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'In Arnab Goswami's Case, Your Lordships Interfered When Bail Was Pending; I'll Rely On That' : Sibal During Siddique Kappan Case
Siddique Kappan Case: Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal submitted before the Supreme Court on Wednesday that he will rely on the order in the Arnab Goswami's case to seek the release of Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan from custody.Sibal highlighted that Republic TV anchor Goswami was granted relief by the Supreme Court even when his bail application was pending before the Sessions Court.He...
NGT Bans Use And Sale Of Fire Crackers In Delhi-NCR Regions With 'Poor' Air Quality During COVID19 Pandemic
NGT (National Green Tribunal) on Tuesday imposed a total ban on sale and use of all kinds of fire crackers during Covid-19 pandemic in the NCR and all cities/towns in the country where the ambient air quality falls under the 'poor' and above category. The Tribunal clarified that its previous direction to restrict use of fire crackers in cities/towns where air quality is 'moderate'...
Delhi High Court Issues Notice On CPIL's Plea Against Govt's CMS, NATGRID, NETRA Surveillance Systems
The Delhi High Court today issued notice to the Ministries of Home Affairs, Law, Information Technology and Communications, on a plea against the Central Government's surveillance systems Central Monitoring System (CMS), Network Traffic Analysis (NETRA), and National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID), on a plea by Centre for Public Interest Litigation and and Software Freedom Law CentreThe...
'How Many Actions Will You Take?' : Bombay High Court Questions Maharashtra Police Over FIR Against Sunaina Holey For Anti-Govt Tweet
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday while hearing a matter relating to tweets against Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and his son Aditya Thackeray questioned the Maharashtra government if action will be taken against all those who say something objectionable on Twitter.A division bench of justices SS Shinde and MS Karnik was hearing the criminal writ petition under Section 482 of CrPC filed...
'Judiciary And Social Justice, Dignity And Personal Liberty, Human Rights And Frights': Justice Madan Lokur
"Dissent and disagreement are slowly being turned into sedition; sedition is slowly being turned into an offence under the UAPA and an offence under the UAPA will soon be turned into a national security issue inviting the frightening prospect of an invocation of the draconian preventive detention law".
Right To Marry A Person Of Choice Irrespective Of Caste Or Religion A Fundamental Right : Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has held that the right of any major individual to marry the person of his/her choice is a fundamental right enshrined in the Constitution of India. A division bench of Justices S Sujata and Sachin Shankar Magadum, while disposing of a habeas corpus petition filed by one Wajeed Khan seeking the release of his lover Ramya from confinement, said : "It is...
Delhi Riots: Delhi High Court Issues Notice To Delhi Govt In Plea Seeking Compensation For Victims
Delhi High Court has issued notice in a plea seeking interim and full compensation for the victims of the riots that broke out in the northeast districts of Delhi. While issuing notice, the Single Bench of Justice Navin Chawla has also directed the Delhi Government to file a counter-affidavit within four weeks. Filed by Md Shahabaj and other victims of the riots, the petition...
Preventive Detention Laws Allow State To Carve Out Exception For Its Lawlessness : Mihir Desai, Senior Advocate
[This lecture on the topic 'The Problem Of Preventive Detention In India' was delivered on 23 November 2020 as part of the KG Kannabiran Lectures on Law, Justice and Human Rights – organised by the family of KG Kannabiran (1929-2010) to celebrate his life, work and its futures]. ABSTRACT Preventive detention laws and special legislations like UAPA -- anti-terror laws as they are called -- allow the state to carve out exception for its own lawlessness. These are the laws...
Lawyers Send Straws & Sippers To Mumbai's Taloja Jail For 83-Year Old Stan Swamy
After 83-year-old Father Stan Swamy moved the NIA Court seeking adequate facilities at the Taloja Jail as he is unable to drink water from glass due to medical reasons, a group of lawyers have sent straws and sippers for him. Stating that the authorities must ensure that the detention of persons at the jail must be 'human', the members of the Bar urged the Jail Superintendent of...