SCBA Decides To Reject SOP Issued By Supreme Court For Resumption Of Hybrid Physical Hearings,Will Challenge It In Court

Supreme Court Bar Association has on Saturday decided to not accept the standard operating procedure for Hybrid court hearings, as issued by the Supreme Court today. The decision has been taken by the Executive Committee of SCBA in an urgent meeting called on Saturday after the SOP dated 5th March was issued by the Supreme Court.The Executive Committee has unanimously resolved and decided to...

Goa State Cooperative Bank Ltd. Not A 'State' Under Art. 12, Does Not Discharge Any Public Functions: Full Bench Of Bombay High Court

Full Bench of the Bombay High Court, Goa Bench on Friday held that the Goa State Cooperative Bank Ltd. is not a 'State' nor does it fall within the ambit of 'any other authority' for the purposes of Art. 12 of the Constitution of India. The bench also went ahead to observe that the said Bank does not discharge any public functions which would warrant issuance of a writ in the nature...

Breaking- Ramesh Jarkiholi Scandal: Bengaluru Court Restrains 68 Media Houses From Publishing Defamatory Content/CDs Against Six Ministers In Yediyurappa Ministry

A City Civil court in Bengaluru on Saturday issued a temporary injunction against 68 media houses restraining them from telecasting or publishing of any unverified news items/defamatory contents/CDs against the plaintiffs/applicants (Six state ministers in the B. S. Yediyurappa Cabinet), till the next date of hearing.Additional City Civil Judge D.S.VIJAYA KUMAR ordered "Therefore, till the...

No Allegation That Promise To Marry Was False At The Inception: Supreme Court Quashes Rape Case

The Supreme Court quashed an FIR alleging rape observing that there is no allegation to the effect that the promise to marry given by the accused was false at the inception.The accused, whose petition seeking quashing of FIR was dismissed by the Allahabad High Court, had approached the Apex Court contending that a bare reading of the FIR as well as the statement under Section 164 of CrPC...

Breaking: Supreme Court To Start Hybrid Physical Hearing On Experimental Basis From March 15

Supreme Court of India is all set to start hearing cases in a hybrid manner from March 15th 2021. The Apex Court has issued several directions and Standard Operating Procedure for Court's functioning in consideration of the ongoing Covid 19 pandemic and suggestions given by the Bar Associations. The Court has devised a pilot scheme to hear cases in the hybrid mode on an experimental...

Supreme Court To Hear On Monday Plea Seeking Termination Of Pregnancy Of A 14-Year Old Girl, Asks Medical Board To Submit Report In A Sealed Cover

Supreme Court has on Friday adjourned to Monday, the plea of a 14 year old girl seeking termination of her 26 weeks old pregnancy. A three-judge Bench of CJI Bobde, Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramaniam has directed the Medical Board to submit its report on feasibility of the medical termination in a sealed cover, following which the Court will hear the matter on Monday, March...

Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea By A Lady Civil Judge From Uttarakhand Against Termination , Directs To Approach The High Court

Supreme Court has refused to entertain plea against dismissal of a lady Civil Judge from service in Uttarakhand for allegedly holding a minor girl captive at her residence and mistreating her. A three-judge Bench of CJI Bobde, Justice Bopanna and Justice Ramasubramanian has given the petitioner the liberty to withdraw and approach the High Court. The plea sought directions to...

Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Inclusion Of Advocates As 'Professionals' In MSME Act

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea filed seeking inclusion of Advocates in the definition of the word "professional" under the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act 2006. A three-judge Bench of CJI Bobde, Justice Bopanna and Justice Ramasubramanian issued the direction while hearing petitioner's challenge to the Delhi High Court order refusing to...

Bombay High Court Exempts Arnab Goswami From Personal Appearance Before Trial Court In Anvay Naik Suicide Case

The Bombay High Court, on Friday, granted Republic TV's Editor-in-Chief, Arnab Goswami, exemption from personal appearance before an Alibaug court in the Anvay Naik abetment to suicide case, till April 16. A division bench of Justices SS Shinde and Manish Pitale granted the ad-interim relief on an amended plea by Goswami, seeking to quash the 2018 FIR and charge sheet against him in...

Don't Stall Probe Into Amaravati Land Scam; Agreeable To CBI Investigation Under Court-Monitoring, AP Govt Tells SC

The State of Andhra Pradesh on Friday urged the Supreme Court to lift the stay imposed by the AP High Court on the probe into the Amaravati land scam case.Senior Advocate Dr Rajeev Dhavan, appearing for the State Government, submitted that the government was agreeable to a court-monitored investigation even by the CBI."We agree to no coercive action against the accused. We agree...

Centre's OTT Rules 'Lack Teeth', Says Supreme Court; Solicitor General Agrees To Present New Draft

The Supreme Court on Friday expressed dissatisfaction about the new rules framed by the Central Government under the Information Technology Act to regulate Over The Top(OTT) platforms like Netlifx, Prime Vidoe etc., social media platforms and digital news portals."These OTT Rules don't have any teeth; they're only just guidelines", orally observed the Supreme Court on Friday during a...

BREAKING - 'Tandav' Row : Supreme Court Grants Interim Protection From Arrest To Amazon Prime Video Head Aparna Purohit

The Supreme Court on Friday granted interim protection from arrest to Amazon Prime Video's India head Aparna Purohit in the FIR registered by UP Police over alleged hurting of religious sentiments by the web series 'Tandav'.A bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan and R Subhash Reddy observed that the protection from arrest will be subject to the petitioner cooperating with the investigation...