Rohini Court Firing: Advocates Association Bengaluru Writes To Karnataka CM For Enacting 'Advocates Protection Act'

In wake of the shooting incident which took place inside the Rohini Court complex in New Delhi, the Advocates Association of Bengaluru has written to Chief Minister Basavaraj S Bommai seeking to provide the required protection to all the Courts in Karnataka and to bring an ordinance enacting "Advocates Protection Act". In a letter written by the Association President Advocate A...

Advocate Should Argue His Client's Grievance, Not His Own : Mumbai Court

An Advocate should plead his client's grievance and not his own, a sessions court observed while rejecting a convict's plea regarding his "forcible" vaccination against the covid-19 virus. Special Judge Sanjashree Gharat noted that the convict had not refused the jab when the police took him to the hospital; however, his lawyer Nilesh Ojha was against vaccination and had filed a...

Calcutta High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Inquiry Into Dr Syama Prasad Mukherjee's Death

The Calcutta High Court today dismissed a plea seeking an inquiry into the 'mysterious' death of the founder of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) Dr. Syama Prasad Mukherjee who had passed away in Kashmir in the year 1953.The Bench of Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal and Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj dismissed the plea noting thus:"A petition filed 70 years after the death of Dr. Syama...

Samrat Mihir Bhoj 'Caste' Row- "Should A National Hero's Statue Installed With Public Funds Contain Caste In Its Description?": MP HC Asks Committee To Examine

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed an enquiry committee to examine whether the Statute of a National Hero installed over a public place (through Public Funds) can be referred with caste attached to its description.The Court ordered thus while dealing with a matter pertaining to the dispute that erupted between two communities (Gurjars and Kshatriyas) over the title/nomenclature to...

Jantar Mantar Sloganeering Case- Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Sushil Kumar Tiwari's Bail Plea

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice on the bail plea filed by Sushil Kumar Tiwari, accused in connection with the alleged inflammatory and anti-Muslim sloganeering at Jantar Mantar.Justice Mukta Gupta sought status report in the matter while posting the matter for further hearing on October 26.The development came after Tiwari's bail was rejected by a Sessions Court vide order...

Delhi High Court Sets Aside Appointment Of Prof. Mazhar Asif As Acting Chairperson Of JNU's Centre Of Spanish & Latin American Studies

The Delhi High Court has set aside the appointment of Professor Mazhar Asif as the Acting Chairperson of Centre of Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Latin American Studies in the Jawaharlal Nehru University.Justice V Kameswar Rao disposed of the petition filed by Rajiv Saxena, a Professor at the Centre, assailing decision of the JNU wherein it had concluded that no professor at the Centre...

Kerala High Court Disposes Plea Questioning Practices Related To Engaging Foreign Pilots On Contract In Indigo Airlines

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday directed a former Indigo Airlines Captain, a Portuguese national who had questioned practices related to engaging foreign pilots on contract by the Airlines, to approach the appropriate authorities.Justice P.V Kunhikrishnan allowed the petitioner to approach the appropriate forum regarding the contentions raised over alleged violation of laws by the...

'Country Made Pistol Hardly Satisfies Description Of Prohibited Arms': Bombay HC Grants Bail To Rtd. Delhi ACP In Pro-Khalistan Terror Case

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday granted bail to a retired ACP from Delhi, Sunderlal Parashar (62), accused by the National Investigation Agency of providing arms to a man who was allegedly a part of the pro-Khalistan movement. A division bench of Justices SS Shinde and NJ Jamadar allowed Parashar's appeal under section 21(4) of the NIA Act, challenging the rejection of his...

Interest Under Customs Act Statutory, Cannot Be Waived Unless Authorised By Act: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has ruled that a Court cannot waive the payment of interest while exercising its jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution, since it is a statutory imposition. Justice Gopinath P dismissed a plea seeking a waiver of interest imposed by the respondent authorities on the petitioner for its failure to meet the export requirements under an advance...

Validity Of Sanction Order Can Also Be Raised In The Course Of Trial: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that the validity of sanction order can also be raised in the course of trial.In this case, the petitioner's contention before the Apex Court was that the Trial Court has taken cognizance of the offence without there being valid sanction as per the provision of Section 19 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The petitioner had earlier approached the...

'Investigation Bound To Fail If Police Leaks Case Related Documents': CBI Opposes SI Abhishek Tiwari's Bail Plea In Delhi High Court

Opposing the bail plea moved by sub-Inspector Abhishek Tiwari, who is accused subverting ongoing investigation against former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, the CBI said that investigation is bound to fail if members of police start leaking related documents and strategies.In its affidavit, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said:"The present offence is committed by a...

NIA Court Denies House Arrest Option To Dismissed Cop Sachin Waze In Antilia Bomb Scare Case

A Special NIA Court on Wednesday refused house arrest for dismissed police inspector Sachin Waze, a prime accused in the Ambani Terror Scare and Mansukh Hiran Murder Case. Sachin Waze had sought to be kept in house custody for three months following his open-heart surgery at a private hospital on September 13. While the National Investigation Agency investigating the case opposed...