Convict in Bilkis Bano Case Was Booked For Outraging Woman's Modesty in 2020 While On Parole

One of the convicts, who was released by the Gujarat government on remission in the Bilkis Bano case, stands chargesheeted for outraging the modesty of a woman on June 19 in 2020, according to the State's counter-affidavit before the Supreme Court.The information was provided to the District Magistrate Dahod by the district superintendent of police when the government was considering the...

[Agnipath Scheme] Agniveers Will Develop Sense Of Pride After Serving Nation, Have Financial Stability After Exiting Armed Forces: Centre To Delhi HC

Seeking dismissal of the petitions challenging its Agnipath recruitment scheme, the Centre has informed Delhi High Court that defending India's territory, which faces external and internal threats, requires an agile, youthful and technologically sound armed forces."The character of future wars/military engagement, in the opinion of military experts, is likely to be ambiguous, uncertain,...

'Why Is NGT Sitting In A Combination of 5 Judges?It Can Have Two Benches And Do Double Work': Supreme Court

While hearing submissions in a plea impugning a Bombay High Court order, which had quashed administrative notices issued by the Registrar General of the National Green Tribunal transferring certain cases from the Western Zone Bench at Pune to Northern bench at New Delhi, the Supreme Court, on Tuesday, reckoned why the National Green Tribunal (NGT) is sitting in a combination...

Umar Khalid's Name Finds A Recurring Mention In Conspiracy Behind Delhi Riots, Protests Were Geared Towards Grave Consequences: Delhi High Court

Denying bail to student activist Umar Khalid in Delhi riots larger conspiracy case, the Delhi High Court today observed that the protests against Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 (CAA) and 2020 North-East Delhi riots were prima-facie orchestrated at various "conspiratorial meetings" held from December 2019 till February 2020, some of which were also attended by Khalid. A division bench of...

Breaking - Umar Khalid Denied Bail By Delhi High Court In Delhi Riots Larger Conspiracy Case

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday denied bail to student activist Umar Khalid in the larger conspiracy case of Northeast Delhi riots. Khalid has been in custody since September 2020.A division bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar dismissed Khalid's appeal challenging the trial court order denying him bail in the case. The bench had reserved its decision on September...

People Not Happy With Collegium System, Appointment Of Judges Is Govt's Job : Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju

Union Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju on October 17 said that the people of the country are not happy with the collegium system and that as per the spirit of the Constitution of India, it is the job of the government to appoint judges. He further said that people can see the politics among the leaders but they do not know the politics going on inside the judiciary while appointing...

Kabir Kala Manch Incited Hatred By Ridiculing Phrases Acche Din, Demonetization In Plays At Elgar Parishad: Bombay HC In Jyoti Jagtap Bail Order

Text ridiculing phrases like 'Ram Mandir' and 'Acche Din' aimed at the democratically elected government in Kabir Kala Manch's plays at the Elgar Parishad event in 2017 incited hatred & passion and indicate a larger conspiracy, the Bombay High Court has held. In its detailed order refusing bail to accused Jyoti Jagtap under UAPA, the HC also took exception to the mention of...

[Bilkis Bano Rape Case] Convicts Released For Good Behaviour, After Central Govt Approval: Gujarat Govt To Supreme Court

The Gujarat government has told the Supreme Court that it decided to release the 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case on completion of their 14 years sentence as their "behaviour was found to be good" and after approval from the central government. The government has also said that the decision was taken as per the policy dated 09.07.1992 "as directed by" the apex court and not "under...

Centre's Blocking Power Can't Traverse S.69A; Intermediary Entitled To Appeal: Twitter Argues Before Karnataka HC In Challenge To Blocking Orders

In the ongoing challenge to Centre's order for blocking allegedly offending Twitter accounts, the micro-blogging platform today argued before the Karnataka High Court that there could not be an omnibus general blocking order unless the content violates grounds mentioned in Section 69 (A) of the Information Technology Act.The provision empowers Centre to direct any intermediary to block...

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Can Minor Muslim Girl Marry On Attaining Puberty? Supreme Court To Examine Correctness Of HC Judgment, Issues Notice On NCPCR Plea

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on the petition filed by the National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) challenging a recent judgement of the Punjab and Haryana High Court which held that a 16-year-old Muslim girl can enter into a valid marriage.A bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Abhay S Oka appointed Senior Advocate R Rajasekhar Rao as an...

Explained | UAPA Prosecution Sanction, Process and Interpretations

The Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court Friday ordered release of former Delhi University Professor GN Saibaba and five others in a UAPA case that accused them of being members and sympathisers of the banned CPI (Maoist). A day later, the judgement was suspended by the Supreme Court.The high court in its decision on the appeals against the conviction held the trial to be "null and void"...