Should Plea Against Sessions Court Order Denying Bail Under UAPA Be Placed Before Division Bench?: Madras HC Refers Question To Larger Bench

The Madras High Court recently referred to a larger bench the question whether an application against the order passed by a Sessions Court under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act should be placed before a Single Judge or before a Division Bench of the High Court.A Single Bench of Justice AD Jagadish Chandira made the reference while hearing a bail application filed by one Jaffar...

Anticipatory Bail Matters Concern Liberty Of Citizens and Required to be Given Priority: Allahabad High Court Directs State To Ensure 'Proper Assistance'

"It is found in large number of cases, that the Investigating Officer/Circle Officer do not take Anticipatory Bail Matters with the seriousness required"

Place Of Worship Act: Uttarakhand High Court Dismisses Appeal Against Refusal To Stay Construction Of Crematoria Over Ancient Pilgrimage

The Uttarakhand High Court recently dismissed an appeal challenging an order denying interim relief against construction of a crematoria over alleged land of ancient temple pilgrimage. The Appellant in this case had stated that construction of a Crematoria on an ancient pilgrimage, which is a site of worship for the appellant, is being done without any authority of law and is "in...

Karnataka Brings Ordinance To Ban Slaughter Of All Cattle Except Buffalo Aged Above 13 Years - Read Ordinance

Following the failure of the Karnataka government to get the law against cattle slaughter passed in the Legislative Council, it has brought an Ordinance.The Karnataka Governor on Tuesday approved the "Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Ordinance, 2020". It seeks to outlaw slaughter of all cattle except buffaloes aged above 13 years.It defines "cattle" as "cow, calf of...

Acceptance Of A Conditional Offer With A Further Condition Does Not Result In A Concluded Contract: Supreme Court

When the acceptor puts in a new condition while accepting the contract already signed by the proposer, the contract is not complete until the proposer accepts that condition, the Supreme Court observed while setting aside a High Court judgment on Tuesday.The bench comprising Justices Navin Sinha and Indira Banerjee observed that the High Court overlooked Section 7 of the Contract Act...

Governing Body Of College Is The Proper Authority To Appoint Administrative Staffs of A College : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has observed that it is the Governing Body of a College which has the authority to appoint the administrative staffs of a College."The Principal, however, who is entrusted the over all internal administration of the College is a person who knows all the staff of the College and his/her recommendation with regard to appointment of Warden of the College Hostel is to carry...

Election Commission's Power To Allot Symbols Challenged Before Allahabad High Court: EC Directed To Respond Within 6 Weeks

While entertaining a Public Interest Litigation, wherein the power of Election Commission to allot Election Symbol has been challenged, the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday (05th January) directed the Election Commission to file a counter to the petition within a period of six weeks. The Bench of Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Ramesh Sinha was hearing a plea challenging...

Special CBI Courts Convicts Oil Mafia Leader Manoj Goyal & Aide For Cheating & Criminal Conspiracy In 13 Yrs Old Case

A Special CBI Court in Ghaziabad on Tuesday convicted infamous oil mafia Manoj Goyal and his associate Karan Veer Singh, in a 13-years old case for unauthorizedly selling adulterated petrol to public, including government departments. The duo has been convicted under Sections 420 (Cheating) and 120B (Criminal Conspiracy) of the IPC and under Section 7 of Essential Commodities...

MP Court Denies Bail To Comedian Munawar Faruqui Arrested For Allegedly Hurting Hindu Religious Sentiments

A court here in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday rejected bail to stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui and another accused who were arrested last week on the complaint of a BJP MLA's son that "indecent" remarks were made against Hindu deities during a show held in Indore in Madhya Pradesh.After hearing arguments of both the sides, Additional District and Sessions court judge Yatindra Kumar Guru...

"She Chose Female Gender As Her Self-Perceived Gender Identity": Bombay HC Allows Transgender To Contest Polls As Woman Candidate

Noting that Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 permits a transgender person to have a right to be recognized and such transgender is permitted to have a right to self-perceived gender identity, the Bombay High Court (Aurangabad Bench) on Saturday (02nd January) allowed a transgender to contest village panchayat polls as a Woman candidate. The Bench of Justice...

SC Stays TDSAT Order Which Set Aside DoT Demand For License Fee From Internet Service Providers

The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the order of the Telecom Disputes Settlement Appellate Tribunal(TDSAT) which directed the Union of India to refund the amounts collected from Internet Service Providers as license fee. The bench headed by Justice D. Y. Chandrachud was hearing the Centre's statutory appeal under section 18 of the TRAI Act, 1997 against the 18.10.2019 decision of the TDSAT,...

'Investigation Carried Out In A Lackadaisical Manner': Karkardooma Court Granted Bail To Three Accused In Delhi Riots Cases

A Delhi Court on Monday granted bail to three accused persons (Osama, Gulfam @Sonu Chikna, Aatir) who were chargesheeted in the North East Delhi riots that broke out in the year 2020. Additional Sessions Judge, Amitabh Rawat vide a common order disposed of the bail applications of three accused persons namely Osama, Aatir and Gulfam. BACKGROUND OF THE CASE The accused persons...