Can't Have Impartial Probe With Subodh Kumar Jaiswal As CBI Director, Maharashtra Govt Seeks SIT Probe In Anil Deshmukh FIR

The Maharashtra government has told the Bombay High Court that the CBI cannot conduct an impartial investigation into the police transfers and postings case against former Home Minister Anil Deshmukh with Subodh Kumar Jaiswal as the CBI Director, as he was a part of the Police Establishment Board overseeing transfers and postings in the State during Deshmukh's tenure as the Home Minister....

High Court Closes Swami Chakrapani's Plea For Restoration Of Z-Security On Delhi Police's Assurance

The Delhi High Court on Friday closed the plea filed by National President of Hindu Sant Mahasabha, Swami Chakrapani, seeking restoration of his Z security cover fearing threat from associates of Dawood Ibrahim, Chota Shakeel and other antisocial elements.Chakrapani had alleged that his security was withdrawn by the Centre in an abrupt and arbitrary manner.Justice Rekha Palli disposed of the...

Karnataka High Court To Hear Next Week Challenge To Online Gambling Ban

The Karnataka High Court on Friday said it would on Wednesday (October 27) hear a batch of petitions filed challenging the Constitutional validity of the Karnataka Police (Amendment) Act 2021, by which the state government has banned all online gambling and betting, and provide maximum imprisonment of three years and penalty upto Rs 1 lakh for violation of the provisions. Justice...

"Suspicion Cannot Substitute Evidence": Delhi Court Discharges Four Men Booked Under UAPA In Terror Funding Case

A Delhi Court has discharged four men booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in connection with an alleged terror funding case after observing that the prosecution failed to bring any evidence which would raise a grave suspicion that the funds were originated from a terrorist organisation or if they were intended to be used for terror activitiesSpecial NIA Judge Parveen...

'Virtual Mode Of Operation Can Go On Hand In Hand With Physical Mode': Madras High Court Bats For Online Classes, Virtual Courts

Observing that the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has opened up new avenues such as the conduct of online classes for school and college students as well as virtual courts for lawyers and litigants, the Madras High Court on Thursday underscored the need to continue the virtual mode of education for the benefit of stakeholders. A Bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice...

COVID-19: Kerala High Court Disposes Plea Challenging Proposal To Give Homeo Immunity Booster To School Kids

The Kerala High Court on Friday disposed of a plea challenging the proposal to administer a homoeopathic drug, Arsenicum Album 30CH (Ars. Alb. 30) among school students as a preventive measure against COVID-19 without any study regarding its efficacy or safety.A Division Bench comprising of Chief Justice S. Manikumar and Justice Shaji P Chaly directed the petitioner to approach the State with...

Delhi Riots- Court Says Police Commissioner Shall Be Personally Liable To Cost For Delay In Compliance Of Judicial Orders By IO

A Delhi Court has cautioned the Deputy Commissioner of Police (North East Delhi) and Commissioner of Police that it will hold them personally responsible for imposition of cost in case the investigating officers seek adjournment for compliance of the orders passed by the Court in a riots case.The development came while the Court was hearing a case wherein it had expressed concern over the...

Action Taken Against Police Officials Who Interrogated School Kids Over Anti-CAA Drama, Karnataka HC Told

The State Government on Friday orally informed the Karnataka High Court that action has been taken against delinquent police officials who were seen (in photographs submitted to the court) wearing their uniforms and carrying weapons, during the interrogation of children with regard to the sedition case on staging of an anti-CAA drama at Shaheen Education Society in Bidar last...

Evidence Scanty To Hold Speech Instigated Riots; But Deeper Analysis Needed For Section 124A/153A IPC : Delhi Court Denies Bail To Sharjeel Imam

A Delhi Court has dismissed the regular bail plea filed by Sharjeel Imam in a 2019 case alleging that he delivered provocative speeches which led to Delhi Riots at various places observing that the tone and tenor of the incendiary speech tend to have a debilitating effect upon public tranquility, peace and harmony of the society.Though the Court observed that the evidence against Imam was...

Magistrate's Order On Impounding Of Leena Manimekalai's Passport Set Aside, Madras High Court Told

Filmmaker, poet and civil rights activist Leena Manimekalai's counsel informed the Madras High Court on Friday that the order of a Magistrate which had directed the Passport Authority to take action on impounding of her passport has been set aside by the Sessions Court on October 20.The Madras High Court was hearing a plea moved by Manimekalai challenging an order passed by the Regional...

[ISRO Espionage] Kerala High Court Extends Time Limit On Siby Mathew's Pre-Arrest Bail Order Till 27th November

The Kerala High Court on Friday extended the pre-arrest bail granted by the Sessions Court to former DGP Siby Mathews, the fourth accused in the ISRO espionage case till 27th October, Wednesday.Justice K Haripal after noting that the time limit mentioned in the Sessions Court order will expire before the next hearing date extended the pre-arrest bail for another three days.Senior Advocate...

Cataloguing Of Captive Elephants In State Completed: Forest Dept. Informs Madras High Court

The Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) on Thursday informed the Madras High Court that the Forest Department has prepared a catalogue of captive elephants in the State. On the last date of hearing, the Court had ordered that a catalogue of all captive elephants in the State must be made containing video-recordings of all such elephants, together with complete profile of each...