Central Govt's Power To Investigate Its Official Cannot Be Interfered By State Even If The Offence Committed In State's Territory: Calcutta HC

The Kolkata High Court recently considered whether the Consent of the state government under Section 6 of the DPSE Act would still be necessary if the Central government wishes to proceed against its own officials, albeit posted within a state, paid from Central funds and discharging functions under a Central Statute.In its judgment delivered on March 12, the court held that CBI's power...

Nirbhaya Case: Delhi Court Issues Notice In Fresh Plea By Convicts For Stay On Execution

A Delhi Court on Wednesday issued notice in a plea for stay on the execution of four convicts of the Nirbhaya rape case.Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana will take up the matter tomorrow at 12 pm. The plea moved through Advocate AP Singh has sought stay on execution, which is scheduled to be carried out on March 20, on the ground that the convicts have yet not exhausted all their...

Calcutta HC Sets Aside 'Leave India' Notice Issued To Polish Student For Participation In Anti-CAA Protest [Read Judgment]

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday set aside the "Leave India" notice issued to a Polish student by the Foreigners' Regional Registration Office (FRRO), Kolkata for participating in an anti-CAA protest.Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya directed the central government not to give effect to the notice served on the Poland citizen, who studies at the Jadavpur University.The Court noted that...

COVID-19: Video Conferencing Facility In The Court Of Bombay HC Judge Justice AK Menon For Urgent Mentioning

In light of various measures being taken to contain the spread of the pandemic of Covid-19 o novel Coronavirus, Justice AK Menon of the Bombay High Court has issued a notice informing advocates that out of the two hours that High Court benches are now working every day, mentioning of very urgent matters will be taken up via video conferencing for one hour every day starting today.The...

Nirbhaya Case: Delhi High Court Reserves Order on Mukesh's Plea Seeking His Trial To Be Declared As Invalid

Delhi High Court has reserved order in a plea moved by one of the convicts Mukesh seeking the trial court order dated 10/09/2013, wherein he was convicted for the rape and murder of Nirbhaya, to be declared as invalid on the ground of concealment of vital documents. The Single Bench of Justice Brijesh Sethi has reserved the order after providing adequate hearing to convict's...

Corona Pandemic: Delhi HC Expresses Satisfaction on Steps Taken By Centre For Evacuating Stranded Students From Iran

Delhi High Court has expressed satisfaction over the steps taken by the central government in getting in touch with and bringing back most of the Indian students stuck in Iranian Universities due to the Coronavirus outbreak While taking the status report filed by Centre on record, the Single Bench of Justice Navin Chawla observed that the court is satisfied by the steps taken...

Justice BP Dharmadhikari Appointed As Chief Justice Of Bombay HC [Read Notification]

The Central government has notified the appointment of Justice Bhushan Pradyumna Dharmadhikari, Judge of the Bombay High Court, as the Chief Justice of that High Court. He is due to retire on April 27. The Supreme Court Collegium had recommended his elevation vide resolution dated February 24. Presently, Justice Dharmadhikari is serving as the Acting Chief Justice of the high...

Plea Seeking Appearance of Advocates Through Video-Conferencing: Delhi HC Agrees To Consider The Issue

In a plea highlighting the suffering of litigants due to the restricting of court functioning in light of the coronavirus outbreak, the Delhi High Court has agreed to consider the option of allowing advocates to appear through video-conferencing. The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Hari Shankar will next take up the matter on April 21. Moved by an 82...

'Satirical Comments About The President Are Uncalled For': PCI Issues Show Cause Notice To Telegraph Editor [Read Press Release]

The Press Council of India on Tuesday took suo motu cognizance of a front-page headline in the Telegraph newspaper, in its March 17 issue, projecting the President of India in a "satirical" and "denigrating" manner. The chairman of the Council has issued a show cause notice to the Editor of the Telegraph, for violation of Norms of Journalistic Conduct, as issued in the year...

Preparation Of NRC A Necessary Exercise; Has Responsibility To Identify Illegal Migrants: Centre Tells SC

"The identification of illegal migrants in the country, as a principle of governance, is a sovereign, statutory and moral responsibility of the government."

COVID-19: Functioning Of Madras HC Restricted To Hear Urgent Matters For Three Weeks; Advisory Issued For Subordinate Courts [Read Circulars]

The Chief Justice of the Madras High Court on Tuesday issued certain administrative directions for the High Court at the Principal seat at Madras as well as its bench in Madurai, for allowing 'minimum of compulsory functioning' of courts, in light of the prevalent COVID-19 pandemic. The high court has suspended the final hearing cause list for three weeks and has decided to take up...

False Molestation Case : Punjab & Haryana HC Says Police Can Proceed Against Prosecutrix [Read Order]

The High Court of Punjab and Haryana held that the police authorities are at liberty to proceed against the complainant for lodging a false case of molestation, in accordance with the law. The single bench of Justice Hari Pal Verma said, "This Court cannot ignore the fact that the number of times, such like false cases are registered. Had there been no fair...