Delhi High Court issues notice to Radio One FM channel [Read Petition]

The Delhi High Court has issued a fresh notice to FM broadcaster Radio One Ltd. in context of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) alleging airing of objectionable content. The FM broadcaster has to respond to the notice by November 2. The litigant sought cancellation of the channel’s licence.Advocate Krish Kalra filed the PIL against the FM channel, broadcasted on radio frequency 94.3 MHz,...

Trial Court Must Ensure Proper Legal Aid For Accused: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

It is the duty of every trial court to ensure that the defence of an accused is not compromised in any manner, the Delhi High Court has observed, while hearing the appeal of an accused who has been languishing in Tihar Jail for nearly eight years on murder charges without getting a fair trial. Over this period, the mental health of the prisoner has also declined due to melancholia.The...

CBI Arrests Haryana Civil Judge Ravneet Garg For Wife’s Murder

The CBI on Thursday arrested sitting Haryana civil judge (senior division, Kaithal) Ravneet Garg in an ongoing investigation of the murder of his wife Gitanjali Garg in 2013.He was produced before CBI Special Magistrate Kapil Rathi on Thursday morning and was remanded in 5-day police custody.The then chief judicial magistrate’s wife’s body was found in a park at Police Lines, Gurgaon, on...

Ankur Panwar Gets Death Sentence In Preeti Rathi Acid Attack Case

Three years after 23-year-old Preeti Rathi succumbed to the injuries sustained in an acid attack incident, a Special Court for offences against women has accorded death sentence to Ankur Panwar after he was convicted in the case.The judgment is the first of its kind and is being seen as a legal landmark as an imposition of the most severe criminal sanction – execution - should prove to be...

SC Reserves Judgment In Soumya Murder Case

The Supreme Court has reserved its judgment in Soumya murder case after concluding the final hearing in appeal filed by convict Govindachami.The Bench, which was reportedly seen convinced on the aspect that the victim was raped, however expressed its doubts on whether she was pushed by the accused out of the train, which resulted in her death.The Bench observed: “"The court is convinced...

Absence of Written Charge Is A Curable Defect: Calcutta HC [Read Judgment]

The High Court of Calcutta, in a decision pertaining to framing of charge in a corruption case, has said that absence of written charge is a curable defect when there is no proof that any prejudice is caused to the accused. The argument, fortified by the earlier decisions of the Supreme Court that written charge is a must, advanced by the counsel for the petitioner was repelled by the Court...

Chhattisgarh HC Notices To TRAI, DoT On National Telecom Policy

A Division Bench of Chhattisgarh High Court recently issued notices to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on a petition demanding the implementation of the National Telecom Policy, 2012.The petition, filed by Dilip Kumar Bhandari, questions the “negligent, careless and slipshod attitude” of the authorities in their failure...

Delhi HC Upholds CISF Constable’s Dismissal For Befriending Pak Girl On Facebook [Read Judgment]

He had also created an exclusive Gmail ID to talk to the suspected undercover agent, given her his personal details and also indulged in highly inappropriate talks about the Forces over Facebook.In the case of Balkar Singh vs. Union of India & Ors., the Delhi High Court through Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice V. Kameswar Rao upheld the dismissal of a CISF constable suspected of...

Madras HC adjourns plea to appoint ad-hoc judges to reduce pendency [Read Petition]

The Madras High Court has adjourned the hearing of a Public Interest Litigation filed by Chennai-based lawyer VBR Menon seeking the appointment of adequate number of ad-hoc high court judges under Article 224-A of the Constitution at the Principal and Madurai Benches of Madras High Court to reduce the huge backlog of pending cases.The Bench comprising of Justice Huluvadi G Ramesh and Justice...

High Courts may get 25 new Judges by the weekend

Nearly 25 new Judges may be appointed to various High Courts of the country by the end of this week, days before the hearing of a petition alleging delay in execution of the collegium’s recommendations before the Supreme Court.The fresh appointments will reportedly be made to at least six High Courts, based on the recommendations made by the Supreme Court collegium in April-May. The...

Noted Lawyer Shyamla Pappu Passes Away at 82

A distinguished lawyer and Padma Shri recipient, Shyamla Pappu, passed away on Wednesday at the age of 82. The last rites will be performed on Friday, her family said.Besides an illustrious career as Supreme Court counsel, she was a member of the Law Commission in 2008-09 and made noteworthy contributions to the development of jurisprudence in the country.She was known for being a champion...

Gratuity Can Be Withheld If Employee Is Undergoing Criminal Trial: Allahabad HC [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court in Ramsiya Yadav vs. State of UP, has held that gratuity can be withheld in a case where judicial proceedings are pending on the serious charges against employee.Dismissing the challenge against the order passed by the Superintendent of Police who had withheld the gratuity amount payable holding that the petitioner is entitled for only interim pension, on account...