Sushant Singh Rajput's House Help Moves Bombay HC For Rs.10 Lakh Compensation Alleging Illegal Detention By NCB [Read Petition]

Dipesh Sawant, Sushant Singh Rajput's house help who is accused of procuring drugs for him, has filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court seeking Rs.10 lakh in compensation from the Union of India alleging illegal detention by the Narcotics Control Bureau and gross violation of the Articles 21 and 22 of the Constitution of India.The division bench of Justice SS Shinde and Justice...

[Tablighi Jamaat] There Is No Iota Of Evidence Against The Accused; Mumbai Court Acquits 20 Foreign Nationals [Read Order]

A Metropolitan Magistrate court in Andheri on Monday acquitted a total of 20 foreign nationals accused of spreading Coronavirus and violating orders of lockdown by two police officers who were prosecution witnesses in the case as well. The accused belonged to two different countries, ten of them are from Indonesia and the other ten are from Kyrgyz Republic. Thus, the Magistrate court passed...

'NBSA Functioning Effectively; Self Regulation Of Media Should Not Be Disturbed': Datar Tells Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court on Monday continued to hear the PIL's filed against Media trials on account of media coverage into the issue of the death of Actor Sushant Singh Rajput.A division of bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta & Justice GS Kulkarni hear Senior Advocate Arvind Datar for the News Broadcasters Standards Association who submitted that the current regime of self-regulation...

Supreme Court Bar Association Divided Over Resolution Condemning Andhra CM's Complaint To CJI; President Dave Calls It "Premature"

Dushyant Dave, Senior Advocate and the President of the Supreme Court Bar Association has disagreed with the resolution passed by the Executive Committee of the SCBA condemning the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, for making public his allegations against judges.Dave, who had recused from the EC meeting which passed the resolution, said that he had "strong reservations"...

'Arnab Goswami Not A Special Person': Sibal Opposes Interim Protection To Republic TV Chief In TRP Scam Case

The hearing in the Republic TV's petition against Mumbai police FIR in TRP scam case in the Bombay High Court witnessed intense exchanges between Senior Advocates Harish Salve and Kapil Sibal over the grant of interim relief.Savle, appearing for Arnab Goswami, Editor-in-Chief of Republic TV, persuaded a bench comprising Justices SS Shinde and M S Karnik to grant him interim protection from...

Delay Of More Than 1 Year In Uploading Of Judgment After Pronouncement: SC Calls Upon Patna HC Registrar General To Explain [Read Order]

Noting the submission that the impugned judgment was pronounced on 24th January, 2018 but was uploaded on the Patna High Court website on 1st May, 2019, the Supreme Court on Thursday called upon the Registrar General of the High Court to submit a report on whether the said facts are correct, explaining the reasons for the same."There is an inordinate delay of 733 days as stated by the...

"6 Vacancies And 36,600 Cases": Petitioner Moves SC Seeking Urgent Hearing Of Plea For Timely And Transparent Appointments In CIC

An Application for urgent hearing has been filed in the plea before the Supreme Court which seeks for timely and transparent appointment of Information Commissioners in the Central Information Commission under the Right to Information Act, 2005. Filed by Advocate Prashant Bhushan on behalf of activist Anjali Bhardwaj, the Application asserts that six posts, including that of the...

Nanded gurudwara Dusshera procession: SC Directs Maharashtra SDMC To Take A Decision [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Nanded Sikh Gurudwara Sachkand Shri Hazur Abchalnagar Sahib Board to approach the Secretary, Disaster Management Department and for the State authorities to hear the plea by tomorrow. A Bench headed by Justice L. Nageswara Rao, was hearing a plea, filed by the Gurudwara, seeks for permission to conduct "Dusshera, Takht Isnan, Deepmala and...

[Breaking] TRP Scam : Bombay HC Asks Mumbai Police To First Issue Summons To Arnab Goswami If He Is Proposed To Be Added As Accused

The Bombay High Court on Monday directed the Mumbai police to issue a summons to Mr. Arnab Goswami, the Editor-in-Chief of Republic TV, in the first instance if he is proposed to be added as an accused in the FIR alleging manipulation of Televions Rating Points(TRP).A bench comprising Justices SS Shinde and M S Karnik also recorded the statement made by Senior Advocate Harish Salve on behalf...

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[TRP Scam- Arnab Goswami Vs Mumbai Police] Bombay HC Hearing On Republic's Plea To Quash FIR [Live-Updates]

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SC Stays Orissa HC's Ban On Bird/Animal Sacrifice During 'Chatar Yatra' [Read Order]

"A civilized society cannot accept to see such activities openly and blood of animals flowing on the streets during the procession of the deity.", the High Court had observed.