Compliance With S.41A CrPC Notice Ordinarily Bars Arrest: MP High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail In Police Constable Recruitment Scam

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has granted anticipatory bail to a man accused of acting as a middleman between Police Constable Recruitment candidates and impersonators to facilitate the illegal selection, observing that compliance with the notice under Section 41A CrPC generally operates as a bar to arrest. For context, Section 41A of the CrPC mandates a police officer to issue a notice...

Supreme Court Bench With No CJI Or Future CJI To Hear Plea Challenging Law On Election Commissioners' Appointment

Chief Justice of India Surya Kant today recused from hearing writ petitions against the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Act, 2023, which dropped the CJI from committee to appoint Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners.A bench of CJI Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi, and Justice...

Newslaundry's 'Self Awarded' Claim Of High Journalistic Standards No Defence For Defaming TV Today: Delhi High Court

Court said tone of Newslaundry's statements appears to be one of "intolerance", rather than constructive criticism.

Plea In Calcutta High Court Challenges 'Unprecedented' Transfers Of Bureaucrats In Bengal By ECI Ahead Of State Polls

A Public Interest Litigation has been filed before the Calcutta High Court by advocate Arka Kumar Nag challenging a series of transfer orders issued by the Election Commission of India, which have resulted in a sweeping reshuffle of the administrative and police machinery in West Bengal ahead of the State Assembly elections. The matter is likely to be taken up for hearing on Monday.As per...

Uttarakhand High Court Refuses To Quash FIR Against 'Mohammad' Deepak, Restrains Him From Posting On Social Media

The Uttarakhand High Court today restrained 'Mohammad' Deepak Kumar and others from making any statements or posting videos on social media regarding the 26 January Kotdwar incident and related cases, as it noted that the same might affect the ongoing investigation into the matter. For context, on January 26, Deepak confronted Bajrang Dal members who were allegedly objecting to a...

Advocate Alleges Police Detained Runaway Couple; Supreme Court Asks To Approach Delhi High Court First

The boy and girl, from UP and Bihar, were under the impression, based on reels, that they could get married at the Supreme Court.

Delhi High Court Grants Bail To Two Accused In UAPA Terror Conspiracy Case, Cites 4 Years Long Incarceration And Limited Role

The Delhi High Court on Friday granted bail to two accused in a terror conspiracy case investigated by the National Investigation Agency, observing that their prolonged incarceration of over four years and the limited role attributed to them justified conditional release pending trial. A Division Bench comprising Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Ravinder Dudeja allowed the appeals filed by...

'No Political Battles In Court': Supreme Court Rejects Woman's Plea Alleging Threats At Behest Of Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah

The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a plea filed by a woman alleging threats at the behest of Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah with the intention of capturing her property.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta dismissed the case as withdrawn, leaving it open for the petitioner to approach the Karnataka High Court. When the petitioner requested for a direction to...

Supreme Court Dismisses Plea To Curb "Brahmophobia" & Hate Speech Against Brahmin Community

"Once everyone follows fraternity, there will be no hate speech," the Court orally said.

Delhi High Court Quashes CBI Look Out Circulars Against NDTV Founders Prannoy Roy, Radhika Roy

The Delhi High Court on Friday quashed the Look Out Circulars (LOC) opened by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against NDTV's former directors and promoters Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy in 2019.“The impugned LOC is quashed, subject to the petitioners cooperating with the investigation,”Justice Sachin Datta said.The Court said that the continued operation of the LOC against Roys amounts...

Settlement Of Landlord's One Son Doesn't Extinguish Bonafide Need Of Other: Rajasthan High Court Restores Tenant's Eviction

While upholding the eviction of a tenant, the Rajasthan High Court has held that when the eviction was sought based on bonafide need of two family members of the landlord, fulfilment of such need for one family member by some other means did not automatically extinguish the need of the other. The bench of Justice Bipin Gupta was hearing a petition challenging the order of the Appellant...

NCERT Textbook Row : Centre Informs Supreme Court Of Expert Committee Members Reviewing Chapter On Judiciary

Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta informed the Supreme Court that Senior Advocate and former Attorney General for India KK Venugopal, former Supreme Court judge Justice Indu Malhotra, and National Judicial Academy Director and former Supreme Court judge Justice Aniruddha Bose, will be the members of the Expert Committee proposed to be constituted by the Central Government to review...