[Breaking] Insensitive Reporting On Sushant Singh Rajput's Death: NBSA Imposes Rupees One Lakh Fine On AajTak, Asks Zee News, India TV And News24 To Apologize

The News Broadcasting Standards Authority has directed electronic news channels, Aaj Tak, Zee News, News 24 and India TV to air an apology for insensitive reporting and sensationalizing the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput. The self-governing authority has censured Aaj Tak, Zee News and News 24 channels for running insensitive Tag Lines that had the effect of violating the privacy...

[SNC-Lavalin] If 2 Courts Concurrently Allowed Discharge, Strong Submissions Needed To Dislodge The Judgments: SC Tells SG

The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear on October 16 the CBI appeal challenging the Kerala High Court verdict upholding a special court's decision to allow the discharge petition of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, one of the accused in the SNC-Lavalin case."This is a case where the accused were discharged despite a detailed charge sheet having been filed by the CBI. I...

[Breaking] Hathras Victim's Family Moves Allahabad HC Seeking Release From Alleged Illegal Detention Of UP Police

The family of the victim in the Hathras case has moved a habeas corpus petition in the Allahabad High Court against alleged illegal detention by the UP Government. The writ petition has been moved by the Akhil Bharatiya Valmiki Mahapanchayat on behalf of the detained family, through Advocates Kashif Abbas Rizvi and Joun Abbas. The matter was listed before the Bench of Justices...

'Extremely Evasive, Brazenly Short Of Details': CJI Pulls Up Centre For Filing Shoddy Affidavit In Pleas Seeking Action For Communal Branding Of Covid19

The Supreme Court on Thursday pulled up the Centre for filing a shoddy affidavit in a plea seeking strict action against the media for communalization of the Coronavirus pandemic, in light of the Tablighi Jamaat meeting in Delhi's Nizamuddin.A bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde, Justices AS Bopanna & V. Ramasubramaniun noted that the Ministry concerned had filed an affidavit without even...

"Accused Was A Juvenile At The Time Of Occurrence": SC Quashes Life Sentence In A Four Decade Old Murder Case [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has set aside the life imprisonment sentence imposed on a person accused in a 1981 murder case noticing that he was less than 18 years of age on the date of commission of offence.The bench comprising Justices S. Abdul Nazeer and Sanjiv Khanna, though upheld the conviction, directed the Juvenile Justice Board to pass orders regarding detention and custody under the...

SC Sets Aside Allahabad HC Order Which Allowed Former Union Min Chinmayanand Access To Victim's Statement Under Section 164 CRPC

The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside the Allahabad High Court order which had allowed former Union Minister and BJP leader Chinmayand to seek a certified copy of the statement of the victim recovered under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. A Bench headed by Justice UU Lalit dictated the Order and stated that the appeal filed by the law student was allowed, thereby...

Teesta Setalvad's Citizens For Justice And Peace Moves SC Seeking Intervention In Hathras Case, Seeks Witness Protection And SC Monitored Probe

Teesta Setalvad's Citizens for Justice and Peace, has moved the Supreme Court seeking intervention in the PIL for SIT/ CBI investigation into the Hathras case. The organization has submitted that it has experience in working with the victims who were threatened and intimidated by the State in the past, and therefore it is in a position to assist the Court. It has urged the Court...

All NDPS Offences Are Non-Bailable, Regardless Of Contraband Quantity: Bombay HC [Read Order]

In the order granting bail to actor Rhea Chakraborty, the Bombay High Court held that all offences under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, are non-bailable.The Court made this pronouncement in the case Rhea Chakraborty v. Union of India and others, rejecting the argument made by lawyers of Rhea and other accused that offences involving small quantities of...

Mere Inclusion Of Candidate In A Selection List Does Not Confer Upon Them A Vested Right To Appointment, Reiterates SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has reiterated that mere inclusion of candidate in a selection list does not confer upon them a vested right to appointment.In this case, the candidates participated in the selection process to the 2013 batch of Constables (Executive) – Male in Delhi Police. They were declared to have been successful in the first result. The results were revised later and they were ousted....

[Shaheen Bagh] Demonstrations Expressing Dissent Have To Be In Designated Places Alone: SC [Read Judgment]

"Democracy and dissent go hand in hand."

Payal Ghosh Ready To Apologise And Withdraw Comments Against Richa Chadha : Lawyer Tells Bombay HC

Actor Payal Ghosh's lawyer told the Bombay High Court on Wednesday that she is willing to apologize for her statements against actor Richa Chadha and ready to withdraw the same.The submission was made by Advocate Nitin Satpute on behalf of Ghosh before Justice A K Menon in the civil defamation suit filed by Chadha seeking Rupees 1.1 Crore damages against Ghosh.The bench also asked the advocate...

'She Is Not Part Of Drug Dealers', Bombay HC Says Granting Bail to Rhea Chakraborty In NDPS Case [Read Order]

Demolishing the claim of the Narcotics Control Bureau(NCB) that actor Rhea Chakraborty was an active member of a drug syndicate, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday observed that she was not a part of drug dealers"She is not part of drug dealers. She has not forwarded the drugs allegedly procured by her to somebody else to earn monetary or other benefits", observed Justice Sarang V Kotwal,...