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MDMK Chief Vaiko Convicted In Sedition Case [Read Judgment]
MDMK chief Vaiko was on Friday convicted by a city court here in a sedition case filed in 2009 by the Tamil Nadu government. He was sentenced to simple imprisonment for a year. Judge J Shanthi held him guilty of the offence of sedition. Vaiko, who was present in the court, said he never sought any leniency. A petition was filed to suspend the conviction enabling an appeal...
ICJ To Pronounce Judgment In Kulbhushan Jadhav Case On 17th July [Read Press Release]
The International Court of Justice will deliver its judgment in Kulbhushan Jadhav case on 17th July 2019.A public sitting will take place at 3 p.m. at the Peace Palace in The Hague, during which Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, President of the Court, will read the Court's decision, the press release read. The UN court had held public hearings from February 18 to February 21 in the case...
Murder & Gang Rape Of Mentally Ill Woman: SC Stays Execution Of 7 Men Sentenced To Death [Read Order]
The Supreme Court has stayed execution of seven death row convicts accused of accused of gang rape of a mentally ill woman in Rohtak (Punjab).The bench comprising the Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Deepak Gupta granted leave in the special leave petition filed by the seven persons whose death sentence was affirmed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in March.Senior Advocate Vibha...
Payal Tadvi Suicide: Police Should Have Informed MCI And MCM About Arrest Of Doctors Says Bombay HC
The Bombay High Court has observed that the police should have informed the Medical Council of India and the Medical Council of Maharashtra about the arrest of doctors Ankita Khandelwal, Hema Ahuja and Bhakti Mehare in relation to the suicide of 26-year-old Payal Tadvi. All three are third-year resident doctors at BYL Nair hospital and they allegedly tormented Tadvi about her tribal status....
Petition Under Art. 226&227 Cannot Be Entertained By HC Ignoring The Statutory Dispensation Under Armed Forces Tribunal Act: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]
A Bench of Justices V. Chitambaresh and Ashok Menon of the Kerala High Court dismissed an original petition filed by the petitioner against an interlocutory order of the Armed Forces Tribunal established under the Armed Forces Tribunal Act, 2007, holding that the petitioner could prefer such application against the final order. The Court further observed that remedy provided under...
Unnatural Deaths In Prisons: Karnataka HC Takes Suo Motu Cognizance, Issues Notice To Govt.
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday issued notice to the State government while hearing a suo-motu petition seeking to implement directions given by the Supreme Court for identifying cases of unnatural death in prisons and grant compensation to next of kin of the deceased. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice H T Narendra Prasad observed that the stand of the...
Liquidator Cannot Deal With Properties Attached As 'Proceeds Of A Crime' Under PMLA: NCLAT [Read Judgment]
National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has held that section 14 of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code does not apply to properties attached as proceeds of crime under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. In the present case, the Bank of Baroda had initiated 'Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process' against 'Rotomac Global Private Limited' (Corporate Debtor) which was followed by...
There is No Statutory Obligation On University To Provide Hostel To All Students Seeking It: Delhi HC
Delhi High Court dismissed the PIL filed by Praveen Kumar Singh seeking directions to be given to the Delhi University for ensuring hostel accommodation to students. The petitioner had invoked section 33 of the Delhi University Act, 1922, which states that every student of University shall reside in the College Hall or under such circumstances as prescribed by the Ordinances. ...
Gauri Lankesh Killing: Rahul Gandhi, Sitaram Yechury Plead Not Guilty In Defamation Case Filed By RSS Worker, Granted Permanent Exemption
Ex-Congress President Rahul Gandhi appeared before a Metropolitan Magistrate Court in Sewree, Mumbai today and pleaded not guilty in a defamation case filed by Advocate Dhrutiman Joshi, an RSS Swayamsevak. Apart from Rahul Gandhi, Sitaram Yechury is also accused of defaming the RSS for linking journalist Gauri Lankesh's murder with the organisation. Both Gandhi and Yechury were granted bail...
SC To Hear Advocate's Plea Seeking Maharashtra CM's Disqualification On July 23
The Supreme Court will be hearing Advocate Satish Uke's plea seeking disqualification of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis as a Member of the Legislative Assembly on July 23. Full bench of Chief justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Deepak Gupta and Justice Aniruddha Bose have scheduled the matter for final hearing. Uke had appealed against the High Court's order rejecting his...
Delhi HC Holds Bihar Government Accountable For Victimising An IAS Officer's Life and Liberty [Read Judgment]
Delhi High Court comes to the rescue of an IAS Officer in Bihar who was systematically targeted by the state government for his honest crusade against the state's transport mafia. The Bench comprising of Justice Jyoti Singh and Justice Vipin Sanghi criticised the state government for withholding the inter-cadre transfer of the officer to Haryana on the basis of a poorly executed...
'Presidential Assent Cannot Save State Laws Which Have Already Become Repugnant'; Madras HC Holds TN Laws Repugnant To RFCTLARR Act [Read Judgment]
The provisions of Article 254(2) would not apply in the case of a law already made by the State, which has become repugnant as a result of a new enactment of Parliament.