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ED Summons Allegedly To Prevent Broadcasting Facts On Anti-CAA Protests: Gauhati HC Stays Personal Appearance Of Proprietor Of Assamese News Paper And Channel Before ED
The Gauhati High Court on Friday decided to look into the legality of summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate, allegedly to prevent the Petitioner from broadcasting true and correct facts of agitation presently ongoing against the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 in the State of Assam. The Petitioner, Jayanta Baruah, is the proprietor of daily newspaper namely 'Asomiya Pratidin'...
Bail Granted In One Case Can't Be Cancelled On The Ground That Another FIR Is Registered: Karnataka HC [Read Order]
The Karnataka High Court has held that registration of fresh FIR against a person, cannot be a ground to cancel anticipatory bail already granted in another case, where the trial is already ongoing. Justice B A Patil, said "The only ground which is made out is that two criminal cases have been registered. In what way the said cases have come in the way of the trial has also not been...
Sexual Offences Against Children: Bombay HC Says Accused Should Be "Mercilessly And Inexorably Punished" [Read Judgment]
The Bombay High Court last Friday dismissed an appeal filed by on Sagar Dhuri, a 23-year-old man convicted of sexually assaulting a five-and-a-half-year-old girl and sentenced to ten years.Justice Prithviraj K Chavan concluded the appeal was devoid of merits and noted-"This is a case in which there is no question of reformation of the appellant as he was quite a grown-up male who knew...
Pleas Taken In Written Statement Are Irrelevant While Considering Application Under O7 R11 Of CPC: HP HC [Read Judgment]
A division bench of the Himachal Pradesh High Court has reiterated that while considering an application under Order 7 Rule 11 of the CPC for rejection of plaint, the Court has to examine the averments in the plaint and that the pleas taken by the defendants in its written statement would be irrelevant. The order was passed by Chief Justice L. Narayana Swamy and Justice Jyotsna Rewal...
'Education To Girl Child Is Nation's Asset'; Madras HC Upholds Termination Of Principal For Indulging In Homo-Sexual Activities With Students [Read Judgment]
The Madras High Court upheld the termination of the Principal of Dharmapuri District Co-operative Sugar Mills Polytechnic, who was accused of indulging in homo-sexual activities with the polytechnic students and making filthy remarks against teaching staff, apart from other administrative wrongdoings. "The petitioner, who was working as the Principal of the Polytechnic Institute,...
'CAA & NRC Force Democracy To Give Way To Majoritarianism': Law Teachers Across The Globe Express Solidarity With Student Protestors[Read Statement]
We, the undersigned teachers and researchers of law, strongly condemn the police brutality on the peaceful protest by the students at Jamia Milia Islamia, Aligarh Muslim University and other universities. On 15 December 2019 police entered the Jamia Milia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University, and assaulted and detained the students. Students were dragged out of campus, and were...
People Have Right To Criticize Dispensation Running The Country, Being Legislature, Executive Or Judiciary: Calcutta HC [Read Order]
"It is not clear at all as to how the criticism of the State Government and its functionaries and a Member of Parliament could be deemed to be publication of a statement likely to cause fear or alarm to the public at all, let alone whereby such person may be induced to commit an offence against the State or against the public tranquility."
Karnataka HC Pulls up BBMP For Transferring An Employee On Orders Of CM [Read Order]
"Though this is a fit case for passing strictures against all the concerned, and for levy of exemplary costs, this Court with much reluctance, restrains itself from doing the same so that such illegal transfers shall not be repeated hereafter."
Section 142(2) Of Negotiable Instruments Amendment Act, 2015 Is Constitutionally Valid: Madras HC [Read Judgment]
Reiterating that the Parliament/State Legislature can take away the basis of a judicial pronouncement by enacting legislation, the Madras High Court upheld the constitutional validity of the Section 142(2) of the Negotiable Instruments Amendment Act, 2015. The Petitioner-Company, Refex Energy Ltd. had asserted that the amendment is in violation of the Supreme Court ruling in...
CAA Protest: Court Orders To Provide Immediate Medical Treatment To Man, Who Was Arrested From Seelampur
Duty Metropolitan Magistrate Richa Parihar of Karkardooma court today directed jail authorities to provide immediate medical treatment to Moinuddin, one of the accused arrested in connection with alleged violence that took place during the anti-CAA protests which took place at Seelampur last week. An application was filed today at the Karkardooma district court for provision of...
'CAA Protests Attempt To Save Constitution': Bar Council Member Urges BCI To Express Solidarity With Protests [Read Letter]
In a letter addressed to the Chairman of the Bar Council of India, a Member of the Bar Council resisted its call for abating protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 and urged the Council to express solidarity with the protests going on across the country. Coming out in support of the protestors, Advocate N Manoj Kumar said, "The protests against CAA and NRC are the...
Delhi HC Dismisses Plea Challenging Internet Shutdown In Delhi Over CAA Protests
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed a PIL challenging the DCP's order of shutting down mobile interent services in Delhi on 19/12/2019 in light of the Citizenship Amendment Act protests. While refusing to entertain the plea, the Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Hari Shankar declared that issuing writ is the prerogative of the court, and the Petitioners can make...