Andhra Pradesh High Court Quashes Amaravati Land Scam FIR Against Former Advocate General & Others

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has quashed the FIR registered by the Anti-Corruption Bureau against former Advocate General Damallapati Srinivas and others in alleged Amaravati land scam.The FIR was registered alleging that the Srinivas and other accused had purchased large tracts of land in and around Amaravati, before it was announced as the new capital of the State of Andhra Pradesh after...

[Delhi Riots] Vague Evidence & General Allegations Not Sufficient To Invoke 149 R/W 302 IPC: High Court Grants Bail To Five Accused In Head Constable Ratan Lal Murder Case

The Delhi High Court on Friday granted bail to five accused in connection with murder of Head Constable Ratan Lal and causing head injuries to a DCP during the North-East Delhi riots that rocked the national capital last year. (FIR 60/2020 PS DayalPur)Justice Subramonium Prasad passed the order after reserving it last month. The Court heard at length various counsels appearing on behalf of...

Depression Can Be Classified As 'Serious Illness' In COVID's Context: Gujarat High Court

Depression can be classified as a serious illness, especially in the context of the COVID, observed the Gujarat High Court on Tuesday as it set aside the order and decision of a government college to cancel the registration and admission of a student as he failed to appear for the examination due to depression and suicidal thoughts. The Bench of Justice N. V. Anjaria...

No 'Distinguished Jurist' Appointment As Supreme Court Judge Yet

The President of India appointed eight High Court Judges and one Senior Advocate as Judges of the Supreme Court of India. If we survey the appointments since 1950, it can be seen that most of the appointees are from 'High Court judges' category. Senior Advocate PS Narasimha is the ninth lawyer (since 1950) to be appointed as judge directly from the bar. But not even one appointment has been made from 'distinguished jurist' category till date.As per Article 124 of the Constitution of India, a...

If NGT Acts On A Letter Representation, Will It Be A Suo Motu Case? Supreme Court Asks [Hearing Day 2]

The Supreme Court on Thursday continued hearing a batch of petitions on the issue whether the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has jurisdiction under the provisions of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 to initiate suo motu proceedings based on a letter or newspaper report. The matter is being adjudicated upon by a Bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, Hrishikesh Roy and CT Ravikumar....

5 Nine-Judge Bench Matters Pending Before Supreme Court; Oldest One Pending Since 2002

As per the 'statistics about matters pending in Supreme Court' published last month, there are 5 Nine Judges Bench Matters pending before the Supreme Court.These cases pertains to interpretations of : (1) 'material resources' in Article 39(b) of Constitution (2) Section 18-G of Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, (3) 'Industries' in Industrial Disputes Act (4) Royalties on...

Scientists Believe Cow Is The Only Animal That Inhales & Exhales Oxygen; No Fundamental Right To Eat Cow-Beef : Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court yesterday observed that Cow should be given the status of National Animal in light of the fact that "Cow is part and parcel of the culture of India" and that eating/consuming Cow-beef can't be considered to be a fundamental right of any person.The order passed by Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav also observed that scientists believed that cow is the only animal...

Attempt To Give Communal Colour To News A Problem; Gives Bad Name To Country : CJI Ramana

While hearing a batch of writ petitions seeking action against the media for communalization of the Tablighi Jamaat meeting in Delhi Nizamuddin Markaz, the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana today expressed concerns about the attempts in social media and online portals to give communal colour to news.The CJI lamented that the web portals are not governed by anything and social media...

No Offence Of Rash Driving If Pedestrian Was Hit While Not Using Zebra Crossing : Mumbai Court

A biker accused of killing a pedestrian was acquitted by the Court.

Cow Should Be Declared National Animal; Cow Protection Be Made Fundamental Right Of Hindus : Allahabad High Court

Observing that cow should be declared as national animal and cow protection should be kept as a fundamental right of Hindus the Allahabad High Court denied bail to one Javed who has been accused of slaughtering a cow."We know that when a country's culture and its faith gets hurt, the country becomes weak," noted the Court. Denying him bail, the Bench of Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav...

Applicability Of Res Judicata Between Co-Defendants: Supreme Court Explains

The Supreme Court, in a judgment passed last week, examined the applicability of res judicata between co-defendants.The court observed that the requisite conditions to apply the principle of res judicata as between co-defendants are that :(a) there must be conflict of interest between the defendants concerned; (b) it must be necessary to decide this conflict in order to give the plaintiff...

Schools Should Not Compel Children To Attend Physical Classes: Telangana High Court

A two-judge Bench of the Telangana High Court comprising of Acting Chief Justice M. S. Ramchandra Rao and Justice T. Vinod Kumar on Tuesday gave a series of directions on the government Memo issued relating to the opening of all schools in the state from Sept. 1. The government issued the Memo on August 24th, directing to reopen all the government and private schools in the state to...