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...

Disproportionate Assets: Supreme Court Revives FIR Against Income Tax Commissioner & Her Husband Now A Minister Of AP Govt

The Supreme Court has allowed allowed the appeal filed by Central Bureau of Investigation against a High Court judgment that quashed FIR registered by it in a disproportionate assets case against e Thommandru Hannah Vijayalakshmi, a Commissioner of Income Tax and her husband Adimulapu Suresh, who is presently a Minister in the Andhra Pradesh Government."The Single Judge has donned the role of...

'A Rather Unusual Situation': Kerala High Court Lists Matter After Delivering Final Judgment As An Accident Occurs At Construction

In an unusual move, the Kerala High Court on Friday listed a matter even after final judgment was delivered pursuant to an accident that set things on a different track. Justice Devan Ramachandran while issuing the order remarked:"This is a rather unusual situation where this Court has listed this matter even after final judgment has been delivered. I am constrained to consider this matter...

S.125 CrPC- Father Not Absolved From Maintaining Children Merely Because Mother Is Also Earning: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that in households where women are working and are able to sufficiently maintain themselves, it does not automatically absolve the husband of his responsibility to provide sustenance for his children.The observation was made in connection to revision of maintenance order passed by the High Court under Section 125 of CrPC.Justice Subramonium Prasad observed that...

Rare Genetic Disease Of Infant: Karnataka HC Lauds Centre For Swift Action, To Be Further Examined As Per National Rare Diseases Policy

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday expressed its happiness and appreciated the swift action taken by the Central government in providing medical attention to a one and a half-year-old boy, who is suffering from a rare Spinal Muscular Atrophy (Type 1) disease. Justice Krishna S Dixit said "This court at this stage of proceedings expresses its happiness about the swift action taken by...