Gujarat Court Grants Rahul Gandhi Permanent Exemption From Court Appearance In Defamation Case [Read Order]

The Court of Metropolitan Magistrate in Ahmedabad on Tuesday (27th October) granted Congress leader and a Member of Parliament from Waynad (Kerala) Rahul Gandhi, permanent exemption from appearance in a criminal defamation case, which he is facing over remarks against Union Home Minister Amit Shah.The Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate R. B. Etaliya allowed Gandhi's plea seeking...

In Criminal Law, The Remedy Of Appeal Can't Be Allowed To Be Defeated On Technical Grounds: Punjab & Haryana High Court [Read Order]

"It needs to be constantly borne in mind that in criminal law, there is only one remedy of appeal, therefore, it acquires much importance and the said remedy cannot be allowed to be defeated on technical grounds," observed the Punjab and Haryana High Court recently.The Bench of Justice Manoj Bajaj was hearing a criminal revision, against the orders dated 11.01.2017 and 16.01.2019 passed by...

Delhi High Court Suspends Sentence of Former Union Minister Dilip Ray In Coal Scam Case

The Delhi High Court on Monday suspended the sentence of 3 years given to former Union Minister Dilip Ray who was sentenced on Monday by a Special CBI court for illegally allocating a coal block in Jharkhand to a private company in 1999. Ray was Minister of State (coal) in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government. Special Judge Bharat Parashar had also awarded three-year jail term each...

'Sushant Died 5 Days After He Was Unlawfully Prescribed Drugs By His Sister' : Rhea Chakraborty Tells Bombay High Court

Actor Rhea Chakraborty has filed her reply before the Bombay High Court in the plea filed by Sushant Singh Rajput's sisters seeking quashing of FIR registered against them, and alleged that since the late actor died five days after obtaining oral prescription from sister Priyanka and her friend Dr.Tarun Kumar, it is imperative that the actions of petitioners are investigated as well.The...

Centre Designates Chhota Shakeel, Tiger Memon, Bhatkal Brothers & 14 Others As 'Terrorists' [Read Notification]

The Central Government has designated eighteen more individuals including Chhota Shakeel, Bhatkal brothers and Tiger Memon as 'terrorists' The Home Ministry has invoked its powers under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 35 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, to notify the names of followingindividual in the Fourth Schedule to the said Act, if it believes that he is involved...

Court Verdicts Do Not Give Cause Of Action; Only Declare Law 'As Was, As Is': Jammu & Kashmir High Court [Read Order]

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has made it clear that a Court order, that might be favourable to any person's case, does not give him a cause of action and cannot be used to revive a case, otherwise suffering from delay or laches. "Any benefit which are due to an employee during his service carrier have to be claimed while he is in service or at the most, may be immediately...

Centre Removes Prohibition On Transfer Of Land In Jammu & Kashmir To People Outside State [Read Notification]

The Central Government on Tuesday notified the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Adaptation of State Laws) Fifth Order, 2020, making it possible for people outside Jammu and Kashmir to buy land in the State.The Jammu and Kashmir Alienation Of Land Act 1995 which prohibited transfer of land in favour of any person who is not a State Subject now stands repealed as a whole.Section 4 of the...

[LIFE Mission Case] Kerala High Court DB Dismisses PIL Seeking Interference In Proceedings Before Single Bench

The Kerala High Court on Friday dismissed as non-maintainable, a PIL filed by journalist Michael Varghese, seeking to quash the proceedings before a Single Bench of the High Court under Section 482 of CrPC, for quashing of complaint registered in connection with the FCRA irregularities in the 'LIFE Mission' project of the State Government. Varghese had sought registration of FIR...

State Cannot Issue Notification Regulating Rates Chargeable By Private Hospitals To Non-Covid Patients; Bombay HC Quashes Notifications

In what may come as a significant economic relief to private hospitals, the Bombay High Court last Friday held that the State Government does not have the power to frame a law or issue notification regulating rates chargeable by private hospitals to non-covid patients and quashed two state government notifications fixing rates applicable to Non-Covid patients in the private hospitals/health...

BCI Has Power To Frame Further Rules Laying Down Conditions Before Permitting A Person To Practice As An Advocate: Madhya Pradesh High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently observed that an advocate getting enrolled under Section 24 of the Advocates Act, 1961 can be subjected to further conditions before he is permitted to practise as an advocate in court.The Bench of Acting Chief Justice Sanjay Yadav and Justice Rajeev Kumar Dubey was hearing writ petitions, challenging Rule 9 of All India Bar Examination Rules, 2010...

Sameet Thakkar, Booked For Tweets Against Maharashtra CM, Remanded To Police Custody Till October 30

A Judicial Metropolitan Magistrate Court in Nagpur on Monday allowed the application filed by Nagpur police seeking Sameet Thakkar's custody. Thakkar was arrested after he allegedly tried to evade the police after being summoned in relation to proceedings against him for tweets against Chief minister Uddhav Thackeray and his son, the State Tourism Minister Aditya Thackeray.Thakkar's...

Bombay High Court Imposes Hefty Fine Of Rs 1 Lakh On A Social Worker Accused Of Assaulting Doctor Over Covid Death [Read Order]

Recently, the Bombay High Court imposed a hefty fine on a Social Worker, accused of assaulting a Doctor and abusing medical staff of the hospital after a COVID patient's death.The Bench of Justice Bharati Dangre directed the applicant/accused to deposit an amount of Rs.One lakh in the C.M. Relief Fund. The Court also clarified that failure to deposit the amount would denude him of the...