Presence Of Accused For Framing Charges, Sec 313 CrPC Examination Can Be Via Video Conferencing : Karnataka HC [Read Order]

The Karnataka High Court has held that during the Pandemic situation, trial courts can use video conferencing to record the plea of the accused with respect to framing of charge under Sections 228, 240 or 252 and examination of an accused under section 313 of Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) through video-conference. The facility can be used in case of accused who are in judicial custody...

Passport Authorities Have No Power To Impose Penalties : Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

The High Court of Kerala has held that passport authorities have no power to impose penalties under Section 12 of the Passport Act, 1967, for violation of the provisions of the Act.Holding thus, a division bench comprising Chief Justice S Manikumar and Justice Shaji P Chaly set aside the penalty list framed u/s 12(1)(b) prescribed in schedule III of Passport Rules, 1980 as well as...

'Aaj Tak Insulted Every Hero Of Indian Armed Forces' : Complaint Before I&B Ministry Seeks Suspension Of Channel

Stating that Hindi news channel 'Aaj Tak' has made 'distasteful, disparaging and insensivite' remarks on the Indian army and carried out insensitive covarege of the death of film actor Sushant Singh Rajput, film producer Nilesh Navalakha made a complaint before the Ministry of Information of Broadcasting seeking the suspension of the channel.The complaint states that during a discussion...

Judicial Discipline Ordains That Coordinate Bench Cannot Take Contrary View; Can Only Refer To Larger Bench : SC [Read Judgment]

In the judgment holding that the lockdown restrictions and the extension of limitation will not impact the right to default bail, the Supreme Court made some significant observations on judicial discipline.The issue arose out a single bench decision of Madras High Court in the case S Kasi v State through Inspector of Police, which held that the SC's order of March 23 extending limitation...

SC Directs High Courts To Submit 'Plan Of Action' To Address The Issue Of Long Pendency Of Criminal Appeals [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has directed the High Courts of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Patna, Rajasthan, Bombay and Orissa to file affidavits submitting their 'plan of action' for deciding the criminal appeals that have been pending before the High Courts for a long period of time. The bench of Justice L. Nageswara Rao and S. Ravindra Bhat was considering a criminal appeal against...

"Arbitrariness Was Writ Large On Imposition of Lockdown & Should Have Been Stayed By SC Next Morning": Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave

The National Law University, Delhi (NLUD) on Friday organised a webinar on the topic "Supreme Court and the Pandemic: A Conversation with Mr. Dushyant Dave".The session which lasted for an hour encompassed around facets of a variety of issues surrounding the Top Court during the unprecedented Coronavirus crisis.The webinar was organised by the faculty and students of NLUD and moderator Mr....

[Rising Number Of Covid Cases] SC Directs States/UTs To Constitute Expert Team For Inspection And Supervision Of Govt.Hospitals[Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Friday passed elaborate directions after having taken suo motu cognizance of the lapses and shortcomings in providing medical care to COVID-19 in hospitals in various States, especially in the National Capital Territory of Delhi,The Order passed by Bench comprising of Justices Ashok Bhushan, SK Kaul and MR Shah emphasizes on the importance of supervision and monitoring...

[Full Video] E-Seminar On -"Freedom And Our Courts"

Live Law is conducting an E-Seminar on 19/6/2020 at 6 PM.Advocates Chintan Chandrachud, Gautam Bhatia, Gulnar Mistry, Jahnavi Sindhu and Suhrith Parthasarthy will be discussing on the topic: "Freedom and our Courts"Dr Chintan Chandarachud is a lawyer based in London. He is the author of "Balanced Constitutionalism: Courts and Legislatures in India and the United Kingdom" and "The Cases that...

[Motor Vehicles Act] Person In Whose Name Vehicle Stands Registered On The Date Of Accident To Be Treated As 'Owner': SC [Read Judgment]

"If the insured continues to remain the owner in law in view of the statutory provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act, the Insurer cannot evade its liability in case of an accident."

UP Police Registers FIR Against 'The Scroll' Journalist Supriya Sharma for Report on Impact of Lockdown in PM's Constituency

A FIR has been lodged with the UP Police against Supriya Sharma, Executive Editor of Scroll.in, in connection to a report published by her on the debilitating state of affairs in the Prime Minister's constituency, Varanasi, during the lockdown. The FIR has been lodged at the Ramnagar Police Station by Mala Devi, a resident of Varanasi's Domari village, who has complained that...

Lathis Used Against Vehicles To Check For Coronavirus, Says Police; Telangana HC Expresses Surprise

The Telangana High Court expressed surprise at the police justification that lathis were used against vehicles to check for Coronavirus.The Court was hearing a writ petition filed by one Sheela Sara Mathews demanding action against widespread police brutalities against persons on allegations of violating lockdown.As regards the allegation that the police personnel of the named Police Station...

Judicial Independence : A Fragile Bastion

Judicial independence, without the judiciary proactively asserting it, is a mirage.