School Certificate Not Proof Of Citizenship Unless Proved By Testimony Of Headmaster : Gauhati HC [Read Judgment]

The Guahati High Court has upheld a declaration that a woman was a foreigner by holding that the documents such as school certificates should be proved by the testimony of the issuing authority.The Court was considering a writ petition filed by one Sahera Khatun, stated to be aged 42 years, challenging the order passed by Foreigners Tribunal Kamrup on December 1, 2018 declaring her to be...

Gauhati HC Sets Aside Foreigners Tribunal Order Declaring Son Of Indian Citizens As Foreigner [Read Judgment]

The Guahati High Court has come down on a Foreigners Tribunal for declaring a person as foreigner, despite his parents being declared as Indian Citizens by other orders.On January 25, 2019, Foreigners Tribunal at Dhemaji in Assam declared 26-year old Pratap Sakharu as foreigner of post-1971 stream as per the Assam Accord.He had produced six documents before the Tribunal, including an...

Sedition :Tool Of Selective Abuse Against Dissent

British Rulers abused the law of sedition to frighten the leaders and stifle the movement for Independence. Tilak and Gandhi were their targets. Tilak was tried twice and Gandhi was punished once for writing against British Raj and inspiring millions into the freedom struggle. When Britishers charged them with sedition truly the accused were causing disaffection and openly wanted the rulers to leave the country and let Indians rule themselves. Gandhi argued that when people want to protest...

Fast Eroding Hopes Of Judicial Independence

What can a citizen make out of this completely avoidable public praise by such a senior judge?

Delhi Violence : SC To Hear Plea Seeking Directions For Police Action & Security Measures Tomorrow [Read Petition]

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear tomorrow an application seeking directions for police action and security measures in the wake of violence which erupted in North East Delhi on February 23-24.The application filed by Bhim Army Chief Chandrashekhar Azad, former CIC Wajahat Habibullah and Shaheen Bagh resident Bahadur Abbas Naqvi was mentioned before the bench comprising Justices S K Kaul and...

Burden Of Proving Citizenship Is On The Person Making The Claim: Gauhati HC [Read Judgment]

The Gauahti High Court has dismissed a writ petition challenging the order of a Foreigners Tribunal declaring a person to be foreigner by observing that the burden of proving citizenship was on the person making the claim.The Court referred to Section 9 of the Foreigners Act 1946 for this observation and held that the petitioner could not prove linkage to any ancestors who were residing in...

'Foreign Lawyers Not Entitled To Interview Prisoner As Legal Advisor' CBI Court Dismisses Christian Michel's Plea

A Special CBI Court in Delhi on Monday dismissed the application filed by Christian Michel, accused in Agusta Westland scam, seeking permission for allowing legal interviews with his foreign lawyer.The Court held that the Delhi Prison Rules 2018 only permitted legal practitioners within the meaning of Advocates Act 1961 to have legal interviews with prison inmates. The Supreme Court's ruling...

If Some Party Gets 51% Votes, It Doesn't Mean That The Other 49% Should Accept Whatever Is Done By Majority Without Protesting : Justice Deepak Gupta [Video]

Majoritarianism is an antithesis of democracy, the judge said.

Breaking: [AMU Violence] Allahabad HC Directs UP Govt. To Take Action Against Policemen, Orders Compensation For 6 Students

On Monday, the Allahabad High Court directed the Director General of Police of the UP Government to identify and take action against the policemen who were involved in "stray incidents of damaging motorcycles and unnecessarily caning the apprehended students" of the Aligarh Muslim University. The order has been passed by the division bench comprising Chief Justice Govind Mathur...

Enforcement Directorate Has No Right To Impound Passport: SC [Read Order]

"Passport can only be impounded by the concerned Passport Authorities. "

Shaheen Bagh Protests: Interlocutors File Report, SC Defers Hearing To Wednesday

The Supreme Court on Monday deferred to February 26 the hearing on a plea seeking clearance of road blockade due to the sit-in protests at Shaheen Bagh in Delhi. Last week, the bench of Justices S. K. Kaul and K. M. Joseph had set up a mediation team helmed by Senior Advocate Sanjay Hegde to hold talks with the protesters. The court had made it clear that Hegde may choose Advocate...

Increasing Diversity In Judiciary And Ensuring A Gender Just World Require Immediate Attention: CJI Bobde [read Full Text]

" The common thread that binds judges across the world is a commitment to the dispensation of justice. This commitment underlies the creation of a transnational judicial network which thrives on the constant exchange of ideas and dialogue on common challenges that require our immediate attention - first and foremost, increasing diversity in the judiciary as well as the role of the judiciary...