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Phrase "Soon Before" Section 304B IPC Cannot Mean 'Immediately Before': Supreme Court Issues Guidelines For Trial In Dowry Death Cases
The Supreme Court observed that the phrase "soon before" as appearing in Section 304-B of the Indian Penal Code cannot be construed to mean 'immediately before'.The prosecution must establish existence of "proximate and live link" between the dowry death and cruelty or harassment for dowry demand by the husband or his relatives, the bench comprising CJI NV Ramana and Aniruddha Bose observed....
'State Has To Treat All Notified Minorities Equally' : Kerala High Court Quashes Scheme Allotting 80% Minority Scholarships To Muslims
The action of the State Government in sub-classifying the minorities by providing scholarship at 80% to Muslims and 20% to Latin Catholics & Converted Christians cannot be legally sustained, the Court held.
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[COVID] Plea In SC Seeks Consecutive Sentences For Hoarding, Profiteering, Adulteration, Black Marketing; Invocation of NSA, Seizure Of Benami Properties
The Supreme Court has been moved in a PIL seeking a direction that Section 31, Cr.P.C, shall not apply to the Laws relating to Hoarding, Profiteering, Adulteration and Black Marketing and the sentence shall be consecutive, not concurrent.Petitioner Ashwini Upadhyay, Supreme Court advocate, also prays for direction to the Centre and States to invoke NSA against the person involved in...
State Should Ensure That Victims Of West Bengal Post-Poll Violence Can Go Back To Homes : Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court on Friday orally remarked that the West Bengal Government has the obligation to ensure that people, who got displaced during the post-poll violence, are able to return to their homes.A 5-judge bench lead by Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal was dealing with a petition filed by Advocate Priyanka Tibrewal, who alleged that more than 200 persons got displaced due to...
BREAKING : Calcutta High Court Grants Interim Bail To 4 Trinamool Leaders In Narada Case
A 5-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Friday granted interim bail to four Trinamool Congress leaders- Firhad Hakim, Madan Mitra, Subrata Mukherjee and Sovan Chatterjee- who have been under judicial custody since their arrest by the CBI in the Narada case on May 17. They were placed under house arrest on May 19, following a split in the division bench on the question of interim bail,...
Narada Case Hearing Live Updates : Calcutta HC Grants Interim Bail To Trinamool Leaders
A 5-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court is hearing the Narada case related to the bail of four Trinamool Congress leaders- Firhad Hakim, Madan Mitra, Subrata Mukherjee and Sovan Chatterjee- who have been under judicial custody since May 17.A bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal, Justices IP Mukerji, Harish Tandon, Soumen Sen and Arijit Mukherjee is hearing the applications...
'Our Conduct Unbecoming Of The Majesty High Court Commands': Sitting Calcutta HC Judge Takes Objection To Listing Of Narada Case
"Our conduct is unbecoming of the majesty the High Court commands," said Justice Arindam Sinha, a Sitting Judge of the Calcutta High Court while expressing reservations on the manner in which the transfer plea filed by Central investigation agency— CBI in the Narada scam case, was listed before a Division Bench on May 17. Justice Sinha has addressed a letter to the 5-Judges Bench...
Calcutta High Court Hearing On Post Poll Violence In West Bengal : Live Updates
A 5-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court is hearing a PIL seeking investigation into the post-poll violence which took place in West Bengal after assembly results.Considering that the matter related to protection of life and liberty of people of West Bengal, a division bench led by Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal had referred the matter to a 5-judge...
Plea To Cancel CBSE, ICSE Class 12 Exams : Supreme Court Adjourns Hearing To May 31
The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned to May 31 a plea seeking cancellation of Class XII exams of CBSE and ICSE and to devise an objective methodology to declare the result of class XII within a specific timeframe.A vacation bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari was considering a Public Interest Litigation filed by Advocate Mamta Sharma.The bench adjourned the matter...
Probe How Celebrities, Politicians Got COVID Drugs : Bombay High Court Tells State
The Bombay High Court on Thursday urged the State not to drop the ball on its inquiry into the private distribution of Remdesivir injections by politicians and celebrities after noting discrepancies in the responses received by the Drug Inspector. The bench said that while manufacturers seem to have told the Union of India that they have provided Remdesivir only to the Government,...