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Breaking | Kunal Kamra Gets Interim Anticipatory Bail From Madras High Court In Mumbai Police FIR Over Satire Video
The Madras High Court has granted interim anticipatory bail till April 7 to Kunal Kamra in connection with the FIR lodged against him at Mumbai over his alleged remarks against Maharashtra Deputy CM Eknath Shinde. Kamra has been asked to execute the bail bond before the jurisdictional Magistrate. Though the FIR is lodged in Mumbais's Khar police station, Kamra being a resident of Tamilnadu...
Supreme Court Refuses To Stay Criminal Proceedings Against Jitendra Tyagi, Agrees To Consider Plea To Club Hate Speech Cases
The Supreme Court today (March 28) refused to stay proceedings against Jitendra Narayan Tyagi(formerly Wasim Rizvi), former Chairman of UP Shia Wakf Board, in multiple criminal cases against him for alleged hate speeches. It further declined to grant protection to Tyagi in one of the cases registered in Srinagar, where the trial court issued a non-bailable warrant against him and directed the...
RG Kar Incident Not Gang Rape, Investigating Alleged Cover-Up: CBI Tells Calcutta HC, State Questions Revival Of Concluded Investigation
The CBI on Friday told the Calcutta High Court that it had concluded from its investigation and available expert medical opinion that the rape and murder incident of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar medical college and hospital was not an instance of gang rape.DSG appearing for the CBI told Justice Tirthankar Ghosh that the agency was presently investigating the involvement of people in...
Centre Approves Transfer Of Justice Yashwant Varma To Allahabad High Court Amidst In-House Inquiry Over Cash Row
The Central Government today (March 28) notified the repatriation of Justice Yashwant Varma from Delhi to the Allahabad High Court based on the Supreme Court Collegium's recommendations on March 24. Justice Varma is facing an in-house inquiry by a 3-judge panel constituted by the Chief Justice of India over the allegations regarding the discovery of illicit cash currencies at his...
Supreme Court To Consider Validity Of Rule Allowing BCI To Extend Term Of State Bar Councils Beyond Statutory Period
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear the challenge to the amendment to Rule 32 of the Bar Council of India Rules, 2015, which allows the BCI to extend the term of State Bar Council Members beyond the statutory limits under the Advocates Act 1961. The bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta was hearing a plea against the order of the Rajasthan High Court, which deferred...
75-Year-Old Republic Must Not Be So Shaky That Poetry Or Comedy Is Alleged To Be Creating Animosity: Supreme Court
In a strong condemnation of the growing misuse of criminal law against artistic expressions and dissenting ideas, the Supreme Court ruled today that constitutional protection of free speech is not contingent on the popular acceptance of the views expressed.While quashing an FIR registered by the Gujarat Police against Congress Rajya Sabha MP Imran Pratapgadhi over a poem shared on social...
Service Charge Is Voluntary Payment By Consumers, Can't Be Made Mandatory On Food Bills: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court on Friday held that service charge and tips are voluntary payments by consumers and cannot be made compulsory or mandatory on food bills by restaurants or hotels.Justice Prathiba M Singh thus rejected two petitions filed by Federation of Hotels and Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI) and National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI), challenging CCPA guidelines of...
'Premature, Await In-House Inquiry' : Supreme Court Rejects Plea To Register FIR Against Justice Yashwant Varma Over Cash Row
The Supreme Court on Friday (March 28) refused to entertain a writ petition seeking the registration of an FIR against Justice Yashwant Varma, Delhi High Court Judge(since transferred to Allahabad HC), over the alleged discovery of illicit cash at official premises.A bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan said that the petition, which also challenged the in-house inquiry...
Supreme Court Directs Payment Of Rs 30 Lakhs Compensation Within 4 Weeks For Manual Sewer Cleaners' Deaths In Metros In Last 3 Months
Following its previous order summoning officials from major cities (Delhi, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Bengaluru) over unsatisfactory affidavits on banning manual scavenging and manual sewer cleaning, the Supreme Court yesterday noted that the new affidavits were cleverly worded to create a false impression of compliance. It warned that failure to file proper affidavits in the next hearing would...
For 'Promoting Enmity' Offence, Words Must Not Be Judged On Standards Of Insecure People Or Those Seeing Criticism As Threat : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday (March 28) held that for an offence under section 196 (promoting enmity between groups) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita alleged on the basis of written or spoken words, the standard to judge effect of the words should be that of a reasonable, firm, individual rather than an insecure person.“When an offence under section 196 of BNS is alleged, the effect of spoken...
Farmers Protest | Dallewal Ended Fast, NH Opened After Clearing Protesters : Punjab Govt Informs Supreme Court
The Punjab Government on Friday (March 28) informed the Supreme Court that it has cleared the protesting farmers from the Shambhu and Khanauri borders near Haryana, and cleared the National Highway for free traffic movement.Advocate General of Punjab Gurminder Singh also informed the bench comprising Justice Surya Kant and NK Singh that Jagjit Singh Dallewal, the veteran leader of the...