'Why Only Certain Judges Get Politically Sensitive Matters?' : Dave Raises Points Of Criticism Against SC In Prashant Bhushan Contempt Case

Gripping arguments ensued on Wednesday in the 3-hour long hearing in the Supreme Court in the contempt case against Advocate Prashant Bhushan for his tweets about Chief Justice SA Bobde and the Judiciary before Supreme Court.A bench of Justices Arun Mishra, BR Gavai & Krishna Murari heard Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave who appeared for Bhushan in the case. Dave's arguments'...

Prashant Bhushan Contempt Case : Live Updates From SC

The SC is hearing the writ petition filed by Advocate Prashant Bhushan seeking the recall of the contempt notice against him.Live Updates from the hearing...

Kashmir's Year Of Angst And Supreme Court's Year Of Abdications: One Year Of Article 370 Changes

The judiciary has remained a mute bystander with respect to the developments in J&K, except for making hollow statements regarding the return of normalcy.

[LIVE NOW] Webinar On 'Reconciling State Interests With Digital Life' In Association With SFLC

LiveLaw is hosting a webinar in association with Software Freedom Law Centre (SFLC) on the topic "Reconciling State's Interest with Digital Life" at 6 PM today (August 4)The panelists for the session are :1. Anuradha Bhasin - Editor, Kashmir Times 2.Manish Tewari (INC MP)3. Prof. Manoj Jha (RJD MP) 4. Dr. Gulshan Rai (Former National Cyber Security Coordinator, Government of...

Jamia Violence : Live Updates From Delhi HC Hearing

The Delhi High Court is hearing a batch of petitions seeking an independent inquiry into alleged police atrocities in the Jamia Milia Islamia campus in the backdrop of anti-CAA protests.Follow live updates from the hearing here...

[Contempt Proceedings Against Prashant Bhushan] LIVE-UPDATES From Supreme Court

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Section 138 NI Act: Cheque Not Valid If Amount Written Is Uncertain, Holds Delhi Court [Read Order]

A Delhi Court has recently held that an instrument cannot be termed as a cheque, if it does not specify a "certain amount" of money to be paid to a certain person. Thus, if the amount written on the instrument is "absurd", the same cannot be called a 'cheque' and it will not draw any legal consequences under the Negotiable Instruments Act. The observation was made by Addl. Sessions...

Advocates, Doctors, CAs Now Covered Under MSME Loan Scheme

The Union Finance Ministry has expanded the scope of the MSME loan scheme announced in the wake of COVID-19 to include professionals like doctors, lawyers, chartered accountants and others, reported the Financial Express.The 3-lakh crore scheme was announced by Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, in May as part of Government's 'Athmanirbhar package' to help the Micro, Small and...

MP HC Asks Person Accused Of Outraging Modesty Of Neighbour To Request Her To Tie The Rakhi With A Promise To Protect Her, as Bail Condition [Read Order]

In a first, the Madhya Pradesh High Court (Indore Bench) on Thursday (30th July) released a person, apprehended for outraging the modesty of a woman, on bail provided that he visits the house of the complainant and requests her to tie the Rakhi band to him "with the promise to protect her to the best of his ability for all times to come." The bench of Justice Rohit Arya was hearing a...

Time To Derecognize 'Scandalising The Court' As A Form Of Contempt

"Committals for contempt by scandalising the court itself have become obsolete in this country. Courts are satisfied to leave to public opinion attacks or comments derogatory or scandalous to them." This observation by Lord Morris in a judgment he delivered in 1899, is more relevant today given the development that journalist-writer-lawyer trio has approached the Apex Court challenging constitutionality of criminalization of 'scandalization the court'.These observations by Lord Morris were...

Safoora Zargar Got Bail; But Questions On Legality Of Her Custody Remain

The topic of bail to Safoora may seem irrelevant now that she has been released. But I wish to discuss it knowing that countless Safooras, in both genders, continue to face similar fates and it is important that we know how the State behaves in situations which demand fairness in procedure and how Judges are immune to understanding the basics of Law. I feel a certain amount of concern because the people who left her languishing in jail cannot even begin to imagine the innards of...

Obtain NOC Before Telecasting Any Movie/ Web Series Based On Army Theme: Defence Ministry Writes To CBFC [Read Letter]

The Ministry of Defence has requested the Central Board of Film Certification to advise all production houses to obtain a "No Objection Certificate" from the Ministry, before telecasting any movie/ web series based on Army theme. A letter in this regard has been sent by the Ministry to the CBFC to prevent the production houses from "distorting the image of the Army". The Ministry has...