Delhi Gate CAA Protests : 15 Accused Persons Remanded To Two Days Of Judicial Custody

A Metrapolitan Magistrate at Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi on Saturday remanded 15 accused persons, who were arrested by Daryaganj Police in the wake of anti-CAA protests in Delhi Gate area yesterday, to two days of judicial custody.Their bail applications will be considered on Monday at 12 PM.Opposing the remand of the accused persons , Senior Advocate Rebecca M John told the Duty...

Anti-CAA Protests : Detention Of Minors In Police Station Illegal, Orders Magistrate In Delhi; Police Asked To Allow Detainees To Meet Lawyers, Provide Medical Aid

Acting on a complaint that lawyers were not permitted to meet persons who were detained by police in the wake of anti-CAA protests at Delhi, the Chief Metrapolitan Magistrate (Central Delhi) passed an order on Friday night directing the Daryagang Station House Officer to allow the detainees to meet their lawyers in terms of Section 41 D of the Code of Criminal Procedure.It was also brought to...

Final Test Of Guilt Is Not To Be Applied At The Stage Of Framing Charges: Reiterates Allahabad HC [Read Judgment]

The Allahabad High Court has reiterated that at the initial stage of framing of a charge, the final test of guilt is not to be applied and the court has to be merely satisfied with the existence of a strong suspicion that the accused has committed an offence, which, if put to trial, could prove him guilty. While disposing of a revision petition, seeking discharge, Justice...

Jessica Lal Murder Case: Delhi Govt Files Reply To Manu Sharma's Plea For Premature Release

Delhi Government has filed its reply to murder convict Manu Sharma's remission plea before the Delhi High Court. Manu Sharma is currently undergoing rigorous life imprisonment for offences under sections 302, 201 and 120B of the IPC, and section 27 of the Arms Act. He has already undergone actual sentence of 16 years and 7 months, and have also earned remission of approximately 6 years and...

CAA Protests: Karnataka HC Says It Will Examine The Legality Of Imposition Of Section 144

Karnataka High Court on Friday said that it will go into the legality of order passed under section 144, by the Police Commmssioner, on December 18, thereby banning all public rallies, which were to be held on December 19, against the Citizenship Amendment Act, in Bengaluru.A bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Pradeep Singh Yerur while hearing a bunch of petitions challenging the...

False Report On Judge- Karnataka HC Refuses To Accept Unconditional Apology By Deccan Herald

The Karnataka High Court on Friday refused to accept the unconditional apology tendered by Editor/Publisher and Reporter of Deccan Herald newspaper, while hearing a criminal contempt petition issued to them for printing a false report titled "Rs 9 crore seized in raid on judge." A bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Pradeep Singh Yerur said "There were inconsistencies in...

Delhi HC Agrees To Form A Committee To Look Into The Incident Of Shouting In Court After Order In Jamia Violence Case

The Delhi High Court on Friday agreed to form a committee to look into the incident of shouting in Court yesterday.This was after certain lawyers mentioned the matter before the bench headed by Chief Justice on Friday morning seeking suo moto action.On Thursday, after the Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Hari Shankar had denied interim protection to Jamia students...

Valdaris Custodial Death: Bombay HC Directs Trial Court To Book Cops For Murder Of 25-yr-old

The Bombay High Court on Thursday directed the trial court to book eight police officials from Wadala Railway Police in the murder of 25-year-old Agnelo Valdaris who died in police custody five years ago after being picked up on charges of theft.Division bench of Justice BP Dharmadhikari and Justice SS Jadhav allowed the petition filed by Agnelo's father Leonard and directed the trial court...

Bombay HC Reserves Order In PIL Seeking Expeditious Sale Of HDIL Assets In Order To Pay Back PMC Bank Depositors [Read Petition]

The Bombay High Court on Thursday reserved its order in a Public Interest Litigation filed by Advocate Sarosh Damania seeking public auction of all Housing Development and Infrastructure Limited (HDIL) assets either mortgaged with the crisis-hit Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative Bank or attached by the Economic Offences Wing, Mumbai. A division bench of Justice Ranjit More and Justice...

Allahabad HC Seeks Reply From UP Govt. & AMU Admin On Alleged Police Brutality Against Aligarh Students[Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court has asked the Uttar Pradesh government and the AMU administration to file their replies on a plea alleging infliction of unwarranted Police brutality upon students of the Aligarh Muslim University, during their standoff against the Citizenship Amendment Act. The Petitioner, Mohd. Aman Khan seeks judicial inquiry by a 'Court Monitored Committee' against the acts...

Jamia Violence: Delhi HC Denies Interim Protection To Students, Asks Govt To File Reply

Delhi High Court has denied interim protection from coercive action to Jamia students against whom FIRs have been lodged by the Delhi Police.Interim protection from coercive action was sought as one of the interim reliefs by multiple petitions that have demanded a judicial enquiry against the alleged acts of violence committed by Delhi Police against the students of Jamia Millia...

Created Control Room To Monitor TV Channels:Karnataka Govt. Tells HC [Read Affidavit]

Karnataka State government has filed an affidavit in the Karnataka High Court stating that it has set up a 24*7 control room, in Bengaluru for monitoring and receiving complaints about programmes telecast on Cable and Sattelite, television channels. As per the affidavit filed by Secretary Information and Public Relations Department, Captian P Manivannan, citizens can...