'Appeals To Our Judicial Conscience': Kerala High Court Commutes Sentence Of Man Who Killed Uncle Citing Mitigating Circumstances

The Kerala High Court recently commuted the sentence of a man who murdered his paternal uncle for assaulting his mother upon finding that there existed several mitigating circumstances in the case. Considering all the relevant factors of the case, a Division Bench of Justice Vinod K. Chandran and Justice C. Jayachandran deemed it fit to partly allow the appeal and lower the sentence imposed...

Sitting During Tamil State Song 'Tamil Thai Vaazhthu' Not Disrespect: Madras High Court On Kanchi Seer's Conduct

The Court said that 'Tamil Thai Vaazthu' was a prayer song and not an anthem and there was no legal requirement to stand up when it is sung.

NCB Officer Sameer Wankhede And Wife File Suit Against Social Media Giants (Google, Twitter and Facebook) To Block Malicious/ Defamatory Content

Narcotics Control Bureau Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede and his wife recently approached the City Civil Court at Dindoshi seeking directions to social media giants Google and Facebook/Meta and Twitter to restrain from displaying or publishing, malicious and defamatory contents against them. In a suit accompanied by a notice of motion, Wankhede is seeking an order under section 79 of...

Delhi High Court Quashes Delisting Order Issued To Entity By Railways Without Show Cause Notice And Reasonable Opportunity To Defend

The Delhi High Court has quashed a delisting order issued to an entity by the Railways without any show cause notice and reasonable opportunity to defend itself observing that the same cannot be sustained in law. Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva observed that the High Court can exercise it's jurisdiction under Article 226 in such cases where the impugned order is ex facie issued contrary to...

"These People Are Powerless Or What?": Delhi High Court Raps SDMC For Complaining About Violation Of Judicial Orders By Vendors In Nehru Place

The Delhi High Court on Thursday rapped the South Delhi Municipal Corporation for complaining about the violation of judicial orders by vendors in city's Nehru Place area qua conditions of hawking remarking that it was the responsibility of the authority to ensure enforcement of the orders. The bench of Justice Manmohan and Justice Navin Chawla was hearing a suo moto case registered by the...

Kerala Court Temporarily Stays Release Of Prithviraj-Starrer 'Kaduva'

The Second Additional Sub Judge of Ernakulam has issued an ad interim injunction in a suit challenging the release of Prithviraj-starrer Kaduva restraining the respondents from publishing the movie until further orders. The Sub Court fund that if broadcasted or screened even for a moment, it would cause irreparable injury and hardships to the plaintiff.. The plaintiff's family...

Delhi High Court Disposes Of Plea Alleging Favouritism In Granting Admission In School Run By Jamia Milia Islamia After It's Stand Of Formulating New Policy

Taking note of the stand of Jamia Milia Islamia that it has formulated a new policy, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday disposed of a plea which had alleged favouritism in granting admission in one of it's affiliated school namely Syed Abid Husain Senior Secondary School by way of back door entries from preparatory class to class XI. Justice Prateek Jalan was apprised by Advocate Pritish...

"Common Object Was To Attack & Kill Members Of Muslim Community": Court Frames Charges Against 4 In Suleman Murder Case During Delhi Riots

A Delhi Court on Wednesday framed charges against 4 men for killing one Suleman during the North East Delhi riots observing that the common objective of the unlawful assembly, of which the accused were part of, was to attack and kill members of the Muslim Community. Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat framed charges against Vishal Kumar, Hemant Pratap Singh, Ashish Kumar and Gaurav under...

Lok Sabha Passes Bills Enabling Extension Of Term Of CBI, ED Directors Up To 5 Years

The Central Vigilance Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2021 and the Delhi Special Police Establishment (Amendment) Bill, 2021 were passed by Lok Sabha today. The Central Vigilance Commission Bill, 2021 seeks to amend Section 25 of the Central Vigilance Commission Act which prescribes the term of Enforcement Directorate's Director. The Bill provides that the tenure of the Director...

'Dialogues Fundamentally Hilarious, Futile To Find Elements Of Hate Speech: Calcutta HC Quashes FIR Against Mithun Chakraborty For Alleged Hate Speech, Stays Investigation

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday quashed the FIR registered against renowned actor and BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty by a member of the TMC party over his alleged 'hate speech' at an election rally at Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata on March 7, 2021. The Court also stayed any further police investigation into the matter. Justice Kaushik Chandra observed that Chakraborty had not intended...

Death Of Dalit Youth In Tamil Nadu: 'Prima Facie Indicates Suicide, Investigation So Far Satisfactory': Madras High Court Refuses Case Transfer To CBI

The court also orally remarked that there was prima facie no 'caste factor' in the death of the deceased.

Plea To Restrain Waseem Rizvi Aka Jitendra Tyagi From Giving 'Disputed Religious Statements' Moved In Allahabad High Court

A plea has been moved before the Allahabad High Court seeking a direction to restrain former Shia Waqf Board chairman Wasim Rizvi (now known as Jitendra Narayan Singh Tyagi) from giving disputed religious statements in social media or electronic media.The plea also seeks a direction to restrain him from raising questions on/against Prophet Mohammad and Holy Book Quran.The plea has been filed...