Delhi HC Issues Notice, Seeks Amazon's Reply On Future Groups's Plea Seeking Injunction On Amazon's 'Interference' In Deal With Reliance Retail

The Delhi High Court today issued notice on a plea by Kishore Biyani-led Future Retail Ltd (FRL) seeking an ad-interim injunction against Amazon Inc for sending letters to various regulatory authorities writing about an injunction award by an Emergency Arbitrator against Future Retail Ltd's acquisition by Reliance Industries Ltd's entities for about Rs. 24, 713 crores. The single...

Priya Ramani Concocted A Fictitious Story Against Akbar And Published It Without Due Care and Caution: Geeta Luthra Argues

Before the court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vishal Pahuja, Senior Advocate Geeta Luthra commenced her rejoinder arguments today on behalf of MJ Akbar in his criminal defamation case against journalist Priya Ramani. While addressing the court, Ms Luthra submitted that Priya Ramani concocted a fictitious story against MJ Akbar, and then published it on Twitter without...

Bail Can't Be Refused On Ground That It Will Encourage Vigilantism Or Send Wrong Message To Society : Kerala High Court[Read Judgment]

While granting bail to three women who were accused of assaulting a YouTuber over a vulgar video, the Kerala High Court said it does not approve of vigilantism shown by them.The fact that granting bail to the applicants would give a wrong message to the public at large and that it would amount to an encouragement of vigilantism is no reason to refuse granting of bail, Justice Ashok Menon...

Bollywood Producer Firoz Nadiadwala's Wife Gets Bail In Drug Case

A city court on Tuesday granted bail to Bollywood producer Firoz Nadiadwala's wife, Shabana Saeed arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) for alleged drug possession.The accused was arrested on Sunday after ganja (marijuana) was allegedly found at her residence in suburban Juhu during a search by the NCB and sent to 14-day judicial custody by a court on Monday.She was granted bail by...

Default Bail Cannot Be Denied To Accused Just Because He Filed Application U/S 439 Instead of 167(2) CrPC : Delhi High Court

In a landmark ruling, the Delhi High Court has granted bail in a case where the accused was prepared to furnish bail and comply with the conditions under Section 167(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) but had submitted his application under Section 439 CrPC. The court held that in the instant case, although the accused had submitted his application for bail under Section...

Arnab Goswami Case : Alibag Sessions Court Reserves Order On Revision Petition Seeking Police Custody

The Sessions Court in Alibag on Tuesday evening reserved order in the revision petition filed by Raigad police challenging the order passed by Chief Judicial Magistrate refusing police custody of Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami and two others in Anvay Naik abetment of suicide case. The Court has posted the case for pronouncement of verdict day after tomorrow, i.e. Thursday....

Allowing Jail Premises To Be Used For Committing Crime Would Put Members Of The Society Under Serious Threat: Allahabad High Court [Read Order]

"If the premises of a district jail facility are itself so porous and its administration so lax, as may allow such jail premises to be used to commit further crime both outside and inside the jail, the members of the society would be under a serious threat and the entire social and civil structure and the order would be at risk of erosion", observed the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday...

"Custodial Violence Is Abhorrent": Orissa HC Directs Septuagenarian Ex-Cops To Serve Imprisonment in 35-Year Old Custodial Death Case

"Custodial violence on a person which may sometimes lead to his death is abhorrent and not acceptable in a civilised society and it is a crime against humanity and a clear violation of a person's rights under Article 21 of the Constitution of India", observed the Orissa High Court on Monday.Justice S. K. Sahoo was rendering judgment on two 32-year old criminal appeals by a former inspector...

'This Is Not The Manner In Which A Reputed University Should Be Functioning': Madras HC Orders Anna University To Fill Up Teaching Posts By Regular Appointments

The Madras High Court on Monday rapped the Anna University for giving "scant regard" to the UGC and AICTE guidelines and functioning at the strength of temporary teaching staff for nearly ten years. Taking note of inadequate faculty student ratio maintained by the University, a Bench of Justice N. Anand Venkatesh remarked, "It is surprising that students who come out of...

Extortion Case Against Power TV Channel MD: Karnataka High Court Refuses To Quash FIR & Interfere In Police Investigation [Read Order]

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday (05th November) refused to interfere in an on-going police investigation and quash FIR filed against the Managing Director of Power TV (a Kannada TV Channel) Rakesh Shetty for alleged extortion.The Bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj was hearing the plea of Power TV Managing Director Rakesh Shetty seeking quashing of the Complaint and FIR dated...

[Delhi Riots] Shahrukh Pathan, Who Pointed Gun At Cop During The Riots Denied Interim Bail By Delhi Court [Read Order]

The Karkardooma Court (Delhi) on Monday (09th November) refused to grant interim bail to Shahrukh Pathan, whose infamous picture, showing him pointing a gun at a policeman, during February 2020 Delhi Riots had gone viral on the Social Media/Internet.The Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat was hearing the bail plea of accused Shahrukh Pathan @ Khan, who was on 24.02.2020, caught brandishing...

"Will Not Flee Away From The Course Of Justice": Arnab Goswami Tells Alibaug Sessions Court In His Bail Plea

Republic TV Chief Arnab Goswami has filed an application before the Sessions Court in Raigad, seeking regular bail in connection to his arrest and remand in the 2018 abetment to suicide case. Goswami has pleaded innocence in the matter. He has stated that the matter was thoroughly investigated at the relevant time and the Raigad Police was pleased to file a detailed closure report...