similar Offences

Assamese activist-turned-politician Akhil Gogoi has filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court of India challenging the constitutional validity of the offence of sedition contained in Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 along with related offences “which employ similar logic of sedition inasmuch as they entail the same ingredients”. The petitioner – an...