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"Attempt To Intimidate Office Of Chief Justice": Calcutta High Court Dismisses PIL Seeking To Modify Judge's Roster, Imposes 50K Cost
The Calcutta High Court has dismissed a PIL seeking to modify a judge's roster due to allegations of conflict of interest, with exemplary costs of Rs 50,000. The Court also debarred the litigant from filing a PIL ever again, by invoking the Calcutta High Court Appellate Side Rules.Advocate Sanjoy Das, the petitioner, sought to change the determination of Justice Amrita Sinha's bench...
Even In PMLA, Bail Is The Rule & Jail Is The Exception : Supreme Court
Even in the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), bail is the rule and jail is the exception, held the Supreme Court in a judgment delivered today.A bench comprising Justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan held so while allowing bail to an accused in a money laundering case. The bench held that Section 45 of the PMLA only lays down that the grant of the bail would be subject to the...
Very Unfortunate That People Have To Come To Supreme Court For Bail Even In Magistrate Triable Case: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (August 27) granted bail to a man accused of forgery and cheating, who had been in custody since May 4, 2023, noting that the charges had not been framed yet and he had been either acquitted or the case against him had been quashed in nine out of fourteen antecedents against him.After dictating the order, Justice Oka orally remarked, “Very unfortunate that...
PIL In Calcutta High Court Challenges 12-Hour 'Bandh' Called By BJP To Protest Police Action During 'Nabanna March' Over RG Kar Incident
A public interest litigation (PIL) has been moved before the Calcutta High Court challenging a 12-hour strike called by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to protest police action against protestors who were marching towards the Nabanna, State secretariat building in connection with the brutal rape and murder of a resident doctor at RG Kar hospital.In calling for the court to restrain the BJP...
Some Explanation Expected From Registry When Case Isn't Listed Despite Specific Direction : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (August 27) observed that the Registry must provide reasons if a case explicitly ordered to be listed by the Court on a particular date is not listed on that date.A bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Augustine George Masih stated this after the counsel for one of the parties in a case related to a property dispute informed that Court that an SLP which...
Supreme Court Issues Notice In PIL For Braille Labels On Medicines, Consumer Products, Tickets Etc
The Supreme Court today (August 27) issued notice in a Public Interest Litigation seeking guidelines for the implementation of the Braille Integration System in medicine prescriptions, consumer products and currency notes for the benefit of visually impaired persons. Senior Advocate SB Upadhyay appearing for the petitioner highlighted that the absence of braille language on medical...
Can't Deny Benefit Of First Proviso To S.45 PMLA Merely Because A Woman Is Well-Educated Or An MP/MLA : Supreme Court In K Kavitha Case
The Supreme Court today (on August 27), while granting bail to Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader K Kavitha, took exception to the observations made by the Delhi High Court that the the benefit of the first proviso to Section 45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act cannot be granted to Kavitha since she was a well-educated and a politically accomplished woman. The proviso, which...
Supreme Court Directs MoRTH To Create Portal And Toll-Free Number For National Highway Encroachment Complaints
The Supreme Court of Tuesday (August 27) directed the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) to establish a portal and a toll-free number for citizens to lodge complaints about encroachments on National Highways.A bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Augustine George Masih passed the order in a writ petition by one Gyan Prakash Mishra highlighting the issue of encroachment...
We Always Speak About Victims, Why Not Teach The Boys? Bombay High Court While Hearing Badlapur School Sexual Assault Case
While hearing a suo motu PIL regarding the alleged sexual assault of two minor kindergarten girls in a school at Badlapur in Thane, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday orally called for "teaching boys the difference between right and wrong" as well as sensitising them about respecting women at a young age.A division bench of Justice Revati Mohite Dere and Justice Prithviraj Chavan asked...
'Won't Tolerate IAS Officer Lying To Court As Per Convenience Of His Masters' : Supreme Court Rebukes UP Prisons Secretary
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (August 27) sharply criticized the Principal Secretary of the Prison Administration and Reforms Department of Uttar Pradesh for submitting a false affidavit regarding the progress of a remission plea of a convict.“We will not tolerate IAS officer lying to this court and changing the stands as per convenience of his masters”, Justice Abhay Oka orally...
'Illegible, Miniscule Font': Supreme Court Expresses Discontent Over Size Of Apology Published By IMA President
The Supreme Court today again expressed displeasure with an apology published by Indian Medical Association's President Dr RV Asokan in relation to his remarks against the Court in a media interview over the Patanjali contempt case.A bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Sandeep Mehta,objecting to the size of the apology ads published, directed that their physical copies be placed on record within...