"Petitions Filed Reek Of Political Motivation"; State of West Bengal Submits To Supreme Court In West Bengal Post-Poll Violence Cases

"The petitions reek of political motivation and are not maintainable", the West Bengal Government has submitted to the Supreme Court in its Counter-Affidavit filed in the petitions seeking SIT/CBI probe in the West Bengal Post-Poll Violence.PETITIONERS HAVE NO LOCUS STANDI The Counter-Affidavit dissects the locus standi of each and every Petitioner and submits that they are in one way...

West Bengal Post Poll Violence: Supreme Court Adjourns Plea For SIT Probe On Killings Of 2 BJP Workers To June 18

The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned to June 18th, the plea filed seeking CBI/SIT probe into the killings of two BJP activists allegedly at the instance of Trinamool Congress leaders during the post-poll violence.A division Bench of Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice MR Shah decided to hear the matter on June 18th, after a request regarding the same was made by Solicitor General...

'Terrorist Acts' Under UAPA Only Deal With Matters Impacting 'Defence Of India' And Not Ordinary Law & Order Problems : Delhi High Court

"In our opinion, the intent and purport of the Parliament in enacting the UAPA, and more specifically in amending it in 2004 and 2008 to bring terrorist activity within its scope, was, and could only have had been, to deal with matters of profound impact on the 'Defence of India', nothing more and nothing less"

Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Option Of Alternate Attempt For Candidates Failing To Appear In CA Examination 2021; Formulation Of SOP Guidelines Across India

A plea has been moved in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Centre and Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) to formulate revised Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to be adopted in the examination centres across India for the candidates appearing in the CA Examination 2021 scheduled to be held in the month of July. Moved by 22 CA candidates appearing in the...

"Direction To Take Accused Into Custody Is Beyond Jurisdiction Of High Court, It is For The Investigating Agency To Decide": Supreme Court

Direction to take accused into custody is beyond jurisdiction of High Court; it is for Investigating Agency to take a call whether to arrest or not', Supreme Court has recently observed."We are approving the entire judgement of the High Court except one sentence- Only in so far as there is a positive direction to the Investigating Officer to arrest the petitioner, we are only setting...

Dramatic Twists Of Enrica Lexie-Italian Marines Case : A Time Line Of 9 Years

The highly sensational Enrica Lexie -Italian Marines case relating to the killing of two Indian fishermen in a sea-firing incident nine years ago, which at one point sparked off diplomatic frictions between India and Italy, has attained a peaceful burial, at least as far as local proceedings are concerned.The Supreme Court today quashed the criminal cases against the two Italian...

Police Custody Is Not Permissible After Submission Of Charge Sheet: Sr Adv Siddharth Luthra Argues Before Calcutta High Court In Narada Case

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday continued its hearing in the Narada case, in which the CBI has sought to transfer the trial and to declare that the hearing in the trial court on May 17 - which led to bail being granted to four TMC leaders - was vitiated on account of mob pressure. A 5-Judge Bench comprising of Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal, and Justices IP Mukherjee,...

'Right To Protest Not 'Terrorist Act' Under UAPA' : Delhi High Court Finds No Prima Facie Case Against Asif Iqbal Tanha, Natasha Narwal & Devangana Kalita

The Court noted that the CAA protests were not outlawed or banned.The protest was monitored by law enforcement agencies. The student organizations, which the accused were leading, are not banned organizations.

"In Its Anxiety To Suppress Dissent, In The Mind Of State, Line Between Right To Protest And Terrorist Activity Seems To Be Getting Blurred": Delhi HC In Natasha Narwal's Bail Order

"We are constrained to express, that it seems, that in its anxiety to suppress dissent, in the mind of the State, the line between the constitutionally guaranteed right to protest and terrorist activity seems to be getting somewhat blurred" observed the Delhi High Court while granting bail to Natasha Narwal in the Delhi Riots larger conspiracy case involving sections under the UAPA.A...

Supreme Court Adjourns IUML Plea Challenging MHA Notification On Citizenship For Non-Muslim Refugees By Two Weeks

The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned by two weeks the hearing on the application filed by political party Indian Union Muslim League(IUML) challenging the May 28 notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs allowing non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh to apply for citizenship.Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the IUML, requested a vacation...

Supreme Court Quashes Criminal Cases Against Italian Marines In Enrica Lexie Case Accepting Compensation

Accepting the compensation of Rupees 10 crores deposited by the Republic of Italy, the Supreme Court on Tuesday quashed the criminal proceedings pending in India against against two Italian Marines -Massimilano Latorre and Salvatore Girone - with respect to the 2012 sea-firing incident near Kerala coast which killed two Indian fishermen. The Court has directed the transfer of the amount of...

Delhi High Court Grants Bail To Devangana Kalita, Natasha Narwal And Asif Iqbal Tanha in Delhi Riots case

A division bench of Justices Sidharth Mridul and Anup Jairam Bhambhani of the Delhi High Court today allowed bail to Asif Iqbal Tanha and Pinjra Tod activists Natasha Narwal and Devangana Kalita in the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case under UAPA.Bail is subject to personal bond of Rs 50,000 and two local sureties. Conditions for bail include the three surrendering their passports and...