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...

Centre Notifies Appointment Of J. Sathya Narayana Prasad As An Additional Judge Of Madras High Court

The Central government has notified the appointment of J. Sathya Narayana Prasad as an additional judge of the Madras High Court. The appointment has been made pursuant to a Supreme Court Collegium recommendation after a meeting held on October 6 this year."In exercise of the powers conferred by Clause (1) of Article 224 of the Constitution of India, the President, is pleased to appoint J....

Delhi High Court Issues Summons To Baba Ramdev On Doctors' Suit For Allegedly Spreading Misinformation About Allopathy Amid Covid

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued summons to Yoga guru Baba Ramdev in a suit filed against him by several doctors' associations for allegedly spreading misinformation about COVID cure through his statements against allopathy.Justice C Hari Shankar, who granted four weeks time to Ramdev and other defendants in the matter to file their written statements, clarified that it has not...

Representative Of People Should Be A Man Of Clear Antecedent: P&H High Court Dismisses Akali Leader's Plea For Stay On Conviction

Underscoring that the representative of the people should be a man of a clear antecedent, the Punjab & Haryana High Court on Monday dismissed the plea of a Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader who sought to seek a stay on conviction in a 2002 criminal case. Essentially, the Bench of Justice Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia and Justice Sant Parkash was hearing the plea of one Yadwinder Singh,...

Presence On Same Cruise Not Proof Of Conspiracy With Co-Accused: Special Court While Granting Bail To Two Guests In Aryan Khan Drugs Case

While granting bail to two accused in the infamous cruise ship drug case, the Special NDPS Court on Tuesday observed that their case is different from that of Aryan Khan and his friends, Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha. Special Judge VV Patil, who had earlier denied bail to the trio for alleged conspiracy, granted bail to Manish Rajgaria and Avin Sahu and said,"There is no...

'Indicates A Collapse Of Policing System': Kerala High Court Expresses Shock Over Handcuffing Of Man To Station Handrails

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday came down heavily on the police force in a matter where a Dalit man was handcuffed to the handrail of the Police Station merely for asking for the receipt of a complaint he had preferred before the Station. Expressing shock over the incident, Justice Devan Ramachandran orally observed:"How will ordinary citizens have confidence in the system if this is...

Delhi High Court Reinstates Female Editor Terminated After Alleging Racism, Sexual Harassment At Workplace

The Delhi High Court has reinstated a woman, working as an Editor in an Akademi, who was terminated from the job after she accused the organisation's Secretary of sexually harassing her.The woman hailing from the North-East had alleged that the Secretary used to make inappropriate sexual advances towards her and made racist and sexist comments. While reinstating her, Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva...

NEET-UG Candidate Alleges Manipulation In Her OMR Answer Sheet: Kerala High Court Directs NTA To Conduct Enquiry

A NEET candidate has approached the Kerala High Court alleging that the OMR sheet attached to her application number has been manipulated. Justice N. Nagaresh directed the National Testing Agency to conduct an enquiry into the matter after taking note of all the discrepancies on the produced OMR sheet. The NTA was also directed to consider the entire materials produced on record and to submit...

Bombay High Court Refuses Urgent Hearing For Plea To Stop Nawab Malik's Comments Against Sameer Wankhede & NCB

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday refused urgent hearing of a PIL against Maharashtra cabinet minister Nawab Malik, seeking to restrain him from commenting on officers of the Narcotics Control Bureau or its Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede. The petition filed by a man claiming to be a businessman and maulana, was mentioned for urgent circulation before the bench of Chief...

Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To Man Arrested For Allegedly Possessing 349 Kilogram Of Ganja

The Allahabad High Court last week granted bail to a man booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) from whose possession allegedly 350 kilograms of Ganja was recovered. While noting that for the limited purpose of granting bail, the court has to only see if there are reasonable grounds for believing that the accused is not guilty, the Bench of...

'Trigger Happy Filing' Of 'Half Baked Petitions' Merely On The Basis Of Newspaper Reports Should Be Discouraged, Says Supreme Court

Individuals should not file half ­baked petitions merely on a few newspaper reports, the Supreme Court remarked taking note of 'the quality of some of the petitions filed' in Pegasus matter.The CJI NV Ramana led bench observed that such an exercise, far from helping the cause espoused by the individual filing the petition, is often detrimental to the cause itself. Such...