Advocate Petitions Bombay HC Against Salman Khan’s Loveratri For Defaming ‘Navratri’ [Read Petition]

An advocate has moved the Bombay High Court against Salman Khan’s production Loveratri, saying it distorts the Hindu festival of ‘Navratri’ and is derogatory to all women.Advocate Ajaykumar Waghmare has moved the Aurangabad bench of the high court saying the film is being released in and around the period of Navratri is obviously sacrilegious in its intention.“The title of the movie...

2008 Malegaon Blast: Bombay HC Refuses To Defer Framing Of Charges Against Lt. Col. Prasad Purohit

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday refused to defer the framing of charges against Lt. Col. Prasad Purohit and others in the 2008 Malegaon blast case.A division bench of Justice Mridula Bhatkar and Justice Sandeep Shinde was hearing Purohit’s plea in a set of appeals filed by the accused in the case, seeking directions to the trial court to defer framing of charges against him until his...

Madras HC Asks Puducherry Govt To Expedite Rules For Selection Of Law Officers [Read Order]

The Madras High Court has asked the Government of Union Territory of Puducherry to expedite the process of finalising the rules/guidelines for appointment of law officers while noting that it could not find any infraction to the procedure for selection of eligible advocates for the post of Government Pleaders, Additional Government Pleaders and Government Advocates.Justices S Manikumar...

Punjab & Haryana HC Refuses Abortion For 14 YO Rape Survivor; Directs State To Bear All Medical Expenses [Read Order]

The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently refused permission to terminate the pregnancy of a 14-year-old rape survivor but directed the Haryana government to bear all the expenses for her delivery.Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain ordered, “The Chief Secretary of the State of Haryana, Principal Secretary, Deportment of Health and all other concerned departments of State of Haryana are directed...

Student Arrested For Calling BJP Govt. “Fascist” At Airport Granted Bail

A day after a student was arrested at the Tuticorin airport for shouting "fascist BJP government down down" on a flight, she has been released on bail by the Thoothukudi court on Tuesday.The woman, Louis Sophia, allegedly made the remark when she saw BJP politician Tamilisai Soundararajan, who then filed a police complaint. In a video that went viral on social media, Soundararajan...

2007 Hyderabad Blasts: Two Indian Mujahideen Operatives Convicted, Two Acquitted

Two operatives of banned terror outfit Indian Mujahideen have been convicted by a court here for the 2007 Hyderabad twin blasts that claimed 44 lives.Second Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge T Srinivas Rao acquitted two others, Farooq Sharfuddin Tarkash and Mohammed Sadiq Israr Ahmed Shaik, in the case.The quantum of sentence for the convicted Indian Mujahideen operatives, Aneeq...

Senior Advocate Yashank Adhyaru Passes Away

Yashank Adhyaru, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India passed away on Monday.Mr. Adhyaru, 56, breathed his last at AIIMS Hospital, Delhi after battling with severe breathing issues for a month.He is survived by his son.In a span of thirty years, the learned counsel achieved great laurels. His initial years of training were with Mr. Kirtikant Nanavati at the Gujarat High Court post which he...

Right To Protest Ends When The Other Person's Right To Free Movement And “Right To Not To Listen To” Starts: Madras HC Says No To Protests At Marina Beach [Read Judgment]

“A citizen has no fundamental right to insist that his speech should be heard by an unwilling citizen. Similarly, it is not possible to compel a person to witness a procession, against his wishes.”A division bench of Madras High Court recently set aside a single bench order that granted permission to a ‘river interlinking’ activist to hold a public meeting at Marina beach.The bench...

Bhima Koregaon Violence: Bombay HC Questions Police On Holding Of Press Meet Over Sub-Judice Matter [Read Petition]

The Bombay High Court on Monday questioned the Maharashtra police for conducting a press conference to discuss the arrest of activists in relation to the Bhima Koregaon violence.A division bench of Justice Mridula Bhatkar and Justice Sandeep Shinde was hearing a criminal writ petition filed by one Satish Sugriv Gaikwad who claims to be a victim of the violence that took place on January...

Patna HC Stays Defamation Proceedings Against Juggernaut Books For Book On Baba Ramdev [Read Order]

The Patna High Court has stayed the defamation proceedings filed against Juggernaut Books Pvt. Ltd. over publication of the controversial book, "Godman to Tycoon: The Untold Story of Baba Ramdev".The order was issued by Justice Ashwani Kumar, who stayed the ongoing proceedings before the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-II, Hajipur, Vaishali, initiated on the basis of a...

Important That We All Thrive To Make Mother Earth A Green Planet: Calcutta HC Asks State Authorities To Simultaneously Plant 5 Trees For Every Tree Cut For ROB Construction [Read Judgment]

‘We should leave behind for posterity not only a world which is economically developed with necessary infrastructure but also a world where the future generations can breathe fresh air and live a healthy life’The first bench of Calcutta High Court has allowed cutting down of 356 trees for the construction of railway over bridges (ROBs), but with a condition that the authorities shall...

Consumer Protection Act Not A Tool To Create ’Nuisance Value’ In Govt Offices: NCDRC Asks Unemployed Youth To Give Rs 100 In Charity For Seeking Rs 87cr In Damages From Employment Exchange [Read Order]

In a case of one of its kind, a matric-pass unemployed youth moved the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission seeking Rs 87 crore in damages from Employment Exchange over alleged non-supply of information on unemployment allowance under the RTI Act and sought only to earn its wrath and reprimand for using the Consumer Protection Act as a tool to create “nuisance value” for himself...