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TRP SCAM: Arnab Goswami Conspired With Arrested Ex-BARC CEO To Manipulate TRP Of Republic TV:Mumbai Police Tells Court
The Mumbai police on Monday told a local court here that Partho Dasgupta, arrested former CEO of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), in alleged connivance with another ex-senior BARC official and Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, manipulated the television rating points (TRP) of Republic TV and its Hindi arm.The Mumbai police's Crime Branch, in its remand note submitted before...
Presumption U/S 29 Of POCSO Act Would Come In To Play Even At Pre-Trial Stage: Jammu and Kashmir High Court Differs From Delhi HC's View
The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir has recently held that the presumption of guilt against the accused under Section 29 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) would come in to play even during the pre-trial stage Justice Sanjay Dhar while rejecting the bail of accused in a POCSP Case passed a contrary opinion to the Delhi High Court judgment in Dharmander...
It Can be Done: A Book on Making the Legal Ecosystem More Accessible to the Disabled: Read Excerpts.
"For many of us, what drew us to the law as our chosen career path was its ability to remedy injustice, to help make our society more equal. And yet, despite professing these high ideals, we must always ask: How far does our profession in fact actually practice them?While a number of barriers that lawyers with disabilities face can only be addressed through large-scale interventions, many...
References Answered And Made By Supreme Court In 2020
In the COVID-19 affected 2020, where the Supreme Court was functioning in virtual mode throughout except for the first three months of the year, several substantial points of law were settled by answering long pending references.Also, some new points of public importance were referred to larger bench. Here is a look at some of such important judgments(in no particular order).1. Judicial...
Our Judicial System Needs A Hybrid System Where Lawyers Will Be Allowed To Opt Physical Hearing Or Virtual Facility: Justice Gautam Patel
A webinar was jointly organized on Saturday by Forum for Fast Justice, Public Concern for Governance Trust and National Federation of Societies for Fast Justice on "A Vision for Virtual Courts" addressing the need and importance of virtual hearings in Indian judicial system. The speakers for the webinar included Retired Justice R.C. Chavan, present Vice Chairperson of Supreme...
"State Needs To Fix Responsibility"; Bombay HC Directs State To Pay Rs.50 K Each As Compensation To 2 Men Detained Illegally
The Bombay High Court has directed the State government to pay Rs.50,000 each towards compensation to two men who were illegally detained in Beed District of Aurangabad Division for six days in 2013 and observed that in such cases the State needs to obtain explanation from the erring authority and fix some kind of responsibility.Division bench of Justice TV Nalawade and Justice MG Sewlikar of...
Sci-Hub Undertakes Before Delhi HC To Not Upload Till Jan 6 New Articles In Which Elsevier, Wiley India & ACS Claim Copyright
Online science repository Sci-Hub has undertaken before the Delhi High Court to refrain from uploading, publishing, and making available till January 6 any article in which academic publishing houses Elsevier Ltd, Wiley India Pvt Ltd, and American Chemical Society claim copyright.The undertaking was made by the counsel of Alexandra Elbakyan, a Kazakhistan-based creator of 'Sci-Hub' website...
What Is Attorney-Client Privilege?
There are very few elements of the law as holy and sacred as Attorney-client privilege. Attorney-client privilege or lawyer-client privilege is the common law concept that makes all communications between a lawyer and their client confidential, and such confidentiality is protected by law. "Privileged professional communication" is the immunity accorded to the communication between...
Can A Twitter Account Of The Government Be Considered A 'Public Authority' Under The RTI Act?
For information like money spent on advertisements, accounts blocked, audience targeted, and other stats, can the Twitter handle of let's say the Prime Minister - which is not independent of his prime ministry - be considered a 'body' under the definition of 'public authority' in the RTI Act? It is not Twitter, the platform, which is mooted to be under RTI scrutiny but an account of...
Supreme Court Constitution Bench Judgments Of 2020
There were 11 Constitution Bench judgments/orders of the Supreme Court in 2020. Due to the advent of Covid-19 pandemic, many of the hearings took place through video conferencing mode. Anticipatory Bail Cannot Be Limited To A Fixed Period Except In Special And Peculiar Circumstances[Sushila Aggarwal And Others V/S State (NCT Of Delhi)]The Supreme Court held that anticipatory bail should...
'Fascinatingly Bizarre' : CBI Court Remarks On Harish Salve Representing Poorly-Paid Convent Cook In Abhaya Case
In the judgment in the Sister Abhaya murder case, the Special CBI Court has termed it 'fascinatingly bizarre' that one of the witnesses in the case, the poorly paid convent cook Achamma, had carried out 'highly expensive litigation' in far away New Delhi to challenge the constitutional validity of narco-analysis test.The Court described it as a "fascinatingly bizarre" fact as she did not deny...
