ISIS Terror Plot Case : NIA Court In Kerala Sentences 6 Persons Under UAPA [Read Judgment]

A National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Court in Kochi, Kerala on Wednesday sentenced six persons for various offences under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act on findings that they owed allegiance to terror outfit Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and hatched criminal conspiracies to carry out attacks in furtherance of their radical ideology.Judge P Krishnakumar found that all ...

Bill To Merge UTs Of Dadra & Nagar Haveli, & Daman & Diu Passed By Lok Sabha [Read Bill]

The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (Merger of Union territories) Bill, 2019, by voice vote. The Bill introduced by the Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah proposes to merge the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, which presently has only one district with the UT of Daman and Diu, which has two districts. The merged UT will be named as...

Arbitration Agreement Not Exempt From Stamp Duty Even If Contract And Work Is Executed Outside The State: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has held that even if a contract is executed outside the State of Maharashtra and the work is also carried outside the State but arbitration of any contractual dispute is to be held within the State (in this case Mumbai), stamp duty will be payable under the Maharashtra Stamp Act, 1958 .Justice GS Patel was hearing an arbitration application filed by S Satyanaryana and...

Bombay HC Raises Concerns Over Holding Uddhav Thackeray's Oath Taking Ceremony At Shivaji Park

While hearing a PIL regarding permissions and approvals granted to several entities and organisations to use Shivaji Park Maidan at Dadar for activities and events other than strictly permissible in the law, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday raised some concerns ahead of Shiv Sena supremo Uddhav Thackeray's oath taking ceremony at Shivaji Park, Dadar in Mumbai tomorrow. The bench of...

Karnataka DGP Issue Circular To Lodge Zero FIR By Police Stations As Per HC Directions [Read Circular]

A circular has been issued by the Director General Of Police, following directions by the Karnataka High Court to all police stations to lodge 'Zero Fir' even if the offence has been committed outside the territorial jurisdiction of the police station. A bench led by Chief Justice Abhay Oka while hearing a PIL filed by Advocate Umapathi had issued the directions on September 19. It...

'Celibacy' Or 'Matrimony' Is One's Choice; Madras HC Directs Chennai Corporation To Compensate Man Forced To Remain Unmarried Due To An Accident[Read Judgment]

In a sharp blow to the Corporation of Chennai, the Madras High Court directed it to pay compensation worth Rs. 63,26,000 with interest to a 26 yrs old man, for depriving him of marital pleasure, in addition to other grievances, by rendering him physically disabled in an accident. The court recognized that accidents were a source of human rights and fundamental rights violations and...

UAPA : Kerala HC Denies Bail To Students Arrested For Alleged Maoist Links [Read Judgment]

The High Court of Kerala on Wednesday denied bail to Allan Shuhaib and Thawaha Fazal, who were arrested by Kerala police under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act for alleged links with banned Maoist organization.Dismissing their appeals filed against the order of Kozhikode Sessions Court, a division bench of Justices A Hariprasad and N Anil Kumar expressed the prima facie view that there...

Lok Sabha Passes Bill To Limit SPG Protection To Former PMs For A Period Of 5 Years [Read Bill]

The Lok Sabha today passed the Special Protection Group (Amendment) Bill, 2019, by voice vote. The Bill was introduced in the house by the Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah to amend the provisions of the Special Protections Group Act, 1988, which provides for constitution and regulation of the Special Protection Group (SPG). The Bill seeks to restrict the facility of SPG security,...

Lok Sabha Passes Bill To Ban E-Cigarettes [Read Bill]

The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Prohibition Of Electronic Cigarettes (Production, Manufacture, Import, Export, Transport, Sale, Distribution, Storage And Advertisement) Bill, 2019, by voice vote. As the name suggests, the Bill prohibits production, manufacture, import, export, transport, sale, distribution, storage, and advertisement of e-cigarettes and similar...

'Super 30' Fame Anand Kumar Fined By Gauhati HC With Rs 50,000 For Failing To Appear

The Gauhati High Court on Tuesday slapped a cost of Rs 50,000 on 'Super 30' fame mathematician Anand Kumar for his failure to appear before the court despite repeated directions for his personal appearance. A bench of Chief Justice Ajai Lamba and Justice Achintya Malla Bujor Barua expressed displeasure over Anand's disobedience of their orders and asked him to be personally present...

Cogent Evidence Required To Summon Any Person Under S.319 Of CrPC: Allahabad HC [Read Judgment]

The Allahabad High Court on Friday held that cogent evidence was required to summon a person under Section 319 of CrPC and that the same was a subject matter of scrutiny of trial court, which were to decide the application. "This court cannot give finding on the above point as argued by learned counsel for the respondents. It is the subject matter of scrutiny of trial court who has...

Don't Use Urdu/Persian Words In FIR, Lodge FIRs In Simple Language: Delhi HC Tells Delhi Police [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has directed Delhi Police to refrain from mechanically using Urdu/Persian words while lodging the FIR. The Division Bench of Justice DN Patel and Justice Hari Shankar opined that FIR should be lodged in the simplest language possible or on the language of the person who has approached the police for lodging of the FIR. Filed by Vishalakshi Goel, the...