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Plea Filed Before SC Seeking Fresh Guidelines To Address Decongestion Of Prisons In Wake Of Prevailing COVID-19 Pandemic
A petition has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking addressal of grievances that are being faced by prisoners detained in various jails across India during the pandemic due to the non-compliance of orders passed by the Supreme Court directing for decongestion of jails.The plea, stating that it is a Social Action Litigation, prays for the proper and effective implementation of...
Narada Case : Calcutta High Court To Hear Tomorrow TMC Leaders' Plea To Recall Stay On Bail
A 5-Judge Bench of the Calcutta High Court on Thursday decided to hear the recall applications filed by four arrested TMC leaders against stay of their bail in the Narada scam case, before hearing the larger issues raised by CBI relating to breakdown of rule of law and mob pressure on court. After conferring with each other, the bench led by Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal said, "We...
Narada Case : Live Updates From Calcutta High Court Hearing On TMC Leaders' Bail
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 their arrest by the CBI on May 17.A 5-judge bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal, Justices IP Mukerji, Harish Tandon, Soumen Sen and Arijit Banerjee is hearing...
Breaking: Bombay High Court Directs Trial Court To Redact References On Victim's Identity In Tarun Tejpal Judgment
A Vacation Bench of the Bombay High Court at Goa has directed the District and Sessions Court trying the Tarun Tejpal sexual assault case to redact the victim's identity while uploading the acquittal order on its website. The Single Bench of Justice SC Gupte has also granted 3 days' time to the State, to amend the grounds of appeal against the acquittal order dated May 21, that was...
'Criminal Contempt A Reasonable Restriction On Free Speech' : Centre Defends Section 2(c)(i) of Contempt Of Courts Act Before Karnataka High Court
The offence of "criminal contempt for scandalizing the authority of the court" under Section 2 (c) (i) of the Contempt of Courts Act does not restrict freedom of speech, the Central government has said in its statement of objections filed before the Karnataka High Court.The said statement is filed in response to a writ petition filed by journalists Krishna Prasad and N. Ram, former...
Accused Has Right To Have His Bail Plea Heard In Reasonable Time: Allahabad HC Seeks Time Bound Procedure For Supplying Instructions To Govt Advocates
"Failure of the police authorities to provide timely instructions to the Govt Advocate/ Additional Govt Advocate in bail applications causes delay in the hearing of the bail applications, and often leads to unjustified incarceration of an accused in jail," the Allahabad High Court observed recently. A Single Bench of Justice Ajay Bhanot has therefore directed the Director General...
"Govt Respects Right To Privacy, No Intention To Violate It When Whatsapp Is Required To Disclose Origin Of Message": IT Ministry
In a press release the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on Wednesday clarified that the Government respects the right to privacy and has no intention to violate it when requiring WhatsApp to disclose the origin of a message."Such Requirements are only in case when the message is required for Prevention, Investigation or Punishment of Very Serious Offences related to...
SCBA Writes to CJI Seeking Increase In Number Of Vacation Benches, Restore Oral & Listed Mentioning
Supreme Court Bar Association's President Senior Adv Vikas Singh has on Tuesday written to CJI Ramana requesting him to increase the number of vacation Benches, expand the category of matters that can come during vacations and restoration of the system of oral and listed mentioningWhile stating that as per the top court's convention a Vacation judge heading the Vacation Bench exercised power of...
Photos Showed Her To Be Cheerful, Not Traumatized, No 'Rape-Victim' Behaviour : Goa Court In Tarun Tejpal Case
Seen at late-night parties, smiling in pictures on subsequent days are some of the observations made by the fast-track court in Goa about the victim, to hold that she did not "demonstrate" a rape victim behaviour. "The photos show the prosecutrix to be absolutely cheerful and with a smile on her face and not disturbed, reserved, terrified or traumatised in any manner," special...
Expulsion From Knanaya Catholic Church For Marrying Outside Community Unconstitutional, Against Jesus's Teachings : Kerala Court
A civil court in Kerala has ruled that the practice of expelling a member from Knanaya Catholic Church for marrying outside the community is unconstitutional for being violative of right to marry under Article 21 and right to religion under Article 25 of the Constitution of India.The Additional Sub Court at Kottayam held that the practice of compulsive endogamy in the church is in violation...
Whatsapp Moves Delhi High Court Challenging Traceability Clause Under New IT Rules As Violative Of Right To Privacy
Challenging new IT rules, Facebook owned platform Whatsapp has moved Delhi High Court challenging the "traceability" clause alleging that the aforesaid clause is violative of a person's right to privacy as enshrined in the Supreme Court judgment of KS Puttuswamy v. Union of India, reported Indian Express.In view of this, the plea prays for declaring the said requirement as unconstitutional...