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"Direction To Take Accused Into Custody Is Beyond Jurisdiction Of High Court, It is For The Investigating Agency To Decide": Supreme Court
Direction to take accused into custody is beyond jurisdiction of High Court; it is for Investigating Agency to take a call whether to arrest or not', Supreme Court has recently observed."We are approving the entire judgement of the High Court except one sentence- Only in so far as there is a positive direction to the Investigating Officer to arrest the petitioner, we are only setting...
Dramatic Twists Of Enrica Lexie-Italian Marines Case : A Time Line Of 9 Years
The highly sensational Enrica Lexie -Italian Marines case relating to the killing of two Indian fishermen in a sea-firing incident nine years ago, which at one point sparked off diplomatic frictions between India and Italy, has attained a peaceful burial, at least as far as local proceedings are concerned.The Supreme Court today quashed the criminal cases against the two Italian...
Police Custody Is Not Permissible After Submission Of Charge Sheet: Sr Adv Siddharth Luthra Argues Before Calcutta High Court In Narada Case
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday continued its hearing in the Narada case, in which the CBI has sought to transfer the trial and to declare that the hearing in the trial court on May 17 - which led to bail being granted to four TMC leaders - was vitiated on account of mob pressure. A 5-Judge Bench comprising of Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal, and Justices IP Mukherjee,...
'Right To Protest Not 'Terrorist Act' Under UAPA' : Delhi High Court Finds No Prima Facie Case Against Asif Iqbal Tanha, Natasha Narwal & Devangana Kalita
The Court noted that the CAA protests were not outlawed or banned.The protest was monitored by law enforcement agencies. The student organizations, which the accused were leading, are not banned organizations.
"In Its Anxiety To Suppress Dissent, In The Mind Of State, Line Between Right To Protest And Terrorist Activity Seems To Be Getting Blurred": Delhi HC In Natasha Narwal's Bail Order
"We are constrained to express, that it seems, that in its anxiety to suppress dissent, in the mind of the State, the line between the constitutionally guaranteed right to protest and terrorist activity seems to be getting somewhat blurred" observed the Delhi High Court while granting bail to Natasha Narwal in the Delhi Riots larger conspiracy case involving sections under the UAPA.A...
Supreme Court Adjourns IUML Plea Challenging MHA Notification On Citizenship For Non-Muslim Refugees By Two Weeks
The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned by two weeks the hearing on the application filed by political party Indian Union Muslim League(IUML) challenging the May 28 notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs allowing non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh to apply for citizenship.Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the IUML, requested a vacation...
Supreme Court Quashes Criminal Cases Against Italian Marines In Enrica Lexie Case Accepting Compensation
Accepting the compensation of Rupees 10 crores deposited by the Republic of Italy, the Supreme Court on Tuesday quashed the criminal proceedings pending in India against against two Italian Marines -Massimilano Latorre and Salvatore Girone - with respect to the 2012 sea-firing incident near Kerala coast which killed two Indian fishermen. The Court has directed the transfer of the amount of...
Delhi High Court Grants Bail To Devangana Kalita, Natasha Narwal And Asif Iqbal Tanha in Delhi Riots case
A division bench of Justices Sidharth Mridul and Anup Jairam Bhambhani of the Delhi High Court today allowed bail to Asif Iqbal Tanha and Pinjra Tod activists Natasha Narwal and Devangana Kalita in the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case under UAPA.Bail is subject to personal bond of Rs 50,000 and two local sureties. Conditions for bail include the three surrendering their passports and...
Tarpaulins Theft Case: Calcutta High Court Refuses To Stay Probe Against BJP MLA & LOP In WB Assembly Suvendu Adhikari
The Calcutta High Court on Monday refused to stay police probe in connection with Tarpaulin theft in which leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal State Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari has been named as an accused in the related FIR.The Bench of Justice Tirthankar Ghosh was hearing the plea of Adhikari who had sought quashing of an FIR registered by Contai police in which he and four...
No Prohibition Imposed By Centre On States Doing Door-to-Door Vaccination : Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court on Monday observed that the Central Government has not explicitly prohibited State governments from providing door-to-door vaccination for the elderly and disabled citizens, who would not be able to visit immunization centres. Therefore, the division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni asked the Maharashtra Government to decide if...
Breaking: CLAT 2021 To Be Held On July 23 In Offline Mode
The Consortium of NLUs has announced that CLAT-2021 will be held on Friday, 23rd July, 2021 in offline mode. It will be held between 2 & 4 PM for both UG and PG programmes.As notified earlier, the CLAT 2021 will be a Pen and Paper exam conducted at Centres with all COVID 19 safety protocols being observed. In view of avoiding longer travel to the Test Centres, applicants will be...
'No Prima Facie Case': Chhattisgarh High Court Stays FIR Against Ex-CM Raman Singh, BJP Spokesperson Sambit Patra Over 'Congress Toolkit' Tweet
The Chhattisgarh High Court on Friday stayed investigation in the FIR lodged against Dr. Raman Singh, BJP National Vice President and former Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, in connection to his tweet claiming that the Congress party has prepared a toolkit to tarnish the image of the country in the foreign media.The Court also granted same relief to BJP Spokesperson Sambit Patra with respect...