Plea Seeking Ban On Republic TV & Arnab; Bombay HC Refuses Relief Says Petitioners Have Liberty To Move SC

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday refused to grant any relief in writ petitions filed by two members of the Congress party seeking ban on Arnab Goswami and Republic Tv. The petitioners have also sought registration of FIR against Arnab, his channel and its management for spreading communal hatred during a telecast relating to the palghar mob lynching incident.Justice Prithviraj Chavan heard...

'It Appears People At Large Are Hungry; Migrant Workers Suffering The Most' : Gujarat HC Takes Suo Moto Notice Of Lockdown Miseries [Read Order]

It is the paramount duty of the State Authorities to ensure that its citizen do not go hungry, the HC told the Gujarat Government.

DP Yadav's Plea For Bail On Medical Grounds: SC Issues Notice To CBI

The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in a matter seeking bail on medical grounds for former Uttar Pradesh legislator DP Yadav.Yadav, who is serving life imprisonment in Dehradun jail in connection with a murder, had been earlier granted interim bail in order to undergo spinal surgery at Yashoda Hospital and Research Centre in Ghaziabad. He...

Gujarat HC Declares BJP State Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama's Election As Void

The Gujarat High Court nullified the election of Bhupendrasinh Manubha Chudasama who had been elected to the Gujarat State Legislative Assembly in December 2017, on grounds of malpractice and manipulation. The BJP leader, who currently holds a position as the Minister of State for Revenue, Education, Higher and Technical Education and Law and Parliamentary Affairs, had been declared...

"Do The Needful" SC To Centre On Pregnant Indian Woman's Repatriation Plea From USA

The Supreme Court on Tuesday took up a petition seeking immediate repatriation of a pregnant woman via the scheduled May 13 Air India flight.A bench of Justices Nageswara Rao, Abdul Nazeer & Sanjeev Khanna directed Centre to do the needful but did not pass orders as prayed for.The petitioner's lawyer, Mr. Sanjay M. Nulli argued that the petitioner is at an advanced stage of pregnancy and...

"It Causes More Concern To Citizens Than Benefit': Justice BN Srikrishna Says 'Mandating The Use Of Arogya Setu App Is "Utterly Illegal"[Watch Video]

Speaking at a webinar organized by Daksh, an advocacy group, on Monday, Former Supreme Court Judge, Justice BN Srikrishna said that mandating the use of Aarogya Setu app "causes more concern to citizens than benefit." Justice Srikrishna is a pioneer in the data laws regime, having headed the committee of experts on data protection. Whilst the data protection laws were still...

[Breaking] Delhi HC Grants Interim Protection To Delhi Minorities Commission Chief Zafarul Islam From Coercive Action

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted interim protection from any coercive action to Zafarul Islam Khan, the Chief of the Delhi Minorities Commission. The Single Bench of Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri has said that no coercive action can be taken against the Chief of Delhi Minorities Commission till the next date of hearing. Moved through Advocate Vrinda Grover, the...

SC's Videoconference Hearings: "Benches To Hear Cases From Courtrooms From Next Week, Lawyers Can Argue From Chambers"

The Supreme Court on Tuesday assembled at the premises of Supreme Court vicinity instead of Judge's residence.A bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao, Abdul Nazeer & Sanjeev Khanna assembled in Court No. 4 of the Supreme Court building and heard matters via Videoconferencing with Lawyers addressing the bench from their respective Chamber(s).As hearings commenced, Solicitor General Tushar...

Breaking: State High Power Committee Decides To Release 50% Of 35239 Prisoners In Maharashtra [Read Decision]

In a huge relief to prisoners across the State of Maharashtra, the State High Power Committee has decided to release more than 17,000 undertrials/prisoners out of the total of 35,239 prisoners in the State.With the total number of Covid-19 positive cases at Arthur Road jail rising to 185, fresh positive cases being detected at Byculla women's prison and Satara District prison, the potential...

Kerala HC Seeks Statement From Centre On Data Privacy Safeguards Of 'Aarogya Setu' App

The High Court of Kerala on Tuesday sought a statement from the Central Government on the data privacy safeguards of the 'Aarogya Setu', the contact tracing app developed by the National Informatics Centre amid the COVID-19 pandemic.The Court asked whether the Central Government can guarantee that the information collected by the Aarogya Setu app would not be misused.A bench comprising...

Lawyer Moves SC For Safe Transport Of Migrant Workers In Mumbai; Offers To Deposit ₹ 25 Lakhs As Travel Cost [Read Petition]

In the backdrop of the Aurangabad tragedy whereby 16 migrant workers walking back to their native places were killed by a goods train, a petition has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking for directions to provide for safe transportation of migrant workers in Mumbai, particularly those hailing from Sant Kabir Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, in order to put an end to their suffering caused...

SC To Monitor Beautification Of 18th Century Garden 'Sisodia Rani Ka Bagh'; Sets Aside NGT Ban On Social Functions There

The Supreme Court on Monday set aside the blanket ban imposed by the National Green Tribunal on organizing social functions like marriages and other events in 'Sisodia Rani Ki Bagh', an 18th-century historical site near Jaipur, Rajasthan.Partly allowing the appeal filed by The Director, Department of Archaeology and Museums, Jaipur, a bench comprising Justices Arun Mishra and S Ravindra Bhat...