Karnataka Court Takes Cognizance Of BJP's Criminal Defamation Complaint Against Congress Leaders Over 'Corruption Rate Card'

A Special Court in Bengaluru has taken cognizance of a private defamation complaint filed by Bharatiya Janata Party against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar and Congress leadersRahul Gandhi under Sections 499 and 500 of the Indian Penal Code.The complaint is primarily against “Corruption Rate card” advertisement issued by the Karnataka Pradesh...

Delhi Police Files Cancellation Report In POCSO Case against BJP MP Brij Bhushan Singh, Submits Chargesheet In Sexual Harassment Case

Delhi Police on Thursday filed a cancellation report in the POCSO case against BJP MP and former Wrestling Federation of India Chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. However, a chargesheet has been filed against him in a sexual harassment case.Special Public Prosecutor Atul Srivastava told the media that a charge sheet before Rouse Avenue Court has been filed under Sections 354 (outraging modesty of...

Union Government Constitutes Expert Committee For Reforms In Arbitration And Conciliation Act

The Ministry of Law & Justice has constituted a sixteen-member expert committee headed by Dr. T.K. Vishwanathan, Former Secretary of the Department of Legal Affairs, for examining the working of arbitration law in India and recommending reforms in the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The committee is expected to submit its recommendations within 30 days from today. The step is...

Srinagar Court Refuses To Permit PDP Leader Waheed Para To Travel Abroad For Pursuing YALE Peace Fellowship

A Court in Srinagar has refused to permit Peoples Democratic Party Leader Waheed ur Rehman Para to travel to the United States for the YALE Peace Fellowship from September to November this year. The order is likely to be challenged before the High Court in Srinagar by Para, sources said.Special NIA Court, while rejecting Para’s application, said charges have been framed against him for...

Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji Remanded To Judicial Custody Till June 28 In Money Laundering Case

The Tamil Nadu Minister Electricity Minister Senthil Balaji has been sent to Judicial Custody for a period of two weeks till June 28 by the District & Sessions Court.The District Sessions Judge S Alli earlier visited Balaji at the hospital before deciding on his remand.Following this, an application was filed by the Minister seeking bail or in the alternative "rejection" of the remand...

Bengaluru Court Dismisses Defamation Case Against Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah, Says Statement By Him Not Against Entire Lingayat Community

A Special Court in Bengaluru has rejected a private complaint filed against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for his prosecution under section 499 and 500 of the Indian Penal Code.The complainants Shankar Shet & another said that they belong to the Lingayat community and when Siddaramaiah was in opposition, he made a derogatory and defamatory statement against it before the media during...

Kerala Court Issues Summons To Lakeshore Hospital, Its Doctors For Allegedly Transplanting Liver Of Brain Dead Patient In Violation Of Law

A Kerala Court recently issued summons to Lakeshore Hospital and some of its doctors, who were alleged to have transplanted the liver of an 18-year-old accident victim to a Malaysian national, in violation of the Transplantation of Human Organs Act (THOA), 1994. The victim's kidneys and liver were harvested in violation of the law, according to a private complaint before the court.The...

Delhi Court Extends Judicial Custody Of Activist Khurram Parvez, Journalist Irfan Mehraj For 45 More Days In UAPA Case

A Delhi Court has extended judicial custody of human rights activist Khurram Parvez and Kashmiri journalist Irfan Mehraj in a 2020 UAPA case after the NIA sought more time to complete the investigation. Mehraj and Parvez are accused in the alleged NGO Terror funding case registered by NIA in October 2020.On June 09, Principal District & Sessions Judge Sanjay Garg of Patiala House...

Kerala Court Prevents 'Marunadan Malayali' From Publishing Defamatory Content Against Actor Prithviraj

The Additional Sub Judge, Ernakulam on Monday passed an injunction against the Malayalam news portal ‘Marunadan Malayali’ preventing the channel from publishing any defamatory content against popular Malayalam Film industry actor Prithviraj Sukumaran. The interim injunction was passed in a civil defamation suit filed by the actor claiming damages of Rs. 10 Crore. The suit was...

“Character Assassination Without Proof” : MP Sanjay Raut Files Defamation Complaint Against BJP's Kirit Somaiya

Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) MP Sanjay Raut has filed a criminal defamation case against ex-MP and BJP member Kirit Somaiya on Monday regarding allegedly defamatory tweets from 2022. Raut, editor of Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamna’ claims Somaiya’s tweets are “destructive” and amount to “character assassination without any proof.” The case was filed in the...

Prof Ashok Ramappa Patil Appointed As Vice Chancellor Of NUSRL Ranchi

Prof. (Dr.) Ashok Ramappa Patil has been appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of the National University of Study and Research in Law (NUSRL), Ranchi.The NUSRL in a post on its website said: “Hon’ble Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court cum Chancellor of National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi has appointed Prof. (Dr.) Ashok Ramappa Patil as the Vice Chancellor of the...

Army Claims Protection Under AFSPA For ‘Cutting Trees’ On Rented Property, Court Says No Requirement Of Sanction As Dispute Purely Civil In Nature

In a dispute related to the felling of trees on a land taken over by the Army on rent from a civilian, a court in Kashmir’s Bandipora district has rejected the union government’s argument that the landowner is first required to seek sanction under The Armed Forces (Jammu And Kashmir) Special Powers Act (AFSPA) before filing the recovery suit.Principal District Judge Amit Sharma ruled that...