[TODAY AT 6.30 PM] Gautam Bhatia's Lecture Series On Landmark Cases: State Of West Bengal Vs Union Of India

Livelaw presents Gautam Bhatia's lecture series on landmark cases of the Indian Supreme Court. Case:- State Of West Bengal Vs Union Of India [AIR 1963 SC 241] The details of the event are as follows:- Date: 30 October 2021 (Saturday) Time: 6:30 pm onwards Watch Live on : Youtube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbHiZR-udB4&feature=youtu.beFacebook...

If Banned Firecrackers Found To Be Made Or Used, Authorities Will Be Held Personally Liable : Supreme Court [Read Order]

"Celebration cannot be at the cost of the other's health. Under the guise of celebration, nobody can be permitted to infringe the right to health of the others, guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India and nobody can be permitted to play with the life of the others, more particularly the senior citizens and the children."

Dishonour Of Cheque Issued As A Security Can Also Attract Offences U/Sec 138 NI Act: Supreme court

The Supreme Court observed that the dishonour of cheque issued as a security can also attract offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act.There cannot be a hard and fast rule that a cheque which is issued as security can never be presented by the drawee of the cheque, the bench of Justices MR Shah and AS Bopanna observed.The court added that such contention would arise ...

UAPA - If Chargesheet Does Not Reveal Prima Facie Case, Embargo For Bail Under Sec 43D(5) Won't Apply : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that the embargo for grant of bail under Section 43D(5) of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act will not be attracted if the chargesheet does not reveal a prima facie case.'"The stringent conditions for grant of bail in sub-section (5) of Section 43D will apply only to the offences punishable only under Chapters IV and VI of the 1967 Act...The embargo...

Win For Investigative Journalism : N Ram On Supreme Court's Pegasus Order

A 3-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India of Justices N.V.Ramana, Surya Kant and Hima Kohli ordered the constitution of an independent expert committee to look into the allegations of widespread and targeted surveillance of politicians, journalists, activists, etc using the Pegasus software.The functioning of the committee will be overseen by retired Supreme Court judge Justice...

'Centre Thought They Could Bludgeon The Court Like Earlier That We Say This & The Court Will Accept It' : Justice Deepak Gupta On Pegasus Order

The Supreme Court's order in the Pegasus case is getting widely hailed. Yesterday, a 3-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India of Justices N.V.Ramana, Surya Kant and Hima Kohli ordered the constitution of an independent expert committee to look into the allegations of widespread and targeted surveillance of politicians, journalists, activists, etc using the...

Aryan Khan, 2 Other Granted Bail : Live Updates From Bombay High Court

Bombay High Court will continue hearing bail applications of Aryan Khan, Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha today.When the court adjourned the hearing yesterday, the single-judge bench of Justice Nitin W Sambre had indicated that the matter will be taken up post 2.30 pm.Today the Court will hear NCB's arguments Yesterday, Senior Advocate Amit Desai completed his arguments for Arbaaz...

[BREAKING] NEET-UG : Supreme Paves Way For Results Declaration By Staying HC Order For Re-Test To 2 Students

The Supreme Court on Thursday paved the way for the declaration of the results of the NEET-UG 2021 exam by staying a recent Bombay High Court order which had directed the National Testing Agency to hold fresh exam for two NEET UG aspirants. A bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao, Sanjiv Khanna and BR Gavai issued notice on the special leave petition filed by the National Testing...

UAPA Case : Supreme Court Grants Bail To Thwaha Fasal, Dismisses NIA's Appeal Against Allan Shuhaib's Bail

The Supreme Court on Thursday restored the Special NIA Court, Kochi's order granting bail to Kerala youth Thwaha Fasal and Allan Shuhaib in a UAPA case over alleged Moist links.The bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and Abhay Sreeniwas Oka delivered the judgment in the following appeals : The appeal filed by Thwaha Fasal, a journalism student, challenging the judgment of the Kerala High Court...

Mumbai Police Orders Probe Against NCB Officer Sameer Wankhede; KP Gosavi Arrested By Pune Police

The Mumbai Police has appointed a four-member team to investigate the extortion allegations levelled against the Narcotics Control Bureau's Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede. The Joint Commissioner of Police Vishwas Nangre Patil issued the order on Wednesday directing Additional Commissioner of Police (ACP) Dilip Sawant to supervise the probe. The official order states that...

'No Evidence Of Conspiracy, A Case Of Personal Consumption, Maximum Punishment Is One Year': Amit Desai Argues In Aryan Khan Case In Bombay HC

Senior Advocate Amit Desai appearing for Arbaaz Merchant in the cruise ship drug case today told the Bombay High Court that the maximum case against him is that of 'personal consumption' of drugs. The Court is hearing the bail applications filed by Aryan Khan, Arbaaz Merchant and Munmun Dhamecha in the cruise ship drug case. Live Updates from hearing before Justice NW Sambre...

Pegasus- All You Want To Know About Supreme Court Appointed Committee-Members, Terms Of Reference, Procedure

The Supreme Court ordered the constitution of an independent expert committee to look into the allegations of widespread and targeted surveillance of politicians, journalists, activist etc using the Pegasus spyware.Compelling Circumstances To Appoint Expert committeeThe CJI NV Ramana led bench declined the Centre's plea to allow them to appoint an Expert Committee for the...