Invoking S.15 UAPA For Acts 'Likely To Strike Terror' Even In Absence Of Intention Justifiable: Karnataka High Court In Police Station Riot Case

The Karnataka High Court has said that if an act is likely to strike terror, then the absence of an intent to strike terror will not make the invocation of Section 15 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act unjustifiable. A division bench of Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Pradeep Singh Yerur said,"It would emerge from sub-section (1) of Section 15 that even if the act is "likely...

Delhi Riots- Court Calls For Comprehensive Report On Steps Taken To Ensure Timely Production Of Accused From Different Jails, Warns Of Contempt Proceedings

Considering the fact that the Director General of Prisons had failed to ensure timely production of accused persons from different jails in a riots case despite repeated directions from last two months, a Delhi Court on Monday called for a comprehensive report on the steps taken to ensure such production.Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Arun Kumar Garg warned that appropriate action...

Lakhimpur Kheri Violence: UP Police Registers FIR Against Union Minister's Son Ashish Mishra For Murder, Criminal Conspiracy

A First Information Report (FIR) has been lodged against the son of Union Minister of State for Home Affairs and BJP MP Ajay Kumar Mishra 'Teni', Ashish Mishra alias Monu in connection with the recent violent incident of Lakhimpur Kheri, in which a total of 8 people died, four of whom were mowed down by a vehicle allegedly being driven by Mishra. The FIR has been filed under Indian...

No Stipulation That Cancellation Deed Has To Be Done At The Same Place Where Trust Deed Was Registered: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has ruled that there is no stipulation that a deed of cancellation of a trust deed has to be done at the same place where it was registered. Justice Murali Purushothaman held so while dealing with a plea seeking to quash a cancellation deed on the sole ground that it was not registered at the same place where the trust deed was registered. An association of family...

Impose Penalty For Construction Of Banners, Cutouts Of Political Leaders In Public Places: Madras HC Directs State

The Madras High Court on Tuesday reprimanded the practice of putting up posters, cutouts, banners featuring political leaders for minor functions that impede pedestrian and vehicular movement. A Bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice PD Audikesavalu was adjudicating upon a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition wherein the petitioner had averred that a boy had...

Rohini Court Shootout- Delhi Court Remands Accused To 2 Days Police Custody For Allegedly Being Involved In Criminal Conspiracy Of Killing Jitender Jogi

A Delhi Court on Tuesday remanded accused Naveen Dabas to two days police custody for allegedly being involved in a criminal conspiracy of killing Jitender Jogi in a recent shootout in Rohini Court.Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Satvir Singh Lamba said that the material and relevant aspects of the alleged conspiracy and the identity of the suspects is yet to be ascertained therefore the...

Allahabad High Court Berates Its Registry For Not Listing Pleas Challenging Uttar Pradesh 'Anti Love Jihad' Law As Scheduled

The Allahabad High Court today berated its registry for not listing two pleas challenging the Uttar Pradesh 'Anti-Love' Jihad [U.P. Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act] which were scheduled to be heard today.The Court castigated the registry while hearing a plea filed by one Saurabh Kumar, challenging the law when the Bench of Acting Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari...

"Clearly Visible & Seen To Be Causing Severe Injuries": Delhi Court Denies Bail To Wrestler Sushil Kumar In Chhatrasal Stadium Murder Case

A Delhi Court on Tuesday denied bail to Olympic wrestler Sushil Kumar in connection with the Chhatrasal Stadium murder case of former junior national wrestling champion Sagar Dhankhar.Additional Sessions Judge Shivaji Anand rejected the bail plea moved by Kumar after hearing his counsel and Additional Public Prosecutor Atul Shrivastava at length today.The Court was of the view that prima...

"Cannot Restrain The Media; Identity Disclosed In Remand Application" – Judge On NCB's Plea For 'In-Camera' Hearing To Protect Identity Of One Accused

A local court at Mumbai has remanded four accused including two alleged suppliers, and guests arrested in the cruise ship drug case in NCB's custody till October 11, after refusing the agency's request for a non-public hearing to protect the identity of one accused. NCB's counsel claimed that details of their remand had made it to the papers; moreover, he was seeking for the remand...

Bikru Encounter- "Dare Devil Manner Of Incident Leaves Much To Be Said": Allahabad HC Denies Bail To Gangster Vikas Dubey's Maid

The Allahabad High Court on Monday denied bail to the maid of Slain Gangster Vikas Dubey, Rekha Agnihotri for allegedly aiding and instigating her husband and other accused persons in the killing of eight policemen in Kanpur's infamous Bikru encounter last year.She allegedly instigated Vikas Dubey's men to do the policemen to death and she is stated to have been atop a house adjoining...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Transfer Of Murder Case Against Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh

The Punjab and Haryana High Court today dismissed a plea seeking transfer of the murder trial against Dera Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh pending before special CBI judge, Panchkula. The Court was hearing the plea filed by the son of the deceased Ranjeet Singh (allegedly murdered by Ram Rahim Singh), who sought transfer of the case to another CBI court in Punjab, Haryana,...

Greater Presumption Against Highly Educated Persons Carrying Large Quantities Of Narcotics: Delhi HC Denies Bail In NDPS Case

The Delhi High Court recently denied bail to a woman in a case concerning the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Act, after observing that there is a greater presumption being an educated person that carrying large quantities of narcotics is a crime.Justice Subramonium Prasad said:"An uneducated person may claim no knowledge of the substance found in his/her possession and may raise a defense...