'Criminal Contempt A Reasonable Restriction On Free Speech' : Centre Defends Section 2(c)(i) of Contempt Of Courts Act Before Karnataka High Court

The offence of "criminal contempt for scandalizing the authority of the court" under Section 2 (c) (i) of the Contempt of Courts Act does not restrict freedom of speech, the Central government has said in its statement of objections filed before the Karnataka High Court.The said statement is filed in response to a writ petition filed by journalists Krishna Prasad and N. Ram, former...

Accused Has Right To Have His Bail Plea Heard In Reasonable Time: Allahabad HC Seeks Time Bound Procedure For Supplying Instructions To Govt Advocates

"Failure of the police authorities to provide timely instructions to the Govt Advocate/ Additional Govt Advocate in bail applications causes delay in the hearing of the bail applications, and often leads to unjustified incarceration of an accused in jail," the Allahabad High Court observed recently. A Single Bench of Justice Ajay Bhanot has therefore directed the Director General...

"Govt Respects Right To Privacy, No Intention To Violate It When Whatsapp Is Required To Disclose Origin Of Message": IT Ministry

In a press release the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on Wednesday clarified that the Government respects the right to privacy and has no intention to violate it when requiring WhatsApp to disclose the origin of a message."Such Requirements are only in case when the message is required for Prevention, Investigation or Punishment of Very Serious Offences related to...

SCBA Writes to CJI Seeking Increase In Number Of Vacation Benches, Restore Oral & Listed Mentioning

Supreme Court Bar Association's President Senior Adv Vikas Singh has on Tuesday written to CJI Ramana requesting him to increase the number of vacation Benches, expand the category of matters that can come during vacations and restoration of the system of oral and listed mentioningWhile stating that as per the top court's convention a Vacation judge heading the Vacation Bench exercised power of...

Photos Showed Her To Be Cheerful, Not Traumatized, No 'Rape-Victim' Behaviour : Goa Court In Tarun Tejpal Case

Seen at late-night parties, smiling in pictures on subsequent days are some of the observations made by the fast-track court in Goa about the victim, to hold that she did not "demonstrate" a rape victim behaviour. "The photos show the prosecutrix to be absolutely cheerful and with a smile on her face and not disturbed, reserved, terrified or traumatised in any manner," special...

Expulsion From Knanaya Catholic Church For Marrying Outside Community Unconstitutional, Against Jesus's Teachings : Kerala Court

A civil court in Kerala has ruled that the practice of expelling a member from Knanaya Catholic Church for marrying outside the community is unconstitutional for being violative of right to marry under Article 21 and right to religion under Article 25 of the Constitution of India.The Additional Sub Court at Kottayam held that the practice of compulsive endogamy in the church is in violation...

Whatsapp Moves Delhi High Court Challenging Traceability Clause Under New IT Rules As Violative Of Right To Privacy

Challenging new IT rules, Facebook owned platform Whatsapp has moved Delhi High Court challenging the "traceability" clause alleging that the aforesaid clause is violative of a person's right to privacy as enshrined in the Supreme Court judgment of KS Puttuswamy v. Union of India, reported Indian Express.In view of this, the plea prays for declaring the said requirement as unconstitutional...

Supreme Court's Vacation Benches For Hearing Urgent Cases From May 26 to June 2 Notified

The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday (May 25) notified the vacation benches which would be hearing urgent cases for the period from 26th May, 2021 to 2nd June, 2021 (Second part). The Chief Justice of India has nominated the following Division Benches for hearing extremely urgent miscellaneous matters during the Summer Vacation for the period from 26th May, 2021 to 2n June,...

No Hearing In Narada Case Today As Calcutta High Court Suspends Judicial Proceedings Citing 'Yaas' Cyclone

The crucial hearing in the Narada case related to the bail of four Trinamool Congress leaders arrested by the CBI will not take place in the Calcutta High Court today as the Court has suspended today's judicial proceedings in view of the 'Yaas' cyclone.A notice issued by the High Court said :"Keeping in view the report of the Meteorological Department on the cyclone 'Yaas', which is likely...

Faulty Investigation , Material Contradictions In Prosecutrix's Evidence: Read Goa Court's Reasons For Acquitting Tarun Tejpal In Rape Case

Observing that the Goa police "destroyed evidence" which could have exonerated former Tehelka Magazine editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal in the rape case against him, a Sessions Court in Mapusa, Goa, granted him the benefit of doubt. In the 527-page judgement made available on Tuesday, the court also said that there was no corroborative evidence to support the...

Breaking: Director-General CISF Subodh Kumar Jaiswal Appointed As New CBI Director

Director-General CISF Subodh Kumar Jaiswal has been appointed the new chief of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)."The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has, based on the panel recommended by the Committee constituted as per Section 4A(1) of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946, approved the appointment of Subodh Kumar Jaiswal, IPS(Mh-1985) as Director-Central Bureau...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking CBI Probe Into Alleged Custodial Torture Of Andhra MP Raghu Rama Krishna Raju

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice on a writ petition filed by the son of YSR Congress MP Raghu Rama Krishnam Raju seeking an investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the alleged custodial violence by the CID causing injuries to the MP. A Bench of Justices Vineet Saran and BR Gavai issued notice in the case K.Bharath Vs Union of India and...