Call Meeting Of All Cyber Crime Cells For Coordination In Dealing With Fraudulent Transaction Cases: Delhi High Court To MHA

The Delhi High Court has directed the concerned Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs ("MHA") to call a meeting of Cyber Crime Cells in various states to ensure coordination while dealing with cases involving fraudulent transactions.Justice Prathiba M Singh said that there needs to be some coordination between Cyber Crime Cells of all police authorities in the country and ordered...

Info Obtained From Social Media Can't Form Part Of Pleadings: Bombay High Court Dismisses PIL Seeking Protection From 'Unsafe Water Bodies'

The Bombay High Court has recently observed that pleadings in public interest litigations shouldn’t simply contain information gathered from social media.A division bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Arif Doctor refused to hear a plea by advocate Ajitsingh Ghorpade seeking directions for appropriate measures to safeguard people from waterfalls and water bodies, claiming that...

Gujarat High Court Dismisses Plea To Ban Loudspeakers Used For Azaan, Says It Is 'Faith And Practice Going On For Years Together'

The Gujarat High Court today dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) which sought a ban on the use of loudspeakers in mosques for azaan, terming it a "wholly misconceived PIL."The petitioner had requested a ban on the use of loudspeakers during various times of the day for the Islamic call to prayer.Chief Justice Sunita Aggarwal questioned the petitioner's claim of disturbance due to...

[Kottayam Bar Association Protest] Kerala High Court Initiates Suo Motu Contempt Against 29 Protesting Lawyers

The Kerala High Court has initiated suo motu contempt proceedings against twenty-nine lawyers who had protested and allegedly hurled abusive language against a female Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM), in Kottayam. The advocates of the Kottayam Bar Association had abstained from attending court proceedings last week to protest against the initiation of criminal proceedings against Advocate...

Gyanvapi Survey| 'Experts Working Hard To Compile Data': ASI Seeks Additional 3-Week Extension To File Its Report In Varanasi Court

Submitting that their experts are working hard to cross-check, correlate and compile the findings of the survey undertaken by them of the Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi, the ASI has filed an application before the Varanasi District Judge seeking an additional 3-week time to file its Survey report. This is the 5th time since September 2 that the ASI has sought a time extension to file...

Broke All Barriers Of Societal And Gender Perceptions: Kerala High Court Remembers (Late) Justice Fathima Beevi

"Justice Fathima Beevi broke all barriers of societal perception to take up a profession that was once considered a man’s prerogative..She has paved the way for countless women to take up the legal profession now," Kerala High Court Chief Justice Ashish J. Desai said, while addressing the full court gathered to commemorate the demise of Justice Fathima Beevi. The first female Judge to...

'Blot On Motherhood': Kerala Court Sentences 42-Yr-Old Mother To 20 Yrs Rigorous Imprisonment For Abetting Sexual Assault Of Minor Daughter

A Kerala Court on Monday sentenced the mother of a minor child to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of twenty years, and imposed a fine of Rs. 20,000/- for abetting the commission of aggravated penetrative sexual assault on the child. Fast Track Special Court (POCSO) Judge at Thiruvananthapuram Rekha R. passed the Order, noting that the action of the mother amounted to an...

Constitution Day Celebrations And Legal Services Camps Organised By Bihar State Legal Services Authority

Under the stewardship of Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh, Executive Chairman of Bihar State Legal Services Authority (BSLSA), all District Legal Services Authorities (DiLSAs) in Bihar marked Constitution Day on November 26, 2023, by embarking on a week-long celebration of constitutional values. The festivities will continue until December 2, 2023.In a concerted effort to enhance legal...

Training And Sensitization Program For Para Legal Volunteers Organised By Bihar State Legal Services Authority

The Bihar State Legal Services Authority (BSLSA) organised a comprehensive One Day Training cum Sensitization program on November 25, 2023, aimed at empowering Para Legal Volunteers stationed at the Front Offices of District Legal Services Authorities (DiLSAs) and State District Legal Services Committees (SDLSC) across Bihar.The focus of the program was to enhance the skills and awareness of...

Delhi Court Sentences Four Men To Life Imprisonment In Journalist Soumya Vishwanathan Murder Case

A Delhi Court on Saturday sentenced four men to life imprisonment 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 also sentenced the fifth convict, Ajay Sethi, to simple imprisonment for a period of three years.The four convicts namely Ravi Kapoor, Amit Shukla, Baljeet Malik...

Bar Council Of Kerala To Enquire On Kottayam Lawyers Agitation Against Chief Judicial Magistrate

The Bar Council of Kerala has constituted a Sub-Committee comprising K. P Jayachandran, Joseph John, K. K Nazzer , S. Sudarsanakumar, K.R Rajkumar and P.A Mohammed Sha for inquiring into the reasons that led to the Kottayam lawyers’ agitation against the Chief Judicial Magistrate and the subsequent developments. K. P Jayachandran is the Convenor of the Sub-Committee and Joseph John is...

Special CBI Court In Mumbai Acquits Delhi Man Accused Of Demanding Rs. 30 Lakhs From Journalist For Favourable Order From Bombay High Court

A Special CBI Court in Mumbai presided over by Special Judge MR Purwar, recently acquitted Faraz Sultan Khan, a Delhi-based individual accused of demanding Rs. 30 lakhs from journalist Ketan Tirodkar. The demand was allegedly made for securing a favourable order from the Bombay High Court regarding a case under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) in which Tirodkar...