[Revised AIBE-XV Schedule] AIBE-XV To Be Conducted On January 24, Online Registration Extended Till December 03 [Read Schedule]

The Bar Council of India has decided to postpone the date of the All India Bar Examination (AIBE). Now, the Exam will be conducted on January 24, 2021.Similarly, the date for receipt of applications has also been extended till December 03, 2020.It may be noted that the AIBE was previously going to be held on August 16. However, in light of the "present pandemic situation and frequent...

[Media Trial In Sushant Singh Rajput Case] Live-Updates From Bombay HC

Bombay High Court is hearing PILs filed against Media Trials on account of media coverage, into the issue of the death of...

[Breaking] Allahabad HC Demands Production Of Gang-Rape Victim Allegedly Detained In Police Station, A Day After State Police Pulled Up For FIR Delay [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday took cognisance of the detention of a gang-rape victim in a police station, from a day after the court pulled up the state police for lodging the FIR only after three months of the alleged incident, and that too only upon the Court's intervention.The bench of Justices Shashi Kant Gupta and Pankaj Bhatia has directed the police to produce the girl before...

Court Hearing First Appeal In Criminal Matter Required To Form Its Own Opinion, Reiterates SC [Read Order]

The Court hearing First Appeal in criminal matters required to form its opinion on the basis of the evidence on record and the opinion of the Trial Court, the Supreme Court has reiterated.While considering a Special Leave Petition against a Rajasthan High Court order which had dismissed an appeal against conviction recorded by the Trial Court. The bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan...

Kaleswaram Irrigation Project Granted EC Ex Post Facto Violation of Law, Directs Constitution of Committee Assess Damage & Identify Restoration Measures: NGT

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has held that the environmental clearance (EC) granted to the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP) was ex post facto "in violation of law", after substantial work was carried out by the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC).A bench of Justices Adarsh Kumar Goel (Chairperson) & SP Wangdi (Judicial Member) & Dr....

[Breaking] 'Arnab Goswami Pursuing His Own Agenda' : Ex-Cop Files Suit To Restrain Republic TV From Attacking Mumbai Police Over TRP Scam FIR

A civil suit has been filed in a Mumbai court seeking to restrain Republic TV, R Bharat and news anchor Arnab Goswami from discussing or referring to the FIR registered by the Mumbai police alleging manipulation of TRP ratings by TV channels.The suit filed by Iqbal Shaikh, a former Assistant Commissioner of Police, Mumbai, also seeks damages to the tune of Rs 5 lakhs to the mental agony caused...

Sushant Singh Rajput's House Help Moves Bombay HC For Rs.10 Lakh Compensation Alleging Illegal Detention By NCB [Read Petition]

Dipesh Sawant, Sushant Singh Rajput's house help who is accused of procuring drugs for him, has filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court seeking Rs.10 lakh in compensation from the Union of India alleging illegal detention by the Narcotics Control Bureau and gross violation of the Articles 21 and 22 of the Constitution of India.The division bench of Justice SS Shinde and Justice...

[Tablighi Jamaat] There Is No Iota Of Evidence Against The Accused; Mumbai Court Acquits 20 Foreign Nationals [Read Order]

A Metropolitan Magistrate court in Andheri on Monday acquitted a total of 20 foreign nationals accused of spreading Coronavirus and violating orders of lockdown by two police officers who were prosecution witnesses in the case as well. The accused belonged to two different countries, ten of them are from Indonesia and the other ten are from Kyrgyz Republic. Thus, the Magistrate court passed...

'NBSA Functioning Effectively; Self Regulation Of Media Should Not Be Disturbed': Datar Tells Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court on Monday continued to hear the PIL's filed against Media trials on account of media coverage into the issue of the death of Actor Sushant Singh Rajput.A division of bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta & Justice GS Kulkarni hear Senior Advocate Arvind Datar for the News Broadcasters Standards Association who submitted that the current regime of self-regulation...

Supreme Court Bar Association Divided Over Resolution Condemning Andhra CM's Complaint To CJI; President Dave Calls It "Premature"

Dushyant Dave, Senior Advocate and the President of the Supreme Court Bar Association has disagreed with the resolution passed by the Executive Committee of the SCBA condemning the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, for making public his allegations against judges.Dave, who had recused from the EC meeting which passed the resolution, said that he had "strong reservations"...

'Arnab Goswami Not A Special Person': Sibal Opposes Interim Protection To Republic TV Chief In TRP Scam Case

The hearing in the Republic TV's petition against Mumbai police FIR in TRP scam case in the Bombay High Court witnessed intense exchanges between Senior Advocates Harish Salve and Kapil Sibal over the grant of interim relief.Savle, appearing for Arnab Goswami, Editor-in-Chief of Republic TV, persuaded a bench comprising Justices SS Shinde and M S Karnik to grant him interim protection from...

Delay Of More Than 1 Year In Uploading Of Judgment After Pronouncement: SC Calls Upon Patna HC Registrar General To Explain [Read Order]

Noting the submission that the impugned judgment was pronounced on 24th January, 2018 but was uploaded on the Patna High Court website on 1st May, 2019, the Supreme Court on Thursday called upon the Registrar General of the High Court to submit a report on whether the said facts are correct, explaining the reasons for the same."There is an inordinate delay of 733 days as stated by the...