[Param Bir Singh Letter] Spl. Court Grants Permission to CBI To Question Sachin Waze In the Inquiry Against Anil Deshmukh

The Special Court under the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Act allowed the Central Bureau of Investigation's application to question suspended API Sachin Waze in connection with the corruption allegations made against Maharashtra's former Home Minister Anil Deshmukh. Special Judge PR Sitre also extended Waze's NIA custody till April 9 in connection with the explosives found...

COVID Surge : Karnataka High Court Directs Authorities To Conduct Surprise Visits At Hotels, Apartment Complexes Etc To Ensure Compliance

Amidst rising covid-19 cases in the State and especially in Bengaluru Urban district, the Karnataka High Court on Wednesday directed the State government and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to ensure that surprise visits are undertaken in various establishments, hotels, restaurants and apartment complexes to ensure that directions are followed. A division bench of...

Lodhi Road Mosque Anti-Demolition Plea: Delhi High Court Directs Govt. To Fill Vacancies In Waqf Tribunal Expeditiously

Hearing a plea by the Delhi Waqf Board challenging the demolition order of an ancient mosque alongside on Lodhi Road in New Delhi, for use of the land by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), a single judge bench of Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva has directed the Delhi Government to expeditiously fill up vacancies in the Delhi Waqf Tribunal - which is supposed to adjudicate the land dispute in...

Compliance Duty For Covid-19 Mask Norm Higher For Advocates, Cannot Be An Ego Issue : Delhi High Court

Dismissing petitions by 4 advocates challenging the Delhi government's order to wear masks as part of Covid-19 protocol even while travelling alone in a personal vehicle, the Delhi High Court today observed in a strongly worded order that, "Advocates as a class, owing to their legal training have a higher duty to show compliance especially in extenuating circumstances such as the...

Delhi Riots Conspiracy Case : High Court Calls For Unredacted Statements Of Protected Witnesses In Sealed Cover

Hearing an application by the Delhi Police for the unredacted statements of protected witnesses in the Delhi Riots larger conspiracy case, the Delhi High Court today directed the concerned trial court to send the statements to it in a sealed cover on or before Apr 14. The application was put in the case where Jamia Milia Islamia student Asif Iqbal Tanha faces prosecution for his alleged role...

Disclose Reasons For Deferring Rajya Sabha Elections For Kerala : High Court Asks Election Commission

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday directed the Election Commission to place on record its reasons for keeping in abeyance elections to fill vacancies of three Rajya Sabha seats. The incumbents of the three seats from Kerala are retiring on April 21.A Bench of Justice PV Asha was considering the writ petitions filed by the Secretary of the Kerala Legislative Assembly and S Sharma, CPI(M)...

Plea in Delhi High Court Seeks Constitution Of Regulatory Authority For Non-Film Songs, Music Videos

A petition in the form of Public Interest Litigation has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking directions on Ministry of Information and Broadcasting for constituting a regulatory authority/ censor board to review or grant certification to non Film songs, their lyrics and music videos. The petition also seeks directions on Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to regulate...

[Office Raids] Advocate Mehmood Pracha Alleges Manipulation Of Case Records By Authorities, Arguments On April 13

A Delhi Court on Wednesday heard an application filed by Advocate Mehmood Pracha for early hearing seeking preponement of date in the matter concerning Delhi Police Special Cell's raids in his office. While moving the said application, he had alleged that the Special Cell has allegedly manipulated the case files in the instant matter.The allegations came in view of a previous hearing dated...

Political Parties Should Be Prohibited From Giving Election Promises Which Are Capable Of Adding Burden On The Public Exchequer: Madras High Court

Political parties should be prohibited or prevented from giving election promises, which are capable of adding burden on the public exchequer, the Madras High Court observed in an order passed on 31st March 2021.The bench comprising Justices N. Kirubakaran and B. Pugalendhi directed the Election Commission of India and other Government authorities to respond to the following questions:Whether...

Kerala Police To Not Investigate Second FIR Against ED Till High Court Hears Case Tomorrow

The Kerala Police on Wednesday undertook before the Kerala High Court that no further steps will be taken with respect to the investigation in the second FIR registered by it against unnamed officials of the Enforcement Directorate alleging coercion of an accused in the gold smuggling case to make implicating statements against the Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.This development took place in...

Supreme Court E-Committee To Launch New Website For Judgments & E-Filing 3.0 On April 9

The e-Committee of the Supreme Court to launch new Website for Judgments & e-Filing 3.0. on April 9 Date: 9 April 2021 Time: 05.00 PM IST The e-inauguration ceremony will be live-streamed on the e-Court Services India YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/DalKImx8LOc The inaugural ceremony will be held in the presence of Dr. Justice Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, Judge, Supreme Court...

'Ensure Least Inconvenience To Ordinary Citizens During VIP Movement': Madras High Court Directs DGP, Commissioners

The Madras High Court has asked the Police authorities to ensure that in making special arrangements for movement of vehicles/ convoy of VIPs/ dignitaries, least inconvenience is caused to the ordinary citizens. A Division Bench comprising of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy directed the Director General of the State Police and the Commissioners of...