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Narendra Dabholkar Murder Case: Special Court Charges Accused Of Murder, Criminal Conspiracy And Committing Terror Acts Under UAPA
A special court in Pune has formally charged four accused in 2013 killing of anti-superstition crusader Narendra Dabholkar for murder, conspiracy and terror-related offences under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act. The fifth accused, a practising lawyer, has been charged only with the destruction of evidence. Special Judge SR Nawandar framed charges against ENT surgeon...
Film Maker Leena Manimekalai Moves Madras High Court Challenging Impounding Of Her Passport Over Criminal Defamation Case Against #MeToo Allegations
Filmmaker, poet and civil rights activist Leena Manimekalai has filed a writ petition in the Madras High Court challenging an order passed by the Regional Passport Officer, Chennai, to impound her passport.The impounding order was passed citing the pendency of a criminal defamation case against her. Manimekalai had come out with sexual harassment allegations against film director Susi...
COVID-19: Delhi High Court To Hear Plea By Restaurants, Bars Aggrieved By Restrictions On Sale Of Herbal Hukkahs
A plea has been moved in the Delhi High Court by various Restaurants and Bars operating in the national capital, aggrieved by the alleged interference of Delhi Government as well as the Police in the sale of Herbal Hukkahs in wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.Justice Rekha Palli on Monday heard the pleas which have challenged the order passed by the Joint Commissioner of Police, prohibiting sale...
Minor Approaches Delhi High Court Seeking Permission To Donate Part Of His Liver To Ailing Father, Notice Issued
A plea has been filed in the Delhi High Court by a minor aged 17 years, through his mother, seeking directions on the Delhi Government and Institute of Liver & Biliary Sciences (ILBS) to permit him to donate part of his liver to his ailing father, who is suffering from advance stage of Liver Failure.It is averred that both the child's mother and elder brother have been denied permission...
Conditions For Grant Of Bail U/S 37 NDPS Act Are Conjunctive; Period Of Detention Immaterial: Gauhati High Court
The Gauhati High Court has held that the three conditions stipulated under Section 37 of the NDPS Act for grant of bail to an accused person are conjunctive in nature.Justice Sanjay Kumar Medhi ruled that all the three conditions, namely, (i) opportunity to the Public Prosecutor to oppose the bail (ii) prima facie satisfaction regarding availability of ground for believing that the accused is...
Can 3rd Party Insurance Be Claimed When Accident Took Place On The Same Day The Policy Was Taken But The Coverage Starts Only From The Next Day?SC To Examine
The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the operation of a Jharkhand High Court's order which allowed the claim in the case of a motor accident, that occurred a day prior to the coverage of the insurance period, but in which the insurance premium was paid on the very day of the accident.The Bench of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice M. M. Sundresh was hearing an appeal filed by the...
'Demand Of Hindu Rashtra Not Offence U/S 153A IPC': Preet Singh To Delhi High Court In Jantar Mantar Sloganeering Case; Order Reserved
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday reserved order on the regular bail plea moved by Preet Singh, accused in connection with the alleged inflammatory and anti-Muslim sloganeering at Jantar Mantar.Justice Mukta Gupta reserved the order after hearing Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain appearing for accused Singh and Tarang Srivastava appearing for the Prosecution.Singh is the President of Save...
After Bombay High Court's Intervention, Thane Village Gets Regular Water Supply Through Tankers; Authority Sets Long Term Goals
Following the Bombay High Court's timely intervention, water-starved residents of Khambe village outside Mumbai have started receiving at least ten tankers of water daily in contrast to the two-hour water supply twice a month. On Tuesday, the official water distribution company informed the court about its short-term and long-term measures to deal with the villagers' water woes,...
"Explain The Delay In Investigation": Allahabad High Court To Uttar Pradesh DGP, SIT Team In 16-Yr-Old Girl's Death Case
The Allahabad High Court today has asked the Director-General of Police, Uttar Pradesh, and the members of the S.I.T team to clarify the inaction of the Police Authorities in the investigation in the case regarding the death of a 16-year-old girl from Mainpuri who was found hanged in her school in the year 2019.The DGP was present before the Court today, pursuant to its direction...
High Court Directs ASI To Prevent Alleged Encroachment Of Lal Gumbad Monument In Delhi's Malviya Nagar
The Delhi High Court today disposed of a PIL seeking preservation of Lal Gumbad, a protected monument in Delhi's Malviya Nagar. It also directed the authority concerned (Archaeological Survey of India) to prevent illegal encroachment in and around the monument, if any, after giving an effective hearing to the alleged encroachers.The order was passed by a Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel...
