UP Prevention Of Cow Slaughter Act Being Misused Against Innocent Persons; Any Recovered Meat Is Shown As Beef : Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court on Monday expressed concern over frequent misuse of the provisions of Uttar Pradesh Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act, 1955, for implicating innocent persons. While hearing the bail application of one Rahmuddin, accused of cow slaughter and sale of beef under Sections 3, 5 and 8 of the said Act, the Single Bench of Justice Siddharth observed, "Act is being...

[Breaking]In A First In India Gujarat High Court Begins Live Streaming Of Court Proceedings On YouTube

"With a view to effectuating and broadening the implementation of Open Court concept even during the virtual hearings of the Court," the Gujarat High Court has announced that it will commence live streaming of Court proceedings on YouTube from today, i.e. October 26, 2020.It is intimated that the proceedings of the First Court, i.e. of the Bench headed by Chief Justice Vikram Nath shall...

Centre's Order On Complaints Against Sudarshan TV Is Ready; Can Be Served Tomorrow: Solicitor General Tells Supreme Court

The Solicitor General of India, Mr .Tushar Mehta, told the Supreme Court on Monday that the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting was ready with its order on the complaints against the 'Bindas Bol' show of Sudarshan News TV.The Ministry had earlier heard Sudarshan News TV on the complaints that its show violated the program code by communalizing the entry of Muslims into the civil...

Supreme Court Stays Operation Of Madhya Pradesh HC Order Restraining Physical Poll Campaigns

The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the order of the Madhya Pradesh High Court imposing conditions in conducting physical gatherings by political parties for campaigning in assembly bye-polls. A bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari & Sanjiv Khanna passed the stay order in 3 separate pleas, by ECI & BJP Leader Pradyumn Singh Tomar and Munna Lal Goyal, challenging an order...

Supreme Court Stays Uttarakhand HC's Contempt Proceeding On Alleged Non-payment of Rent By Ex-CM Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank

Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Contempt proceedings initiated by Uttarakhand High Court in the case concerning alleged non-payment of rents by former Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank (present Union HRD Minister)A bench headed by Justice R F Nariman stayed the contempt proceedings on a plea filed by the Union minister of Education.The Uttarakhand High Court on...

Ex-NDA Minister Dilip Ray Gets Three Years Imprisonment In Coal Scam Case

Former union minister Dilip Ray was on Monday awarded three-year jail term by a Delhi court in a coal scam case pertaining to irregularities in the allocation of a Jharkhand coal block in 1999.Ray was Minister of State (coal) in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government.Special Judge Bharat Parashar also awarded three-year jail term each to two senior officials of the Ministry of Coal at that...

Supreme Court Dodges RTI Query On Live Streaming Implementation; Says 'Matter Under Registry's Consideration'

The Supreme Court has dodged detailed queries raised under the Right to Information Act seeking reasons for the non-implementation of live-streaming of court proceedings by giving an evasive reply that the "matter is under the consideration of the Registry"In the verdict pronounced on September 26, 2018 in Swapnil Tripathi v Supreme Court of India and connected cases, the court laid...

Allahabad High Court Grants Protection From Arrest To Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui & 4 Family Members In Molestation Case [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday granted protection from arrest to actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui and his Four family members in connection to a molestation case filed by his estranged wife, Aliya. The Division Bench comprising of Justices Manoj Misra and Sanjay Kumar Pachori was hearing Siddiqui's application for quashing of FIR. Though the Court declined this plea "as...

[Breaking] BJP Leader Seeks AG's Consent To Initiate Contempt Against Andhra CM Jagan For Public Allegations Against Justice Ramana

An application has been filed before the Attorney General for India seeking his consent to initiate criminal contempt proceedings against the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy and his advisor, Ajeya Kallam IAS for making public allegations against Justice NV Ramana, judge of the Supreme Court.The application filed by BJP leader and lawyer Ashwini Upadhyaya before AG K...

Lawyer Seeks AG's Consent To Initiate Contempt Proceedings Against Prashant Bhushan For Recent Tweet Over CJI 's MP Visit[Read Letter]

Supreme Court Advocate Sunil Kumar Singh has written a letter to the Attorney General for India, KK Venugopal, seeking his consent for initiation of criminal contempt proceedings against Advocate Prashant Bhushan for his recent tweet over CJI Bobde. Delete A Lawyer seeks AG's consent to initiate criminal contempt proceedings against @pbhushan1 over his tweet "CJI avails a special...

Courts This Week- A Weekly Round Of Important Legal Developments In The Country [Episode-37]

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Supreme Court Weekly Round Up

Week Commencing October 18 to October 25, 2020