Madras High Court Grants Bail To Ex-Judge CS Karnan In Abusive Videos Cases

The Madras High Court on Tuesday granted bail to former HC judge CS Karnan in the criminal cases registered over the abusive videos uploaded by him with threats against judges of higher judiciary and their family members.A single judge of Justice V Bharathidasan allowed bail to Karnan considering the fact that he has spent more than 110 days in custody, the unconditional apology tendered by...

Do You Have Any Scheme To Look After Health Issues Of Transgender Community?: Gauhati High Court Asks Assam Govt

The Gauhati High Court has asked the Assam Government if it has proposed any scheme to look after the health issues of the members of the Transgender community. A Division Bench comprising of Chief Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Manash Ranjan Pathak further directed the Central Health Ministry to come up with the list of beneficiaries under the Ayushman Bharat Yojana, who...

Lok Sabha Passes Marine Aids to Navigation Bill, 2021

With "enormous technological development" in the field of marine navigation, the Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Marine Aids to Navigation Bill, 2021. It seeks to put in place a statutory framework for regulation of technological advancements in marine aids to navigation, and remove the operational difficulties arising thereof. The Bill also proposes to repeal the Lighthouse Act,...

Lok Sabha Passes Finance Bill 2021

The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed the Finance Bill, 2021 to give effect to the financial proposals of the Central Government for the financial year 2021-2022. Apart from the Finance Act, the Bill also proposes to amend the Income Tax Act, 1961; Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956; the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956; the Central Sales Tax Act, 1956; the SEBI Act,...

Breaking: AIIMS Assault Case: Delhi Court Affirms Conviction Of AAP MLA Somnath Bharti U/Ss 147,149 IPC &PDPP Act, 2Year Jail Term Upheld

A Delhi Court on Tuesday affirmed the conviction of AAP MLA Somnath Bharti in the AIIMS Assault Case under sec.147 (punishment for rioting) read with sec. 149 (Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence commit­ted in prosecution of common object) of the Indian Penal Code along with sec. 3 of Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, 1984. Howeverer, the Court set aside his...

"CCTV Cameras Were Not Working": Delhi Police Tells High Court On Incident Of Detained Man Being Forced To Sing National Anthem During Delhi Riots

The Delhi Police today informed the Delhi High Court with respect to an incident of a detained man at a police station being allegedly forced to sing the national anthem during the 2020 Delhi riots, that the CCTV cameras of the police station were not working at the time of the incident due to "some technical fault".The police has told the court this vide an affidavit filed through the...

Bollywood Versus Republic TV & Times Now: Delhi High Court Extends Interim Order Against Media Channels

The Delhi High Court today extended its interim order until May 25, asking media houses AGR Outlier Media Pvt Ltd, Bennett Coleman and Co Ltd, and others to ensure that no defamatory content will be uploaded on their social media platforms or displayed on their channels defaming the Hindi film industry or infringing the right to privacy of persons associated with it.The order was passed in...

Kerala High Court Calls For Changes In Law To Penalise 'Road Rage'

While allowing bail to a person accused of ramming his truck into a vehicle belonging to the Kerala High Court, the High Court observed that India did not yet have legal provisions penalising 'road rage'. In his bail order, Justice VG Arun takes note of the absence of law in this respect, either under the Motor Vehicles Act or penal legislation. "This is an aspect which should engage...

Mehmood Pracha's Office Raid- "Delhi Police Trying To Invade Into Premises Of Advocates Which Is Unacceptable And Illegal" Patiala House Bar President To Delhi Court

A Delhi Court on Tuesday reserved orders in the application filed by Advocate Mehmood Pracha against the second raid conducted by Delhi Police's Special Cell. The order was reserved after Advocate RK Wadhwa, President of the New Delhi Bar Association took strong objections while representing the Bar on the Delhi Police's Raids thereby violating their privacy.Chief Metropolitan Magistrate...

'Centre's Prior Approval Required To De-reserve Forests' : Karnataka High Court Quashes Notification Releasing Forest Land

The Karnataka High Court has struck down an order/notification dated February 23, 2017 issued by the state government by which it purported to release a total of 260 acres forming a part of a reserve forest to the revenue department for rehabilitating project affected families in the forest lands. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice S Vishwajith Shetty said:...

Teachers Caring For Their Self- Interests Alone & Not The Interest Of Their Pupils A 'Lamentable State Of Affairs': Himachal Pradesh High Court

Underscoring that it is the duty of the teacher to take care of pupil(s) as a careful parent would take care of its children, the Himachal Pradesh High Court on Monday (22nd March) rebuked a Petitioner, a School Principal who challenged his transfer on the ground that he had crossed the age of 55 years. The Bench of Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan and Justice Chander Bhusan Barowalia...

Ryan School Murder Case: Gurugram Court Dismisses Bail Plea Of Student Accused

A District and Sessions Court in Gurugram on Monday dismissed the bail plea filed by then 11th standard student, a juvenile in conflict with law and a prime accused in the 2017 Ryan School Murder Case. Additional Sessions Judge Amit Sahrawat while denying the bail plea observed that the present application for bail was not maintainable in view of the Supreme Court order dated 19th November...