[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...

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....