Asking accused in JNU Sedition Case to prove innocence- Blatant error in law!

They should join the probe, If they are innocent, they should present evidence of their innocence: BS Bassi, CP Delhi on #JNURow— ANI (@ANI_news) February 22, 2016Delhi Police Commissioner B.S.Bassi today reportedly asked JNU students, who returned to the university campus last night, to join the probe and present evidence of their innocence. This statement turns upside down the very basis...

BCI says will not tolerate misconduct by lawyers; forms panel to probe Patiala House violence [Read Affidavit]

“The unlawful assembly of the people from Jawaharlal Nehru University also included few lawyers in their court dresses, not only they are seen shouting slogans in the court premises, but they are also indulging in manhandling journalists. The role of such lawyers is really shameful and the incident is very unfortunate.. All the members of the Bar Council of India were of the opinion...

Is Sedition Law Anti-Indian?: Legal Analysis

The current debate on sedition arises from the state intrusion into the cultural event held in one of the epitome of educational institutions of learning in India, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. It is also further interesting to note that the charges of sedition was based on a video aired by the Zee news and FIR was filed only on 11th February, 2016, after two days of rally at...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up

SC upholds Army’s “command and exit policy”A Division Bench of the Supreme Court on Monday upheld the Indian Army’s 2009 “command and exit policy” allowing preferential promotion for officers serving in the command unit. The Bench, comprising Chief Justice of India T.S. Thakur and Justice Kurian Joseph also directed the Government to create 141 additional vacancies for promotion...

When Gandhiji pleaded guilty of Sedition

In March 1922, Gandhi was tried before Mr. Broomfield, I.C.S., District & Sessions Judge of Ahmedabad, for sedition in respect of two articles, which he had written in his paper "Young India". Before that, there was acute unrest and hostility to government, mainly due to the doctrines preached by Gandhi, and his campaign of non-cooperation and civil disobedience. This had resulted in...

Breaking; Being an Advocate does not confer any immunity from investigation for a wrongdoing; Allahabad HC 7 Judge Bench directs strong action against Lawyers engaged in Violence in the Court

Being an Advocate does not confer immunity from investigation for a wrong doing and every person is susceptible to the reach of law for a criminal wrong doing which is committed like every common citizen, the Bench observed. The Court declared the Lawyer’s strike illegal and contempt of Court. A Seven Judge Bench headed by the Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court has declared that the...

Kanhaiya Kumar moves SC for Bail; SC to hear the Petition Tomorrow [Read Petition]

Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union President Kanhaiya Kumar Today moved the Supreme Court seeking bail citing the 'extraordinary circumstances' prevailing in the Patiala House Court. The Petition filed under Article 32 of the Constitution is posted for hearing Tomorrow.The petition is mentioned by Senior Advocate Raju Ramachandran and Advocate Vrinda Grover Today. It is reported...

Power of Attorney Holder can file Writ Petition: Allahabad HC (FB) issues guidelines [Read Judgment]

There is no prohibition on an application seeking a writ under Article 226 or Article 227 of the Constitution being pursued by a litigant through the holder of a power of attorney, the Bench said.Full Bench of Allahabad High Court, in Syed Wasif Husain Rizvi vs. Hasan Raza Khan has held that Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution can be filed by a power of attorney holder. The...

No one knows how system of long summer vacations started in Supreme Court; CIC affirms RTI response from SC [Read Order]

Disposing of an appeal filed by RTI Activist Subhash Chandra Agrawal, Chief Information Commissioner Radha Krishna Mathur noted that both, the Department of Justice and the Supreme Court CPIO does not hold record of the tradition of summer vacations in the Supreme Court.The appellant, Mr. Agrawal had sought complete information, together with documents related to different Supreme...

Living Will case put into cold storage again [Read Affidavit]

The writ petition [civil] No.215 of 2005, filed by Common Cause, once again found itself consigned to deep slumber, with the five-Jude Constitution bench agreeing with the Government that the hearing of the case must be deferred to enable consideration of a legislation to legalise passive euthanasia.The petitioner’s plea, as submitted by its counsel, Prashant Bhushan, failed to convince...

Institutional Mediation mechanism more productive in dispute resolution than protracted litigation: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court, in Suresh Narayan Kadam vs. Central Bank of India, has stated that mediation through an institutional mechanism is more productive than one without it. Apex Court Bench comprising of Justices Madan B. Lokur and R.K. Agrawal said that institutionalized mediation is yet to be recognized as an acceptable method of dispute resolution.The Court made this observation while...

‘Happy to Bleed’ campaigners move SC asking how menstruation can be a ground for Temple Entry Ban [Read Petition]

The high-voltage Sabarimala temple case hearing in the Supreme Court took a new twist with students who are part of ‘Happy To Bleed’ campaign filing an intervention application through noted lawyer Indira Jaising and asking how women can be discriminated against and barred from entering the shrine on the ground of “healthy and biological” process of menstruation.“The petition...