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Company's Bank Account Can't Be Frozen For Criminal Investigation Against Unrelated Party : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, set aside freeze order and subsequent bank guarantee imposed on a Foreign Institutional Investor company as those actions were found to be taken on the basis of a criminal case pending against a person, who had no connection with the company.A Bench comprising Justice Krishna Murari and Justice Sanjay Kumar noted that the freeze order and the bank guarantee...
Marriage Equality Case | Senior Advocates Kapil Sibal & Arvind Datar Oppose Supreme Court Giving Legal Recognition For Same-Sex Marriages
The Supreme Court Constitution bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Justice S Ravindra Bhat, Justice Hima Kohli, and Justice PS Narasimha continued hearing the marriage equality petitions today. This article provides with the arguments raised by the respondents' counsels- Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal and Senior Advocate Arvind Datar in the matter. The arguments...
We Have Suffered Enough With Adversarial Litigation, Mediation Is The Alternative: Justice P S Narasimha
Delivering a lecture on meditation organized by the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), Supreme Court Judge Justice P. S. Narasimha stated that it is time to turn back and evaluate whether adversarial litigation as a system of dispute resolution has worked for India in the last 70 years. “Why should the system take so much time, when two brothers ask for partition of property, or when...
Supreme Court Refers Issues In 'Abhiram Singh' Case Relating To Interpretation Of 'Corrupt Practices' Under RP Act To 5-Judge Bench
Recently, a Division Bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justice Surya Kant and Justice JK Maheshwari referred the Civil Appeal Abhiram Singh v. CD Commachen, in which the issue of interpretation of the scope of ‘corrupt practices’ under Section 123(3) of the Representation of Peoples Act 1951 arose, to a five-Judge Bench.In 2017, a seven-Judge Bench had decided one of the issues in...
Did Not Threaten Kangana Ranaut, Suggested Her To Amicably Resolve Issues With Hrithik Roshan: Javed Akhtar To Court
Lyricist Javed Akhtar recently testified before a Mumbai Court that he tried to get actors Hrithik Roshan and Kangana Ranaut to resolve the controversy between them amicably. Akhtar made the statement in response to Kangana's accusations of extortion in her feud with the actor.“In the month of March 2016, on one day Dr. Ramesh Agarwal alongwith accused Ms. Kangana Ranaut and her sister...
Muzaffarnagar Riots| 'Helpless Woman Was Gang Raped When She Was Fleeing Riot-Hit Area With Her Son To Save Her Life': UP Court
A trial court in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district today CONVICTED 2 accused after finding them guilty of gang-raping a woman in sugarcane fields during the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots while she was fleeing the area along with her minor son. "The accused committed rape against a helpless woman when she along with her innocent son was fleeing through the sugarcane fields to save her life,"...
'The Kerala Story' Makers Approach Supreme Court Against West Bengal Govt's Ban; Allege 'Shadow' Ban Of Film In Tamil Nadu
The makers of the controversial film 'The Kerala Story' have approached the Supreme Court challenging the decision of the West Bengal Govt to ban the movie. They also allege that the movie is facing a 'shadow' ban in Tamil Nadu and seek protection for screening the film in the southern state.Yesterday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee had announced the decision to ban the screening...
Bilkis Bano Case : One Convict Untraceable, Say Petitioners; Supreme Court Directs Publication Of Notice In Newspaper
The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday adjourned to July 11, the hearing in a set of pleas against the premature release of the life convicts in the Bilkis Bano case. In light of the petitioners' submission that one of the respondents could not be found to complete the service of notice, the bench directed steps to be taken to serve him with a fresh notice, and to publish a public notice in...
‘Instilled Sense Of Insecurity Among People, Jeopardised Communal Harmony’: Court Sentences 9 Men To 7-Years Jail In Delhi Riots Case
A Delhi Court on Tuesday sentenced nine men to rigorous imprisonment of seven years in jail in a case relating to 2020 North-East Delhi riots, observing that their acts instilled sense of insecurity among people and jeopardized the communal harmony in the society.Additional Sessions Judge Pulastya Pramachala sentenced nine men namely Mohd. Shahnawaz, Mohd. Shoaib, Shahrukh, Rashid, Azad,...
Supreme Court Reserves Order On Sanjiv Bhatt's Plea Seeking Recusal Of Justice MR Shah From Hearing His Case
The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved orders on a plea moved by former IPS Officer Sanjiv Bhatt seeking the recusal of Justice MR Shah from hearing his case.A bench comprising Justices MR Shah and CT Ravikumar was hearing Bhatt's plea seeking to adduce additional evidence in the criminal appeal filed by him in the Gujarat High Court challenging his conviction in a 1990 custodial death...
2013 Muzaffarnagar Riots: UP Court Convicts Two In A Case Of Gang Rape, Awarded 20-Year Rigorous Imprisonment
A trial court in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district today CONVICTED 2 accused in a case of gang rape of a woman during the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots under Section 376(2)(g), 376-D and 506 IPC. The Additional District and Sessions Judge, Anjani Kumar Singh convicted accused Maheshvir and Sikander. Another accused Kuldeep died during the course of the trial. The accused have been awarded...