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Statement Made Before Court Ultimately Matters Than Statement Under Section 50 PMLA : Justice Sanjiv Khanna
Supreme Court judge Justice Sanjiv Khanna on Monday (April 15) orally observed that there was a difference between the admissibility of a statement of an accused recorded under Section 50 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and its evidentiary value.Justice Khanna observed that the evidence before the Court is the actual statement made by the person in the Court itself and not...
IT Rules 2021 | FCU Meant For Total State Censorship On Anything Govt Doesn't Want People To Know, Discuss, Debate Or Question: Kunal Kamra Tells Bombay High Court
On Monday, the petitioners in pleas challenging the 2021 IT Amendment told the Bombay High Court that the purpose of a government fact check unit (FCU) is not to protect the public from misinformation but to bring total state censorship over anything that the government does not want people to know, discuss, debate or question.“Under the impugned Rule, it is not the actual falseness or...
Supreme Court Agrees To Hear PIL Seeking Appointment Of Persons With Disabilities In District Judiciary
The Supreme Court on Monday (April 15) issued notice in a Public Interest Litigation raising the issue of exclusion of Persons With Disabilities from appointment to the District Judiciary in many States.The petitioner contends that the judicial service rules of many States do not provide for the PwD (Persons with Disability) Quota, under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016.The...
Supreme Court Rejects Advocates' Challenge To Gujarat HC's Order Directing Investigation Against Them For Allegedly Forging Vakalatnama
The Supreme Court (on April 15) refused to interfere in a petition filed by two practising advocates from Gujarat challenging an inquiry ordered by the Gujarat High Court against them for alleged misconduct of forging their client's vakalatnama. The matter was considered by a bench of Justices BR Gavai and Sandeep Mehta. Senior Advocates Mukul Rohatgi and Yatin Oza appeared for...
Muzaffarnagar School Slapping Case | What Steps Taken To Prosecute Offender? Supreme Court Asks UP Govt
The Supreme Court on Monday (April 15) asked the State of Uttar Pradesh about the steps taken to prosecute the offender in the Muzaffarnagar school slapping case. The case related to the alleged incident where a teacher at a school in Muzaffarnagar asked her students to slap a student and allegedly uttered communal slurs against him.The Court asked Additional Advocate General Garima Prashad...
Supreme Court Rejects Plea Seeking Voting Arrangements For Displaced Manipuris, Says Too Late To Issue Directions To Election Commission
The Supreme Court on Monday (April 15) declined to entertain a petition seeking voting arrangements for approximately18,000 who got displaced from Manipur due to the ethnic clash to cast their votes in their home constituency in the Lok Sabha General Elections scheduled to take place on April 19 and 26. The bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud comprising Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra...
Supreme Court Appreciates Railways For Steps Taken To Implement Anti-Collision 'Kavach' System In Trains
Appreciating the steps taken by Indian Railways for the implementation of 'Kavach (anti-collision) System' in trains, the Supreme Court on Monday (April 15) disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL).The PIL was filed by Advocate Vishal Tiwari following the Balasore train accident of last year seeking improvement of the anti-collision measures in railways.The Bench Comprising Justices...
Supreme Court Refuses Anticipatory Bail To AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan In PMLA Case, Expresses Reservations With Delhi HC's Observations On Merits
The Supreme Court today (on April 15) refused to entertain the petition filed by Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amanatullah Khan against the dismissal of his anticipatory bail by the Delhi High Court, in a money laundering case related to alleged irregularities in the recruitment of the Delhi Wakf Board.However, at the same time, the Bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta expressed...
'Need To Safeguard Judiciary From Unwarranted Pressures' : 21 Retired Judges Write To CJI DY Chandrachud
A group of retired Supreme Court and High Court judges has jointly penned a letter to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) expressing their concern regarding the escalating attempts by certain factions to undermine the judiciary through 'calculated pressure, misinformation, and public disparagement'. They emphasized the importance of protecting judicial independence and autonomy from...
Breaking: Delhi Court Extends CM Arvind Kejriwal's Judicial Custody In Liquor Policy Case Till April 23
A Delhi Court on Monday extended the judicial custody of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal till April 23 in the money laundering case connected to the now scrapped liquor policy. He was arrested on the night of March 21.Kejriwal was produced virtually before Special judge Kaveri Baweja of the Rouse Avenue Courts on the expiry of his judicial custody. The Court said it is extending custody till...
Supreme Court Issues Notice To ED On Arvind Kejriwal's Petition Challenging Arrest, Lists On Week Starting From April 29
The Supreme Court on Monday (April 15) issued notice to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on the petition filed by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal against his arrest by the ED in connection with the Delhi liquor policy case. Seeking the ED's response, the Court posted the matter in the week commencing on April 29, 2024.“Issue notice returnable in the week commencing 29th April,...
Krishna Janmabhoomi Case : Supreme Court Extends Stay On HC Order Appointing Commission To Inspect Shahi Idgah Mosque Till August 2024
The Supreme Court on Monday (April 15) posted to August 2024 a batch of petitions challenging the orders passed by the Allahabad High Court in relation to the Krishna Janambhoomi dispute.A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta was hearing the special leave petitions filed by the management committee of the Shahi Eidgah Mosque, Mathura and the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf...