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Centre Publishes Draft Anti Human Trafficking Bill; Proposes Death Penalty For Trafficking Of Children
The Central Government has published a draft of a Bill to deal with Human Trafficking crimes.The Trafficking in Persons (Prevention, Care and Rehabilitation) Bill, makes the offence of Children trafficking punishable with death also.All the stakeholders are requested to offer their comments/ suggestions on the aforesaid Bill by 14.07.2021 on the e-mail ID santanu.brajabasi@gov.in, the...
TRP Scam : 3 Republic TV Employees Granted Anticipatory Bail By Sessions Court
A sessions court at Mumbai, on Wednesday granted anticipatory bail to three Republic TV employees including, their Chief financial Officer, in the alleged TRP Scam.Additional Sessions Judge Abhishri Deo granted anticipatory bail to Shivendra Mundherkar, Ranjit Walter and Chief Financial Officer Siva Subramaniam.They were recently cited as accused in the TRP Scam charge sheet along with...
Palarivattom Flyover Scam: Former Minister VK Ebrahim Kunju Moves Kerala High Court Seeking Relaxations In Bail Conditions
Former PWD Minister, VK Ebrahim Kunju has yet again approached the Kerala High Court seeking relaxation in the bail conditions imposed on him in the Palarivattom flyover scam. The applicant was accused of causing irregularities in the construction of a flyover at Palarivattom and has been in custody for the past seven months. He has presently approached the High Court seeking the deletion of...
Convict Not Entitled To Remission While Undergoing Sentence In Default Of Payment Of Fine Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that a convict is not entitled to remission of sentence while he is undergoing sentence in default of payment of fine under the scheme of Delhi Prison Rules. A single judge bench comprising of Justice Mukta Gupta also observed that the grant of emergency parole for release of prisoners as per the Delhi Government's notification, was in the nature of remission...
Section 428 CrPC- "Set Off" Of Pre-Conviction Detention Is Permissible Even For Life Convicts: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court on Monday ruled that 'set off" of pre-conviction detention under Section 428 of Code of criminal Procedure is permissible even for a life convict."The High Court has held that period of pre-conviction detention served by a life convict during the investigation, inquiry, or trial must be allowed to be set off against the term of imprisonment imposed on him on...
Develop A Web Portal For Tracking Representations & Avoiding Delays: Madras High Court
Taking strong objection against inordinate delay in considering the representation of the detenus, the Madras High Court directed the State of Tamil Nadu to establish a dedicated web portal and use technologies such as e-mail, fax or WhatsApp to track their movement and avoid delays.A division bench of Justices K.Kalyanasundamaram and B.Pugalendhi noted that despite passing of several orders...
Delhi High Court Establishes Intellectual Property Division To Deal With Intellectual Property Cases
The Delhi High Court established the Intellectual Property Division (IPD) to deal with all matters related to Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). The IP deals with original proceedings, Writ Petitions (Civil), CMM, RFA, FAO on Intellectual Property Rights disputes, except those required to be dealt with by the Division Bench. "This has been done in order to avoid multiplicity of proceedings...
IT Rules: Delhi High Court Refuses Interim Relief To The Wire And The Quint
In a hearing before the Delhi High Court challenging the Information Technology (Guidelines For Intermediaries And Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (IT Rules, 2021) digital media houses The Quint and The Wire today told the court that submitting information as required by the Central government in compliance with the rules, "is not a matter of voice vote."Sr. Adv. Nitya Ramakrishnan for...
"This Very System Has Lifted Me": Justice Midha Of Delhi High Court On Indian Judiciary, On His Retirement
Bidding a teary-eyed farewell to the Delhi High Court on Tuesday on the occasion of his retirement, Justice MR Midha took a walk down the memory lane with fellow Judges and colleagues, remembering his initial days at the Bar and said, "This very system has lifted me." He expressed his appreciation and gratefulness to the system and adding the feather of impartiality on its hat, said that he...
Act Against 'Hardened Criminals' Who Cheat In Name Of Lucky Draw, Reward & Loan: Allahabad HC Asks DGP To Issue Circular
The Allahabad High Court last week called out the Uttar Pradesh Police to take widespread action to book 'hardened criminals' who call up citizens and make them cough up money by offering alluring schemes for the provision of loans or TV show rewards or lottery bonanzas.The Bench of Justice J. J. Munir directed the Director General of Police, U.P., Lucknow to immediately issue circulars to...
Advocate Kitty Kumarmanglam Wife Of Ex-Union Minister R. Kumaramangalam Murdered In A Robbery Attempt
Advocate Kitty Kumarmangalam, wife of late Ex-Union Minister, Rangarajan Kumaramangalam was murdered yesterday in a robbery attempt allegedly by her washerman Raju (24) at her residence in South West Delhi's Vasant Vihar. As per the statement of the Deputy Commissioner of Police (South West), Ingit Pratap Singh, the accused visited her residence at around 9 pm yesterday and as soon as...