IFF Wins Global Privacy & Human Rights Award

The Internet Freedom Foundation has won the first Global Privacy and Human Rights Award of the Global Privacy Assembly Working Group on Data Protection and Other Rights and Freedoms.The prize was awarded in Taipei, Taiwan, during the annual RightsCon conferenceInternet Freedom Foundation was honoured for its litigation and advocacy work defending online freedom and addressing the use of...

Senior Advocate Manan Kumar Mishra Re-elected As BCI Chairman For 7th Consecutive Term

Senior advocate Manan Kumar Mishra has been re-elected as the chairman of the Bar Council of India, making it his seventh-consecutive win. Notably, Mishra is also BJP member of parliament–to the Rajya Sabha from Bihar. A press release from the BCI issued after his win stated, "Soon after the announcement of his re-election for a seventh term, Mr. Mishra expressed his heartfelt gratitude to...

Bengaluru Court Issues Summons To BS Yediyurappa In POCSO Case

A special court in Bengaluru on Friday issued summons to former Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa and three other accused and directed their presence before the court on March 15, in connection with a case registered under Protection of Children From Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The High Court had recently, while setting aside the earlier cognizance order, directed the special court to pass an...

Kangana Ranaut Apologises To Javed Akhtar In Defamation Case

Putting a quietus to a nearly five-year-old legal spat, Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut on Wednesday 'unconditionally' apologised to Lyricist and Poet Javed Akhtar for making 'defamatory' comments against him and dragging his name into the death of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death. Both Ranaut and Akhtar finally settled their defamation complaints on Wednesday, by personally...

Bar Council Of Maharashtra & Goa Issues Circular Exempting Advocates From Wearing Black Coats From March 1st To June 30th

Taking note of the rising temperatures, the Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa (BCMG) has decided that advocates need not wear their usual dress code of "black coats" from March 1st to June 30, every year.Notably the "exemption" for lawyers from wearing their usual dress code was earlier only during the summer months of May to June. But this year, the exemption will commence from March 1st....

Kerala Court Grants Bail To BJP Leader PC George In Hate Speech Case Citing Health Complications

A Kerala Court has granted bail to BJP leader PC George, who was remanded to 14 days custody, citing health complications. He was remanded to custody for allegedly making hate speech against the Muslim community during a channel debate.Bail was granted by Erattupetta Judicial First Class Magistrate Court in Kottayam district.A detailed order is awaited.The allegation against PC George was that...

Courts Can't Punish PMLA Accused Only Because ED Tosses Large Volume Of Documents In Complaint: Delhi Court Grants Bail

While granting bail to a man in a money laundering case, a Delhi Court has recently observed that a PMLA accused cannot be presumed to be guilty only because ED tosses large volume of documents in the complaint to magnify the alleged offence.“Nor can courts allow themselves to be a tool to punish the accused by presuming that he is guilty only because the Enforcement Directorate tossed over...

Delhi Riots: Court Acquits Sole Accused In Dilbar Negi Murder Case, Says No Substantive Evidence

A Delhi Court has recently acquitted a man in a 2020 North-East Delhi riots case alleging that a mob caused vandalism, put on fire a sweet shop as a consequence of which a 22 year old boy namely Dilbar Negi died after after sustaining burn injuries. (FIR 39/2020 PS Gokulpuri)Additional Sessions Judge Pulastya Pramachala acquitted one Mohd. Shahnawaz for want of any substantive evidence...

Bar Council Of India Elections For Key Positions Including Chairman, Vice-Chairman Scheduled For March 2

The Bar Council of India has announced that the elections for Chairman, Vice Chairman, and Executive Members of the Council will be held on March 2, 2025. The nomination deadline is February 28, 2025, and the candidates can withdraw their nominations by March 1, 2025. Senior Advocate and Rajya Sabha MP Manan Kumar Mishra (from Bihar) has held the Chairman's position for six...

17 Districts Notified As Flood Plain Zones: UP Govt Files Affidavit Before NGT In Case Alleging Ravines Destruction And Mining Near Taj Mahal

he application was based on a letter petition filed by Dr. Sharad Gupta on March 10, 2022, through Advocate-on-Record Anshul Gupta and Advocates Kirti Dua, Rishabh Daria, and Aditya Tainguriya.The Uttar Pradesh Government submitted an affidavit to the National Green Tribunal (NGT), informing that it has notified 17 districts within the State as 'flood plain zones' in relation to a case alleging destruction of ravines and large-scale mining in the vicinity of Taj Mahal and restricted floodplain...

Jammu Court Restrains M/S Take One JK Media Pvt Ltd From Illegally Broadcasting Star India's Content, Including ICC Champions Trophy 2025

The Commercial Court Jammu has passed an interim order restraining M/S Take One JK Media Pvt. Ltd. from retransmitting, rebroadcasting, or communicating Star India Private Limited's content, including popular TV shows, Free-to-Air channels, and sports content such as the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy 2025, through any medium other than the official channels of Star India.Passing an...

Rahul Gandhi's Comments Had Nothing To Do With Savarkar's Contribution To India's Freedom Struggle: Savarkar's Granddaughter Tells Pune Court

Right-wing leader Vinayak Savarkar's granddaughter Satyaki Savarkar on Tuesday told a special MP/MLA court that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's alleged defamatory speech against her grandfather holds no historic significance and thus, he cannot be allowed to divert the focus on Savarkar's contributions to India's freedom struggle.Notably, Gandhi had on February 18 filed an application...