Samjhauta Train Blast Case: Aseemanand, 3 Others Acquitted

A special court at Panchkula on Wednesday acquitted Swami Aseemanand and three others in the Samjhauta train blast case that left 68 people, mostly Pakistanis, dead in 2007. All the four accused, Naba Kumar Sarkar alias Swami Aseemanand, Lokesh Sharma, Kamal Chauhan and Rajinder Chaudhary have been acquitted by the court, NIA counsel Rajan Malhotra said. The blast in the...

Robert Vadra Moves HC Seeking Quashing Of Money Laundering Case By ED

Robert Vadra Wednesday approached the Delhi High Court seeking quashing of a money laundering case lodged by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in which he has been questioned by the probe agency, saying he was being "harassed" and "humiliated". Vadra, brother-in-law of Congress President Rahul Gandhi, has also sought that various provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act...

Reimbursement Received Under A Medical Claim Policy Cannot Be Deducted From Compensation Under Motor Vehicles Act: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court recently held that the reimbursement received under a medical claim policy cannot be deducted from compensation payable under Motor Vehicles Act. The court was hearing a first appeal filed by Royal Sundaram, challenging an order passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT). The case pertained to an accident wherein the claimant, a manual worker was hit by a...

Madhya Pradesh HC Stays Ordinance Increasing OBC Reservation Quota [Read Order]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has virtually stayed an ordinance brought in by the state increasing OBC reservation.In an interim order issued in a writ petition filed by Ashita Dubey, the Division bench comprising Justice Ravi Shankar Jha and Justice Sanjay Dwivedi directed the state to not provide reservation of more than 14% for OBC category in admission made to the colleges on the strength...

Delhi High Court Stays Ban On E-Cigarettes And Other Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems [Read Order]

The Court observed that Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems(ENDS) cannot be regarded as 'drugs'

Court Orders Cannot Be Questioned Except Through Legal Proceedings: Kerala HC Directs Contemnors To Do 100 Hours Community Service

"The conduct of the respondents should not pave the way for others to believe that defying orders of this court is the only way to get the court to review its decisions."

Hefty Fee Sans Facilities, Inhuman Living: HPNLU Students Protest Against Varsity's Poor Show

The students of Himachal Pradesh National Law University (HPNLU) have sent an open letter to the Vice-Chancellor raising their voices against the pitiable state of affairs at the varsity including inhumane accommodation, contaminated food being served in the mess and discriminatory hostel timings for girls and boys and hefty fee being charged under various heads for nearly non-existent...

Is A Lawyer Bound To Support An Unjust Cause? Patna HC Recommends An Article To Read [Read Order]

Is a Lawyer Bound to Support an Unjust Cause? The Patna High Court has recommended an article by A.S. Cutler in this regard. The division bench comprising of the Chief Justice Amreshwar Pratap Sahi and Justice Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, in its order, has reproduced the entire article, 'for the benefit of all' and to remind the lawyers their duties and ethical conduct in the matters...

P&H HC Stays Proceedings Against Prof Apoorvanand Jha In A Case Alleging 'Offending Religious Sentiments'.

In a temporary relief to well known commentator and academic Professor Apoorvanand Jha of Delhi University, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has stayed proceedings in furtherance of a First Information Report(FIR) registered against him for allegedly offending religious sentiments and promoting communal disharmony by writing an article.The single bench of Justice Shekher Dhawan stayed...

We'll See Scenario Where Only Few Individuals Are Allowed To Talk And Move Freely Controlling Everyone's Thoughts And Ideas: Bombay HC [Read Order]

Lashing out at the investigating agencies probing the murders of CPI member Govind Pansare and rationalist Narendra Dabholkar, the Bombay High Court observed that in the future a scenario would appear where only a few individuals are allowed to talk and move freely controlling everybody else's thoughts and ideas.Dabholkar, a Pune-based anti-superstition activist, was shot dead while he was on...

AgustaWestland : Keep Christian Michel Out Of Solitary Confinement, Directs CBI Court[Read Order]

A Special CBI Court in Delhi today directed that Chirstian Michel, the alleged middleman in AgustaWestland case, should be kept out of solitary confinement. "It is an undisputed fact that solitary confinement can cause an array of mental disorder as well as provoke an already existing mental disorder in prison", observed Special Judge Arvind Kumar, while considering Michel's application...

Gujarat Govt Declined Sanction To Prosecute Vaanzara And Amin In Ishrat Jahan Case: CBI Tells Court

The Gujarat government has declined sanction to prosecute retired police officers D G Vanzara and N K Amin in the alleged fake encounter case of Ishrat Jahan and three others, the Central Bureau of Investigation told a special CBI court on Tuesday. The government's decision may pave the way for the controversial case against Vanzara and Amin to be dropped. After going through a letter...