'No Drugs Were In My Possession, Embargo For Bail Won't Apply', Aryan Khan's Lawyer Tells Court, Agrees On NCB Custody For One Day

A holiday court at Mumbai has remanded actor Shah Rukh Khan's son - Aryan – and two others in the Narcotics Control Bureau's (NCB) custody till tomorrow in connection with the seizure of drugs on the luxury cruise ship off the Mumbai coast. Additional CMM RK Rajebhosale remanded Khan, along with Arbaaz Merchant, and Munmun Dhamecha to NCB's custody till October 4 after NCB sought...

Unnao Rape Case: "No Material/Cogent Reason Adduced": Allahabad High Court Dismisses CBI's Plea To Cancel Bail Of Accused

The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) recently dismissed applications for cancellation of the bail (of three accused in the 2017 Unnao Gang rape case) filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Significantly, the applications were moved by the CBI in the year 2018 pursuant to the observation of Division Bench, in which the Court had asked the CBI to consider as to whether...

Constitution (105th Amendment) Act Deemed To Be In Force From 15th August, 2021; Power To Identify SEBCs Back To State Govts And UTs

The Constitution (One Hundred and Fifth Amendment) Act, 2021 has come into force from 15th August, 2021, a recent notification of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment provides. The 105th Amendment Act which received the assent of the President last month restores the power of the State Governments and Union Territories to identify and specify Socially and Economically...

Allahabad High Court Dismisses PIL Challenging Govt Order To Issue Caste Certificate In English With 3K Costs

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition challenging the Government's order allowing for the issuance of the caste certificate of the caste 'Dhangar' in the English language.Finding nothing objectionable in the impugned orders, the Bench of Acting Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice Piyush Agrawal dismissed the plea with Rs....

Revisional Powers Of High Court Under Rent Act Confined To Detecting Legality, Regularity & Propriety Of Impugned Orders: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has reiterated that the power exercisable by a High Court under Section 25 of the Kerala Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act is not an appellate power to reappraise or reassess the evidence for coming to a different finding contrary to the finding recorded by the courts below.A Division Bench of Justice Anil Narendran and Justice K Babu remarked:"...it cannot be said...

Shah Rukh Khan's Son Aryan Khan and 7 Others Arrested in Mumbai Drugs Case

Aryan Khan, son of actor Shahrukh Khan, has been arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau in connection with the seizure of banned drugs on a cruise off the Mumbai coast. Khan is booked under sections 8(C) read with 20, 35 and 27 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and will be produced for remand soon, according to sources. Advocate Satish Manishande, earlier representing...

Application U/s 156(3) CrPC Seeking Registration Of FIR Cannot Be Dismissed Merely On The Ground Of Delay: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court observed that a magistrate cannot dismiss an application under Section 156(3) of Criminal Procedure Code merely on the ground of delay in lodging complaint.The magistrate cannot draw an inference that because of delay of lodging complaint it could be inferred that the application could not be treated as FIR on the ground of inordinate delay, Justice Bibek...

MPSLSA: "Prabhatpheri" Organised Under Pan India Awareness & Outreach Program As A Part Of "Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav" [2nd October 2021]

A Pan India Legal Awareness & Outreach Campaign is being organized by the National Legal Services Authority as a part of "Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav" from October 02, 2021 to November 14, 2021. As a part of campaign, M.P. High Court & MPSLSA under the visionary leadership of Justice Mohammad Rafiq, Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court & Patron-in-Chief MSPSLSA, organized...

Centre Promulgates Ordinance To Rectify Anomaly In Section 27A NDPS Act With Retrospective Effect

The Centre has promulgated Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Amendment) Ordinance, 2021, amending section 27A of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 to rectify an anomaly that had crept in.Section 27A deals with the punishment for financing illicit traffic and harbouring offenders. It read as follows: Whoever indulges in financing, directly or indirectly, any of...

Temple Idols Theft: Madras High Court Expresses Shock Over Missing Case Diaries, Rebukes State CID For Not Being Serious

The Madras High Court last week rebuked the Crime Investigation Department (CID) of the Tamil Nadu state on account of its lack of seriousness to recover the stolen properties (temple idols and artifacts) or to book the culprits in such cases.The Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice P.D.Audikesavalu was hearing a PIL filed by a Madras High Court lawyer, 'Elephant' G...

"Can't Register FIR For Proceedings U/S 107 & 145 CrPC": Andhra Pradesh High Court Directs State DGP To Instruct SHOs

The Andhra Pradesh High Court recently directed the Director-General of Police of the state to instruct the Station House Officers of all Police Stations that a First Information Report cannot be registered for the proceedings under Sections 107 and 145 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.The Bench of Justice Cheekati Manavendranath Roy noted that the Court was coming across several cases...

AP High Court Stays Arrest Of Man Booked For Posting Facebook Comment Against CM Jagan Reddy & Tribal Woman-MLA

The Andhra Pradesh High Court last week stayed the arrest of a man booked for allegedly posting a comment on Whatsapp group and Facebook against the Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy by resorting to morphing and thereby causing loss of reputation of a tribal woman MLA.It was alleged that the petitioner, G. Veera Venkanna, made the comment in question to create a dispute between various...