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A Truly Uniform Judiciary Through A Hybrid Hearing System
When we entered 2020, it was unimaginable that the Supreme Court of India would start its functioning completely online. The corridors till February were packed with lawyers and litigants, the court halls over-crowded, physical files being loaded in tons by the clerks and court staff to and from the court halls, internal arrangement of the court halls being constantly altered...
BREAKING : 'Woman Has Right To Put Her Grievance Even After Decades' : Delhi Court Acquits Priya Ramani In MJ Akbar's Criminal Defamation Case
A Delhi Court on Wednesday acquitted journalist Priya Ramani in the criminal defamation case filed by former Union Minister MJ Akbar over the "metoo" sexual harassment allegations made by her."Woman has right to put her grievance at a platform of her choice even after decades", the Court observed. It observed that a man of social status can also be a sexual harasser."Sexual abuse takes...
BREAKING : No Suo Moto Contempt Initiated Against Rajdeep Sardesai; Case Status Shown Inadvertently, Says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court sources have clarified that no suo moto criminal contempt proceedings have been initiated against senior journalist Rajdeep Sardesai and that the status of case shown at the SC Website as Suo Moto Case(Criminal) 2/2020(the case registered against Sardesai) has been placed "inadvertently". It was also said that appropriate action to rectify the same is under process.At the...
Toolkit Case : Bombay HC Reserves Orders For Tomorrow On Nikita Jacob's Transit Bail Plea - LIVE UPDATES
The Bombay High Court is consider today the application filed by Adv Nikita Jacob seeking transit anticipatory bail against the arrest warrant issued by Delhi Police in connection with the case registered over the toolkit shared by Greta Thunberg for Farmers Protest.Hearing is before a single bench of Justice PD Naik.Follow this page for live...
'Very Serious Matter' : Delhi Commission For Women Takes Suo Moto Cognizance Of Disha Ravi's Arrest In 'Toolkit' Case
The Delhi Commission for Women took suo moto cognizance of media reports that 21-year old climate activist DishaRavi was arrested in violation of her constitutional rights under Article 22.Observing that it was "a serious matter", the Commission head Swati Maliwal has sought a reply from the Delhi police on the following :1. Copy of FIR registered in the matter.2. Reasons for allegedly...
2016 JNU Sedition Case: Delhi Court Summons Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya & Others On March 15
The Patiala House Court in Delhi has taken cognizance of the chargesheet filed by the Delhi Police in the 2016 JNU sedition case. The Court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate has summoned all 10 accused in the case, including Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya and former JNU Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar, and has directed them to remain present before the Court on...
Public Sector Banks Permitting Large Exposure Without Adequate Securities A Grave Concern; Revisit Lending Guidelines : Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has dismissed the petition filed by founder of NMC Health, Dr Bavaguthu Raghuram Shetty (B R Shetty) who has challenged the Lookout Circulars (LOCs) issued by Bank of Baroda and Punjab National Bank against him and the endorsement issued by Bureau of Immigration not permitting him to travel to Abu Dhabi. A single bench of Justice P S Dinesh Kumar...
Surveillance Of Private Communications Limits Right To Privacy: South Africa Constitutional Court Holds Its Surveillance Law Unconstitutional
Surveillance of private communications limits the right to privacy, the Constitutional Court of South Africa observed while holding that the Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-Related Information Act, 2002 RICA) is unconstitutional.The Court upheld declaration of unconstitutionality by the High Court to the extent that the RICA fails to— (a) provide...
'Toolkit' Has Nothing On Violence Or Incitement; Not Seditious : Justice Deepak Gupta, Former SC Judge, On Disha Ravi's Arrest
Commenting about the 'toolkit' which led to the arrest of 21-year old climate activist Disha Ravi, former Supreme Court judge Justice Deepak Gupta said that he could not see anything "seditious" about the document."Every citizen of this country has a right to oppose the government so long as the opposition is peaceful", said Justice Deepak Gupta during a panel discussion on...
Prosecutor Cites Sec 164 Statement Of Witness To Allege That Partho Dasgupta Was Aware Of TRP Manipulation
A former employee with the Broadcast Audience Research Council India (BARC ) has allegedly told a magistrate that the organisation received several complaints against Republic TV alleging that the channel used dubious methods to get number 1 viewership, but then CEO of BARC- Partho Dasgupta and Chief Operating Officer (COO) Romil Ramgarhia did not pay any heed. A witness in the...
'Not Unusual That A Girl Of 16 Years Falls In Love With A Boy Aged 24 Years Or Vice Versa' : HP High Court Grants Bail In POCSO Case
The Himachal Pradesh High Court recently granted bail to a 24 year old youth, who was accused in a POCSO case for having sexual intercourse with a girl aged 16 years.A single bench of Justice Anoop Chitkara noted that the accused, who has been under custody for over three months, was romantically involved with the girl. Even the girl "was bold enough to declare that she was in love with...
