Patna High Court Introduces Hybrid Hearing Option Following Supreme Court Directive

In response to a directive from Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, the Patna High Court has implemented virtual and hybrid hearing options for counsels and parties involved in cases. A notice dated 10th October 2023 informed that counsels interested in the 'virtual hybrid hearing" of listed cases can now exercise this option through the official website of the Patna High Court.The...

Supreme Court Grants Bail To Congress Leader Accused Of Making Facebook Posts Against India, Prime Minister

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (18.10.2023), granted bail to Congress Leader Afzal Lakhani who has been accused of making 'Anti-Indian', and 'Pro-Pakistani' Facebook Posts and posting derogatory remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his late mother Hiraba. The Gujarat High Court had denied him bail in June this year stating that 'people staying in India must be faithful to it'. Today,...

Supreme Court Weekly Roundup(9th-15th Oct)

Customs Duty - Undervaluation Must Be Proved By Evidence Of Prices Of Contemporaneous Imports; Else Benefit Of Doubt Goes To Importer: Supreme CourtCase Title: Commissioner of Customs (Imports), Mumbai v. M/s Ganpati OverseasCitation: 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 864The Supreme Court has recently highlighted that the transaction value (the price actually paid or payable for the goods) should be the...

Supreme Court Stays Manipur Police's Arrest Of Transgender Rights Activist In Case Over Social Media Posts

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (October 18) stayed the arrest of a transgender rights activist by the Manipur police in relation to social media posts made by her with regard to the alleged misappropriation of the transgender persons' welfare fund by the social welfare department and restrained the Manipur police from registering any fresh case based on such posts.A bench comprising...

Fake Birth Certificate Case | UP Court Sentences SP Leader Azam Khan, Wife, Son Abdullah To 7-Year Imprisonment

Samajwadi Party leader Mohammed Azam Khan, wife Tazeen Fatima and son Abdullah Azam Khan have been found guilty by a Court in Uttar Pradesh's Rampur district in the fake birth certificate case. They have been sentenced to seven-seven years of imprisonment.An MP/MLA Court presided over by Magistrate Shobit Bansal convicted them under Sections 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery...

Delhi Court Stays Magistrate's Order Summoning Former Union Minister Shahnawaz Hussain In Rape Case

A Delhi Court yesterday stayed a magisterial court’s order taking cognizance of the offences of rape and criminal intimidation against BJP leader and former union minister Shahnawaz Hussain and summoning him in the case.Hussain was directed to appear before the ACMM court on October 20.Special Judge MK Nagpal of Rouse Avenue Courts stayed the operation of the order on the criminal...

Supreme Court Issues Notice To Air India On Plea Seeking Higher Compensation For 2020 Plane Crash In Kerala

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (Oct. 18) issued notice on the special leave petitions filed by the passengers seeking compensation for their losses in the tragic Air India Express Flight IX-1344 crash at Karipur International Airport, Kozhikkode in 2020. The Court also tagged it along with the civil appeals pending on the same issue arising out of the 2010 Mangalore air crash.The Court...

‘Delhi’s Loss Is Manipur’s Gain, Burden Of Bringing Happiness To Place Full Of Sadness On Judiciary’: Delhi HC Bids Farewell To Justice Siddharth Mridul

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday bid farewell to Justice Siddharth Mridul, who has been a judge for more than 15 years and is now appointed as the Chief Justice of Manipur High Court. Justice Mridul was appointed as Additional Judge of the Delhi High Court on March 13, 2008, and became a Permanent Judge on May 26, 2009.In the farewell function organised by the Delhi High Court Bar...

Supreme Court Designates Former CJ Of Orissa High Court Justice S Muralidhar As A Senior Advocate

The Supreme Court of India has designated the Former Chief Justice Of Orissa High Court as a Senior Advocate. The decision was taken by the Chief Justice of India and the Judges of the Supreme Court of India in a full Court Meeting held on October 16, 2023. The designation is in terms of Guidelines for Designation of Senior Advocates by the Supreme Court of India, 2023, framed...

Delhi Court Convicts Five In 2008 Journalist Soumya Vishwanathan Murder Case

A Delhi Court on Wednesday convicted five men in the murder case of journalist Soumya Vishwanathan, more than 15 years after she was killed in 2008. Additional Sessions Judge Ravindra Kumar Pandey of Saket Court observed that the prosecution had proved its case beyond any reasonable doubts. The court had reserved the judgment in the case on October 13. Four accused persons have been held...

Disability Rights | Twin Conditions In RWPD Act Creating Barriers, Says Supreme Court While Granting Relief To Person With Colour Blindness

The Supreme Court has expressed concerns about the conditions of disabilities falling within defined categories and meeting the criteria of "benchmark disabilities" under the Right to Persons with Disabilities Act 2016 (RPwD Act). While hearing a case of a person with colour blindness who was denied appointment in the post of Assistant Engineer (Electrical) in the Tamil Nadu Generation...

BREAKING: Centre Notifies Transfer Of 16 High Court Judges

The Central Government today notified the transfer of 16 High Court judges as recommended by the Supreme Court collegium. They are1. Justice SP Kesarwani [Allahabad High Court To Calcutta High Court]2. Justice Raj Mohan Singh [Punjab and Haryana High Court to Madhya Pradesh High Court] 3. Justice Narendar G [Karnataka High Court To Andhra Pradesh High Court] 4. Justice Sudhir Singh...