Article 21 In A Time Of Genocide: The Rohingya Case Before The Supreme Court

On Friday the Supreme Court reserved orders in a plea seeking interim directions to restrain the central government from deporting Rohingya refugees detained in Jammu and Kashmir. The application further urged the court to order the release of the detained refugees and to direct the government of J&K and the Union Home Ministry to grant these persons identification cards through the Foreigners Regional Registration Office. This petition for interim relief was filed on the back of a slew of...

[CLAT 2021] Deadline For Online Applications Extended To April 30

The Consortium of National Law Universities has extended the last day for submitting online applications for the CLAT 2021 examination to April 30 2021.The recent notification dated 25th March read thus:"The Consortium of National Law Universities has extended last date for COMMON LAW ADMISSION TEST (CLAT) 2021 online applications to Friday, April 30, 2021."The last date for submission of...

'Proclaimed Offender' Declaration Under Section 82(4) CrPC Cannot Be Made Against Person Accused Of Sections 406, 420 IPC : Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that a person accused of offences under Section 406(criminal breach of trust), 420(cheating) and 120B(criminal conspiracy) under the Indian Penal Code(IPC) cannot be declared as a 'proclaimed offender' under Section 82(4) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.The Court held that such a declaration can be made only against persons accused of the offences specified...

Section 138 NI Act - No Requirement To Serve Notice Under Certificate Of Posting; Service Through Registered Post Proper : Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has said that service of notice through a registered post is proper service of notice, under section Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act and there is no requirement to serve the notice under certificate of posting. A bench of Justice Ashok G Nijagannavar on March 1, while setting aside the acquittal order passed by the trial court against an accused...

Supreme Court's Refusal To Stay Electoral Bonds Undermines Transparency In Electoral Process

The Court omitted to consider the impact of amendments made by Finance Act 2017 and also the concerns expressed by Election Commission and Reserve Bank of India.

"All Witnesses Turned Hostile"; Former Union Minister Swami Chinmayanand Acquitted of Keeping Law Student in Captivity Allegedly To Rape Her

A special court for lawmakers on Friday acquitted former Union Minister and BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand of keeping a law student in his captivity at Shahjahanpur allegedly to rape her.The prosecution could not prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt, said special judge P K Rai, acquitting him of the charges.The victim student too had turned hostile during the course of the trial in the...

Evident That Voters' Personal Details May Have Been Obtained By BJP & Put To Use For Campaign Purposes: Madras High Court

Observing that personal details of voters and citizens may have been obtained by the Puducherry unit of BJP, and put to use for campaign purposes, the Madras High Court on Friday (26th March) directed Election Commission to file a status indicating the steps taken by it in the matter (on 31st March). The Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar...

"Hands Of Investigators Cannot Be Tied": Delhi Court Rejects Plea By Mehmood Pracha Against His Office Raids

A Delhi Court on Friday disposed off Advocate Mehmood Pracha's application challenging Delhi Police Special Cell's second raid after observing that the objections raised by him are baseless.Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Pankaj Sharma ordered thus:"The plea of the applicant about his offer of target data in Pen drive can only be considered by the IO subject to the issue of admissibility...

Supreme Court Allows Tata Sons Appeal Against NCLAT Order To Reinstate Cyrus Mistry As Chairman

In a big win for Tata Sons Ltd, the Supreme Court on Friday allowed its appeal against the order of the National Company Law Tribunal, which had ordered to reinstate the ousted Chairman Cyrus Mistry.The Court allowed the appeal of Tata Sons, answering all questions of law framed in the case in its favour, and set aside the NCLAT order. The appeals filed by Shapoorji Pallonji group and...

Supreme Court Refuses To Stay Electoral Bonds, Says Sufficient Safeguards Already There

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to stay the release of the fresh set of electoral bonds from April 1 for the assembly polls in West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Assam and Puducherry.The Court dismissed the application filed by NGO Association for Democratic Reforms seeking stay of the bonds.Since the bonds were allowed to be released in 2018, 2019 and 2020 without interruption,...

Recording Sexual History Of Rape Victim By Carrying Out "Two-finger Test" Or "Virginity Test" Unconstitutional: Pakistan Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of Pakistan observed that recording sexual history of the victim by carrying out "two-finger test" (TFT) or the "virginity test" is unconstitutional.Dragging sexual history of the rape survivor into the case by making observations about her body including observations like "the vagina admits two fingers easily" or "old ruptured hymen" is an affront to the reputation and...

Any Eventuality That Interrupts Supply Of Water To Agricultural Fields Amounts To Violation Of Right To Trade Under Article 19: Allahabad High Court

Any eventuality that adversely affects supply of water to agricultural fields virtually amounts to violation of Article 19 as that affects business and profession of agriculturists.