[Breaking] CAA Protests : Bhim Army Chief Chandra Shekhar Azad Remanded To 14 Days Judicial Custody

A Metropolitan Magistrate of Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi on Saturday rejected the bail application of Bhim Army Chief Chandra Shekhar Azad and remanded him to 14 days of judicial custody for allegedly provoking violence during anti-CAA protests in Daryagaj on Friday night."At this stage, this court is of the considered view that substantial grounds for granting bail to the accused are not...

Delhi Gate CAA Protests : 15 Accused Persons Remanded To Two Days Of Judicial Custody

A Metrapolitan Magistrate at Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi on Saturday remanded 15 accused persons, who were arrested by Daryaganj Police in the wake of anti-CAA protests in Delhi Gate area yesterday, to two days of judicial custody.Their bail applications will be considered on Monday at 12 PM.Opposing the remand of the accused persons , Senior Advocate Rebecca M John told the Duty...

Anti-CAA Protests : Legality Of Using Force To Clamp Down Protests

In the context of the Jamia issue, if it is established that the police used excessive or unnecessary force against the protesting students, the State must be held accountable.

Anti-CAA Protests : Detention Of Minors In Police Station Illegal, Orders Magistrate In Delhi; Police Asked To Allow Detainees To Meet Lawyers, Provide Medical Aid

Acting on a complaint that lawyers were not permitted to meet persons who were detained by police in the wake of anti-CAA protests at Delhi, the Chief Metrapolitan Magistrate (Central Delhi) passed an order on Friday night directing the Daryagang Station House Officer to allow the detainees to meet their lawyers in terms of Section 41 D of the Code of Criminal Procedure.It was also brought to...

[Explainer] Section 144 CrPC : What Are The Grounds To Impose Restrictions?

"Section 144 CrPC" - this provision is now very familiar to people, thanks to its widespread invocation by police forces across the country in order to contain the massive public protests against the recently passed Citizenship Amendment Act.The entire state of Uttar Pradesh with a population of 200 million was placed under Sec 144 curfew, as announced by UP DGP through Twitter. The Bengaluru...

[Breaking]Unnao Case :Court Sentences Former BJP Member Kuldeep Singh Sengar To Life Term Till End Of Life For Rape Of Minor [Read Order]

A Delhi Court on Friday awarded life sentence till the end of life to Uttar Pradesh MLA and former BJP member Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the infamous Unnao rape case.The Court said that life imprisonment will mean "imprisonment for the remainder of his natural or biological life" in terms of Section 376(2) of the Indian Penal Code.Additional Sessions Judge Dharmesh Sharma has imposed a fine of...

Citizenship Amendment Act 2019: Modi Government Pulls A (Donald) Trump Card

There are some parallels between CAA and Trump's travel ban.

[Section 304B IPC] Seeking Financial Assistance Can Also Constitute Demand For Dowry: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has observed that seeking financial assistance can also constitute 'demand for dowry'. In a criminal appeal related to dowry death case, the contention raised by the accused was that the money demanded by him was for extension of clinic, and not as dowry. Relying on the judgment in Appasaheb & Anr. vs. State of Maharashtra (2007) 9 SCC 721, it was urged that a demand...

SC Directs Bank To Compensate A School Who Lost Money In Online Banking Fraud [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has directed a bank to give compensation of Rupees Twenty Five Lakhs to a school whose money from the bank account was siphoned out by the miscreants. The complaint of the Principal of the DAV Public School before the Consumer Forum alleged deficiency of service against the Indian Bank inasmuch as the School's bank accounts without net banking facility, was linked with...

Breaking : Gauhati HC Directs Restoration Of Mobile Internet From 5 PM Today [Read Order]

"Shut down of mobile internet service virtually amounts to bringing life to a grinding halt"

Anti-CAA Stir : Karnataka HC To Hear Tomorrow Pleas Against Section 144 Orders Imposed In Bengaluru [Read Petition]

The Karnataka High Court has agreed to hear tomorrow a bunch of petitions challenging the curfew orders imposed in Bengaluru in the wake of protests against Citizenship Amendment Act.A member of Parliament Rajya Sabha, Rajeev Gowda and Member of Legislative Assembly, Sowmya Reddy, have moved the Court, challenging the order issued by the Police Commissioner, under section 144 of CrPC,...

No SC Judgment On Legality Of Kashmir Lock Down Even On Last Working Day Of 2019

The Court had reserved verdict on November 27.