[Live-Updates] MJ Akbar's Defamation Case Against Journalist Priya Ramani

Hearing on MJ Akbar's criminal defamation case against Priya Ramani continues today.Geeta Luthra is conducting Ghazala Wahab's cross examination...

Anticipating Stampede Like Situation, Bombay HC Allots Larger Area For Annual Christmas Music Festival To Be Held At Girgaum Chowpatty [Read Order]

A couple of weeks before Christmas, the Bombay High Court on Monday granted permission to Prabhu Yeshu Janmotsav to hold the annual Christmas Music Festival on area of 15,000 square meters at Girgaum Chowpatty on Marine Drive, Mumbai.The said trust which has been conducting Christmas Music Festival to celebrate the birth of Lord Jesus Christ at Girgaum Chowpatty since 1965. However,...

In Domestic Enquiries Strict Rules Of Evidence Is Not Required To Be Followed: Calcutta HC [Read Judgement]

The Calcutta High Court led by Justice Amit Sinha, while dismissing a writ petition, said that it is settled law that in domestic enquiries strict rules of evidence is not required to be followed. The charge is decided upon the preponderance of probabilities. The court added, as long as there is some evidence in support of the charges the disciplinary authority can act on the basis...

Illegally Expanded Medical Establishment To Be Shut Down: Orders Patna HC [Read Order]

The High Court of Patna directed the closure of all establishments such as Pathological Laboratories/Diagnostic Centres/ Clinics/ Nursing Homes which has developed illegally in the State of Bihar. In an oral order of the division bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Anil Kumar Upadhyay, said that the expansion of the above mentioned establishments were...

Parliament Passes Arms Act (Amendment) Bill For Stricter Punishments

The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the Arms Act (Amendment) Bill 2019 to amend the Arms Act 1959.It was earlier cleared by the Lok Sabha on Monday.By amending Section 3, the bill reduces the number of permitted firearms from three to one.As per the bill, those who own more than two firearms will have to deposit the third one with authorities or authorised gun dealers within 90 days...

Hindu Marriage Act - Consent Of First Wife Will Not Make Second Marriage Legal: Patna HC [Read Judgment]

A division bench of the High Court of Patna comprising Justices Hemant Kumar Srivastava and Prabhat Kumar Singh has held that the consent of the first wife does not give right to a man to solemnize second marriage during the lifetime of first wife. The appellant was working as Assistant Sub Inspector in Central Reserve Police Force (C.R.P.F) at Imphal and had solemnized his...

Priya Ramani Defamation Case : Journalist Ghazala Wahab Tells Court About Alleged Sexual Harassment By M J Akbar

Senior Journalist and author Ghazala Wahab gave her statements before the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vishal Pahuja today in MJ Akbar's criminal defamation case against Priya Ramani. Wahab narrated in detail the instances of continued sexual harassment, allegedly committed by former Union Minister MJ Akbar, when she was working at the Asian Age. She had written about these in...

Centre Notifies the Appointment of Nine Additional Judges In Allahabad HC [Read Notification]

President of India has appointed Nine Additional Judges in Allahabad HC.They are;Shri Vipin Chandra DixitShri Shekhar Kumar Yadav Shri Ravi Nath TilhariShri Deepak Verma Shri Gautam ChaudharyShri Shamim AhmedShri Dinesh PathakShri Manish KumarShri Samit GopalRead...

Mumbai Commissioner Of Police Has Powers Of A District Magistrate For The Purposes Of Sections 18 & 20 Of The Prevention Of Immoral Trafficking Act: Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court recently ruled that in light of the State Government's notification dated August 11, 2008, the Commissioner of Police has powers equivalent to an executive magistrate and district magistrate within the metropolitan area of Brihanmumbai for the purposes of Section 18 and 20 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956.Justice Revati Mohite Dere was hearing a writ...

SC Disapproves HC's Practice Of Summoning Officers Who Passed Order Impugned In Writ Petitions [Read Judgment]

"Merely because an order has been passed by the officer, it does not warrant the personal presence of the officer in the Court."

Karnataka HC Upholds Conviction Of LeT Operative Who Conspired To Attack IT Hubs And Secretariat Building In Bengaluru [Read Judgment]

The Karnataka High Court has upheld the conviction and life sentence imposed on Imran Jalal @ BILAL, a member of the banned terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Toiba, who had conspired to carry out terrorist attacks on major IT companies like Infosys, Wipro, ITP, HAL and Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru to kill innocent people and to wage war against the Government of India. The police had...

Right To Information Is Implicit And Inbuilt In Article 19(1)(a) Of Constitution: Bombay HC [Read Order]

While hearing a PIL filed by Public Concern for Governance Trust seeking effective enforcement and implementation of the Right to Information Act, 2005, the division bench of Justice SC Dharmadhikari and Justice RI Chagla of the Bombay High Court last week said-"From time to time certain orders were passed in this PIL to ensure that this enactment does not become a dead letter.The enactment is...