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Safoora Zargar's Arrest & Detention Was To Curb Her Dissent: UN Human Rights Council's Working Group Against Arbitrary Detentions
The UN Human Rights Council's Working Group against Arbitrary Detentions (WGAD) has adopted an opinion criticizing the arbitrary arrest and detention of student activist Safoora Zargar during the anti-CAA protests in Delhi in April 2020. The Group has come to a finding that Safoora's detention for alleged involvement in delivering speeches at peaceful protests against...
BREAKING: 'NCC Act Cannot Preclude Operation Of Transgender Rights Act'-Kerala HC Holds Transwoman Entitled To Enrol In NCC
In a path-breaking judgment, the Kerala High Court on Monday allowed a petition moved by transwoman Hina Haneefa seeking her admission into the National Cadet Corps (NCC)."The petitioner shall be allowed to apply for enrolment into NCC in the senior girls division, as per her self-perceived gender identity", ruled a single bench of Justice Anu Sivaraman, allowing Hina Haneefa's plea.The...
The Bench, The Bar, And The Balance
The irritated judge warned the counsel, "If you argue for another minute, I will impose a cost of Rs. 1000/-". The lawyer stopped, turned around to whisper to his client, and then said: "Your Lordship may impose a cost of Rs. 20,000/-", and continued to argue. I am not sure, who the judge was. I am not sure who the lawyer was. This corridor legend has its versions in almost all High Courts of the Country. The names, the quantum of costs, and the size of pocket of the client does...
Action Should Be Taken Against Investigating Officer Who Leaks Private Data Of Accused To Third Parties : Karnataka High Court
In a significant verdict, the Karnataka High Court has held that an investigating officer has no right to disclose the private date seized from the smartphones or electronic gadgets of an accused to a third party, without the written permission of the concerned court.An investigating officer who leaks such private data to third party should be proceeded against for dereliction of duty...
Karnataka High Court Issues Guidelines For Search Of Smartphones, Laptops, Electronic Gadgets, Email Accounts Etc
The Karnataka High Court has issued guidelines to be followed by investigating officers regarding the manner of carrying out a search and/or for preservations of the evidence gathered during the said search in respect of smartphone, electronic equipment or email account. A single bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj said "It would be in the interest of all the stakeholders...
'Disturbed That Investigation Is Not Even Complete' : Bombay HC To CBI, SIT On Dhabolkar-Pansare Murder Cases
The Bombay High Court has asked the Central Bureau of Investigation and the State Special Investigation Team (SIT) when will they complete their probe into the murders of communist leader, Govind Pansare and anti-superstition crusader Narendra Dabholkar, respectively. A division bench of Justices JJ Shinde and Manish Pitale asked for status reports after it was informed that the trial...
Important Judgments Of Justice Indu Malhotra
Justice Indu Malhotra, the first woman Judge to be elevated directly from the Bar and the seventh woman Judge to be appointed at the Supreme Court, is set to retire on March 13, 2021. Appointed as a Supreme Court Judge on April 27, 2018, Justice Malhotra also holds the distinction of being the second woman to ever be designated a Senior Advocate by the Supreme Court....
Justice Indu Malhotra: The Breaker Of Glass Ceilings
It was a morning in 2007, an article caught my attention. 'Lady lawyer pierces glass ceiling' said the Times of India. That 'lady lawyer' was Indu Malhotra and she was only the second woman ever in the history of the Supreme Court to be designated a Senior Advocate. The other had been Justice Leila Seth in 1977, who had retired as a Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court. By contrast there were hundreds of male-lawyers who have had this honor bestowed on them. It was over 30 years since...
Our Very Own Indu Ma'am
As their Lordships enter the Courtroom, they are preceded by the softened bustle of Court staff and lawyers abruptly halting conversation, and rising in their seats – all as a mark of their reverence for the institution and Judges. The grandeur which surrounds the lives of Judges and what appears to be a life of privileges often overshadows the immense hard work put in by those sitting on the Bench. Justice Malhotra joined the legal profession at a time when women...
Mehmood Pracha Office Raids- Delhi Court Asks The Police To Address The Concern On Lawyer-Client Privilege While Receiving Data
Noting the consent given by Advocate Mehmood Pracha for furnishing data through pen drive to the Delhi Police's Special Cell, a Delhi Court on Friday sought response of the Investigating Officer by 19th March 2021 on how it proposes to receive the "target data"of the pen drive without creating any evidentiary vulnerability and retrieval of target data without any alteration or disclosure to...
'Will Pollute Young Minds, May Result In Abuse & Exploitation Of Children': NCPCR Asks Netflix To Stop Streaming 'Bombay Begums'
Issuing a notice to Netflix, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Thursday (11th March) asked subscription-based streaming service provider to stop the streaming of its new series Bombay Begums. Citing inappropriate portrayal of children in the web series, the apex child rights body NCPCR has asked Netflix to immediately stop streaming 'Bombay Begums'...