Bulli Bai App Case : Shweta Singh And Mayank Rawat Remanded To 3 days Police Custody

A Metropolitan Court in Mumbai has remanded two accused, Uttarakhand natives Shweta Singh and Mayank Rawat, in Cyber Cell's custody till January 10 in the Bulli Bai App Case, which targeted Muslim women by putting up their images online for 'auction'. The two were detained from Uttarakhand on January 5 and brought to Mumbai on transit remand after which they were produced before the...

Status Quo In Religious Demography Has To Be Maintained; Religious Conversion Can't Be A Group Agenda : Madras High Court

"...the status quo that obtains in the year 2022 as regards religious demographic profile may have to be maintained", Justice G.R Swaminathan noted in the Order.

Frivolous Cases Against Azim Premji: Karnataka HC Reserves Order In Contempt Case Against Advocates Of 'India Awake For Transparency'

The Karnataka High Court on Friday reserved its order in the suo-motu criminal contempt case initiated against Advocate R Subrmanian and P Sadanand, who represented India Awake For Transparency in the multiple petitions filed on the same cause of action against Wipro founder Azim Premji. A division bench of Justice B. Veerappa and Justice K S Hemalekha after hearing the parties reserved...

IBC & Admiralty Act Interplay - Insolvency Proceedings Against Shipping Company Won't Bar Suit Against Vessel : Bombay High Court

In a significant judgment, the Bombay High Court has held that a Shipping Company slipping into liquidation under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code will not impact an ongoing Admiralty Suit against its Vessel as the two are separate entities. The judgement authored by Justice BP Colabawalla explains the interplay between the bar against further suits and proceedings under S.33 (5) of...

'Private Interest Subservient To Larger Public Interest Even If There Are Some Discrepancies': Allahabad HC In Land Acquisition Matter

The Allahabad High Court has recently held in a case challenging land acquisition proceedings that private interest has to give way to the larger public interest. Upholding the proceedings for construction of a railway over-bridge, a Division Bench of Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal and Justice Piyush Agarwal observed,"Private interest has to give way to the larger public interest. Even if there...

'Marital Rape Biggest Form Of Sexual Violence Against Women In Matrimonial Home, Goes Unreported": Sr Adv Colin Gonsalves Argues In Delhi HC

In a bunch of pleas seeking criminalization of marital rape in India, one of the petitioners today told the Delhi High Court that marital rape is the biggest form of sexual violence against women which is never reported, analyzed or studied. Senior Advocate Colin Gonsalves appearing for petitioner submitted before a bench comprising of Justice Rajiv Shakdher and Justice C Hari Shankar...

[Actor Sexual Assault Case] Sufficient Reasons Required To Recall Witnesses : Kerala High Court

Further developments ensued in the sensational actress sexual case that involves Malayalam actor Dileep, as the Kerala High Court on Friday observed that the prosecution should produce adequate justification for seeking to recall the witnesses in the case.Justice Kauser Edappagath reserved orders in the Criminal Miscellaneous case filed by the State against the trial court approving to collect...

'God Cannot Be Summoned': Madras High Court Overturns Order To Produce Idol

Overturning a lower court's decision, the Madras High Court has observed that an idol is believed to be a God by the devotees cannot be summoned by the Court. While hearing a challenge to the order of the lower Court in an idol theft case, where the idol was called to be produced in the Court to enquire its condition, Justice R. Suresh Kumar observed that,"The God cannot be summoned by the...

Zee Media v. Mahua Moitra: Delhi High Court Seeks Video Footage Of The Incident

The development ensued in her plea challenging a summoning order passed by trial court.

Section 427 CrPC - Sentence Of Escaped Life Convict Will Not Run Concurrently : Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has said that a life convict on being sentenced for escaping from prison on grant of parole leave, cannot claim that his subsequent sentence, less severe in nature, runs concurrently with the prison term he was undergoing.The Court held that an escpated convict cannot seek the benefit of Section 427(2) CrPC, which says that the subsequent sentence of a person...

'Nobody Has A Fundamental Right To A Public Holiday': Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that declaring a public holiday is a matter of governmental policy, and there is nobody can claim a fundamental right to public holidays. A Divison Bench of Justices Gautam Patel and Madhav Jamdar observed, "There is no legally enforceable right that can be said to have been infringed. Nobody has a fundamental right to a public holiday." Rejecting a petition...

S.25-O ID Act| Can't Permit Authority To Sit On Closure Application & Operate Deeming Provision: Madras HC Sets Aside Closure Of 2 Textile Mills

There is not even an attempt to conduct enquiry, which is mandatory under the provision, Court noted.