'He Has Right To Privacy': Kerala HC Asks ED Why Thomas Issac Should Produce Documents Of His Assets At First Instance

The Kerala High Court on Thursday asked the Enforcement Directorate to explain why former Finance Minister of Kerala Dr Thomas Issac was asked to produce private information regarding his assets at this preliminary stage of the case, particularly when he was not even an accused or suspect yet.Justice V G Arun raised the question while hearing the plea filed by Issac against the...

Hormonal Imbalance/ Irregular Menstruation Of Women Cannot Be Considered As Female Impotency: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has held that hormonal imbalance or irregular periods would not amount to impotency of a woman and would not mean that she is unfit to have sex. Justice RN Manjula observed thus while hearing a revision petition against a Family Court's order directing a woman's medical examination on her husband's plea for annulment of marriage citing non-consummation.The bench held...

EPS Case : Pension Corpus Remains Intact, Payments Coming From Interest, EPFO Can't Raise Fund Issues - Employees To Supreme Court [Day 5 Hearing]

On the fifth day of the EPF Pension case hearing (Wednesday), the pensioners told the Supreme Court that the verdict in R.C. Gupta v. Regional Provident Fund Commissioner, which held that there is no cut-off for opting for pension, is correct and applies to them in the present case.The argument was put forth by Senior Advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan before a 3-judge bench comprising Justices...

Former Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Issac Moves High Court Challenging ED Summons In Connection With KIIFB Transactions

Dr.Thomas Issac, former Finance Minister of Kerala and a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), has approached the Kerala High Court challenging the summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate seeking his appearance in connection with the financial transactions of the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB).In the writ petition, Issac stated that the ED,...

Rule Of Evidence To Prove Charges In A Criminal Trial Cannot Be Used While Deciding Motor Accident Compensation Claims: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that the rule of evidence to prove charges in a criminal trial cannot be used while deciding an application seeking motor accident compensation. Such an application has to be decided on the basis of evidence led before it and not on the basis of evidence which should have been or could have been led in a criminal trial, the bench comprising Justices Hemant Gupta...

Statement U/S 164 CrPC Is A Public Document, But Third Party Has To Establish Direct Interest To Get A Copy: Kerala High Court In Saritha's Plea

In a significant decision, the Kerala High Court on Thursday held that a statement recorded under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is a public document falling under Section 74(1)(iii) of the Indian Evidence Act since it is the record of an act of a public officer done in the discharge of his duty.However, Justice Kauser Edappagath also clarified that no person is entitled to a...

Supreme Cout Grants Bail To Varavara Rao On Medical Grounds In Bhima Koregaon Case [Video]

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PMLA Judgment A Blackspot On The Supreme Court, ED Has Been Weaponised : Dushyant Dave

In a strongly worded criticism, Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave said that the judgment which upheld the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act was a "blackspot on the Supreme Court".The senior lawyer was referring to the judgment delivered by a three-judge bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT Ravikumar on July 27 in which the vast powers of the...

Supreme Court's Order Against Teesta Setalvad Is Unconstitutional & Highly Immoral : Dushyant Dave

In an interview with LiveLaw, Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave fiercely criticised the Supreme Court's order in the Gujarat riots case(Zakia Jafri versus State of Gujarat), which led to the arrest of social activist Teesta Setalvad and former Gujarat ADGP RB Sreekumar.While dismissing Zakia Jafri's petition challenging the SIT clean chit to the high state functionaries in larger conspiracy...

'Sends Bad Message To Efficient Judges' : Supreme Court Urges Patna HC To Drop Proceedings Against Judge For Deciding POCSO Cases Within Days

The Supreme Court of India on Monday urged the Patna High Court to drop all disciplinary proceedings initiated against a suspended Additional Sessions Judge from Bihar for deciding POCSO cases within days.During the hearing, a division bench comprising of Justices UU Lalit and Ravindra Bhat orally observed,"Our sincere advice is to drop everything. If you don't want to, we'll go threadbare...

Supreme Court Grants Protection From Coercive Action To Times Now's Navika Kumar Over Prophet Row [Video]

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No Hope Left In Supreme Court : Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal

Expressing anguish at some recent judgments of the Supreme Court, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal said that he has no hope left in the institution.The senior lawyer was speaking at the People's Tribunal which was organized on the 6th of August 2022 at New Delhi on the "Judicial Rollback of Civil Liberties" by the Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms (CJAR), People's Union for...