[Breaking] No Change Of Trial Judge In Actor Sexual Assault Case; Kerala High Court Dismisses Transfer Pleas Of Victim & Prosecution

The Kerala High Court on Friday dismissed the applications filed by the prosecution and the victim seeking to change the judge holding trial in the sensational actor sexual assault case of 2017.A single bench of Justice V G Arun had reserved orders on November 13 after hearing Special Public Prosecutor Suman Chakravarthy and Senior Advocate S Sreekumar, who represented the victim. The HC had...

Wife Can Seek Information About Husband's Income Under Right To Information Act: CIC

In a significant order, the Central Information Commission has partly allowed a wife's appeal, seeking information about her husband's income under the Right to Information Act, 2005. Information Commissioner Neeraj Kumar Gupta, while relying on certain High Court orders where it was held that a wife is entitled to know what remuneration her husband is getting, directed the Income...

'Duty Of Court To Protect Personal Liberty': Karnataka High Court Cites SC Order In Arnab Goswami Case To Grant Bail To TV Channel MD

The Karnataka High Court has cited the recent order passed by the Supreme Court in Arnab Goswami's case to grant anticipatory bail to Rakesh Shetty, Managing Director and Editor of Power TV in an alleged case of extortion.The extortion case was registered by the Bengaluru police against Shetty after his channel ran a series of reports raising corruption allegations against the family of...

TN Bar Council Moves Madras High Court For Criminal Action Against Ex-HC Judge CS Karnan

A single Bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday referred an original criminal petition, filed by the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu against retired High Court Judge, CS Karnan for passing rape threats and sexually coloured remarks against wives of judges, women lawyers and female court staff, to a Division Bench. Justice T Ravindran observed that it will be appropriate to put the...

Actor Sexual Assault Case : Kerala High Court To Pronounce Orders Tomorrow On Petitions Of Victim & Prosecution To Change Judge

The Kerala High Court will pronounce orders tomorrow on the applications filed by the prosecution and the victim seeking to change of the judge holding the trial in the actor sexual assault case.A single bench of Justice V G Arun had reserved orders on November 13 after hearing Special Public Prosecutor Suman Chakravarthy and Senior Advocate S Sreekumar, who represented the victim. The HC...

Supreme Court Stays Release Order Issued By Navy To Woman Officer Without Considering Claim For Permanent Commission

The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the order of release issued by the Indian Navy to a woman officer without considering her claim for permanent commission.The lady officer, Lt Cdr Harmeet Kaur, approached the Supreme Court saying that her case was covered by the 'Lt Cdr Annie Nagaraja' judgment of March 2020 whereby the Navy was directed to grant permanent commission to women...

Anti-Defection Law : Kerala High Court Directs Election Commission To Get Declaration From Candidates About Support From Coalition

In order to avoid ambiguities about the application of anti-defection law, the Kerala High Court has directed the Election Commission to obtain a written declaration from candidates about the support from a coalition."...it is appropriate to direct the Election Commission to insist on obtaining a declaration from the contestants of a coalition to produce the declaration that the contestant...

Centre's Affidavit In Supreme Court Maintains Silence About Instances Of Communal Reporting Of Tablighi Jamaat Issue

The Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has told the Supreme Court in an affidavit that the media "predominantly stuck to a balanced and neutral perspective" while reporting the news of Tablighi Jamaat followers getting infected with COVID-19 while attending a congregation at Nizamuddin Markaz at New Delhi in March this year.This statement was made in the affidavit filed by...

CJI Bobde's One Year At Office: A Look At Pending Cases Involving Serious Constitutional Questions

As the Chief Justice of India S A Bobde completes one year at the office on November 18, it is worthwhile to have a look at major cases involving substantial constitutional questions, which are awaiting adjudication by the Supreme Court.The Supreme Court has come under considerable criticism for not showing a sense of urgency in deciding several cases of vital national importance such as the petitions challenging the revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, the...

Laxmi Vilas Bank Placed Under Moratorium, Centre Announces Draft Amalgamation Scheme With DBS Bank India Ltd.

Laxmi Vilas Bank can also make payments towards existing liabilities for call money or inter-bank borrowings including letters of credit, which are falling due during the period of moratorium, and make payments towards trades made before the moratorium which are yet to be settled.

Delhi HC Restraints A Bakery From Using The Mark 'FACEBAKE' In A Trademark Suit Filed By Facebook

Delhi High Court has restrained a bakery from using the mark 'FACEBAKE' in a trademark infringement suit filed by Facebook. While issuing notice to the Defendant bakery, the Single Bench of Justice Rajiv Shakdher noted that if interim relief is not granted, Facebook's legal rights and business interests will get impacted. The order has come in a civil suit filed by Facebook against...

'Varavara Rao Not Seen By Experts; His Medical Report Complete Eyewash' : Indira Jaising Tells Bombay High Court

The medical report prepared by the doctors of Nanavati hospital after examining 81-year old undertrial Varavara Rao through video call is a 'complete eyewash', said his lawyer Senior Advocate Indira Jaising in the Bombay High Court on Tuesday.Jaising raised serious objections against the medical report. She submitted before a bench comprising Justices S S Shinde and Madhav Jamdar that a copy...