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Nirbhaya Case: Delhi HC To Hear On Sunday Centre's Plea Against Stay Of Convicts' Execution
In an urgent sitting held on Saturday evening, the Delhi High Court issued notices to the four convicts of the Nirbhaya rape case, in a plea challenging the trial court order which had put a stay on their execution. This revision petition is moved by Ministry of Home Affairs, against the order dated 31/1/2020 wherein ASJ Dharmender Rana had stayed the execution date issued against the...
Pending Criminal Case: Chhattisgarh HC Directs State To Reconsider Its Appointment Of Deputy Advocate General [Read Judgment]
The Chhattisgarh High Court has directed the State Government to reconsider its appointment of Rajneesh Singh Baghel as Deputy Advocate General, who is accused in a criminal case. Uttam Kumar Pandey, a lawyer practicing in High Court had filed a writ petition seeking a writ of quo warranto alleging that Baghel is an 'accused' in a criminal case which is pending from the year 2012 and it is...
Karnataka HC Upholds Conferment Of Senior Designation On 18 Advocates [Read Judgment]
A division bench of the Karnataka High Court on Friday disposed of a batch of PILs to uphold the notification issued by it on November 16, 2018, conferring senior designation on eighteen advocates. In a detailed judgment, Chief Justice Abhay S. Oka and Justice Mohammad Nawaz examined the vires of the High Court of Karnataka (Designation of Senior Advocates), Rules, 2018 vis-Ã -vis...
'I Have No Documents To Prove That Rent Was Paid To Young India': Subramanian Swamy Deposes In National Herald Case
Subramanian Swamy has deposed, in his cross examination, that he has no documentary evidence to prove that rental amount of ₹60 lacs per month was directly deposited to the account of Young India Limited.The statement has come in the ongoing proceedings for the National Herald case, wherein Swamy has accused Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi of criminal misappropriation...
Budget 2020: Personal Income Tax Rates Slashed
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has slashed the personal income tax rates but provided to forgo exemptions, as she announced the Union Budget for the Financial Year 2020-2021 today, in the Lok Sabha. As per the new regime, persons earning upto Rs. 5 lakhs will be exempted from paying any taxes. Persons having an income between Rs. 5 lakhs and 7.5 lakhs will be taxed at 10% of...
Karnataka HC Dismisses BJP MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar's Appeal, Affirms DRAT Order To Pay 50Cr To IFCIL [Read Order]
The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition filed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),Member of Parliament, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, challenging the orders of the Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunal, (Chennai), directing him to pay Rs 50 crore, to IFCI Limited. A divison bench of Justice Arvind Kumar and Justice E S Indiresh while dismissing the petition said "There is no error...
Madras HC Expresses Security Concerns After Procession In Campus By Lawyers And 3 Former Judges [Read Order]
The Madras High Court has taken note of the security concerns expressed by the police on the basis of a procession held in court premises on Thursday.On Friday, a bench headed by the Chief Justice Amreshwar Pratap Sahi called for a review of the security measures and directed the high ranking officials of Tamil Nadu police and Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) "for evolving...
Madras HC Directs Police To Set Up Special Cells To Check Social Media Abuse [Read Order]
The Madras High Court on Thursday directed the Director General of Police (DGP) to constitute dedicated cells in every police station in the State to track unscrupulous offenders who post derogatory content on social media, not only against constitutional and government functionaries but also against the common man. "Unless the menace is curbed with iron hands, it is a...
[Corruption] Chhattisgarh HC Orders CBI Inquiry Against High Rank Govt. Officials For Alleged Embezzlement Of Public Money [Read Order]
The High Court of Chhattisgarh on Thursday directed the CBI to investigate into the allegations of large scale bungling and siphoning of public funds by certain high rank govt. officials of the state, which may run into hundreds or even more than thousand crores. The issue relates to misappropriation of public money in the guise of running a Physical Referral Rehabilitation Centre...
SC Notice To PMO On Whistleblower's Plea For Info On Corruption Complaints Against Central Ministers[Read Petition]
The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) on a Special Leave Petition (SLP) moved by Whistleblower IFS officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi seeking information about corruption charges against Central Ministers from June 1, 2014 to August 5, 2017 and the quantum of black money claimed to have been brought back from abroad by the government and deposited in the accounts...
PIL Seeking Directions For Protection Of Rights & The Identity Of Rape Victims; Bombay HC Issues Notice To Union & State [Read Petition]
The Bombay High Court on Thursday issued notice to the Union of India and State of Maharashtra in a Public Interest Litigation seeking directions for implementation of Guidelines expounded by the Supreme Court and amended substantive and procedural criminal laws between 2013 to 2018 which deal with right to speedy trial in courts all over the country and protection of identity of...