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Sunanda Pushkar Case: Special Judge Rejects Tharoor's Plea Seeking Production of Pushkar's Tweets [Read Order]
Special Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar at Rouse Avenue Court has dismissed Shashi Tharoor's plea seeking a copy of tweets posted by Sunanda Pushkar moments before her death. The court rejected his plea by stating that section 91 of Code of Criminal Procedure cannot be used to insist the court to direct the Prosecution to place the documents which are already in public domain. The court said...
Child Cannot Be Deprived Of Father's Love For No Reason; Bombay HC Allows Egyptian Man's Habeas Corpus Plea Against In-Laws [Read Judgment]
The Bombay High Court on Thursday allowed a criminal writ petition filed by Khaled Kassem, an Egyptian citizen who sought issuance of a writ of habeas corpus against his sister-in-law and mother-in-law for alleged illegally confining his 11-month old son Kian. Division bench of Justice SS Shinde and Justice NB Suryawanshi heard Kassem's petition wherein it was alleged that...
Delhi HC Issues Notice On Court Master's Plea Against His Removal For Allegedly Tampering With SC Order In Anil Ambani Case
"Whether Court Masters are criminally liable for an error in Court proceedings though which stands verified not only by the concerned judges but also by the various levels of Registrar of the concerned?"
GSLSA Launches The 'Legal Aid Defense Counsel System' [Read Press Release]
The Gujarat State Legal Services Authority on Sunday launched a dedicated office for the Legal Aid Defense Counsel System. The Legal Aid Defense Counsel System, is a pilot project for providing Legal Aid in Criminal matters (in Sessions Cases, at the first instance) that has been envisaged by the National Legal Services Authority, to make legal services more professional and...
Delhi HC Imposes Cost For Seeking Review By Blaming The Senior Counsel [Read Judgment]
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday held that a review petition can be allowed only on the grounds stipulated in Order XLVII, read with Section 114 of CPC and not on grounds which the petitioner chose not to press during arguments. The single-Judge bench of Justice C. Hari Shankar torn into the "startling" averments contained in the Review Petition, wherein the briefing counsel had tried...
SC Collegium Reiterates Proposal To Elevate Advocate Aniruddha Roy As Judge Of Calcutta HC [Read Notification]
Pursuant to a meeting held on January 29, 2020, the Supreme Court Collegium has reiterated its recommendation to elevate Advocate Aniruddha Roy as Judge of the Calcutta High Court. Earlier, the Collegium had recommended his name vide resolution dated October 24, 2018. However, the Centre did not move forward with that recommendation. Vide the same resolution the Collegium had...
SC Collegium Proposes Elevation Of 3 Advocates & One Judicial Officer As Kerala HC Judges
The Supreme Court Collegium has proposed the elevation of Advocates T R Ravi, Bechu Kurian Thomas and P Gopinath, and judicial officer M R Anitha as the judges of High Court of Kerala.The decision was taken by the collegium on January 29. Bechu Kurian Thomas, a designated Senior Advocate, is the son of former Supreme Court judge Justice K T Thomas. Senior Advocate P Gopinath is a partner of...
'Didn't Demolish Sheds Alleging Bangladeshi Occupation', BBMP Tells Karnataka HC
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) on Thursday denied before the Karnataka High Court that they had carried an illegal demolition and eviction drive on the sheds in in the areas of Kariyammana Agrahara, Devarabeesanahalli, Kundalahalli and Bellanduru, alleging that they were occupied by illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka...
Nirbhaya Case: Delhi Court Seeks Report From Tihar Jail On Convicts' Plea To Stay Execution
A Delhi court has directed Tihar Jail Superintendent to file a report on an application moved by two of the convicts seeking a stay on the date of execution.Additional Sessions Judge Ajay Kumar Jain has asked the report to be filed tomorrow by 10AMTwo convicts in the Nirbhaya rape case, Akshay and Pawan, have moved an application at Patiala House Court seeking a stay on the date of execution....
Centre Appoints Advocate Rajnesh Oswal As Judge Of J&K & Ladakh HC [Read Notification]
The Centre has notified the elevation of Advocate Rajnesh Oswal as a Judge of the common High Court for the UT of Jammu & Kashmir and UT of Ladakh. The SC Collegium had recommended to elevate him as such vide resolution dated October 15, 2019. Through the same resolution, the Collegium had also proposed to elevate Advocate Moksha Kazmi (Khajuria). However, the...
Live Ammunition In Baggage : Delhi HC Quashes FIR Against Lady Traveller [Read Order]
Delhi High Court has held that if there is nothing in the FIR which indicates a conscious and knowledgeable possession of a firearm, no case can proceed under section 25 of the Arms Act. The Single Bench of Anu Malhotra, while quashing the FIR against the Petitioner, noted that for possession of a firearm under the Arms Act, there must be an element of conscious possession...
Retired Employees Can Form Unions Under Trade Union Act 1926 : Madras HC [Read Judgment]
The Madras High Court has held that even retired employees of an institution have the right to form an association/ trade union under the Trade Unions Act 1926. While passing the judgment, Justice S. Vaidyanathan said, "the Authority is bound to register the Association formed by the retired employees, unless there are any prohibited ground for non registering the same. In case...