"Judges & Lawyers Should Dispense With Lawyer's Robes For The Time Being" CJI Bobde Hints

Chief Justice SA Bobde during a hearing today stated that instructions would soon be released from the Supreme Court for dispensing with the dress code encompassing robes and gowns.The exchange ensued between the bar and the bench, wherein the CJI told Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal during a Video Conference hearing that judges, lawyers should not wear jacket & gown for time being as it...

SC Refuses To Grant Interim Bail To Sajjan Kumar Serving Life Sentence In 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots Case

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to grant interim bail to Ex-congress MP Sajjan Kumar, convicted and serving a life sentence in a 1984 anti-sikh riots case.A bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde, Indu Malhotra & Hrishikesh Roy stated that there was no ground for hospitalisation reflected in the medical report submitted by AIIMS board warranting bail.Senior Advocate Vikas Singh appeared...

Beware! Even Private Obscene Messages Online Could Land One In Jail : Know About IT Act Offences

A recently exposed Instagram group by the name of 'Bois Locker Room' has taken social media by storm. The private group on Instagram reportedly consisted of several teenage boys from schools in Delhi-NCR region. It is stated that the group was being used to share photos of minor girls and young women, after which group member(s) would engage in making lewd & derogatory...

No Default Bail Claiming Benefit Of SC Order Extending Limitation : Single Bench Of Madras HC Differs From Earlier Judgment [Read Order]

The bench of Justice G Jayachandran held the contrary judgement of Justice G R Swaminathan to be "non-est" and having "no binding force".

"BCI Has No Power To Control Bar Associations": SCBA Rejects BCI Resolution Staying SCBA Resolution To Remove Ashok Arora

The Supreme Court Bar Association has written to the BCI Secretary stating that the BCI has no power or authority to control any Bar Association in the country, including the SCBA.After the extraordinary move by the Bar Council of India of staying the Supreme Court Bar Association's resolution dated May 8, whereby SCBA suspended its Secretary, Mr. Ashok Arora, the acting Secretary of the...

Plea Seeking Ban On Republic TV & Arnab; Bombay HC Refuses Relief Says Petitioners Have Liberty To Move SC

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday refused to grant any relief in writ petitions filed by two members of the Congress party seeking ban on Arnab Goswami and Republic Tv. The petitioners have also sought registration of FIR against Arnab, his channel and its management for spreading communal hatred during a telecast relating to the palghar mob lynching incident.Justice Prithviraj Chavan heard...

'It Appears People At Large Are Hungry; Migrant Workers Suffering The Most' : Gujarat HC Takes Suo Moto Notice Of Lockdown Miseries [Read Order]

It is the paramount duty of the State Authorities to ensure that its citizen do not go hungry, the HC told the Gujarat Government.

DP Yadav's Plea For Bail On Medical Grounds: SC Issues Notice To CBI

The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in a matter seeking bail on medical grounds for former Uttar Pradesh legislator DP Yadav.Yadav, who is serving life imprisonment in Dehradun jail in connection with a murder, had been earlier granted interim bail in order to undergo spinal surgery at Yashoda Hospital and Research Centre in Ghaziabad. He...

Gujarat HC Declares BJP State Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama's Election As Void

The Gujarat High Court nullified the election of Bhupendrasinh Manubha Chudasama who had been elected to the Gujarat State Legislative Assembly in December 2017, on grounds of malpractice and manipulation. The BJP leader, who currently holds a position as the Minister of State for Revenue, Education, Higher and Technical Education and Law and Parliamentary Affairs, had been declared...

"Do The Needful" SC To Centre On Pregnant Indian Woman's Repatriation Plea From USA

The Supreme Court on Tuesday took up a petition seeking immediate repatriation of a pregnant woman via the scheduled May 13 Air India flight.A bench of Justices Nageswara Rao, Abdul Nazeer & Sanjeev Khanna directed Centre to do the needful but did not pass orders as prayed for.The petitioner's lawyer, Mr. Sanjay M. Nulli argued that the petitioner is at an advanced stage of pregnancy and...

"It Causes More Concern To Citizens Than Benefit': Justice BN Srikrishna Says 'Mandating The Use Of Arogya Setu App Is "Utterly Illegal"[Watch Video]

Speaking at a webinar organized by Daksh, an advocacy group, on Monday, Former Supreme Court Judge, Justice BN Srikrishna said that mandating the use of Aarogya Setu app "causes more concern to citizens than benefit." Justice Srikrishna is a pioneer in the data laws regime, having headed the committee of experts on data protection. Whilst the data protection laws were still...

[Breaking] Delhi HC Grants Interim Protection To Delhi Minorities Commission Chief Zafarul Islam From Coercive Action

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted interim protection from any coercive action to Zafarul Islam Khan, the Chief of the Delhi Minorities Commission. The Single Bench of Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri has said that no coercive action can be taken against the Chief of Delhi Minorities Commission till the next date of hearing. Moved through Advocate Vrinda Grover, the...