Durga Puja : Calcutta HC Relaxes Entry Restrictions In Pandals; Allows Maximum Of 45 Persons At A Time [Read Order]

On Wednesday (21st October), the Calcutta High Court partially modified its earlier order which declared that all pandals where Durga Puja is being celebrated this year in the State, shall be made no-entry zones for members of the public.The Division Bench of Justice Arijit Banerjee and Justice Sanjib Banerjee was hearing 8 applications filed primarily by the organisers of Durga Puja in...

'If You Become Investigator, Prosecutor & Judge, Why Are We Here?' Bombay HC Expresses Concerns Over Media Trial

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday expressed concerns over the practice of "media trial" while hearing a batch of petitions seeking regulations on the reportage of the Sushant Singh Rajput death case."If you become the investigator, prosecutor and the judge, what is the use of us? Why are we here", a bench comprising Chief Justice Dipankar Dutta and Justice G S Kulkarni asked Advocate...

[Media Trial In Sushant Singh Rajput Case] Live-Updates From Bombay HC

Bombay High Court is hearing PILs filed against Media Trials on account of media coverage, into the issue of the death of...

[Breaking] Allahabad HC Demands Production Of Gang-Rape Victim Allegedly Detained In Police Station, A Day After State Police Pulled Up For FIR Delay [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday took cognisance of the detention of a gang-rape victim in a police station, from a day after the court pulled up the state police for lodging the FIR only after three months of the alleged incident, and that too only upon the Court's intervention.The bench of Justices Shashi Kant Gupta and Pankaj Bhatia has directed the police to produce the girl before...

Safeguard Rights Of Human Rights Activists, NGOs : UN Human Rights Commissioner Appeals To India Govt

The Ministry of External Affairs responded by saying that violations of law cannot be condoned on the pretext of human rights.

Labour Reforms and the Elusive Quest for Workers' Rights

As the second largest labour force in the world, with a youthful demographic profile to boot, India is blessed with an abundance of human resource it can leverage to its advantage. Yet, one of its most enduring, if somewhat pitiless, paradoxes is that it has a deplorable history of underutilizing and ill-treating its workforce. To date, all attempts to set right this anomaly have met with limited success. In what might seem as a rational, pro-working class initiative, the Parliament...

Consider Allowing Lawyers To Board Local Trains For Professional Work Not Related To Court Proceedings: Bombay HC To State [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court on Monday asked the Maharashtra Government to consider allowing lawyers to travel on local trains for professional work not related to court proceedings.The Court also asked the state government to consider the case of registered advocate clerks, who have to travel for work other than court filings. The state was asked to take a decision preferably by today."Insofar as...

Supreme Court Bar Association Divided Over Resolution Condemning Andhra CM's Complaint To CJI; President Dave Calls It "Premature"

Dushyant Dave, Senior Advocate and the President of the Supreme Court Bar Association has disagreed with the resolution passed by the Executive Committee of the SCBA condemning the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, for making public his allegations against judges.Dave, who had recused from the EC meeting which passed the resolution, said that he had "strong reservations"...

'Arnab Goswami Not A Special Person': Sibal Opposes Interim Protection To Republic TV Chief In TRP Scam Case

The hearing in the Republic TV's petition against Mumbai police FIR in TRP scam case in the Bombay High Court witnessed intense exchanges between Senior Advocates Harish Salve and Kapil Sibal over the grant of interim relief.Savle, appearing for Arnab Goswami, Editor-in-Chief of Republic TV, persuaded a bench comprising Justices SS Shinde and M S Karnik to grant him interim protection from...

Delhi Riots: Delhi HC Grants One More Opportunity To Zee News To Disclose Source Of Alleged Confessional Statement Of An Accused

Delhi High Court has given one more opportunity to Zee News to disclose the source from which the allotted confessional statement of a Delhi riots accused is retrieved. While granting the opportunity, the Single Bench of Justice Vibhu Bakhru denied the request for submitting in a sealed cover the name of the journalist who retrieved the said confessional statement. The Bench of...

[Breaking] Kerala HC Directs Customs Not To Arrest M.Sivasankar Till Oct.23 In The Gold Smuggling Case

The Kerala High Court has directed the Customs Department not to arrest the former Principal Secretary to Kerala Chief Minister, M. Sivasankar IAS, till October 23, on which day, it will consider his anticipatory bail applications in cases registered by the Customs Department as well as that by the Enforcement Directorate.Justice Ashok Menon, who heard the plea, also directed the Customs to...

[Breaking] TRP Scam : Bombay HC Asks Mumbai Police To First Issue Summons To Arnab Goswami If He Is Proposed To Be Added As Accused

The Bombay High Court on Monday directed the Mumbai police to issue a summons to Mr. Arnab Goswami, the Editor-in-Chief of Republic TV, in the first instance if he is proposed to be added as an accused in the FIR alleging manipulation of Televions Rating Points(TRP).A bench comprising Justices SS Shinde and M S Karnik also recorded the statement made by Senior Advocate Harish Salve on behalf...