Pune Porsche Accident Case: Trial Court Denies Bail To Accused, Says He 'Tampered With Evidence Even Before Victims' Blood Splashes Could Dry'

Observing that the accused tampered with vital evidence even before the splashes of blood of the victim dried from the accident spot, a Pune court on Wednesday (August 22) dismissed the bail applications of the all the accused in the infamous Pune Porsche hit-and-run case.District Judge UM Mudholkar noted that the applicants - Shivani and Vishal, the parents of the child in conflict with the...

Karnataka Judicial Academy To Host 'Bengaluru ADR Week 2024' On Theme Of "Expanding Of Horizon: Marching Towards World Class Arbitral Institutions”

The Bengaluru ADR Week 2024 will be held from 24.08.2024 to 26.08.2024 at Karnataka Judicial Academy, Bengaluru, on the theme of "Expanding of Horizon Marching Towards World Class Arbitral Institutions.”The program is devised to enhance the quality of the Arbitration process, which is one of the best ADR Mechanisms.It would be spread over a period of 3 days and would witness 6 panel...

Women Wrestlers Move Court After Delhi Police Withdraws Security In Sexual Harassment Case Against Brij Bhushan Singh

A Delhi Court on Thursday directed the Delhi Police to make immediate and appropriate arrangements for security of a women wrestler who is to testify tomorrow in the sexual harassment case against BJP leader and former WFI Chief Brij Bhushan Singh. ACJM Priyanka Rajpoot of Rouse Avenue Courts passed the interim order after three women wrestlers filed an application alleging that the Delhi...

Kolkata Court Allows CBI To Conduct Polygraph Tests On Ex-RG Kar Principal Sandip Ghosh, Five Other Students

A court in Kolkata has allowed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI's) plea for conducting a polygraph test on the former principal of RG Kar College and Hospital Sandip Ghosh, and five other students, colleagues of the victim, who were also accused in her rape-murder.While the application by the CBI has been allowed, the Sealdah court has not yet set a date for conducting the polygraph...

Fake Conversion Case | 'Matter Worrying For Civilised Society': UP Court Acquits Accused, Orders Action Against Cops, Complainant

“The presented case is worrying for the civilized society. Any person can initiate criminal proceedings against any person by registering an FIR to satisfy his vested interest. In the name of investigation, the police can show arrests at any time and can show recovery of anything, even a Rs 100 note,” a Court in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district remarked recently while acquitting...

Kerala High Court Holds Full Court Reference To Condole Demise Of Former Acting Chief Justice V.P. Mohan Kumar

The Kerala High Court held a Full Court reference to condole the sad demise of former Acting Chief Justice V P Mohan Kumar.Justice Kumar, who served as a judge to both the Kerala and Karnataka High Courts and also as the Acting Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court, passed away on Sunday, August 18, 2024.Justice Kumar was born into a family of lawyers in the North Malabar in Kerala....

Nine Additional Judges Of Allahabad High Court Made Permanent

Acting on the Supreme Court Collegium's recommendation made last week to make Nine Additional Judges of the Allahabad High Court permanent Judges, the Central Government today notified their appointments. They are:(i) Justice Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi,(ii) Justice Manish Kumar Nigam,(iii) Justice Anish Kumar Gupta,(iv) Justice Nand Prabha Shukla,(v) Justice Kshitij Shailendra,(vi) Justice...

Prison Authorities Reject Actor Darshan's Application Seeking Home Cooked Food

Prison authorities on Tuesday informed the Karnataka High Court that representations made by Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa Srinivas, seeking home cooked food, bedding and cutlery has been rejected.A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna had on July 31 directed the authorities to consider the representations and pass an order and communicate it to the court. Darshan's counsel sought...

No Wrongdoing By Vinesh Phogat, Consequences For Wrestlers Failing Second Weigh-In Are "Draconian": CAS

The Court of Arbitration for Sport's (CAS) sole arbitrator while denying Vinesh Phogat a joint-silver medal at the Paris Olympics 2024, has expressed that the Indian wrestler did not commit any indiscretion leading to her disqualification. Phogat was disqualified after failing to qualify for her weigh-in on the second day, before her gold-medal match, measuring in at 100 grams above...

Justice Hema Committee Proposes Special Law & Tribunal To "Liberate Women From Evils Of Malayalam Film Industry"

After much speculation, the Justice Hema Committee report was made public today. The Committee was constituted in 2017 by the Kerala Government to study and report on the issues faced by women working in the Malayalam film industry and to suggest solutions.Justice Hema Committee suggested that issues faced by women in the film industry could only resolved by the enactment of a new statute and...

Virtual Hearings Should Not Be Resorted To As Routine, Technology Should Only Be A Supplement, Not Substitute: Justice S Vaidyanathan

Speaking at a Full Court reference on the occasion of his retirement as the Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court, Justice S Vaidyanathan said that advocates should not take recourse to the virtual mode of hearing as a routine but only when they are away from the court. He added that technological advancements should not only be a supplement but should only be used as...

US Giant 'Burger King' Loses Trademark Infringement Suit Against Pune's Iconic 'Burger King'

The District Court, Pune has dismissed the trademark infringement suit filed by US food giant 'Burger King Corporation' against Pune's iconic eatery Burger King."The plaintiff miserably failed to prove that defendants had infringed its trademark Burger King while running their restaurant at Pune," District Judge Sunil G. Vedpathak observed in the judgment delivered recently.The US...