BREAKING : Supreme Court Registers Suo Moto Criminal Contempt Case Against Journalist Rajdeep Sardesai Over Tweets Against Judiciary

Update at 10.50 PM : No Suo Moto Contempt Initiated Against Rajdeep Sardesai; Case Status Shown Inadvertently, Says Supreme Court[BREAKING] SC sources clarify that no suo moto criminal contempt proceedings have been initiated against Rajdeep Sardesai & that the status of case shown at SC Website as SMC(Crl) 2/2021 has been placed "inadvertently". Appropriate action to rectify the same...

'Portrayal Of Conflicts Between Communities Not An Offence' : Journalist Patricia Mukhim Seeks Quashing Of FIR; SC Reserves Judgment

The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its judgement in the petition filed by Shillong Times Editor Patricia Mukhim challenging the refusal of the Meghalaya High Court to quash criminal proceedings against her over a Facebook post on violence against non-tribal people in State. A division Bench of Justice Nageswara Rao and Justice Ravindra Bhat heard arguments advanced by...

Toolkit Case : Bombay High Court Reserves Orders For Tomorrow On Adv Nikita Jacob's Transit Bail Plea

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday reserved orders for tomorrow on the application filed by Advocate Nikita Jacob in the FIR registered by the Delhi Police over the 'toolkit' created in connection with the farmers protests.A single bench of Justice PD Naik heard Senior Advocate Mihir Desai for Jacob and Advocate Hiten Venegoankar for Delhi police.Venegoankar agreed not to arrest Jacob till...

Pre-Deposit For Filing Appeals Before DRAT Is A Mandatory Requirement: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that entire waiver of pre-­deposit for filing appeal before Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunal under Section 21 of the Recovery of Debts and Bankruptcy Act, is impermissible.In all cases fifty per cent of the decretal amount i.e. the debt due is to be deposited before the DRAT as a mandatory requirement, but in appropriate cases for reasons to be recorded the deposit...

[Breaking] Activist Shantanu Muluk Granted 10 Days Transit Bail By Bombay High Court In Toolkit Case

The Bombay High Court(Aurangabad benchh) on Tuesday granted 10 days transit anticipatory bail to Shantanu Muluk, whose arrest was sought by Delhi police in connection with the farmers protest 'toolkit' case.A single bench of Justice Vibha Kankanwadi passed the order.The High Court observed "that the apprehension of arrest is the key factor, that is, required to be considered in...

Madras High Court Rejects Karnan's Defence Of 'Severe Mental Depression'; Denies Bail In Abusive Videos Case

The Madras High Court on Tuesday refused to grant bail to CS Karnan, former High Court judge, in a case relating to uploading of abusive online videos. A Single Bench of Justice V. Bharathidasan rejected Karnan's defence of mental instability and observed that the former Judge had made scathing remarks against Judicial institutions and the Judges with a predetermined mind, fully...

Toolkit Case : Bombay HC Reserves Orders For Tomorrow On Nikita Jacob's Transit Bail Plea - LIVE UPDATES

The Bombay High Court is consider today the application filed by Adv Nikita Jacob seeking transit anticipatory bail against the arrest warrant issued by Delhi Police in connection with the case registered over the toolkit shared by Greta Thunberg for Farmers Protest.Hearing is before a single bench of Justice PD Naik.Follow this page for live...

Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Affidavit On Steps Being Taken For OTT Regulation

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Central Government to inform what it proposes to do to regulate Over the Top(OTT) platforms such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+Hotstar etc.A bench headed by the Chief Justice of India asked the Union Ministry to file reply to the PIL filed by Advocate Shashank Shekhar Jha seeking the establishment of an autonomous body to regulate online...

Supreme Court Dismisses BJP Leader's Plea Seeking Opposition Leader Status In Mumbai Corporation

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a BJP leader's petition seeking Leader of Opposition status in the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai.A bench headed by the Chief Justice of India dismissed the special leave petition filed by Prabhakar Tukaram Shinde challenging a judgment of the Bombay High Court which rejcted his plea.He had sought the Leader of Opposition status in the Mumbai...

'To Flirt With A Junior Not An Acceptable Conduct For A Judge' : Supreme Court To MP Judge Facing Disciplinary Proceedings For Sexual Harassment

The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed reluctance to entertain a petition filed by a former District Judge from Madhya Pradesh challenging the disciplinary proceedings initiated by the MP High Court over the sexual harassment allegations made by a junior judicial officer.Appearing for the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Senior Advocate Ravindra Srivastava read out before a bench headed by the...

Supreme Court To Consider PIL Seeking Inclusion Of Judges, Lawyers, Court Staff In COVID Vaccine Priority List

The Supreme Court on Monday said that it will consider a PIL seeking inclusion of lawyers, judges and court-staff in the priority list for COVID vaccine.A bench headed by Chief Justice of India posted after two weeks the petition filed by Arvind Singh saying that judiciary and lawyers should also be regarded as frontline workers at par with doctors, police etc and should receive priority for...

Relief To First Year MBBS Students As SC Directs AIIMS Gorakhpur To Conduct An Exam For Student Denied Permission To Appear Due To Low Attendance

Supreme Court has on Tuesday granted relief to students denied permission to appear in the first year professional MBBS exam by AIIMS Gorakhpur on account of low attendance by directing the Management to hold another test. The Court has directed that an exam be conducted for 11 students, including 10 petitioners and one student with a similar status as that of the petitioners. A...