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Delhi High Court Refuses To Issue Notice To Rahul Gandhi In Plea For Action Over Tweet On Rape Victim Identity
The Delhi High Court today refused to issue notice to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on a plea seeking action against him for allegedly disclosing sensitive details and publishing photographs of family of 9 year old victim allegedly gang-raped and murdered in Delhi Cantt area.The Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh also refused to issue notices to National Commission...
Lakhimpur Kheri Violence: Letter PIL In Allahabad HC Seeks CBI Probe Claiming Law & Order Situation In UP Is In 'Great Danger'
A letter petition has been moved before the Allahabad High Court seeking CBI probe into 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 the son of Union Minister of State for Home Affairs and BJP MP Ajay Kumar Mishra. The plea moved by Swadesh NGO and Prayag Legal Aid...
Madhya Pradesh High Court Issues SOP for RFID Cards for Identification & Security of Members of Legal Profession
In light of the recent attack on an undertrial inside Rohini Trial Court in New Delhi, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has drawn Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to ensure the safety and security of the members of the legal profession.The SOP has described the security of the Courts in an alliterative phraseology as the 3Ps; Perimeter, Proximate, and Personal.Perimeter security deals with...
Cinema Halls Must Provide Free Drinking Water If Water Bottles From Outside Are Prohibited For Security Reasons: Madras HC
The Madras High Court has recently observed that cinema halls must necessarily provide free, potable and pure drinking water through water coolers if people are prohibited from carrying water bottles into cinema halls for security reasons. Justice SM Subramaniam observed, "A Cinema Hall, which seeks to prohibit carrying of drinking water inside the Cinema Hall for security reasons,...
CISF Personnel Entitled To Transport Allowance If Transport Facility Does Not Cover Entire Journey From Residence To Place Of Duty & Vice Versa: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court recently established that CISF personnel are entitled to transport allowance if the transport facility provided to them does not cover the entire journey from their residence to the place of duty and vice versa. Justice Sunil Thomas while partly allowing a plea observed:"Their transportation from the place of residence to the assembling point and back can only be for...
'Aryan Khan's WhatsApp Chats For Drugs, Wrong Role Model for Youngsters', NCB's Arguments Before Court
The Narcotics Control Bureau on Monday showed Aryan Khan's Whatsapp chats to allege that he was regularly purchasing drugs and not as "innocent" merely because he was not found in possession of contraband in the luxury cruise ship drug bust. On Monday the court remanded Khan and seven others to NCB's custody till October 7. According to the NCB, Khan's co-accused and friend -...
"Violation Of Constitutional Right To Life": Orissa HC Orders ₹20 Lakh Compensation In Case Of 2 Girls' Death At Anganwadi Centre
The Orissa High Court last week ordered ₹20 Lakh Compensation (ten lakh each) to the families of the two young girls (both 4-year-old) who had died in an Anganwadi Centre (AWC) operating in the premises of a Government School in the year 2012.Importantly, the bodies of the two children were found in the waterlogged pits excavated in the premises of the School and when the bodies were sent...
Case Of Missing Person Sans Strong Suspicion Of Illegal Detention Can't Come Under Ambit Of Habeas Corpus Plea: Gauhati HC
The Gauhati High Court recently held that missing person cases would not come within the ambit of a habeas corpus petition (without strong suspicion of illegal detention), but such cases are required to be registered under the regular provisions of the Indian Penal Code.The Bench of Justice Kalyan Rai Surana was hearing a habeas corpus plea filed by one Mamoni Kakoty praying for a direction...
"Don't Push Me To Write An Order, It's Your Responsibility": Delhi Court Warns Police Over Non Preparedness In Appearing In A Riots Case
A Delhi Court on Monday warned an Investigating Officer of the Delhi Police over his non-preparedness in appearing in a case relating to the North East Delhi riots.Stating that it is the responsibility of the IO to come prepared before the Court, Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat objected to the delay done by the officer in arranging the videos and photos being relied upon by...
'Aryan Khan's Whatsapp Chats For Drugs, Wrong Role Model For Youngsters', NCB's Arguments Before Court
The Narcotics Control Bureau on Monday showed Aryan Khan's Whatsapp chats to allege that he was regularly purchasing drugs and not as "innocent" merely because he was not found in possession of contraband in the luxury cruise ship drug bust. On Monday, the court remanded Khan and seven others to NCB's custody till October 7. According to the NCB, Khan's co-accused and friend -...
Cruise Ship Drug Case-Five New Accused Sent To NCB Custody Till October 7, Lawyers Allege Illegal Arrest
A local court in Mumbai sent five Delhites arrested hours after actor Aryan Khan to Narcotic Control Bureau's custody till October 7 in the Cruise Ship Drug Case. Their lawyers alleged the arrests were illegal. Their counsels claimed that despite the five accused being detained along with Khan after the raid on Saturday, they were not produced before the court yesterday and produced...
Narada Case : Calcutta HC Directs CBI Official To Appear Before WB Speaker For Submitting Chargesheets Against MLAs Without Prior Consent
The Calcutta High Court on Monday directed.an officer of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to appear before the Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly at 4 pm on Monday itself pursuant to the summons issued to the CBI regarding charge sheets filed against legislators in the Narada scam case. The Speaker had summoned senior CBI and Enforcement Directorate officers to appear...