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Magistrate's Court At Mumbai Refuses Bail To Businessman Raj Kundra In Porn Film Case
A Metropolitan Magistrate's Court at Mumbai has refused to grant bail to actor Shilpa Shetty's husband - businessman Raj Kundra and his associate Ryan Thorpe in a case related to the alleged production and distribution of pornographic content. Kundra was arrested by the Mumbai Police's Crime Branch on July 19, 2021 and booked under sections 354(C) (Voyeurism), 292 (sale of...
Calcutta HC Bar Association Passes Resolution To Abstain From Boycotting Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal's Courtroom
The Bar Association of the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday held a General Body meeting in order to address the grievances of a section of lawyers who have decided to boycott the courtroom of Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal citing alleged transgressions in his administrative duties. The lawyers were aggrieved by the decision of the Chief Justice to delist a case from Justice...
'Umadevi' Judgment Doesn't Absolve Duty To Comply With Earlier SC Judgment Directing Regularization: Supreme Court To Anand University
The Supreme Court observed that the judgment in Umadevi case does not absolve the Anand Agricultural University of its duty to comply with the direction in an earlier judgment.Eligible daily wagers in accordance with the scheme have been eagerly awaiting regularization as per the judgment of this Court in Gujarat Agricultural University's case, the bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao and...
West Bengal Post Poll Violence: Calcutta High Court Grants State Time Till July 31 To File Supplementary Affidavit To NHRC Report
The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday granted time to the West Bengal government to submit its supplementary affidavit in response to report of the Committee of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) by July 31. The Court made it clear during the hearing on Wednesday that no further extension of time shall be given. The matter is slated to be heard next on August 2. The 5 judge...
Former Supreme Court Judge Justice SC Agrawal Passes Away
Former judge of the Supreme Court, Justice S.C. Agrawal has passed away at 88.Born on September 5, 1933 in Jaipur, Justice Agrawal completed his schooling from Rajasthan and obtained his degree in Law from Maharaja's College, Rajasthan University, in 1952. He pursued LL.M. from the University College, London in 1957.Justice Agrawal enrolled as a Pleader in the District Court, Jaipur in 1952....
'Destruction Of Property Not Freedom Of Speech In House' : Supreme Court Rejects Kerala Govt Plea To Withdraw Prosecution In Assembly Ruckus Case
The criminal prosecution against six members of the Left Democratic Front , who are accused in the Kerala assembly ruckus case of 2015, cannot be withdrawn, held the Supreme Court on Wednesday."The action of the members have trodden past the constitutional means", the Supreme Court observed while holding that they cannot claim protection of legislative privileges and immunity under Article 194...
Direction To Undergo Other Sentences After Life Sentence Illegal: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that a court cannot stipulate that other sentences would begin after expiration of life sentence awarded to convict.In this case, the Trial court had convicted the accused Imran Jalal under sections 121 (Waging, or attempting to wage war, or abetting waging of war, against the Government of India), 121A (Conspiracy to commit offences punishable by section 121),...
Breaking: CLAT 2021 (UG): One Question Deleted, Changed Answer Key For Two Questions-Read Press Release
The Consortium Of National Law Universities (CNLUs) on Tuesday notified a press release stipulating its decision on the various objections filed by students pursuant to the recommendations of the Subject Experts Committee and the Oversight Committee. Accordingly one question was deleted (Question Number 143) and the Answer key was changed for 2 questions (Question Numbers 61 and 98) for...
If Amazon Wins, It Will Get Rs 1400 Crores, But 26,000 Employees Of Future Retail Might Lose Jobs : Salve In Supreme Court
"This matter is about 1,400 crores invested by Amazon versus 26,000 employees losing their jobs and 8-10,000 crores of banks going bust. If Amazon wins, it will get its 1,400 crores, but one of our terms with Reliance is that not even a single employee will lose his job and the banks will be paid", Senior Advocate Harish Salve, for Future Retail, told the Supreme Court on Tuesday.The Bench...
Identification Of Children Who Became Orphans During COVID Cannot Be Delayed Any Further : Supreme Court To States, UTs
While noting that the identification of children who have lost both or one parent after March 2020 cannot afford any further delay, the Supreme Court has directed the States and Union Territories to take assistance from several agencies at the grass root level for completing the process. A Division Bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao and Aniruddha Bose ordered "the...
Can A School Purchased By Minority Community From A Person Of Another Community Claim Article 30 Rights? Supreme Court To Consider
The Supreme Court has issued notice on a special leave petition which raises the issue whether a school purchased by a minority community from a person belonging to another community is entitled to claim minority rights under Article 30 of the Constitution of India.A division bench comprising Justices S Abdul Nazeer and Krishna Murari, while issuing notice, also stayed the operation of a...