Satya Niketan PG Collapse: Delhi Court Sends Owner, Wife To Judicial Custody; Son Remanded To 2-Day Police Custody

A Delhi Court on Monday evening remanded building owner Hariram Gupta and his wife to judicial custody in a case registered in relation to the Satya Niketan PG collapse case yesterday.Their son, also arrested in the case, has been remanded to two days of police custody.The order has been passed by Judicial Magistrate First Class Bhavaya Karhail of Patiala House Courts. The three accused...

HALSA Launches 'Nyay Mitra' Mobile Legal Clinics, SOP For Protection Of Persons With Disabilities

The Haryana State Legal Services Authority (HALSA) has launched two initiatives aimed at strengthening access to justice and facilitating grievance redressal for persons with disabilities.Justice Deepak Sibal, Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court and Executive Chairman of HALSA, launched “Nyay Mitra – Justice at Your Doorstep” and a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for...

Delhi Court Remands Swatantra Bhardwaj To 14 Days Judicial Custody In CJP Protester Assault Case

A Delhi Court on Monday remanded Swatantra Bhardwaj to 14 days of judicial custody in an alleged assault case relating to father of a teenage Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) activist during Jantar Mantar protest in July.Additional Sessions Judge Saurabh Pratap Singh Laler of Patiala House Courts passed the order after Bhardwaj was produced in Court on expiry of his one day of police custody.He...

Delhi Court Denies Anticipatory Bail To YouTuber Ajeet Bharti In SC/ST Act Case

A Delhi Court on Monday denied anticipatory bail to YouTuber Ajeet Bharti in a case under Scheduled Caste Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Additional Sessions Judge Saurabh Pratap Singh Laler of Patiala House Courts rejected the anticipatory bail application filed by Bharti. Advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai appearing for Bharti said that the police has filed a status report...

Karnataka Administrative Tribunal Stays Suspension Of Govt Teacher For Attending RSS Event, Says No Prohibition In State Rules

The Karnataka State Administrative Tribunal has stayed the suspension of a government teacher who attended a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) function, ruling that the organisation is non-political and that no state rules prohibit officials from participating in its events.“In the instant case, the alleged act of the applicant was that he was participated in an event organized by...

Former Supreme Court Judge Justice Krishna Murari Joins Vantara's New Governing Council

Former Supreme Court judge Justice Krishna Murari has joined the newly constituted Governing Council of Vantara, the animal welfare and conservation initiative launched by Reliance Industries and Reliance Foundation.Justice Murari, who served on the Supreme Court from 2019 until his retirement in 2023, was earlier Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court and a judge of the Allahabad...

All High Courts Now Have Full-Time Chief Justices

After Central Government's notification issued on Saturday (September 5) notifying Chief Justices for eight high courts, all 25 high courts in the country will now function with permanent Chief Justices. Previously, as of July, seven out of 25 High Courts in the country were functioning without a permanent Chief Justice with Acting Chief Justices heading these courts.On Saturday the...

Supreme Court Refuses Bail To Ex-RJD MLA Ritulal Yadav

The Supreme Court recently(September 3) refused to interfere with the Patna High Court's order rejecting the bail plea of Ritlal Yadav, former member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly from Rashtriya Janata Dal, in connection with allegations of organised crime and extortion. However, the Court said if there is no substantial progress in his trial in the course of 1 year, he can renew his...

Delhi Court Remands Swatantra Bhardwaj To One Day Of Judicial Custody In CJP Protester Assault Case

A Delhi Court on Sunday remanded accused Swatantra Bhardwaj to one day of judicial custody in an alleged assault case relating to father of a teenage Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) activist during Jantar Mantar protest in July.Judicial Magistrate First Class Anjali Singh (duty magistrate) of Patiala House Courts passed the order after Bhardwaj was produced in Court on expiry of his one day of...

Delhi Court Remands Swatantra Bhardwaj To One Day Police Custody, Complainant's Lawyer Questions Procedure

A Delhi Court on Saturday remanded accused Swatantra Bhardwaj to one day of police custody in an alleged assault case relating to father of a teenage Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) activist during Jantar Mantar protest in July. Bhardwaj was detained in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr yesterday hours after the CJP staged a protest outside the Parliament Street police station demanding his arrest in...

'Not Guilty But Won't Contest Trial In Sarla Bhat Killing Case': Yasin Malik To TADA Court, Seeks Capital Punishment

Jailed Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik has denied any involvement in the 1990 abduction and killing of Kashmiri Pandit nurse Sarla Bhat, while telling the Special TADA/POTA Court in Srinagar that he has decided not to contest the trial proceedings further and has instead requested that the court award him capital punishment.Malik has maintained that his decision not...

Odisha Court Upholds Dismissal Of Complaint Against Ex-CM Naveen Patnaik & Former Secretary Over 'Misuse Of Public Funds' For Helicopter Trips

An Odisha Court upheld a magistrate's order dismissing a case against former CM and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Supremo Naveen Patnaik and his then Private Secretary as well as '5T' Secretary V. Karthikeyan Pandian over alleged 300+ helicopter trips to different districts for meetings and campaigns, without sanction of funds from the government exchequer.While deciding the revision petition,...