Madras High Court Issues Notice To SII, DCGI, ICMR On Plea By Volunteer Alleging Side Effects After 'Covishield' Trial

The Madras High Court on Friday issued notice on a plea filed by a participant of the clinal trial of Oxford/Astra Zeneca vaccine 'Covishield' produced by the Serum Institute of India (SII) who allegedly suffered serious side effects after receiving the first dose in the trial. Notice was issued to the Government of India through the Health Secretary, Drugs Controller General of...

Disha Ravi Toolkit Case : Delhi High Court Directs Police To Ensure Compliance With Affidavit, Ensure No Info Leakage To Media

While hearing 21-year old climate activist Disha Ravi's writ petition, the Delhi High Court on Friday directed the Delhi Police to ensure that no leakage of information happens with regard to the investigation in the case registered in connection with the 'toolkit' over the farmers protests.A single bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh directed the Delhi Police to follow the Ministry of...

Today At 5PM- Webinar On "Our Right To Dissent"-Justice Dipak Gupta, Rebecca John

Delhi High Court Women Lawyers Forum In Association with LiveLaw Invites You To A Webinar On "Our Right To Dissent".Date & Time: 19 February,2021, 5PMSpeakers1) Justice Deepak Gupta , (Retd) Supreme Court Of India2 ) Rebecca John, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court Of India3) Chitranshul Sinha, Advocate and AuthorIn conversation with1) Ritu Bhalla, Senior Partner SAM2) Manali...

Breaking: Parties Who Privately Agree To Settle Disputes Without Court Intervention U/s 89 CPC Also Entitled To Refund Of Court Fee: Supreme Court

'The importance of private amicable negotiation between the parties cannot be understated'

'2 Years Passed; Remote Possibility Of Recovery Of Electronic Evidence' : SC Says Closing Probe Into 'Larger Conspiracy' Against Ex-CJI Gogoi [Read Order]

'No useful purpose will be served by continuing these proceedings', the bench observed closing the case.

Breaking: Delhi HC Issues Notice To NBSA,TimesNow & News18 On Disha Ravi's Plea Alleging Leakage Of Information To Media, Directs Police To File Affidavit

The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice on a plea filed by Activist Disha Ravi seeking to restrain Delhi Police from leaking any investigation material relating to the FIR filed against her in connection with the Toolkit case.The High Court directed the Delhi Police to file a counter affidavit in the matter by tomorrow morning and also took on record Solicitor General Tushar...

Supreme Court Closes Suo Moto Case Taken To Probe "Larger Conspiracy" Behind Sexual Harassment Allegations Against Ex-CJI Gogoi

The Supreme Court on Thursday closed the the suo moto proceedings which were instituted to examine if there was a "larger conspiracy" behind the allegations of sexual harassment against the then Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi. The case titled "In Re: Matter Of Great Public Importance Touching Upon The Independence Of Judiciary" was considered today by a Bench of Justices Sanjay...

RTI-Supreme Court Denies Information On Reason Of Overstay Of Justice Arun Mishra In His Official Residence After Retirement

Justice Mishra, demitted his office on September 2, 2020, i.e., more than 5 months back.

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 to accommodate the ever-growing assemblage of advocates. One recalls, with much nostalgia, even those moments of...

MJ Akbar Not A Man Of 'Stellar Reputation', Delhi Court Says Based On Priya Ramani, Ghazala Wahab Testimonies

Trigger warning: This article contains details about sexual assault and harassment which may be triggering to survivors.

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...