KUWJ Moves Supreme Court For Direction To Permit Lawyers And Family To Interact With Journalist Sidhique Kappan Arrested By UP Police

The Kerala Union of Working Journalists has filed an application for interim directions before the Supreme Court, seeking permission for regular VC meetings of Kerala journalist, Sidhique Kappan, with his family members and lawyers. The journalist was arrested by the UP Police last month while he was proceeding to cover the Hathras incident of rape and murder of a 19-year old...

Saket Gokhale's Plea Against Display Of Personal Details of RTI Applicants: Bombay HC Directs I&B Ministry To Conduct Enquiry, Orders To Pay 25k Cost

Hearing activist Saket Gokhale's petition before it against the Information and Broadcasting Ministry, the Bombay High Court today imposed a penalty of Rs. 25,000 on the Ministry for displaying Gokhale's personal details on the Ministry's website after he filed an RTI against the "Bharat ki Laxmi" campaign.The Division bench of Justice Nitin Jamdar and Justice Milind Jadhav further directed...

[Breaking] Bombay High Court To Hear Today Arnab Goswami's Plea Challenging His Arrest In The 2018 Suicide Case

Republic TV Editor-in Chief Arnab Goswami has petitioned the Bombay High Court challenging his "illegal arrest" in a 2018 case of abetment of suicide of an interior designer, and sought quashing of the FIR lodged against him by Alibaug police in Maharashtra.A Devision Bench of Justices SS Shinde and MS Karnik will hear the petition at 3pm today.A court at Alibag in Maharashtra on...

[Breaking] Arnab Goswami Remanded To Judicial Custody For 14 Days Till November 18 In Abetment Of Suicide Case

A court at Alibag in Maharashtra remanded Arnab Goswami, Editor-in-Chief of the Republic TV, to 14 days judicial custody till November 18 in a case for abetment to suicide.The Court turned down the plea for police custody. Arnab Goswami has moved for bail which the Alibag court will consider tomorrow.The remand order was passed after a marathon hearing session of nearly six hours which went...

[Arnab Arrest] What Is The Case Against Arnab And Why Mumbai Police Re-opened It?

Arnab Goswami has been arrested by Raigad police in a case of abetting the suicide of interior designer Anvay Naik and his mother in Alibag on May 5, 2018.It is alleged that Anvay Naik left a suicide note written in English stating that he and his mother decided to take the extreme step on account of payments due to them not being cleared by the owners of three companies – television...

[Central Vista] 'Construction Of Building Executive Function; Court Should Not Become Approval Authority': Solicitor General In SC

"Our Constitution does not envisage a participative democracy-like structure", submitted Solicitor-General Tushar Mehta on Wednesday during the proceedings wherein pleas challenging the Central Vista project and the government's proposal to construct a new Parliament in Lutyen's Delhi was being heard.The submissions were made before a Bench comprising of Justices AM Khanwilkar,...

Mumbai Police Files Fresh FIR Against Arnab Goswami, Wife And Son For Assaulting Woman Police Officer During Arrest [Read FIR]

The Mumbai Police has registered an FIR against Republic TV's Editor in Chief Arnab Goswami for allegedly manhandling a woman police officer at the time of his arrest on Wednesday morning. The FIR has been registered under Sections 353 (assault to deter public servant from discharge of his duty), 504 (intentional insult to provoke breach of peace) and 506 (criminal...

[Arnab Arrest] Another FIR Registered Against Arnab Goswami [Live-Updates]

[Breaking] FIR registered against TV Editor-in-chief #Arnab Goswami for allegedly assaulting a lady police officer when police team reached his residence in Mumbai this morning [ANI Reports]...

'Norms Needed For Adjournment' : Sibal Tells Supreme Court After MP Assembly Case Became Infructuous

Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that he was "pained" to see the case on MP assembly MLAs disqualification becoming infructuous on account of delay caused by adjournments.Though the writ petition seeking the disqualification of 22 legislators - who had resigned from Congress party after Jyotiradithya Scindia joined the BJP- was filed in March this year, the same...

[Coal Block Auction] 'Between Centre And Jharkhand Govt, Our Anxiety Is That Resources Not Be Depleted': CJI Bobde

The hearing, on Wednesday, in the suit by the Jharkhand Government against the launch of the auction process of coal blocks for purposes of commercial mining by the Centre was privy to interesting arguments and observations by the Supreme Court.At the outset, Senior Advocate Fali S. Nariman, appearing for the state of Jharkhand, drew the bench's attention to the October 9 affidavit filed by...

SC Grants Union Two Weeks To File Affidavit In Plea Seeking Expeditious Disposal Of Criminal Cases Against MPs/MLAs

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Union to file an affidavit within two weeks, indicating its stand and on the merits concerning plea seeking setting up of Special Courts to try criminal cases of MPs and MLAs expeditiously. A bench led by Justice NV Ramana also directed the Centre to file a reply on whether funds could be effectuated to High Courts for infrastructural facilities so...

Both Parties In Maintenance Cases Shall File Affidavit of Disclosure of Assets and Liabilities: Supreme Court [Read Judgment]

Affidavit of Disclosure of Assets and Liabilities shall be filed by both parties in all maintenance proceedings, including pending proceedings before the concerned Family Court / District Court / Magistrates Court, as the case may be, throughout the country, the Supreme Court has directed in an important judgment delivered on Wednesday (4 November 2020).The bench comprising Justices Indu...