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Why NIA Court Today Deferred Verdict In Samjhauta Express Blast Case Involving Swami Aseemanand?
A special NIA court had to defer its verdict that was expected to be pronounced on Monday in the 2007 Samjhauta Express blast case in which Swami Aseemanand is one of the accused after a last-minute application by a Pakistani woman. In a surprise plea, the woman moved the anti-terror court for directions for examination of the blast eyewitnesses from Pakistan The court was expected...
Delhi HC Seeks Ayush Ministry's Response On Plea Against Aadhaar-Based Attendance, Location-Based Recruitment
The Delhi High Court has sought response of the Ministry of Ayush on a petition challenging its decision to bring in Aadhaar-based attendance in Ayurvedic, Homeopathic, Unani and Siddha Colleges and making it mandatory for them to recruit staff registered in the particular state in which they are located. Justice C Hari Shankar issued notice to the Ministry of Ayush and Central Council...
Kerala HC Bans Use Of Flex And Non Biodegradable Materials For Election Campaigning [Read Order]
The Kerala High Court today banned the use of flex and other non-biodegradable materials for campaigning throughout the state ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.The division bench of Chief Justice Hrishikesh Roy and Justice A K Jayasankaran Nambiar passed the interim order in a PIL seeking prohibition of use of Poly Vinyl Chloride(PVC) Flex Boards and other ecologically harmful materials for...
No Political Ads Without Pre-Certification, Code Of Conduct Being Evolved In Consultation With IAMAI And Social Networking Sites: ECI Tells Bombay HC
The Election Commission of India has informed the Bombay High Court that a code of conduct regarding regulation of political advertisements on social media is being evolved in consultation with the IAMAI (Internet and Mobile Association of India) and intermediaries i.e., social networking sites. EC's counsel Pradeep Rajagopal submitted the affidavit before the bench of Chief justice NH...
What Was The Hurry For Filing Charge Sheet Without Sanction? Judge Asks Delhi Police In Sedition Case Against Kanhaiya
The Delhi Police Monday told a court here that authorities were yet to give requisite sanctions to prosecute former JNU Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar and others in a 2016 sedition case. On January 14, police had filed a charge sheet in the court against Kumar and others, saying he was leading a procession and supported seditious slogans raised on the JNU campus during an event...
Plea In Delhi HC Challenges Separate ID Cards For Disabled Persons In Railways Other Than Unique Disability Identity Card
The Delhi High Court had been moved in a plea to direct the Indian Railway to validate the Unique Disability Identity Card (UDID) issued under the mandate of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 for concession-based ticketing for the physically-challenged. The petition prays for the March, 2015 circular of the Indian Railways, by virtue of which separate Photo ID cards are...
SC's Adultery Judgment Applies To All Pending Proceedings Even With Retrospective Effect: Punjab & Haryana HC [Read Order]
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has quashed a complaint filed in 2014 alleging an offence of Adultery, in view of the judgment of the Supreme Court in Joseph Shine vs. Union of India. The Constitution bench of the Supreme Court had, on 27th September 2018, struck down 158 year old Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalizes adultery. Relying on this judgment, the...
High Courts Weekly Round-Up
Bombay High Court Nagpur Bench of the High Court recently held a journalist guilty of extortion for threatening to publish a news item defaming the complainant and demanding money in exchange for his silence. In doing so, Justice MG Giratkar observed, "The illustrations to Section 384 are very clear. All the illustrations show that even a threatening by journalists who are reporters...