Jammu Court Grants Bail To PhD Scholar Charged Under UAPA For Allegedly Seditious Article, Says It Neither Affected Law & Order Nor Caused Militancy

A Sessions Court in Jammu has granted bail to a PhD scholar who was arrested for an article written by her on charges under the UAPA Act. The court observed that there is no causal link between the article written by the applicant and the resulting alleged violence which had broken out. The court also observed that merely being charged under the UAPA will not prevent the court from...

Senior Advocate Vivek Subba Reddy Re-Elected As President Of Advocates' Association Bengaluru

Senior Advocate Vivek Subba Reddy has been re-elected as the President of the Advocates' Association of Bengaluru. The results were declared on late Sunday evening. Reddy was declared winner securing a total of 6,820 votes while candidate Advocate A P Ranganatha received 4,518 votes. Advocate Girish Kumar C S was elected to the post of Vice President of the Association. The...

'Your Decisions Should Reinforce People's Trust In Judiciary, Not Diminish It': Chhattisgarh HC CJ To Newly Promoted District Judges

Addressing the newly promoted District Judges during the concluding session of their orientation programme, which was recently held, Chhattisgarh High Court Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha underscored the significance of judicial responsibility, integrity, and accountability in upholding justice. Addressing 42 newly promoted District Judges from the Civil Judge Senior Division cadre,...

There's An Element Of Truth In Allegation That Courts Aren't Granting Bail In Deserving Cases : Justice Abhay S Oka

Justice Abhay Oka, Judge of the Supreme Court, said that there was an element of truth in the public criticism that the Courts are not granting bail to deserving persons.Talking about the issue of granting bail, Justice Oka remarked that bail hearing was earlier simple but now the culture of "reply, rejoinder, sur-rejoinder" introduced in bail jurisprudence, is consuming time. He stated...

Since 2018, 108 Women, 161 Persons From SC/ST/OBC Categories & 37 From Minority Communities Appointed As HC Judges: Law Ministry

On Thursday, Union Minister of State (independent charge) for Law & Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal informed the Rajya Sabha that 108 of the 698 High Court judges appointed since 2018 are women. In a written reply to a question by Member of Parliament Neeraj Dangi, the Union Minister added that since 2018, 22 appointees belong to SC, 15 belong to ST, 87 belong to the OBC category, and...

Gujarat Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To Journalist Mahesh Langa In Alleged Extortion Case

A Sessions Court in Ahmedabad on Tuesday (February 11) granted anticipatory bail to journalist Mahesh Langa in connection with an FIR registered by the city's Satellite Police Station for alleged extortion of Rs. 40 Lakh.Langa is at present in judicial custody in connection with a case pertaining to alleged GST fraud. Additional Sessions Judge Ahmedabad (Rural) Dipen Dilipkumar Buddhdev in...

Arnab Goswami Recklessly Booked In Fake News FIR, Dragged Only For Being Renowned Media Person: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday allowed a petition filed by Republic TV Chief Editor Arnab Goswami and quashed the FIR registered against him for allegedly spreading fake news about Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. Justice M Nagaprasanna said “Petition allowed and quashed.” The court before passing the order orally observed “Court wants to know what's the offence against...

Union Govt Notifies Appointment Of Judicial Officer As Calcutta High Court Judge

The Ministry of Law and Justice has notified the appointment of Judicial Officer Chaitali Chatterjee (Das) as a judge of the Calcutta High Court. The notification states: In exercise of the power conferred by clause (1) of Article 224 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Smt. Chaitali Chatterjee (Das) to be an Additional Judge of the Calcutta High Court for a...

1984 Anti Sikh Riots: Delhi Court Convicts Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar In Murder Case

A Delhi Court on Wednesday convicted former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar in connection with murder of a man and his son residing in West Delhi area during the 1984 Anti Sikh riots.Special judge Kaveri Baweja of Rouse Avenue Courts will hear the arguments on sentencing on February 18. Charges in the murder case were framed against Kumar in 2021. This is the second conviction of Kumar in relation...

New Income Tax Bill 2025: Concept Of "Tax Year" To Be Introduced Instead Of "Assessment Year", "Financial Year" To Remain Unchanged

The new Income Tax bill is set to introduce the concept of 'Tax Year'. This will replace the current concept of assessment year (or previous year) from the Income Tax Act. The "tax year" has been defined as follows:3. (1) For the purposes of this Act, “tax year” means the twelve months period of the financial year commencing on the 1st April.(2) In the case of a business or profession...

Telangana Legal Services Authority Conducts 3-Day Mediation Training Camp To Train Volunteers, Conduct Mediation At Community Level

With an intention of setting up community mediation centres in Hyderabad district, the Telangana State Legal Services Authority under the aegis of NALSA, conducted a 3-day mediation training program between February 9-11.The program was inaugurated by Telangana High Court's Acting Chief Justice Sujoy Paul on February 9 in Secunderabad, Hyderabad. The Acting Chief gave the example of...

Kerala Court Acquits Malayalam Actor Shine Tom Chacko In 2015 NDPS Case

A Kerala Court has acquitted Malayalam film actor Shine Tom Chacko and six others in an NDPS Case of 2015.The order was issued by the First Additional District and Sessions Judge of Ernakulam.As per the allegations, the actor and others were caught by the police in a search conducted in an apartment in Kadavanthara based on secret information that a smoke party was taking place. The...