[Delhi Riots] "It Was An Act Against Country's Secular Structure": Delhi Court Denies Bail to Man Accused Of Damaging Fatima Masjid[Read Order]

While denying bail the bail to an accused who has been booked for damaging a mosque during the February communal riots in North-East Delhi, the Karkardooma Court (Delhi) recently observed,"In recent communal riots in North-East Delhi more than 50 innocent people were killed by the rioters and the dastardly act of rioters in this matter is an act against the country's secular structure."...

Kerala Govt. Decides To Amend Police Act To Deal With Insult, Intimidation & Defamation Through Social Media

Kerala Government has decided to amend the Police Act to include intimidation, defamation, or insulting of any person through social media as an offence punishable with imprisonment of term upto five years and/or upto 10,000/- fine. The Kerala Cabinet has also decided to recommend to the Governor to promulgate an ordinance in this regard. A new Section 118A will be added to the Kerala...

Allahabad HC Reprimands Gang-Rape Victim's Mother For False Affidavit Alleging Detention Of Daughter By Local Police [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday reprimanded the mother of a gang-rape for falsely alleging the detention of her daughter by the local police.The bench of Justices Shashi Kant Gupta and Pankaj Bhatia had on Tuesday taken cognisance of the alleged detention of the gang-rape victim in a police station, purportedly from a day after the court had pulled up the state police for lodging the...

Nagpur Central Jail Authorities Accept Prof.GN Saibaba's Demands After Family Indicated He May Go On Hunger Strike Due To Denial Of Books, Medicines Etc

The Nagpur Central Jail Authorities have accepted former Delhi University Professor GN Saibaba's demands after his family declared that he will go on a hunger strike due to denial of medicines sent by family members along with books, clothes and letters. The wheelchair bound 90% disabled former professor is serving life imprisonment in an Anda Cell at the said Central Jail.In a press...

Investigating Agencies Sleeping Over Criminal Matters Is Connivance With Accused: J&K HC Says They Should Be Examined For Abetment [Read Order]

In a strongly worded order, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court has pulled up the investigating agencies in the UT for "sleeping over" criminal cases registered years ago, including cases containing serious allegation against Government officials, under the Prevention of Corruption Act. "There cannot be any possible explanation for keeping the investigation pending for more than a...

In Case Of A Gang Rape, Medical Corroboration Not An Absolute Necessity: MP HC Denies Bail Despite The Fact That Victim Married Accused [Read Order]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Friday (16th October) noted in an order that in cases of Gang Rape, medical corroboration is not an absolute necessity.The Bench of Justice Akhil Kumar Srivastava made this observation while hearing an appeal filed under Section 14-A of the SC & ST Act against the impugned order dated 09.06.2020 passed by the Special Judge, S.C./S.T Act, Jabalpur, whereby...

Fresher Panel Lawyers Unable To Assist Court In A Proper Manner; They Should Be Subjected To An Orientation Course/Training: MP HC [Read Order]

While noting that Panel Lawyers, who are freshers and are representing the State for the first time, are unable to assist the Court in a proper manner, the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Friday (16th October) stressed on the need to provide such lawyers, proper orientation course/training before they are allowed to represent the State before the High Court.The Bench of Justice Sheel Nagu...

Maharashtra Allows All Advocates Registered With Bar Council Of Maharashtra & Goa To Travel In Locals During Non-Peak Hours On An Experimental Basis [Read Order]

The Government of Maharashtra through the Disaster Management, Relief & Rehabilitation, Revenue and Forest Department has decided to allow all lawyers registered with the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa to travel in local trains subject to certain conditions including the fact that they will only travel during non-peak hours.Bombay High Court has already passed orders dated September...

[Breaking] District Judge Rules Out Transfer Of MJ Akbar's Defamation Case; Matter To Continue In Same Court

The criminal defamation case filed by former Union Minister and BJP MP, M J Akbar, against journalist Priya Ramani will continue before the court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Vishaj Pahuja, of Rouse Avenue, New Delhi.This was decided by the District & Sessions Judge, Sujata Kohli, of Rouse Avenue on Thursday. This means that the court which had been handling the case...

[Covid-19] Allahabad HC Orders Constant Police Surveillance On All Roads To Ensure People Wear Masks [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court has ordered the UP Government to constitute a Task Force to check that people moving out and about wear masks. It has also ordered that there should be constant surveillance of the police on all roads, from at least 07:00 AM to 10:00 PM. The order has been passed by a Division Bench comprising of Justices Siddhartha Varma and Ajit Kumar to curb a second wave...

SC Is Already Seized With This Matter', Delhi HC Refuses To Further Monitor Plea Seeking Stern Measures To Prevent Stubble Burning In Punjab, Haryana And UP

Delhi High Court has refused to further monitor a plea seeking a direction to be issued to the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare to take stern measures to prevent stubble burning in the States of Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh, in light of the COVID19 pandemic. While disposing of the petition, the Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan noted that...

'Custody Like Solitary Confinement': Umar Khalid Complains; Court Summons Tihar Jail Superintendent

JNU student leader Umar Khalid, who is under custody in a UAPA case for alleged conspiracy behind Delhi riots, complained to a Delhi Court on Thursday about his custody in Tihar jail.When Khalid was virtually produced before Additional Sessions Judge, Amitabh Rawat, of Karkardooma Court, Delhi, for the extension of remand, he told the judge that the jail authorities were not allowing him to...