RTI Activist Saket Gokhale Moves Bombay High Court For Removal Of NCW Chairperson Rekha Sharma

Activist Saket S Gokhale has filed a civil writ petition before the Bombay High Court praying for directions to the Ministry of Women & Child Development to remove Ms. Rekha Sharma as its Chairperson for promoting anti-Muslim theory "love jihad". The petition has been filed in the backdrop of a recent tweet of Ms. Sharma, whereby she claims to have met with the Governor...

[Breaking] Ministry Of Electronics, NIC And NeGD Have No Information About Who Created Arogya Setu App & How It Was Created: CIC Summons CPIOs

"None of the CPIOs were able to explain anything regarding who created the App, where are the files, and the same is extremely preposterous", the CIC stated.

[Breaking] Kerala High Court Denies Pre-Arrest Bail To M Siva Sankar IAS In Gold Smuggling Case

There are strong indications pointed out by the ED to suggest that the applicant may be a person involved in the money laundering with Swapna Suresh, the Court observed.

K R Narayanan Acted As A 'Constitutional President': A Centenary Tribute

27 October marks the 100th birth anniversary of former President Mr K R Narayanan, India's first Dalit President, and a statesman par excellence. He was an outstanding scholar, a brilliant diplomat, and a great citizen who always stood for the cause of common people. He was a great defender of constitutional principles and values. As the President of India, he proved that the President is not a rubber stamp. He became the President of India on 25 July 1997. Before that, he was the ...

'Sushant Died 5 Days After He Was Unlawfully Prescribed Drugs By His Sister' : Rhea Chakraborty Tells Bombay High Court

Actor Rhea Chakraborty has filed her reply before the Bombay High Court in the plea filed by Sushant Singh Rajput's sisters seeking quashing of FIR registered against them, and alleged that since the late actor died five days after obtaining oral prescription from sister Priyanka and her friend Dr.Tarun Kumar, it is imperative that the actions of petitioners are investigated as well.The...

Right to Dignity; The Institutional Deficit

On the Global Dignity Day (October 21), India joined the world in celebrating human dignity, about which Thomas Paine had famously written that "…the sun never shined on a cause of greater worth". Regrettably, more than seven decades after independence, we face a legitimate interrogation about our faltering record in the advancement of a defining national aspiration. India stands at number 94 out of the 107 countries evaluated on the Global Hunger Index with over 14 crore undernourished...

Centre Removes Prohibition On Transfer Of Land In Jammu & Kashmir To People Outside State [Read Notification]

The Central Government on Tuesday notified the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Adaptation of State Laws) Fifth Order, 2020, making it possible for people outside Jammu and Kashmir to buy land in the State.The Jammu and Kashmir Alienation Of Land Act 1995 which prohibited transfer of land in favour of any person who is not a State Subject now stands repealed as a whole.Section 4 of the...

'You Cannot Ask For A General Direction To Implement A Law' : Supreme Court Dismisses PIL To Enforce Farmers Acts

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a PIL which sought directions to the Centra and States for enforcing the recently passed three Famers Acts."You cannot ask for a general direction to implement the Act. You have to bring forth specific cases", observed the Chief Justice of India, S A Bobde, while dismissing the PIL.The PIL filed by "Hindu Dharma Parishad" had also sought for directions...

[Breaking] Hathras Case : Supreme Court Asks Allahabad High Court To Monitor CBI Probe [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Allahabad High Court to monitor the ongoing the CBI probe into the Hathras gang-rape and murder case.As regards the plea for transfer of trial outside the State of Uttar Pradesh, the CJI-led bench stated that the question of transfer is left open until the investigation is completed.The bench also took note of the submission of the Solicitor General of...

Plea In Supreme Court For Urgent Hearing Of PIL Against Electoral Bonds Scheme Amidst Bihar Elections

The Association for Democratic Reforms has filed an urgent application before the Supreme Court seeking urgent hearing of the PIL on the issue of Electoral Bonds, on account of opening of the sale window of EBs, right before the Bihar Elections. Significantly, the State Bank of India, in the XIV Phase of sale, has been authorized to issue and encash Electoral Bonds through...

Lawyer Writes To Advocate General Of Maharashtra Seeking Consent To Initiate Contempt Proceedings Against Kangana Ranaut

A Mumbai based lawyer has written to the Advocate General of Maharashtra AA Kumbhakoni seeking his consent to initiate contempt proceedings against actor Kangana Ranaut in Bombay High Court for her tweet allegedly undermining the judiciary (Magistrate Court).According to Advocate Ali Kaashif Khan Deshmukh, the following tweet by the actor referring to a Bandra court ordering registration of...

Relief To Mahesh Bhatt As Luviena Lodh's Lawyer Assures Bombay HC That She Will Not Make Defamatory Statements On Social Media

The Bombay High Court on Monday heard the civil defamation suit filed by filmmakers Mahesh Bhatt and Mukesh Bhatt seeking injunction against actor Luveina Lodh for making "false, defamatory, distasteful" allegations against them on social media and sought Rs.1 Cr each in damages for the same.Justice AK Menon restrained the defendant from making any defamatory statement against the Bhatts...