Centre Entrusts Manipur Sexual Violence Video Case With CBI; Requests Supreme Court To Transfer Trial To Any Other State

The Government of India, in response to the distressing incident involving the video of two women in Manipur being paraded naked and subjected to sexual violence amidst the ethnic conflict in the State, has decided to entrust the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) with the investigation in the matter. The step has been taken with the consent of the State Government of Manipur considering...

Supreme Court Hears PIL Petition Raising Corruption Allegations Against Arunachal Pradesh Govt

The Supreme Court on Thursday pondered on whether to entertain a PIL which raises allegations of corruption regarding certain tenders floated by Arunachal Pradesh government years ago at a belated stage.The bench comprising Justices Aniruddha Bose and Justice Bela M Trivedi was hearing a Special Leave Petition where the petitioners alleged that contracts were given by the state government...

Madras High Court Half Yearly Digest: January to June 2023 [Citation 1 - 180]

NOMINAL INDEX Manikandan v. State, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 1 P Geetha v. V. Kirubaharan , 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 2 M/s.Tirupur Sree Annapoorna Versus Tamil Nadu Sales Tax Appellate, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 3 Easwaran Brothers India Private Limited Versus The Assistant Commissioner (ST) (FAC), 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 4 M Kannadasan v Union Of India, 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 5 M/s. Radha...

Supreme Court Expresses Anguish At States Not Implementing Prohibition Of Manual Scavenging Act

The Supreme Court on Thursday, while hearing a PIL on implementation of Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013 asked the Centre, why the states have not taken action on implementation of the Act.A Division Bench of Justice Ravindra Bhat and Justice Aravind Kumar was hearing the matter During the course of the hearing Amicus Curiae appointed by the...

‘PMLA Abused Enough; Govts Toppled On Basis Of ED’, Says Kapil Sibal In Senthil Balaji Case; Solicitor General Objects To 'Political Arguments'

Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal expressed his apprehension over the ‘abuse’ of the Prevention of the Money Laundering Act, 2002 to target political opposition in the country. He made this remark on Thursday during the Supreme Court hearing on the legality of DMK MP and Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji’s custody by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a cash-for-jobs...

Kashmiri Pandit Body Supports Abrogation Of J&K Special Status; Says Article 370 Was Discriminatory

In yet another development in the case pertaining to the abrogation of Article 370, which the Supreme Court is set to start hearing from August 2, 2023, certain intervenors, advocating for the rights of Kashmiri Pandits, have filed intervention applications in support of the central government's decision to abrogate the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. Additionally, these applications...

"So You Agree Bulldozing Houses Is Wrong?" : Supreme Court Asks When UP Govt Opposed Bail To Person Accused Of Bulldozing House

The objection made by the State of Uttar Pradesh to the grant of bail to a person accused of bulldozing a house elicited a comment from the Supreme Court."So you agree that bulldozing houses is wrongful?", Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul asked UP Additional Advocate General (AAG) RK Raizada. The judge was probably alluding to reports of "bulldozer action" being taken by UP authorities to demolish...

BREAKING: [Gyanvapi ASI Survey] Allahabad HC Reserves Order For August 3, Stay On ASI Survey Extended Till Then

The Allahabad High Court today stayed the ASI Survey of the Gyanvapi Mosque Premises till Thursday (August 3). On that day, the HC would pronounce its order on the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee's challenge to the Varanasi District Judge's July 21 ASI Survey order of the Gyanvapi Mosque.The bench of Chief Justice Pritinker Diwaker passed this order after hearing both parties...

BREAKING| Supreme Court Extends ED Director SK Mishra's Term Till September 15 "In Larger National Interest"; Says No Further Extensions

The Supreme Court on Thursday extended the term of the Director of the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) SK Mishra till September 15 in "larger public interest". Mishra's term was to end on July 31 as per the July 11 judgment which held the previous extensions given to the officer to be illegal. A bench of Justices BR Gavai, Vikram Nath, and Sanjay Karol partly allowed Centre's plea to...

Continuous Drum Beating Impermissible, No Religious Tenet Says You Do This: Calcutta High Court Issues Directions Ahead Of Muharram

Ahead of Muharram , the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday issued directions to the West Bengal Police and the State's Pollution Control Board to regulate instances of public nuisance caused by alleged drum-beating and open-air kitchens.A division bench of Chief Justice T.S. Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya said the State ought to counterbalance the right to enjoyment of religion...

Delhi High Court Half Yearly Digest: January To June 2023 [Citations 1 - 536]

Citations 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 1 to 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 536NOMINAL INDEXGIRISH & ORS v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 1BHAVIKAA KESHWANI & ANR. (THROUGH THEIR LEGAL GUARDIANS) v. UNIVERSITY OF DELHI & ANR. 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 2AKSHAY DHINGRA v. STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI) 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 3ARJUN ANAND v. UNIVERSITY OF DELHI & ORS. 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 4Sanghvi...

NDPS Act | Conviction Liable To Be Set Aside If Samples Weren't Drawn In Magistrate's Presence As Per Section 52A: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently reiterated that the process of drawing of samples under Section 52-A of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) has to be in the presence and under the supervision of the Magistrate. The entire exercise of collecting the sample must be certified by the Magistrate to be correct, it was held.A division bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and...