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'Provocation Depends On Mental Attitude Of People': Delhi High Court Disposes Plea To Restrain Movie 'The Conversion'
The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to restrain the release of film 'The Conversion', challenged on account of allegedly displaying communally charged content and having the potential of provoking hatred among religious communities."Provocation depends upon mental attitude of people," remarked Chief Justice DN Patel at the outset.The Bench also comprising of Justice Jyoti Singh...
'Dignity Of Rape Victim Must Be Upheld, Judge's Duty To Forbid Scandalous Questions In Cross Examination': Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has sent a strong reminder to the trial courts to ensure that the dignity of a rape victim is protected and line of questioning during cross-examination doesn't intend to insult or annoy the victim. A division bench of Justices Sadhana Jadhav and Sarang Kotwal in their judgement reminded the trial courts to resort to Sections 148, 151 and 152 of the Indian...
COVID- Delhi High Court, District Courts To Continue With Restricted Physical Hearings Till October 30
The Delhi High Court and district courts will continue to function with restricted physical hearings till October 30.According to the office order issued by the Registrar of High Court:"the Hon'ble Full Court has been pleased to order that the existing mechanism of hearing of matters in this Court shall continue till 30.10.2021. Further, the cases instituted in the year 2019 shall also be...
Witness Before Probe Panel Accuses Sambhaji Bhide & Milind Ekbote Of Instigating Bhima Koregaon Riots
The Pune police "took away" research papers and evidence that revealed right-wing extremist leaders Sambhaji Bhide and Milind Ekbote instigated and initiated the riots at Bhima Koregaon(BK) in Pune, on January 1, 2018, an anti-caste activist alleged before an inquiry panel, on Wednesday. Harshali Potdar (33) said she managed to re-collect a chunk of the lost evidence after the...
"This Will Take Years": Court Expresses Concern Over Delay In Trial In Delhi Riots Larger Conspiracy Case
A Delhi Court on Thursday expressed its concern over the delay in trial in the Delhi Riots larger conspiracy case involving charges Under UAPA and IPC and asked the Prosecution to file reply only with regards to the documents which cannot be given in the applications moved under sec. 207 CrPC by accused persons.The remarks came from Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat who said that if all...
Delhi Court Frames Charges In Three Riots Cases For Rioting, Unlawful Assembly
A Delhi Court has framed charges against a total of seven men for the offences of rioting, unlawful assembly and other relevant provisions of IPC in three different cases related to the North East Delhi riots that rocked the national capital last year.Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Yadav framed charges against accused persons namely Imram @ Model, Imran, Dinesh Yadav @ Michel, Babu @...
'Trials In Our Country Take Ages To Complete': Kerala High Court Frames Guidelines For Issuing Passports To Accused In Criminal Cases
In a significant ruling, the Kerala High Court on Thursday drew up a set of guidelines to be considered by criminal courts while granting permission for the issuance of passports to individuals involved in criminal proceedings.Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas while disposing of a petition filed by a man who was awaiting issuance of a new passport for the past 5 years, observed:"The grant of...
Supreme Court Stays TV Actor Chahatt Khanna's Ex-husband Farhan Mirza's Arrest
The Supreme Court today granted protection from arrest to TV Actress Chahat Khanna's husband Farhan Shahrukh Mirza in relation to the FIR registered accusing Farhan of forcing unnatural offence under section 377 of IPC upon Chahat, forcing her to undergo medical terminations of pregnancy etc. The division bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and AS Oka also issued notice in the...
Calcutta High Court Directs State Govt To Permit Transgenders To Appear For Recruitment Examination Of Kolkata Police
The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday provided relief to a transgender applicant who had filed a petition alleging that the online application form that is required to be submitted for recruitment to the post of Sub-Inspector and Sergeant in the Kolkata Police for the year 2021 does not provide for a column permitting a transgender person to apply. Justice Arindam Mukherjee vide order...
Varanasi Court Upholds Dismissal Of Criminal Complaint Against Kunal Kamra For His 'Indian Flag' Tweet
A Varanasi Court today dismissed a criminal revision plea filed by a local Lawyer Saurabh Tiwari against a magistrate's order dismissing a criminal complaint against stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra for his tweet, which allegedly insulted the Indian flag.Kamra had tweeted a morphed picture of the Supreme Court replacing the tricolor atop it with the flag of a political party.The revision plea...
Mother's Work Commitments Don't Make Her Unsuitable For Child's Custody: Bombay High Court
Observing that a busy actress's work commitments don't make her unsuitable for her child's custody, the Bombay High Court has ruled that a minor's 'welfare' cannot be decided solely on which parent has more free time. A division bench of Justices SS Shinde and NJ Jamadar dismissed the husband's habeas corpus petition under Article 226 for custody of their minor son. However, the...
'Guilt Of Accused Can Be Established Only After Examination Of All Witnesses': Karnataka High Court Directs Retrial Of Rape Case
Observing that "guilt of the accused can be established only after examination of all the witnesses as desired by the prosecution," the Karnataka High Court recently set aside the order passed by a trial court acquitting a person accused of raping a minor. A division bench of Justice G Narendar and Justice M I Arun, while allowing the appeal filed by the state government said, "The...