TOMORROW AT 5.30 PM- Symposium On 'Encounter' Killings In India - Justice Madan Lokur,Justice Goda Raghuram

The Centre For Criminal Justice Reform And Research, NALSAR University Of Law in association with LIVELAW is organising a Symposium on 'Encounter' Killings In India and the Release of 'Extinguishing Law In Life: Police Killings And Cover-Up In The State Of Uttar Pradesh' (a report by Youth for Human Rights Documentation, Citizens Against Hate and People's Watch).The esteemed speakers for...

Delhi High Court Notifies VC Rules, Allows Public To View Virtual Proceedings

The High Court of Delhi Rules for Video Conferencing for Courts 2021, which seek to consolidate, unify and streamline the procedure relating to use of video conferencing for Courts, have been notified in the official gazette on October 26.The Rules consist of five Chapters and two schedules. While the Chapters provide for definitions, general principles and procedure for virtual...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Complainant's Plea Challenging Anticipatory Bail Of MP Prince Paswan In Rape Case

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice on the plea filed by complainant challenging the anticipatory bail granted to Lok Janshakti Party MP Prince Paswan in connection with a criminal case concerning allegations of rape against him.Prince is a Member of Parliament from Samastipur in Bihar.Justice Yogesh Khanna sought response of Prince Paswan while posting the matter for further...

TN Advocate General Recalls Former AG's Order Declining Consent To Initiate Contempt Proceedings Against S Gurumurthy

Advocate General (AG) R. Shunmugasundaram has recalled an order passed by his predecessor former Advocate General Vijay Narayan on March 31 this year, wherein the latter had declined to grant permission to initiate contempt proceedings against Tamil magazine Thuglak's Editor S. Gurumurthy for his comments about the judiciary during the magazine's annual meet with its readers on January...

Delhi High Court Seeks Centre's Response On VC Hearing Facilities, Appointments In Central Govt Industrial Tribunal

The Delhi High Court has sought a further status report from the Centre in respect of the conduct of hearings through virtual concerning mode in the Central Government Industrial Tribunal and appointments of additional members in the Tribunal. Justice Pratibha M Singh while listing the matter for further hearing on November 29 also dispensed the personal appearance of officers in the...

Madras High Court Asks Leena Manimekalai, Susi Ganeshan To Appear In Person On November 1 In Challenge To Impounding Of Passport

The Madras High Court on Wednesday directed filmmaker Leena Manimekalai and film director Susi Ganesan to appear in person before the Court on November 1 around 1 pm while hearing a plea moved by Manimekalai challenging an order passed by the Regional Passport Officer, Chennai, to impound her passport.The impounding order was passed citing the pendency of a criminal defamation case against...

Alleged Hate Speeches Against Christianity- "Open To Move Complaint Before Magistrate": Chhattisgarh HC Refuses To Direct FIR Registration

The Chhattisgarh High Court on Monday refused to direct the registration of an FIR against a man, Sohan Potai, who allegedly delivered hate speeches against the Christian Religion. The Bench of Justice Narendra Kumar Vyas, however, gave the liberty to the petitioner to approach the Judicial Magistrate First Class having territorial jurisdiction over the place of offence for filing of...

'Medical Practitioners Must Be Protected From Onslaught Of Frivolous Complaints': Madras High Court Issues Guidelines For National Medical Council

The Madras High Court on Tuesday quashed an order dated May 4, 2021 of the Tamil Nadu Medical Council (TNMC) suspending a gastroenterologist by observing that principles of natural justice were not given credence to. The Court also laid down exhaustive guidelines that are to be included in the new Regulations that are to be framed under the National Medical Council (NMC) Act, 2019 for...

'Court Has Been Deceived By False Promises': Madras HC Imposes 25 Lakh Costs For Disobeying Order Directing Payment Of Outstanding Dues

The Madras High Court on Friday imposed costs to the tune of Rs 25 lakhs on a film production studio after observing that it had needlessly dragged on an appeal filed before the Court by deceiving the Court through 'false promises' to repay the amount owed by it. A Bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice PD Audikesavalu observed, "Defaulting borrowers, like the...

Confession To NDPS Officer Inadmissible : Allahabad HC Grants Bail In Case Of 628 Kg Ganja

The Allahabad High Court recently granted bail to a man booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) in a case involving the alleged recovery of 628 Kilograms of Ganja.The Court noted that the case against the accused was based only upon the statement given by the co-accused implicating him and also upon a statement given by the accused under Section 67 of...

WhatsApp Chats Surfaced In Media Before Coming On Court Record: Arbaaz Merchant Tells Bombay High Court In Aryan Khan Drug Case

The Bombay High Court was today told that the allegedly incriminatory WhatsApp chats of Arbaaz Khan, co-accused in the cruise shup drug case related to Aryan Khan, surfaced in the media before being placed on record. "The media had the chats before it was on the court record. This is the world we live in," Senior Advocate Amit Desai appearing for Arbaaz told Justice NW Sambre who was...

What Is The Procedure To Be Followed By ED On Receiving Letters Of Request From Contracting State Under PMLA? Delhi HC Answers

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday has passed a detailed order concerning the procedure to be followed by the Enforcement Directorate upon receiving letters of requests from a contracting State under Section 60 of the PMLA and other connected issues. Justice Pratibha M Singh, who was of the opinion that the request for freezing or seizure of assets/property must have a reasonable basis...