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'Crucial To Feel The Pulse Of Litigants To Stay Connected With People': Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan Bids Farewell To HP High Court
Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan has bid farewell to the Himachal Pradesh High Court after being transferred to the Jharkhand High Court. In his farewell speech, he stated that he was not an intelligent person, but was a hardworking person and believed that "the harder you work, the luckier you get."He emphasised the need to stay connected to the people's realities, and said: “If you don't feel...
Prajwal Revanna Moves Trial Court Seeking Bail In Rape Case
Former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna has moved the Sessions Court for the second time seeking regular bail in the alleged rape and sexual assault case against him. The Karnataka High Court had by its order dated July 9, relegated him to the sessions court. The trial court was also directed to dispose of his plea within 10 days. Senior Advocate Vikram Huilgol appearing for Revanna on Tuesday...
'Authorities Made No Genuine Efforts To Contact Him': Chennai Court Grants Interim Bail To British Resident Who Was Declared Proclaimed Offender
The Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court in Egmore, Chennai has granted interim bail to a person residing in United Kingdom who was arrested after being declared as a Proclaimed Offender by the CBI. The court noted that there was a difference between the terms “Proclaimed person” and a “Proclaimed offender”. The court said that only a person who was evading the...
Varanasi Court Directs Fresh Hearing On Plea Seeking FIR Against Rahul Gandhi Over Remarks On Sikhs, Sets Aside Magistrate's Order
An Addl. District & Sessions Court in Varanasi on Monday set aside a Magistrate Court's order that had dismissed a plea seeking registration of FIR against Congress leader and LoP in LokSabha Rahul Gandhi over his alleged remarks on Sikhs made during his US trip in September 2024. Addl. District & Sessions Judge, Yajuvendra Vikram Singh, while hearing a revision plea,...
Delhi Court Convicts Former NALCO MD AK Srivastava & 3 Others For Money Laundering
A Delhi Court on Monday convicted Abhay Kumar Srivastava, former Chairman cum Managing Director of the National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO), a Public Sector Undertaking, for the offence of money laundering under Sections 3 and 4 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.Apart from Srivastava, the Special PMLA Court in Delhi convicted three other individuals, Bhushan Lal Bajaj, Smt....
Dharmasthala Burial Case: Karnataka Court Gags Media From Circulating 'Defamatory' Content Against Temple, Dharmadhikari's Brother
A Bengaluru court has in an ex-parte interim order restrained various media houses and YouTube channels from publishing, circulating and telecasting any "defamatory content" and information against Harshendra Kumar D–brother of Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari Veerendra Heggade, his family members, institutions run by the family and Sri Manjunathaswamy temple, Dharmasthala. The court in its...
No Review Jurisdiction : Lokpal Refuses To Revisit Order Dismissing Complaints Against Ex-SEBI Chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch
The Lokpal has refused to revisit its earlier decision dismissing multiple complaints filed against former SEBI Chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch, holding that no express review jurisdiction has been bestowed on the Lokpal under the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013. A bench of Justice AM Khanwilkar (Chairperson), Justice L Narayana Swamy, Justice Sanjay Yadav, Sushil Chandra, Justice Ritu...
Delhi Court Judge Writes Poetry 'Jang-e-Milkiyat', Grants Bail To Accused In Property Dispute Case
While granting bail to a man accused in a property dispute case, a Delhi Court judge yesterday wrote his own poetry in the order titled “Jang-Milkiyat.”Judicial Magistrate First Class Rohit Kumar of Rohini Courts granted bail to one Nitin Soni in a case alleging that he and his wife had taken illegal possession of a property of the complainant after breaking the lock and attacking her with...
Wife's Right To Reclaim Assets Entrusted With Husband Not Hit By Limitation, Survives Even After Divorce: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court held that the matrimonial entrustment of property creates a trust which is not extinguished by the dissolution of marriage unless specific conditions under section 77 of the Indian Trusts Act, 1882, are met.The bench comprising Justice Satish Ninan and Justice P Krishna Kumar was delivering judgment on a matrimonial appeal. Relying on Sheela K.K. v. Suresh N.G [ ILR 2020...
'Speculative; Highly Irresponsible': 'Federation Of Indian Pilots' Sends Legal Notices To Reuters, WSJ Over Air India 171 Crash Coverage
The Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP), a registered society representing over 5,000 professional pilots and aviation personnel in India, has sent a strongly worded legal notice to 'Reuters' and 'The Wall Street Journal (WSJ)' over what it terms a "highly irresponsible" and "speculative" news reports attributing unverified fault to the pilots of Air India Flight 171, which crashed...
Delhi Court Asks Accused To Stand With Hands In Air As Punishment For Wasting Its Time
While dealing with a case alleging criminal trespass, a Delhi Court has asked four accused persons to “stand in the court with their hands straight in the air till its rising” as a punishment for wasting judicial time and failing to furnish their bail bonds in time. Judicial Magistrate First Class Saurabh Goyal of Dwarka Courts held the accused persons guilty for contempt of court...
Word 'R***i' Bound To Insult Modesty Of Any Woman: Delhi Court Convicts Man
A Delhi Court has observed that the word 'randi' is not a word which is used simply to insult a person and is bound to insult the modesty of any hardworking woman.Judicial Magistrate First Class Harjot Singh Aujla of Dwarka Courts convicted a man for offence punishable under Section 506 (criminal intimidation) and 509 (insulting modesty of woman) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. The FIR...