Delhi Riots: Delhi Court Extends Judicial Custody Of Umar Khalid And Sharjeel Imam Till 23rd November 2020

Karkardooma District Court on Friday granted an extension of 3-days in judicial custody over Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam. The court was due to hear the matter today as the extended judicial custody of both Umar and Sharjeel in connection with the Delhi Riots case under UAPA was due to expire today. The court on 23rd October, 2020, had granted an extension in judicial custody of...

Karnataka High Court Quashes NLSIU Order Failing HC Judge's Son For Alleged Plagiarism

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday set aside an order passed by the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), denying a law student admission to the fourth year B.A LL.B (HONS), on account of him failing in a subject. A bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit allowed the writ petition filed by Hruday P. B, son of sitting Karnataka High Court judge Justice PB Bajanthri, and directed...

Gold Smuggling Case: M Sivasankar IAS Moves Kerala High Court Seeking Bail

M Sivasankar IAS, former Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister of Kerala, has approached the Kerala High Court seeking bail in the gold smuggling case.The IAS official was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on October 28 for offences under Sections 3 and 4 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act for allegedly assisting Swapna Suresh, the prime accused in the gold smuggling case,...

[Breaking] No Change Of Trial Judge In Actor Sexual Assault Case; Kerala High Court Dismisses Transfer Pleas Of Victim & Prosecution

The Kerala High Court on Friday dismissed the applications filed by the prosecution and the victim seeking to change the judge holding trial in the sensational actor sexual assault case of 2017.A single bench of Justice V G Arun had reserved orders on November 13 after hearing Special Public Prosecutor Suman Chakravarthy and Senior Advocate S Sreekumar, who represented the victim. The HC had...

Wife Can Seek Information About Husband's Income Under Right To Information Act: CIC

In a significant order, the Central Information Commission has partly allowed a wife's appeal, seeking information about her husband's income under the Right to Information Act, 2005. Information Commissioner Neeraj Kumar Gupta, while relying on certain High Court orders where it was held that a wife is entitled to know what remuneration her husband is getting, directed the Income...

Gauhati HC Seeks Govt's Response On Plea For Effective Implementation of Right To Education Act

The Gauhati High Court on Wednesday sought a response from the Assam government in a plea seeking effective implementation of Section 12(1)(c) of the Right to Education Act, 2009 which reserves at least 25% elementary level school seats for children belonging to weaker sections. A Division bench comprising of Acting Chief Justice N. Kotiswar Singh and Justice Manish Choudhury has asked...

Your Ministers Can't Say That The Third Wave of COVID Has Peaked, Delhi HC Tells Delhi Govt While Directing Filing Of Fresh Status Reports

The Division Bench of Justice Hima Kohli and Subramonium Prasad of the Delhi High Court after taking into consideration the status report filed by the Delhi Government highlighting the steps taken by it to manage the rising COVID-19 cases in Delhi, ordered a Fresh Status Report to be filed within one week on Thursday.While issuing the said direction, the court pulled up the Delhi Government...

'Duty Of Court To Protect Personal Liberty': Karnataka High Court Cites SC Order In Arnab Goswami Case To Grant Bail To TV Channel MD

The Karnataka High Court has cited the recent order passed by the Supreme Court in Arnab Goswami's case to grant anticipatory bail to Rakesh Shetty, Managing Director and Editor of Power TV in an alleged case of extortion.The extortion case was registered by the Bengaluru police against Shetty after his channel ran a series of reports raising corruption allegations against the family of...

Delhi High Court Directs Sameet Thakkar To Take Down Tweets Against TV Today Network, Its Management & Employees

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (18th November) directed Sameet Thakkar to take down the Tweets allegedly posted against TV Today Network, its Management & employees from his Twitter account within 48 hours.The Bench of Justice Mukta Gupta was hearing the suit filed by Plaintiff, T.V. Today Network Limited against Sameet Thakkar, who allegedly posted tweets, using derogatory and...

Allegations Of Selling Fake Degrees: Himachal Pradesh High Court Grants Bail To Ex-Chancellor Of Manav Bharti University

The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Wednesday (18th November) granted bail to Ex-Chancellor of Manav Bharti University, Ram Kumar Rana who is accused of selling fake Degrees and has been booked under Sections 420, 467, 468, and 120-B of Indian Penal Code, 1860.While granting them bail, the Bench of Justice Anoop Chitkara observed,"It goes without saying that the petitioner has, prima...

Common Order For Summoning In Different Cases Cannot Be Passed When Parties Are Unrelated: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday made it clear that a common order for summoning Respondents, in different cases filed by a common Petitioner, cannot be passed when the Respondent parties are unrelated.A Single Bench of Justice Anu Malhotra quashed a common summoning order passed by the Metropolitan Magistrate in three cases, cases wherein the Complainant i.e., Kanika Investments Ltd....

Allahabad High Court Issues Notice To NTA Over Declaration Of NEET 2020 Result Without Deciding On Objections To Questions

The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) on Tuesday (11th November) issued notices to Union Of India & National Testing Agency (NTA) over the declaration of the NEET 2020 result without deciding on objections filed by the Petitioners in relation to a couple of questions (which appeared in the examination) held on Sunday (13.09.2020).The Single-Bench of Justice Rajnish Kumar was hearing...