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Student Booked For Sedition Over Slogans Supporting Sharjeel Imam Moves Bombay HC Seeking Anticipatory Bail
Urvashi Chudawala, a 22-year-old Masters student at the prestigious Tata Institute of Social Sciences who was booked for sedition for allegedly raising slogans in support of JNU student Sharjeel Imam during a rally held for the LGBTQ community in South Mumbai on February 1, has moved the Bombay High Court seeking anticipatory bail after Additional Sessions Judge Prashant Rajvaidya refused...
Advocate Sanjeeb Kumar Panigrahi Appointed As Judge Of Orissa HC [Read Notification]
The Centre has appointed Advocate Sanjeeb Kumar Panigrahi as a Judge of the Orissa High Court. The Supreme Court Collegium had recommended elevating him as such, last year, vide resolution dated October 3, 2019. Through the same resolution, the Collegium had also proposed to elevate District and Sessions Judge Bibhu Prasad Routray as Judges of the Orissa High Court,...
Final Arguments Begin In MJ Akbar-Priya Ramani Criminal Defamation Case
Final arguments in the criminal defamation case filed by former Union Minister and BJP Rajya Sabha MP M J Akbar against journalist Priya Ramani over her sexual harassment allegations against the former during the #MeToo movement started on Friday before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of Rouse Avenue Courts, Delhi.Senior Advocate Geetha Luthra, appearing for Akbar, argued that...
Appointment Of Psychologists For Minor Victims Of Sexual Abuse & Other Juveniles: Calcutta HC Asks Chief Secretary To File Affidavit[Read Order]
Taking up the issue of appointment of psychologists for minor victims of sexual abuse and other juveniles, the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the State Chief Secretary to file an affidavit, disclosing the number of trained psychologists available in various medical institutions and in the Department of Women & Child Development and Social Welfare, in various districts in...
Delhi HC Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Exemption Of New-Patented Drugs From Price Control
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice on a petition challenging Drug (Prices Control) Amendment orders which exempt new patented drugs from the price control order for five years from the date of their marketing. The writ petition sought quashing of Paragraph 2(ii) (A) and Paragraph (ii) (B) of the Drug Prices Control Amendment Order 2019 dated 3rd January 2019...
Delhi Court Seeks Action Taken Report In Plea For FIR Against Manish Sisodia
ACMM Vishal Pahuja of Rouse Avenue Court Delhi has directed Delhi Police to submit an Action Taken Report (ATR) on a plea moved by Alakh Alok Srivastava seeking lodging of FIR against Manish Sisodia for allegedly making a provocative statement. Advocate Alakh Alok Srivastava had moved a complaint in a Delhi Court against Delhi's Deputy CM Manish Sisodia for allegedly spreading...
Nirbhaya Case : Trial Court Dismisses Plea By Tihar Jail For Fresh Death Warrant Against Convicts [Read Order]
A Delhi Court on Friday dismissed the plea moved by Tihar authorities seeking fresh death warrants against the convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case. "The plea is bereft of merits, death warrant can't be issued on the surmises of conjectures", ASJ Dharmender Rana of Patial House Courts said.The court has held the application to be premature, and has granted leave to the state...
Judicial Appointments : Calcutta HC Seeks Personal Appearance Of Judicial Secretary For Making Incorrect Statements In Affidavit [Read Order]
A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday took stern view of a Judicial Secretary for stating incorrect facts in a court affidavit. Asking the Judicial Secretary of the State of West Bengal to make a personal appearance before the court, a division bench comprising Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Suvra Ghosh said that it was "unfortunate" that an experienced...
'Free Kashmir' Placard : PIL In Karnataka HC For Action Against Mysuru Bar Association For Stopping Lawyers From Appearing For Student In Sedition Case
A PIL has been filed before the Karnataka High Court against the decision of the Mysore District Bar Association, precluding all its members from representing Nalini Balakumar, the student who was indicted on the charges of Sedition for holding a 'Free Kashmir' placard during the anti-CAA protests at the Mysore University campus on January 8. The plea has been moved by...
Madras HC Refuses To Relax Age Limit For OBC Candidates Appearing For District Judge Exam [Read Judgment]
The Madras High Court on Thursday refused to relax the upper age limit for persons belonging to Other Backward Class, for taking the District Judge examination. A bench comprising Chief Justice A P Sahi and Justice Subramonium Prasad dismissed a batch of petitions, seeking to bring the upper age limit for the OBC category at par with Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) candidates....
Can't Withhold Name Of Candidate Found Suitable For Judicial Service, Says Tripura HC; Directs RG To Recommend Candidate's Name For Post Of ADJ Lying Vacant [Read Judgment]
Emphasising that the high court could not have withheld name of a candidate for appointment to Tripura Judicial Service Grade-I without any specific reasons, the Tripura High Court has directed its Registrar General to recommend the name of a candidate to the state government for appointment to a post of Additional District and Sessions Judge lying vacant. A bench of Chief Justice Akil...