'Custodial Deaths Common In UP Jails': Dr. Kafeel Khan's Wife Writes To Allahabad HC CJ Seeking Protection For Her Husband [Read Letter]

Apprehending danger to her husband Dr. Kafeel Khan's life, Dr. Shabista Khan has written a letter to the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court, Justice Govind Mathur, requesting him to ensure his safety. Khan is presently lodged in the Mathura jail under the National Security Act. He was arrested from Mumbai in January this year, for allegedly giving a provocative speech at the...

Midnight Transfer of Justice Muralidhar

Justice Muralidhar's midnight transfer raises both immediate and deeper questions. Although we were forewarned that he would be transferred, the post midnight marching orders were clearly punitive because he wanted FIRs to be filed against hate speech provocateurs against whom more than a prima facie existed on video. His orders were to immediately register the FIR's which were bypassed to the Chief Justice of Delhi to whom the case went who gave 4 extra weeks to file the criminal cases. FIRs...

[Breaking] SC Dismisses Curative Plea Of Nirbhaya Convict Pawan Gupta

A day before the scheduled execution of death warrant in the Nirbhaya case, a 5-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the curative petition filed by convict Pawan Kumar Gupta seeking commutation of death sentence.The bench comprising Justices N V Ramana, Arun Mishra, R F Narima, R Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan held that no ground was made out for interference.This is the last...

Delhi Riots : SC Agrees To Hear On Wednesday Plea For FIR Against Politicians For Hate Speech

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on Wednesday(March 4) a petition seeking registration of FIR against politiians who made hate speech inciting the riots which gripped North East Delhi last week.This was after Senior Advocate Colin Gonsalves, appearing for the Delhi riot victims, mentioned the plea before the Chief Justice of India S A Bobde for urgent listing."What can be...

[Breaking] Article 370 : No Need To Refer Pleas Challenging Repeal Of J&K Special Status To Larger Bench, Holds SC 5-Judge Bench

The Supreme Court on Monday held that there was no need to refer to larger bench the petitions challenging the Presidential Orders issued under Article 370 on August 5 and 6 to repeal the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. A 5 judge bench comprising Justices N V Ramana, S K Kaul, Subhash Reddy, B R Gavai and Surya Kant had reserved orders on this preliminary point on January 23.This...

Citizenship - Proof Beyond All Reasonable Doubt Not Needed In Foreigners Tribunal : Gauhati HC [Read Judgment]

Strict rules of evidence not applicable in Tribunal.

Courts This Week- A Weekly Round Of Important Legal Developments In The Country [Episode-3]

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Fundamental Right Of Holding Peaceful Protest Is A Basic Feature Of Democracy : Karnataka HC [Read Judgment]

While holding the Section 144 order imposed in Bengaluru on December 2019 in the wake of anti-CAA protests to be illegal, the High Court of Karnataka observed that the fundamental right to hold peaceful protests is a basic feature of democracy."The violation of fundamental right to hold peaceful protests, which is a basic feature of democracy, cannot be taken lightly by a writ court",...

Documents To Prove Citizenship Not Admissible In Evidence Unless Proved By Testimony Of Issuing Authorities : Gauhati HC [Read Judgment]

The Guahati High Court has upheld a declaration that a woman was a foreigner on the ground that she failed to prove the certificates so produced to claim citizenship, by way of testimony of the issuing authority. The division bench comprising Justice Manojit Bhuyan and Justice Parthivjyoti Saikia was considering a writ petition filed by one Rabia Khatun, challenging the order passed...

SC Begins Hearing On The Question "Is Requirement Of Certificate U/s 65-B(4) Evidence Act Mandatory for Production Of Electronic Evidence?"

A Three Judge Bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justices RF Nariman, S Ravindra Bhat and V Ramasubramanian commenced hearing on a reference on the question "Is requirement of certificate U/s 65-B(4) Evidence Act mandatory for production of electronic evidence?"Senior Advocate Meenakshi Arora has completed the arguments. Advocate Vikas Upadhyay, for the intervenor has commenced...

Student Organisations Cannot Resort To Strikes In School/College Campuses, Declares Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

"In so far as the students in the campus have a fundamental right to education, it can be safely held that anything that causes an impediment to the said right would be unconstitutional."

Nirbhaya Case: Plea Moved In Delhi HC Seeking NHRC Inquiry Into Alleged Torture Against The Convicts

A plea has been moved in Delhi High Court seeking court's direction to National Human Rights Commission to conduct an inquiry into the physical and mental conditions of the four convicts in the Nirbhaya rape case. Moved by activist A Rajarajan, the petition wants National Human Rights Commission to intervene and enquire about the physical and mental conditions of the four death convicts with...