'Mere Civil Disturbance Will Not Be UAPA Offence Unless Committed With Intention To Commit 'Terrorist Act': Gauhati High Court Upholds Bail For Akhil Gogoi

The Gauhati High Court has dismissed the State appeal filed against the order of a Special NIA Court that granted bail to activist Akhil Gogoi last year, in connection with a case of rioting. While doing so, a Division Bench comprising of Justices Suman Shyam and Mir Alfaz Ali made it clear that mere that to attract the offences punishable under the Unlawful Assemblies (Prevention)...

Supreme Court To Hear Fresh PIL Seeking Probe Into Rafale Deal After Two Weeks

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to list after two weeks a PIL seeking inquiry into the Rafale deal in the light of recent reports in a French news portal alleging payment of bribe by Dassault Aviation to an Indian middleman.Advocate Manohar Lal Sharma, who filed by petition, mentioned the matter before the Chief Justice of India SA Bobde today.Without mentioning what the case was about,...

Breaking- 'Absolutely Frivolous' : Supreme Court Dismisses Wazim Rizvi's Plea Seeking Removal Of 26 Verses From Holy Quran With Rs 50,000 Costs

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a Writ Petition filed by Former UP Shia Waqf Board chairman Syed Wasim Rizvi seeking removal of certain verses from the Holy Quran that are allegedly preaching violence against non-believers.A bench headed by Justice RF Nariman dismissed the writ petition observing, "this is an absolutely frivolous writ petition".The Court has also imposed Rs. 50000/-...

'"State Heading Towards Health Emergency": Gujarat HC Takes Suo Motu Cognizance Of COVID Surge

The Gujarat High Court today took suo motu cognizance of the recent surge in the COVID Cases in the state and the matter shall be heard at C.J. Residence, tomorrow i.e., on 12.04.2021 at 11.00 a.m. The Bench of Chief Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Bhargav D. Karia had a dialogue with the Senior most State Law Officers, Advocate General and the Government Pleader expressing...

High Courts Weekly Roundup [April 5, 2021 – April 11, 2021]

Allahabad High Court 1. Allahabad High Court Lays Down Procedure & Standard Of Evidence For Enquiry Into Criminal Antecedents Of A Candidate During Selection Process [Sanny Kumar v. State of UP & Ors.] A Single Bench of Justice Ajay Bhanot laid down the procedure to be adopted by the competent authority for inquiring into the criminal antecedents of a candidate for the...

'Citizens Have Right To Freedom Of Speech & Expression, Protest Was Peaceful': Madras HC Quashes FIR Against CAA Protester

While observing that the Petitioner had organized a peaceful protest against the amendments made to the Citizenship Laws, the Madras High Court recently quashed the FIR filed against a person named Jafar Sathick. The Bench of Justice R. Hemalatha was hearing the petition seeking a direction to quash the First Information Report in Crime No.63 of 2020 of Boothapandy Police...

Assam NRC- Citizen Can't Be Declared Foreigner Just Because Linkage Is Not Shown With All Relatives : Gauhati High Court

A person who has proved linkage with parents/grandparents, whose names are in voters lists, can't be declared a foreigner just because he did not show linkage with all relatives.

Tribunals Reforms Ordinance : Certain Points Of Concern

Adding another episode to its attempts to overhaul the Tribunal system in the country, the Union Government recently brought the Tribunals Reforms (Rationalization and Conditions of Service) Ordinance 2021.The Ordinance, promulgated by the President on April 5, follows the Rules made by the Centre in 2017 and 2020, which came under severe criticism from the Supreme Court. The 2017 Tribunal Rules were quashed by the Supreme Court in the 2019 case Rojer Mathew vs South Indian Bank Ltd and...

Arnab Goswami Exempted from Personal Appearance In Anvay Naik Suicide Case In Alibaug Court

The Bombay High Court, on Friday, extended the ad-interim relief granted to Republic TV's Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami and exempted him from personal appearance before a the Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court, in Alibaug, in the abetment of suicide case against him. A division bench of Justices SS Shinde and Manish Pitale was hearing an amended plea by Goswami, seeking to quash the...

Mehbooba Mufti's Plea For Issuance Of Passport- "Take Decision Uninfluenced By Single Bench Observations": J&K High Court [DB] To Passport Authority

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Friday (09th April) disposed of former Chief Minister of J&K & Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti's appeal directed against Single Bench ruling, dismissing her writ petition seeking directions to concerned authorities to issue a passport to her. The bench of Justice Javed Iqbal Wani and Justice Tashi Rabstan, however,...

Salman Khan Blackbuck Poaching Case: Rajasthan High Court Extends Stay In Hearing Of Appeals Till April 27

The Rajasthan High Court, bench at Jodhpur, on Friday extended till April 27 stay in hearing the appeals in relation to the Blackbuck Poaching case which are under consideration before a District Court in Jodhpur.3 years back, a Jodhpur court on April 8, 2018 had sentenced Salman Khan to five years of imprisonment in the blackbuck poaching case while his co-actors Saif Ali Khan, Tabu,...

Kerala High Court Reserves Judgment On Pleas For Holding Rajya Sabha Elections During Present Assembly Term

The Kerala High Court on Friday reserved judgment on two writ petitions seeking directions to the Election Commission of India for holding elections to three Rajya Sabha seats from Kerala - which are falling vacant on April 21 - during the term of the present legislative assembly.A single bench of Justice PV Asha reserved judgment on the petitions filed by the Secretary of the Kerala...