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'Nothing To Show His Active Involvement': Kerala High Court Grants Bail To UAPA Accused Under Judicial Custody Since 2015
The Kerala High Court on Thursday reversed an order of a Single Judge denying bail to a 67-year-old suspected Maoist undertrial charged under Section 43D(5) of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). He was arrested in 2015 and was lodged in judicial custody since then. A Division Bench of Justice K. Vinod Chandran and Justice C. Jayachandran while granting bail to the appellant,...
Attachment Of Bank A/C By Tax Authorities During Pendency Of CIRP Violative Of Section 14 IBC: NCLT Mumbai
The National Company Law Tribunal at Mumbai has ruled that an attachment by the Tax Authorities during the pendency of a Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) is violative of Section 14 (Moratorium) of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code."The claim of the Respondent (Dy. Commissioner of State Tax) will be dealt in the manner as provided u/s. 53 of the IBC and therefore, Respondent No....
Kangana Ranaut Files Appeal In Sessions Court To Transfer Javed Akhtar Defamation Case
Close to two months after the in-charge Chief Metropolitan Magistrate rejected actress Kangana Ranaut's application to transfer her defamation case from a particular Magistrate, the actor has approached the Sessions Court against that order.Kangana's plea filed through her Advocate Rizwan Siddiquee states that Akhtar, the complainant in the case has remained absent on six occasions, out of...
UP BJP MLA Indra Tiwari Disqualified Following Conviction In Fake Marksheet Case, Sentenced To 5 Years Imprisonment
A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Uttar Pradesh-Ayodhya's Gosaiganj seat, Indra Pratap alias Khabbu Tiwari has been disqualified from the membership of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly following his conviction in a fake mark sheet case by a Special UP Court.In a notification issued by the Vidhan Sabha Secretariat on December 7, it has been notified that Tiwari would be considered as...
No CCTVs Installed In Mizoram & Lakshadweep Prisons: Centre Informs Lok Sabha
The Central Government today informed the Lok Sabha that according to statistics collated by National Crime Records Bureau, there were no CCVTs installed in prisons in Mizoram and Lakshadweep as of 31.12.2019. The information was disclosed by Union Minister Mr. Kiren Rijiju in written response to a question raised by MP Ravikumar D., seeking details of central and district prisons with...
52 Habeas Corpus Pleas Pending Before Supreme Court: Centre Informs Lok Sabha
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju informed the Lok Sabha on Friday that as of 13.12.2021 there were 52 habeas corpus cases pending before the Supreme Court. The written reply also lists the number of pending cases before the High Courts in the country.The reply notes that as of 30.11.2021 there are a total of 396 Habeas Corpus petitions pending before the Punjab and Haryana High Court....
Whether Request For Extension Of Pre-Charge Detention Under UAPA Should Meet The 'Threshold Of Impossibility'? Delhi HC To Examine
The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice on a petition involving a question of law as to whether the request for extension of period of investigation and pre-charge detention under proviso to Section 43D (2)(b) of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act should meet the threshold of "impossibility".The proviso sates:"if it is not possible to complete the investigation within the said period...
Varavara Rao Medically Stable, Must Surrender: NIA Tells Bombay High Court; Complete Medical Report Summoned
The National Investigating Agency (NIA) on Friday urged the Bombay High Court to direct Telugu poet accused in Bhima Koregaon case, Varavara Rao (82), to surrender before the prison officials after a private hospital opined he is "cognitively normal." However, a division bench of Justices Nitin Jamdar and Sarang Kotwal directed the private hospital to submit Rao's complete...
Elaborate & Fool-Proof Affidavit Format, State Funding, Stop Criminalisation Of Politics: Madras High Court To Hear Plea For Electoral Reforms
A public interest litigation has been filed before Madras High Court seeking directions to the Union and the Election Commission of India to introduce a set of broad electoral reforms to curb corruption and malfeasance in the electoral process. The plea, filed by Advocate K S Radhakrishnan, Dravida Munnetra Kazhakam (DMK) spokesperson and activist, came up before the First Bench of...
Delhi High Court Seeks Response Over Steps Taken To Streamline Expeditious Disposal Of Trials In UAPA Cases Before Special Designated Courts
The Delhi High Court has directed it's Registry to file a further affidavit indicating the steps taken in order to streamline expeditious disposal of trials in Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act cases pending before Special Designated Courts in the national capital. Justice Mukta Gupta directed Advocate Gaurav Agarwal, representing the Delhi High Court in the matter, to file the said...
Kerala High Court Orders Appearance Of Ex-Judicial Officer S Sudeep Over FB Post Criticizing Orders In Fake Antique Dealer Case
"Since he was a judicial officer, certainly, I would like to hear him so he can inform me where the Court has been going wrong according to him", Justice Devan Ramachandran observed.