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CAA Protests : Allahabad HC Calls For Documents Relating To Arrest Of Advocate Md Shoaib [Read Order]
The Allahabad High Court on Saturday directed the UP Police to produce before it the arrest memo pertaining to the arrest of Lucknow based senior lawyer and president of human rights group Rihai Manch Mohammad Shoaib. The Court has directed the Government to produce documents to show that he was medically examined after the arrest. The court further said that Shoaib's family members or...
'State Can't Exploit Labour Of Unregulated Worker': Delhi HC Directs ICAR To Regularise Daily Wage Labourers [Read Judgment]
While directing a government agency to regularise its daily wage labourers, Delhi High Court noted that the state cannot exploit the labour of unregulated workers over a continued period of time. The present case pertains to the matter of regularisation of daily wage labourers in Indian Council for Agricultural Research. These labourers have been rendering their services to...
[Hyderabad Encounter] Second Autopsy To Be Done To Restore People's Faith In the Rule of Law : Telangana HC [Read Order]
The division bench of the High Court of Telangana comprising of Chief Justice Raghavendra Singh Chauhan and Justice Abhishek Reddy, while observing the necessity of second autopsy of accused's dead body in the alleged rape and murder of the lady veterinary doctor, said," Since the alleged accused persons have been killed, while they were in police custody, the faith of the people in the rule...
Delhi Gate CAA Protests : 15 Accused Persons Remanded To Two Days Of Judicial Custody
A Metrapolitan Magistrate at Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi on Saturday remanded 15 accused persons, who were arrested by Daryaganj Police in the wake of anti-CAA protests in Delhi Gate area yesterday, to two days of judicial custody.Their bail applications will be considered on Monday at 12 PM.Opposing the remand of the accused persons , Senior Advocate Rebecca M John told the Duty...
Anti-CAA Protests : Detention Of Minors In Police Station Illegal, Orders Magistrate In Delhi; Police Asked To Allow Detainees To Meet Lawyers, Provide Medical Aid
Acting on a complaint that lawyers were not permitted to meet persons who were detained by police in the wake of anti-CAA protests at Delhi, the Chief Metrapolitan Magistrate (Central Delhi) passed an order on Friday night directing the Daryagang Station House Officer to allow the detainees to meet their lawyers in terms of Section 41 D of the Code of Criminal Procedure.It was also brought to...
Final Test Of Guilt Is Not To Be Applied At The Stage Of Framing Charges: Reiterates Allahabad HC [Read Judgment]
The Allahabad High Court has reiterated that at the initial stage of framing of a charge, the final test of guilt is not to be applied and the court has to be merely satisfied with the existence of a strong suspicion that the accused has committed an offence, which, if put to trial, could prove him guilty. While disposing of a revision petition, seeking discharge, Justice...
Jessica Lal Murder Case: Delhi Govt Files Reply To Manu Sharma's Plea For Premature Release
Delhi Government has filed its reply to murder convict Manu Sharma's remission plea before the Delhi High Court. Manu Sharma is currently undergoing rigorous life imprisonment for offences under sections 302, 201 and 120B of the IPC, and section 27 of the Arms Act. He has already undergone actual sentence of 16 years and 7 months, and have also earned remission of approximately 6 years and...
CAA Protests: Karnataka HC Says It Will Examine The Legality Of Imposition Of Section 144
Karnataka High Court on Friday said that it will go into the legality of order passed under section 144, by the Police Commmssioner, on December 18, thereby banning all public rallies, which were to be held on December 19, against the Citizenship Amendment Act, in Bengaluru.A bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Pradeep Singh Yerur while hearing a bunch of petitions challenging the...
False Report On Judge- Karnataka HC Refuses To Accept Unconditional Apology By Deccan Herald
The Karnataka High Court on Friday refused to accept the unconditional apology tendered by Editor/Publisher and Reporter of Deccan Herald newspaper, while hearing a criminal contempt petition issued to them for printing a false report titled "Rs 9 crore seized in raid on judge." A bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Pradeep Singh Yerur said "There were inconsistencies in...
Delhi HC Agrees To Form A Committee To Look Into The Incident Of Shouting In Court After Order In Jamia Violence Case
The Delhi High Court on Friday agreed to form a committee to look into the incident of shouting in Court yesterday.This was after certain lawyers mentioned the matter before the bench headed by Chief Justice on Friday morning seeking suo moto action.On Thursday, after the Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Hari Shankar had denied interim protection to Jamia students...
Valdaris Custodial Death: Bombay HC Directs Trial Court To Book Cops For Murder Of 25-yr-old
The Bombay High Court on Thursday directed the trial court to book eight police officials from Wadala Railway Police in the murder of 25-year-old Agnelo Valdaris who died in police custody five years ago after being picked up on charges of theft.Division bench of Justice BP Dharmadhikari and Justice SS Jadhav allowed the petition filed by Agnelo's father Leonard and directed the trial court...
Bombay HC Reserves Order In PIL Seeking Expeditious Sale Of HDIL Assets In Order To Pay Back PMC Bank Depositors [Read Petition]
The Bombay High Court on Thursday reserved its order in a Public Interest Litigation filed by Advocate Sarosh Damania seeking public auction of all Housing Development and Infrastructure Limited (HDIL) assets either mortgaged with the crisis-hit Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative Bank or attached by the Economic Offences Wing, Mumbai. A division bench of Justice Ranjit More and Justice...