ISRO Espionage Case: Supreme Court Appointed DK Jain Panel Submits Report On Scientist Nambi Narayanan's Illegal Arrest

A high-level probe panel appointed by the Supreme Court to take erring cops to task for causing "tremendous harassment" and "immeasurable anguish" to ISRO scientist Dr Nambi Narayanan in the 1994 espionage case has submitted its report to the apex court, sources said on Saturday.The Supreme Court had on September 14, 2018 appointed the three-member panel headed by its former judge D K Jain...

Second Covid Wave : Plea in Delhi High Court For Adoption Of Hybrid Hearings In Courts As A Free Choice For Counsels, Litigants

A petition has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking directions on the Registrar General of the Delhi High Court for taking sufficient steps to ensure continuation and adoption of hybrid mode of hearings (both physical and virtual) in the High Court as well as other Courts and Tribunals falling under its jurisdiction. The petition, filed by Advocate Mujeeb Ur Rehman, also seeks direction...

Shiv Sena MLA Ravindra Waikar, Wife Manisha Waikar File 100 Crore Defamation Suit Against Ex-BJP MP Kirit Somaiya

Shiv Sena Legislator Ravindra Waikar and his wife Manisha Waiker have approached the Bombay High Court against the alleged defamatory statements made against them by ex BJP MP Kirit Somaiya.A defamation suit has been filed by them against Somaiya seeking damages of 100 crores for alleged defamatory statements and causing irreparable damage and maligning their reputation.Further, an ad...

Two Lawyers Move Bombay High Court Seeking Policy For Door To Door Covid Vaccination For Senior Citizens, Specially Abled and Medically Challenged Citizens

A plea has been filed before the Bombay High Court seeking directions to Central Government to set up a policy on urgent basis to provide Covid Vaccine to advanced age Senior Citizens, Specially Abled and Medically Challenged citizens etc by offering door to door vaccination services at the earliest.Two lawyers from Maharashtra Dhruti Kapadia and Kunal Tiwari have sought direction to...

"Only Special Benches Shall Hold Court Sitting Till April 9": Allahabad HC Issues 'Modalities & Arrangement' For Functioning of HC During COVID

In view of the recent spike in COVID-19 cases, the Allahabad High Court on Friday (02nd April) issued the Modalities & Arrangement (related to the functioning of High Court during COVID-19) which would be effective w.e.f. 03rd April 2021 to 09th April 2021. The High Court has notified that it would function with minimum strength and till further orders, only the...

Bombay High Court to Pronounce Order on Param Bir Singh's PIL Seeking Probe Against Anil Deshmukh, on Monday

The Bombay High Court will pronounce its order, on Monday, on a criminal PIL by shunted out Mumbai Commissioner - Param Bir Singh- seeking a CBI probe for alleged malpractices against Maharashtra's Home Minister Anil Deshmukh. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni reserved its order on Singh's plea, on Wednesday, along with three other...

Ramesh Jarkiholi Sex Scandal: Father Of Victim Moves Karnataka High Court To Quash 164 Statement Of His Daughter

The Father of the victim in the alleged rape case against former minister Ramesh Jarkiholi, has approached the Karnataka High Court seeking to quash the statment recorded by his daughter under section 164 of CrPC before the magistrate. The petitioner, who is a retired army personnel, has claimed that the facts and circumstances of the case would make it clear that the petitioner,...

Gujarat Assembly Passes Freedom Of Religion Amendment Bill 2021

The Gujarat Assembly on Thursday (01st April) passed the Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Bill 2021 which seeks to penalize forcible or fraudulent religious conversion by marriage and would amend the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act, 2003.The Bill has been passed along the lines of similar Laws passed by the State of Madhya Pradesh and the State of Uttar Pradesh.The Bill proposes to put...

Credible Allegations That Only Aadhaar Linked Numbers Received Campaign Messages From BJP, UIDAI Needs To Answer: Madras High Court

Hearing a Public Interest Litigation petition filed alleging that the Puducherry unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has misused Aadhaar details of voters for election campaigning purposes, the Madras High Court on Thursday (01st April) remarked, "There appears to be a serious breach by the sixth respondent political party (BJP) in how it conducted its campaign in Puducherry for...

No Restrictions On Travel From Kerala; All Border Points To Remain Open, Karnataka Govt Assures High Court

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday accepted the assurance given by the State Government that there will be no restriction on movement of public/goods between Kerala and Karnataka and all the entry-exit points between the two states, will remain open. The assurance was made by the state government while hearing a petition filed by Advocate B Subbaya Rai, who challenged the...

Plea Filed In Supreme Court Seeking Law To Control Black Magic, Superstition & Forceful Religious Conversions

A public interest litigation has been filed before the Supreme Court by BJP leader and Advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, seeking directions to the Central and the State Governments to take apposite steps for controlling black magic, superstition and forceful religious conversions. The Petitioner has relied upon the Sarla Mudgal Case (1995) 3 SCC6 635, whereby directions were issued to...

Seriousness Of Charge Relevant Factor: Supreme Court Sets Aside Bail Granted To Man Accused Of Murdering Lady Doctor

The Supreme Court set aside the Kerala High Court order which granting bail to a man accused murder of a lady doctor.The bench comprising Justices Indira Banerjee and Krishna Murari observed that seriousness of the charge is one of the relevant considerations while considering bail applications.According to the prosecution case, the accused, Mahesh on 28th September 2020 at about 3.30...