Supreme Court Reserves Judgment On Justice Eswaraiah's Plea To Set Aside AP High Court Order For Enquiry Into His Alleged Phone Call On 'Conspiracy' Against SC Judge

The Supreme Court on Monday reserved its judgment on a petition filed by former AP High Court judge V Eswaraiah against an order of the AP HC ordering judicial enquiry into an alleged phone conversation between him and a District Judge plotting "conspiracy" against HC CJ and a sitting SC judge. A bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan and R Subhash Reddy said that it...

Supreme Court To Consider Contempt Cases Against Comedian Kunal Kamra After 4 Weeks

The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned by four weeks the hearing on three petitions seeking criminal contempt action against comedian Kunal Kamra for his tweets about Supreme Court.The adjournment was on the basis of a request made by one of the petitioners seeking time to file rejoinder to the counter-affidavit submitted by Kamra. The bench granted four weeks time for rejoinder and directed...

Amazon Vs Future: Supreme Court Issues Notice, Allows To Continue Proceedings Before NCLT, Bars Sanction Of Scheme

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice in the plea by Amazon challenging Delhi High Court's stay on the implementation of its own order passed by the Single Judge bench of Justice Midha, which had directed status quo order on the Future - Reliance retail stake sale deal of nearly Rs. 25000 crore. The Supreme Court allowed the National Company Law Tribunal(NCLT) proceedings related to...

Bombay High Court Grants Varavara Rao Bail For 6 Months On Medical Grounds In Bhima Koregaon Case

The Bombay High Court on Monday granted bail on medical grounds to 81-year-old Varavara Rao, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Bhima Koregaon case, who has been under custody awaiting trial since August 28, 2018.The High Court observed that it was a "genuine and fit" case for granting relief in view of the advanced age of the petitioner and inadequate facilities at Taloja jail hospital....

Supreme Court Allows Karti Chidambaram MP To Travel Abroad For Six Months On Condition Of Depositing 2Cr

The Supreme Court on Monday allowed Congress MP Karti Chidambaram's application to travel abroad on a condition of depositing Rs. 2 crores. A bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan and R Subhash Reddy further directed that Karti Chidambaram should furnish his itinerary of foreign travel and the places where he is going to stay. The permission is for a period of 6 months. When Karti's...

Courts This Week - A Weekly Round Of Important Legal Developments In The Country [Episode-53]

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Explainer: Inter-State Arrest, Transit Remand & Right To Legal Representation

The concepts of 'transit remand' and 'norms for inter-state arrests' are being widely discussed in the wake of the arrest of 21-year old climate activist Disha Ravi by the Delhi Police from her Bengaluru resident in the 'toolkit' case.Many legal experts have questioned the Ravi's custody saying that it was not accompanied with a 'transit remand order' from Bengaluru and norms for...

'Dissent Is The Hallmark Of Democracy':Justice Deepak Gupta , 'Now Jail is The Rule Bail is The Exception': Rebecca John [Full Video]

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Subsequent Purchaser Can Also Challenge Readiness & Willingness Of Plaintiff In A Specific Performance Suit: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that subsequent purchaser of the suit property can challenge the readiness and willingness on part of the plaintiff in a specific performance suit.In this case, a suit seeking specific performance was dismissed by the Trial Court holding that the plaintiff had failed to prove the genuineness of the agreement. In appeal, the High Court observed that the...

Delhi High Court Relies On Ravish Kumar's NDTV Video While Granting Bail To 3 Riots Accused

The Court observed that there was no evidence whatsoever, whether direct,circumstantial or forensic, against the accused.

Explainer : What Is 'Transit Anticipatory Bail'? When Can 'Transit Bail' Be Granted?

Recently, words like "Transit Bail" "Transit Anticipatory Bail" have caught the nation's attention, in the wake of the 'toolkit' case. The Bombay High Court last week granted 10 days transit anticipatory bail to Shantanu Muluk whose arrest was sought by the Delhi Police in connection with the toolkit case. Following this, a Mumbai based lawyer, Adv. Nikita Jacob was also granted three...

Bangalore Riots- Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Grant Of Bail To Bangalore's Former Mayor Sampath Raj

Supreme Court has on Friday issued notice in plea challenge Karnataka High Court's decision to grant bail to former Mayor of Bangalore Sampath Raj and former Corporator Abdul Raqueeb Zakir in the Bangalore Riot Case. The Court has issued notice returnable in three weeks. A division Bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hrishikesh Roy issued the direction while hearing the plea...