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Northeast Delhi Riots: Court Picks Holes in Delhi Police Probe, Asks If Action Taken For Wrongly Naming Accused In FIR
Picking holes in Delhi Police's investigation of a case connected to the Northeast Delhi riots of 2020, a Sessions Court has sought a clarification from the DCP on the prosecution's "conflicting stand" in the matter where initially 30 complaints were clubbed but last month the investigating officer moved an application seeking their return."Several question arise as to why fourth name in...
Centre Notifies Appointment Of 10 Additional Judges To Punjab And Haryana High Court
The Central Government today notified the appointment of 10 Additional Judges to the Punjab and Haryana High Court.1. Kuldeep Tiwari, Advocate2. Gurbir Singh. Judicial Officer 3. Deepak Gupta, Judicial Officer 4. Smt. Amarjot Bhatti, Judicial Officer 5. Smt. Ritu Tagore, Judicial Officer 6. Smt. Manisha Batra, Judicial Officer 7. Ms. Harpreet Kaur Jeewan, Judicial Officer8. Smt. Sukhvinder...
Islamic Law Recognizes Muslim Woman's Right To Demand Divorce, Husband's Consent Not Essential: Kerala High Court
Observing that Islamic law recognises a Muslim woman's right to demand termination of marriage, the Kerala High Court has ruled that the will of the wife cannot be "related to the will of the husband" who may not be agreeing to the divorce.Dismissing a review petition against a judgment wherein the court had recognized a Muslim woman's right to resort to Khula, the division bench of Justice...
Police Station Not a Prohibited Place Under Official Secrets Act: Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Against Man Booked For Shooting Video Inside PS
The Bombay High Court recently said that the definition of 'prohibited place' in the Official Secrets Act, 1923 is exhaustive but police station has not been included as one of the establishments or places under it. The court made the observation while quashing an FIR in July this year against a man, who was booked under Section 3 of the Act for recording a video inside a police station...
Babri Demolition Case: Allahabad High Court Reserves Judgment On Maintainability Of Appeal Against Acquittal Order
The Allahabad High Court today reserved its Judgment on the maintainability of a criminal appeal filed against the order of the Special CBI Court at Lucknow that acquitted all 32 persons (including prominent BJP leaders L K Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Uma Bharati, Kalyan Singh, etc) accused of hatching the criminal conspiracy behind the demolition of the Babri Masjid mosque on December...
Protest Against SC's Ayodhya-Babri Masjid Decision Promotes Religious Enmity: Karnataka High Court In Alleged PFI Activist's Case
The Karnataka High Court has observed that protesting against Supreme Court's decision in Ayodhya-Babri Masjid case delivered in the year 2019, is nothing but promoting enmity between two groups on the ground of religion. However, the court allowed the petition filed by an alleged member of the Campus Front of India (which is also a part of the PFI), and quashed the criminal...
Lucknow Court Denies Bail To Siddique Kappan In PMLA Case
The Lucknow sessions court today rejected the bail plea filed by Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan in connection with a Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) case initiated against him by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The order in the case was reserved earlier this month by District Judge Sanjay Shankar Pandey after concluding the hearing in the matter. The rejection of his...
P&H High Court Restrains DRT Judge From Passing Adverse Orders After Bar Association's Complaint Of Harassment
In a development, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has restrained a Presiding Officer of DRT-II Chandigarh from passing any adverse orders in any of the cases pending before him, until November 30. The temporary restraint comes in light of complaints regarding the Officer's alleged rude behaviour with Advocates and long adjournment of cases, some even beyond the year 2026. Taking...
Supreme Court Reiterates Ban On Two-Finger Test; Says It's Based On Patriarchal Mindset That Sexually Active Women Can't Be Raped
The Supreme Court on Monday reiterated its prohibition on the "Two-Finger Test" in rape cases and warned that persons conducting such tests will be held guilty of misconduct.It is regrettable that "two-finger test" continues to be conducted even today, a bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud and Hima Kohli lamented while restoring the conviction in a rape case."This court has time and...
Supreme Court Issues Guidelines On Disposing Cases Through Plea Bargaining, Compounding Of Offences & Probation Of Offenders Act
The Supreme Court, in an order passed last month, issued the following guidelines for disposal of criminal cases by resorting to the triple method of plea bargaining, compounding of offences and under the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958.As a pilot case, one Court each of Ld. Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Ld. ACJM or CJM, and Court of Sessions in each district may be selected. The said...