Delhi Court Suspends Two-Yr Jail Term Of AAP Leader Somnath Bharti In AIIMS Assault Case

The Rouse Avenue Court (Central Delhi) court on Thursday (28th January) suspended 2 years jail term awarded to Aam Admi Party (AAP) MLA Somnath Bharti for assaulting AIIMS security staff in a case registered in the year 2016. The Order to suspend his 2 years jail term has been passed by Special Judge Vikas Dhull after he preferred an appeal against the order of...

Can Accused Be Directed To Pay Compensation To Victim As A Condition To Grant Bail? Supreme Court To Examine Scope Of Section 357 & 357A CrPC Before Trial

Can a Court direct an accused to pay compensation to victims as a condition to grant bail? The Supreme Court will examine this issue raised in a special leave petition filed against a Gujarat High Court order.In this case, the Gujarat High Court, while granting bail to a murder accused observed that the heirs/representatives of the deceased of victim(s) is required to be compensated in terms...

"What Are The Judicial Academies Doing?": Justice Madan Lokur On Bombay High Court's Skin-To-Skin Judgment In POCSO Case

"There are judicial academies, what are they doing? Is it not the job of the judicial academies?", remarked Justice Madan B. Lokur on Thursday.Speaking at the launch of the second edition of Tata Trusts' 'India Justice Report', the former Supreme Court judge was responding to a query seeking his views on a recent judgment of the Bombay High Court holding that direct skin to skin touch...

'Ensured That Access To Justice Remained Unhindered': Supreme Court Says On Its 71'st Anniversary

The Supreme Court of India, in a press release issued on its 71st Anniversary today, stated that, all these years, it ensured that the access to justice remains unhindered.It was on on 28th January, 1950, the Court held its first sitting the Chamber of Princes in the Parliament building. Chief Justice Harilal J.Kania and Justices Saiyid Fazl Ali, M. Patanjali Sastri, Mehr Chand Mahajan,...

'Rabid & Unfounded Claims Made Even Before Trial' : Republic TV Files Defamation Complaint Against Navika Kumar For TimesNow Show On TRP Scam

ARG Outlier Media Pvt Ltd. (company running Republic TV and R Bharat channels) has filed a criminal defamation case in a Delhi Court, against Times Now anchor Navika Kumar for making allegedly defamatory remarks against Republic TV and its Chief Arnab Goswami, in connection with the TRP Scam case. The petition filed before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Patiala House courts...

NPCI Not RBI Responsible To Ensure UPI Platforms Comply With Regulations : Reserve Bank Tells Supreme Court

In an Affidavit filed in a plea by Rajya Sabha MP from Communist Party of India, Binoy Viswam, the RBI has submitted that the responsibility to ensure that companies like Amazon, Google and WhatsApp to operate in compliance with laws governing Unified Payments Interface (UPI) lies with National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), and not RBI. The plea in the instant matter seeks...

'Disqualification Remains If You Are Simply Nominated' : Supreme Court Upholds Karnataka HC Order Holding AH Vishwanath Disqualified

The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a plea by Karnataka BJP leader A H Vishwanath against the Karnataka High Court judgement which held that he will continue to remain disqualified under the anti defection law even during his term as a nominated member of the Karnataka legislative council. The bench headed by Chief Justice S. A. Bobde was hearing Vishwanath's challenge to...

'We Are Concerned About Broadcasts Which Incite Violence' : Supreme Court Seeks Clarity From Centre On Powers Under Cable TV Act

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Central Government about its powers under Cable TV Networks(Regulation) Act 1994 to control broadcast of content (by electronic media), that has a tendency to incite violence. "We aren't concerned so much with what people are saying, people say anything these days.We are concerned with situations that may create violence and lead to loss of...

Extra Chance For UPSC Civil Service Aspirants : Supreme Court Pulls Up Centre For Filing Affidavit Without Clarity

The Supreme Court on Thursday rebuked the Centre for filing an Affidavit that was signed by an Under-Secretary in a plea seeking for an extra change for Civil Service aspirants who had given their last attempt in October 2020. A Bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar heard the matter and expressed their displeasure at the Affidavit not having any information as to at what level the...

Prannoy Roy & Radhika Roy Offer NDTV Shares As Security For SEBI Penalty; Supreme Court Seeks Statement Of Share Value

The Supreme Court on Thursday considered the appeals filed by NDTV promoters Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy against an order of the Securities Appellate Tribunal which directed them to pay 50% of the "wrongful gains" found to have been made by them via insider trading." The Petitioners are husband and wife. They are the promoters of a popular news channel. The show-cause notice was issued to...

Breaking: Madhya Pradesh High Court Dismisses Bail Applications filed by Munawar Faruqui and Nalin Yadav -Read Order

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, Indore Bench on Thursday dismissed bail applications filed by comedian Munawar Faruqui and co- accused Nalin Yadav, who were arrested on January 2 for allegedly hurting religious sentiments during their comic show.A single bench Justice Rohit Arya said that "no case is made out for grant of bail". The Court said that it was not commenting on the merits of the...

Holding Hands Of Minor Girl & Opening Pants Zip Not 'Sexual Assault' Under POCSO Act But 'Sexual Harassment' Under Section 354A IPC : Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court(Nagpur Bench) has held that the act of holding a minor girl's hands and opening the zip of pants will not come under the definition of "sexual assault" under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 2012. However, the Court held that such acts would amount to "sexual harassment" under Section 354-A(1)(i) of the Indian Penal Code.This finding was given by a...