Restrict Pragya Thakur From Contesting Elections- Malegaon Blast Victim's Father Files Application Before Spl NIA Court [Read Application]

Nisar Ahmed Sayyed Bilal, a 59-year-old resident of Malegaon, Nashik has filed an intervention application before Special NIA Court seeking directions to restrain Pragya Singh Thakur from contesting elections. Thakur is one of the main accused in the Malegaon blast case of 2008. Bilal's son Sayyed Azhar Nisar Ahmed was killed in the explosion that took place on Bhikku Chowk,...

Karnataka HC Dismisses KSAT Chairman's Plea Claiming Salary Equivalent To HC Chief Justice [Read Order]

"The work of Chairman of KSAT cannot be compared with that of Chairman of CAT."

'Mere Statement Against Govt Or Military Not Sedition': Kerala HC Acquits All 5 Convicted By NIA Court In Alleged SIMI Camp Case [Read Judgment]

The High Court of Kerala has acquitted all five persons who were convicted by a Special Court of National Investigation Agency(NIA) in 2016 for allegedly organizing a meeting of the banned outfit Students Islamic Movement of India(SIMI) in 2006. The Court observed the NIA Special Court committed "serious error" in convicting the accused. They were convicted by NIA Court for offences...

NGT Seeks Report On Delhi Slaughter Houses [Read Order]

National Green Tribunal has sought report from South Delhi Deputy Commissioner and Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPC) against illegal slaughter Houses and meat shops at Block-B, Ward No. 20 S Uttam Nagar, Delhi opposite Police Station, creating nuisance in the area.Bench of Justices Adarsh Kumar Goel and Satyawan Singh Garbyal was hearing an application treated as an application on basis...

Bombay HC Quashes FIR Against Journalist For Suicide Of Jawan After Sting Video

"The deceased committed suicide because his seniors scolded him and not because of the accused", observed the bench.

SC Acquits Murder Accused After 20 Years, Finding That He Was Juvenile At The Time Of Incident [Read Judgment]

Supreme Court acquitted a murder accused after 20 years of commission of alleged murder on the crucial finding that the he was a minor at the time of commission of the offence. In the case Ashok Kumar Mehra & Anr v. State of Punjab, the appellant along with his father was convicted for the offences under 302 r/w 34 of IPC and sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life by the High Court...

Bombay HC Sets Aside ECI's Decision To Conduct By-Election For Katol Assembly Constituency. Why? [Read Judgment]

In an important judgment, the Bombay High Court has quashed and set aside the decision of the Election Commission of India to fill up a casual vacancy in Katol assembly constituency in Nagpur, Maharashtra, calling it arbitrary, discriminatory, unreasonable and violative of the principle of rule of law. A division bench of Justice SB Shukre and Justice PV Ganediwala of the Nagpur bench...

Madras HC Dismisses Plea Against Cancellation Of Election In TN's Vellore Lok Sabha Constituency

The Madras High Court Wednesday upheld the Election Commission's decision cancelling the election in Tamil Nadu's Vellore Lok Sabha constituency. A bench of justices S Manikumar and Subramonium Prasad dismissed petitions filed by AIADMK-led alliance candidate in the constituency, A C Shanmugham, and an Independent, K Sugumar, seeking to set aside the order cancelling the election which...

SC Lawyers Menaka Guruswamy & Arundhati Katju Named In Time's List Of 100 Influential Persons For Legal Battle Against Sec.377 IPC

In the Time Magazine's list of 100 influential persons, the names of Supreme Court lawyers Menaka Guruswamy and Arundhati Katju are included, in recognition of their contribution in the Navtej Johar case in which the Supreme Court had decriminalised homosexuality by striking down Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code."Arundhati and Menaka have helped take a giant step for LGBTQ+ rights in the world's largest democracy. In their committed fight for justice, they have shown us that we as a society...

RERA Does Not Bar Homebuyers' Complaint Under Consumer Protection Act Against Builder/Developer: NCDRC [Read Order]

Both, the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 and the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 are supplemental to each other and there is no provision in the Consumer Protection Act which is inconsistent with the provisions of RERA.

Advocate Loses Right To Practice When He Enters Into Full Time Salaried Employment: Allahabad HC [Read Judgment]

"Mere occasional appearance of such employees in Courts/ tribunals while in full time employment in few cases that too solely on behalf of their employer cannot be taken to mean that they are continuing to be in practice as advocates"

Delhi HC Issues Notice To Govt Over PIL To Expedite Setting Up of Permanent Fast Track Courts

The Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Government of NCT of Delhi and has asked Registrar General of High Court to submit a detailed status report with respect to the status of fast track courts (FTCs) in Delhi. The court was hearing a public interest litigation filed in the interest of general public filed through Advocate Sumit Chander, who was aggrieved by the long delay in...