'As Secular Institutions, Courts Can't Engage in Activities Promoting Particular Religion': Kerala High Court To Judicial Officers On Guruvayur Temple Event

Following a reference from the Judge-in-Charge of Thrissur district, the Kerala High Court on Tuesday issued an official memorandum to the district's judicial officers asking them not to actively involve themselves in organising "Kodathi Vilakku" which is hosted annually at the Guruvayur temple.Noting that an event under the banner of "Kodathi Vilakku" is annually hosted at the Guruvayur...

Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Against Justice Chandrachud Becoming Chief Justice Of India; Calls Petition "Misconceived"

The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition which sought to restrain Justice DY Chandrachud from taking oath as the next Chief Justice of India.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India UU Lalit, Justice Ravindra Bhat and Justice Bela M Trivedi considered a petition filed by Mursalin Asijith Shaikh."We find the entire petition to be misconceived", the bench observed.The petition,...

Northeast Delhi Riots: Court Picks Holes in Delhi Police Probe, Asks If Action Taken For Wrongly Naming Accused In FIR

Picking holes in Delhi Police's investigation of a case connected to the Northeast Delhi riots of 2020, a Sessions Court has sought a clarification from the DCP on the prosecution's "conflicting stand" in the matter where initially 30 complaints were clubbed but last month the investigating officer moved an application seeking their return."Several question arise as to why fourth name in...

Bengaluru Court Awards 5-Year Jail Term To Student Who 'Celebrated' Pulwama Attack [VIDEO]

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Morbi Bridge Collapse: PIL In Supreme Court Seeks Judicial Probe, Hearing On Nov 14 [VIDEO]

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Centre Notifies Appointment Of 10 Additional Judges To Punjab And Haryana High Court

The Central Government today notified the appointment of 10 Additional Judges to the Punjab and Haryana High Court.1. Kuldeep Tiwari, Advocate2. Gurbir Singh. Judicial Officer 3. Deepak Gupta, Judicial Officer 4. Smt. Amarjot Bhatti, Judicial Officer 5. Smt. Ritu Tagore, Judicial Officer 6. Smt. Manisha Batra, Judicial Officer 7. Ms. Harpreet Kaur Jeewan, Judicial Officer8. Smt. Sukhvinder...

Islamic Law Recognizes Muslim Woman's Right To Demand Divorce, Husband's Consent Not Essential: Kerala High Court

Observing that Islamic law recognises a Muslim woman's right to demand termination of marriage, the Kerala High Court has ruled that the will of the wife cannot be "related to the will of the husband" who may not be agreeing to the divorce.Dismissing a review petition against a judgment wherein the court had recognized a Muslim woman's right to resort to Khula, the division bench of Justice...

Police Station Not a Prohibited Place Under Official Secrets Act: Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Against Man Booked For Shooting Video Inside PS

The Bombay High Court recently said that the definition of 'prohibited place' in the Official Secrets Act, 1923 is exhaustive but police station has not been included as one of the establishments or places under it. The court made the observation while quashing an FIR in July this year against a man, who was booked under Section 3 of the Act for recording a video inside a police station...

Babri Demolition Case: Allahabad High Court Reserves Judgment On Maintainability Of Appeal Against Acquittal Order

The Allahabad High Court today reserved its Judgment on the maintainability of a criminal appeal filed against the order of the Special CBI Court at Lucknow that acquitted all 32 persons (including prominent BJP leaders L K Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Uma Bharati, Kalyan Singh, etc) accused of hatching the criminal conspiracy behind the demolition of the Babri Masjid mosque on December...

Protest Against SC's Ayodhya-Babri Masjid Decision Promotes Religious Enmity: Karnataka High Court In Alleged PFI Activist's Case

The Karnataka High Court has observed that protesting against Supreme Court's decision in Ayodhya-Babri Masjid case delivered in the year 2019, is nothing but promoting enmity between two groups on the ground of religion. However, the court allowed the petition filed by an alleged member of the Campus Front of India (which is also a part of the PFI), and quashed the criminal...

Lucknow Court Denies Bail To Siddique Kappan In PMLA Case

The Lucknow sessions court today rejected the bail plea filed by Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan in connection with a Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) case initiated against him by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The order in the case was reserved earlier this month by District Judge Sanjay Shankar Pandey after concluding the hearing in the matter. The rejection of his...

P&H High Court Restrains DRT Judge From Passing Adverse Orders After Bar Association's Complaint Of Harassment

In a development, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has restrained a Presiding Officer of DRT-II Chandigarh from passing any adverse orders in any of the cases pending before him, until November 30. The temporary restraint comes in light of complaints regarding the Officer's alleged rude behaviour with Advocates and long adjournment of cases, some even beyond the year 2026. Taking...