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While Three US Supreme Court Judges Dissenting, Execution Of Brandon Bernard Was Carried Out After 21 Years Of Crime
The federal government of the United States of America carried out the execution of 40-year old Brandon Bernard via lethal injection on Thursday, December 10 2020 despite wide spread call for commutation of the death sentence from human rights activists, celebrities, and a large social media campaign. Notably, five of the nine surviving jurors who originally found Bernard guilty as well...
Delhi High Court Grants Bail To Murder Accused In Delhi Riots Case On Ground Of Parity
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday allowed the regular bail application filed by one Md. Iqbal, accused of rioting and murder in the Delhi Riots case. Noting that four other accused in the case had already been released, a Single Bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait directed the authorities to release Iqbal on furnishing a personal bond of Rs.15,000/- along with a surety. "It is not...
Instances Of Cheating & Duping Farmers Increasing Everyday, Systems Not Sensitive Towards Problems Faced By Farmers: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court while hearing an application for quashing filed by Jalgaon-based businessmen who were accused of cheating farmers, observed that instances of duping farmers are increasing day by day and it is a fact that systems are not showing sensitivity towards farmers.Division bench of Justice TV Nalawade and Justice MG Sewlikar of the Aurangabad bench noted that since farmers have...
Delhi High Court Directs Centre to File Status Report on Actor Rakul Preet Singh's Plea, Actor Seeks to Implead Other Channels
The Delhi High Court today directed actor the Centre to file a status report within 3 weeks on actor Rakul Preet Singh's petition seeking action against news channels for publishing slanderous material against her, linking her to drugs. On December 9, the News Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA) issued awarning in an order against the news channels Zee News, Zee 24...
Delhi High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Transfer Of Case Of Tablighi Jamaat Leader To NIA, Grants Liberty To Approach Supreme Court
The Delhi High Court today dismissed as withdrawn, a plea seeking the transfer of investigation of a case against Tablighi Jamaat leader Maulana Saad, from the Delhi Police to the National Investigation Authority. The Division Bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Talwant Singh hearing the petition, however, granted the advocate for the petitioner liberty to press the petition...
Govt. Officials Like 'Kumbhkarana'; Need To Be Woken Up From Slumber By Using Different Means: Jammu & Kashmir High Court
Expressing its displeasure over the working of the government officials in Jammu and Kashmir, the J&K High Court on Wednesday (09th December) compared the Government officials with "Kumbhkarna" from Ramayana, who used to sleep for six months at a stretch. The Bench of newly appointed Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal further observed, "As has been mentioned in Ramayana,...
Mumbai Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To Republic TV COO Priya Mukherjee In TRP Scam Case
The Sessions Court at Mumbai allowed the pre arrest bail application filed by Republic TV Chief Operating Officer Priya Mukherjee on Friday. Mukherjee is an accused in the fake Television Rating Points Scam case registered by the Mumbai police.Court directed Mukharjee to be released on a personal bond of Rs.50,000 in case of an arrest and asked her to appear before the concerned police...
BREAKING : Karnataka High Court Grants Bail To Sanjjanaa Galrani In Sandalwood Drug Case
The Karnataka High Court on Friday granted bail to Kannada film actor Sanjjanaa Galrani has been in custody since September 8 in the infamous Sandalwood drug case. She had sought bail on medical grounds. Justice Sreenivas Harish Kumar granted bail to her subject to execution of a personal bond of Rs 3 lakh and two sureties of like amount. She has to mark her attendance twice...
Plea Moved In Bombay High Court Challenging The De-facto Imposition Of 'Aarogya Setu' In Passport Office, Mumbai
A petition has been moved in the Bombay High Court, challenging the de-facto imposition of Aarogya Setu by officials of Passport Seva Kendra, Mumbai. The petition has been filed by one Tanya Mahajan (an architect by profession) through Software Freedom Law Centre, India and Advocate Aditi Saxena. The Case of the Petitioner It is the case of the Petitioner that while the...
Supreme Court To Hear Finally Centre's Appeal Against Reduction Of Drug Trafficker's Sentence By 16 Years In January; Also Defers Bail Plea
The Supreme Court on Thursday listed for hearing in January, 2021 the Union of India's appeal against the Bombay High Court direction to the Centre to revise a convict's release date by taking into consideration the adoption of sentence in terms of Section 13(6) of the Repatriation of Prisoners Act, 2003 and order his release after calculating his date of release.The bench headed by Justice A....