Bombay HC Allows 2008 Malegaon Blast Victim To Intervene In Lt. Col. Prasad Purohit's Plea Challenging Prosecution Without Obtaining Prior Sanction

The Bombay High Court on Friday allowed an intervention application filed by Nisar Ahmed Haji Sayed Bilal, a victim of the 2008 Malegaon blast who also lost his son in the blast, in the writ petition filed by accused Lt. Col. Prasad Purohit challenging the sanction granted to prosecute him as an accused in the case.Division bench of Justice SS Shinde and Justice MS Karnik had reserved the...

Filing Of Status Reports In Criminal Cases: Delhi High Court Asks Prosecuting Agencies To Follow The Model Form Issued By Gujarat HC

Delhi High Court has directed the prosecuting agencies to file proper status reports in criminal cases, containing all the details relevant for deciding the bail applications filed therein, and etc. A Bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait has directed the agencies to follow the guidelines issue by the Gujarat High Court in Thakore Laxmanji v. State of Gujarat: MANU/G/J/0267/1992, so as...

Keeping A Sick 83-year-old Incarcerated Does Not Serve Any Purpose To The Prosecution; Father Stan Swamy Seeks Bail Before Spl NIA Court

Currently in jail for his alleged role in the caste based violence that took place at Bhima Koregaon on January 1, 2018, Father Stan Swamy has filed a bail application before the Special NIA Court alleging he is being framed in the case by the central agency due to the nature of his work.The 83-year-old jesuit priest was arrested by the NIA on October 8 from his residence at Ranchi and...

Aarogya Setu RTI Row: CIC Drops Show Cause Notice To CPIOs, Issues Advisory To Ensure That The Website is Up-to-date With All Info

The Central Information Commission has dropped the show cause notices issued to the Central Public Information Officers(CPIOs) of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, National Informatics Centre and National E-Governance Division(NeGD) in connection to the Aarogya Setu RTI case. The proceedings were dropped by Information Commissioner Vanaja N. Sarna after the...

Tweet On Navratri: Jammu & Kashmir High Court Refuses To Stay Investigation Against Advocate Deepika Singh Rajawat

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Wednesday (25th November) refused to interfere in an ongoing investigation in relation to an FIR registered against Advocate Deepika Singh Rajawat by J&K police for her tweet on Navratri/Navratras.The Bench of Justice Sanjay Dhar specifically observed,"At this stage, it may not be appropriate to go into the merits of the rival contentions of the...

'Pervasive Influence': Allahabad High Court Denies Bail To SP Leader Mohd Azam Khan & Son In Forgery Case On Apprehension Of Witness Tampering

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday denied bail to SP Leader Mohammad Azam Khan and his son Abdullah Azam Khan in an alleged case of forging a PAN card and a Passport, depicting that the latter was born in the year 1990, for the purpose of contesting 2017 assembly elections. A Single Bench of Justice Suneet Kumar observed that the accused enjoy 'deep rooted and pervasive influence'...

Religare Finvest: Delhi HC Issues Notice In Bail Plea Moved By Malvinder Singh

Delhi High Court has issued notice in a bail plea moved by Religare Finvest's ex-promoter Malvinder Mohan Singh. The Single Bench of Justice Anup Jairam Bhambani has issued notice to the Enforcement Directorate. The court has also asked the Petitioner to submit the orders of the Supreme Court in a similar case filed by his brother and co-accused Shivinder Mohan Singh. Singh...

State Must Reconsider Decision Asking Blind Employees To Report To Duty: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has directed the State government to in two weeks time reconsider its decision making it compulsory for government employees, in particular blind employees, to report to duty. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice S Vishwajith Shetty said: "For the time being we are dealing with the issue of blind persons. The state government will have...

Actively Considering Night Curfew, But No Decision Taken Yet: Delhi Govt Tells Delhi HC

The Delhi Government has informed the Delhi High Court that it is actively considering the proposal of imposing night curfews or weekend curfews in Delhi, however, no final decision has been made. The information was provided to the Division Bench of Justice Hima Kohli and Justice Subramonium Prasad in a plea seeking to ramp up testing facilities for COVID19 in Delhi. Today, the...

Jammu And Kashmir High Court Celebrates 71st Constitution Day; Organizes Webinar On 'Preamble To The Constitution Of India

On the occasion of 71st Constitution Day, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court today organized a virtual ceremony to commemorate the adoption of Constitution of India and to honour and acknowledge the contribution of its founding fathers. Chief Justice Gita Mittal led the reading of the preamble to the Constitution at Jammu Wing of the High Court in the presence of Justices Rajesh...

Bombay High Court Refuses To Stay RBI Scheme For Lakshmi Vilas Bank Merger With DBS Bank

The Bombay High Court on Thursday rejected a prayer for ad-interim stay on Reserve Bank Of India's amalgamation scheme for the merger of Lakshmi Vilas Bank with the DBS Bank approved by the Union Cabinet, in a plea filed by shareholders of Lakshmi Vilas Bank.Division bench of Justice Nitin Jamdar and Justice Milind Jadhav observed they are not inclined to grant a stay since the reliefs...

Public Interest Litigation Filed Purely On The Basis Of News Paper Report Is Not Maintainable: Kerala High Court

Public Interest Litigation filed purely on the basis of paper report is not maintainable, the Kerala High Court observed.The bench comprising the Chief Justice S. Manikumar and Justice Shaji P. Chaly dismissed a PIL filed by a social worker seeking a direction to authorities to complete the reconstruction work of the Perumbuzha bridge. To substantiate his case, he had produced a report...