Aryan Khan's Friend Arbaaz Merchant's Alleged 'Supplier' Remanded To One Day NCB Custody

A holiday court on Sunday remanded the 19th arrestee - Arbaaz Merchant's alleged supplier, to NCB's custody till tomorrow in the cruise ship drug case. Holiday Magistrate SD Kamath remanded 33-year-old Shivraj Ramdas Harijan accused of possessing small quantity (62 grams) of "dark brown sticky substance" alleged to be charas. Harijan is booked under sections 8(c) read with 20b(ii)A,...

Lakhimpur Kheri Violence: Ashish Mishra Sent To 14-Day Judicial Custody

Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Misra 'Teni's son and prime accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri Violence incident, Ashish Misra has been sent to 14-day judicial custody following his arrest by the UP Police yesterday at around 11 PM.As reported by ANI, Uttar Pradesh would be filing an application tomorrow (Monday) before a Lakhimpur Kheri Court to seek his custody. Misra has been accused...

100% Women Reservation In Govt House Allotment Scheme Unconstitutional; Discriminates Against Men & Transgenders: Andhra Pradesh High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that the Government housing scheme which allot house sites exclusively to women is unconstitutional."100% reservation in allotment of house site to women household is against the total concept of equality. Failure to allot house site to transsexuals ignoring them totally would amount to depriving their right of equality.", the court observed.This Court...

Allahabad High Court Stays MP/MLA Court's Order Granting Bail To Former UP Minister Gayatri Prajapati In Extortion Case

The Allahabad High Court last week stayed a 30 July 2021 order granting bail to former Uttar Pradesh Cabinet minister Gayatri Prajapati by an MP/MLA Court in Lucknow in a cheating-extortion case against him.Filing a bail cancellation application, the State of Uttar Pradesh argued before the Bench of Justice Rajeev Singh that the court below did not take into account his criminal history...

Parliament Should Bring Law To Give Respect/Honour Shri Rama, Krishna, Ramayana, Gita & Their Composers Who Are India's Culture & Tradition: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court on Monday stressed that the Parliament should bring in a law to give respect/to honor Shri Rama, Shri Krishna, Gita, Ramayana, Maharishi Valmiki, and Maharishi Ved Vyas as they are the culture and tradition of India. The Bench of Justice Shekhar Yadav observed thus while dealing with the bail plea of one Surya Prakash, who had allegedly made some obscene...

"Lord Rama & Krishna Reside In The Heart Of Indians": Allahabad High Court While Granting Bail To Man Booked For FB Post

Stressing that no one has the right to hurt the religious sentiments of others in the name of the right to freedom of speech and expression and that Lord Rama & Krishna reside in the heart of Indians, the Allahabad High Court on Friday granted bail to man booked for an FB post against Lord Rama & Lord Krishna. The Bench of Justice Shekhar Yadav was dealing with a bail plea of...

Aryan Khan Bail : Jurisdiction With Special Court As Offences Against Co-Accused Punishable With More Than 3 Yrs, Says Magistrate

The magistrate's court at Mumbai rejected the bail applications of Aryan Khan, son of actor Sharukh Khan, and two others in the cruise ship drug bust, observing that a Special Court under the NDPS Act would have exclusive jurisdiction to hear their pleas. A detailed 15-page order copy was made available on Saturday. Additional Metropolitan Magistrate RM Nilekar observed...

Can't Misuse Sexually Explicit Images/Videos Even If Captured With The Consent Of Women: Allahabad HC Denies Bail To Rape Accused

While denying bail to a rape accused, the Allahabad High Court on Monday observed that even if sexually explicit images and videos are captured with the consent of a woman, the misuse of the same can't be justified once the relationship between the victim and accused gets strained. The Bench of Justice Saurabh Lavania also stressed that in such matters, being parens patriae and...

SC/ST Act Offences - Petition U/S 482 CrPC Not Maintainable Against The Order Taking Cognizance; Only Appeal U/S 14A(1) Maintainable": Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday held that an Application U/s 482 Cr.P.C. can't be filed against a cognizance order passed by Special Judge in an SC/ST Act Offence and that against such an order, only an appeal shall lie before the High Court under Section 14A(1) of the S.C./S.T. Act.In this matter, an application under 482 CrPC was moved to pray to quash the cognizance order passed by...

Pegasus Snooping- 'Matter Is Sub-Judice': AG Refuses Consent To Initiate Contempt Proceedings Against NSO Group Directors; Secretary Home

The Attorney General for India KK Venugopal on Thursday declined to grant consent to initiate criminal contempt proceedings against the directors of the NSO Group for alleged "military-grade surveillance" of a Supreme Court justice, while he still was in office, two Supreme Court registry officials on the judicial side of the writ section, and another Supreme Court staffer. NSO is an...

Aachit Kumar, Allegedly Named By Aryan Khan, Sent To Judicial Custody After NCB Doesn't Seek Further Custody

The Esplanade Court in Mumbai remanded accused Aachit Kumar to judicial custody in connection with the Cruise Ship Drug Case after the Narcotics Control Bureau did not seek his further custody. During the previous hearing, NCB's counsels orally claimed that Kumar was Aryan Khan and co-accused Arbaaz Merchant's 'supplier.' They have alleged that Khan's had chats with Kumar for drugs. The...

Police Filing POCSO Cases At Behest Of Minor Girl's Family Who Oppose Her Romantic Relationship A 'Trite & Unfortunate Practice': Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court recently expressed concern of the "unfortunate practice" of police filing POCSO cases at the behest of girl's family who object to her romantic involvement and friendship with young boys."Consensual sex has been in legal grey area because the consent given by minor cannot be said to be a valid consent in the eyes of law...The rigor of the law is therefore being misapplied...