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Gujarat Police FIR- "Need To Test Whether Incarceration Is Required": Supreme Court To Hear Teesta Setalvad's Bail Plea On Aug 30 After SG Seeks Adjournment
The Supreme Court of India on Thursday has deferred the petition filed by Teesta Setalvad seeking bail in the case registered by Gujarat ATS alleging falsification of records to implicate high state functionaries in the Gujarat riots conspiracy case. A Bench comprising of Justices UU Lalit, Ravindra Bhat and Sudhanshu Dhulia adjourned the matter to next Tuesday, August 30 after...
Delhi High Court Seeks Centre's Response On Batch Of Pleas Concerning Agnipath Scheme
The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought response from the Central Government in a bunch of pleas challenging its Agnipath Scheme and seeking resumption and enrolment as per previous recruitment scheme in defence services.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad granted four weeks time to the Centre for filing reply in the pleas, while...
Breaking: Delhi High Court Dismisses Appeals By Whatsapp, Meta Against CCI Investigation
The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed the appeals filed by WhatsApp and its parent company Meta (formerly Facebook) against a single bench order declining to interfere with CCI's investigation into WhatsApp's 2021 privacy policy.While pronouncing the order, a division bench comprising of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad said that the appeals are devoid...
Special Court Calls ED "Vengeful Complainant", Discharges Two Accused In PMLA Case
Observing that the Enforcement Directorate was a "vengeful" complainant, a special court at Mumbai discharged two developers accused in the Yes Bank Money laundering case based on a clean chit in the predicate offence. Special Judge MG Deshpande relied on Supreme Court's recent judgement in Vijay Mandal Chaudhary & Ors. vs Union of India, which has held that a case under PMLA,...
"Unduly Harsh" : Why Supreme Court Quashed Blanket Ban On Benami Transactions?
The effect of the Supreme Court's judgment in the case Union of India vs M/s Ganpati Dealcom Pvt Ltd is that there is no longer a blanket prohibition of benami transactions. The Court has declared the provisions of the Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, 1988, which imposed a blanket ban on benami transactions, as unconstitutional for being "unduly harsh", "disproportionate"...
LGBTQIA+ Community Sidelined For Far Too Long, High Time Govt Prioritizes Policies For Their Upliftment: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court was on Monday constrained to remark that persons belonging to the LGBTQIA+ community have been sidelined from the main society for a long period and it was high time that the government gives priority to implementing rules and policies for them.The remarks were made by Justice Anand Venkatesh after the State sought 6 more months to come up with the final...
"Sexually Provocative Dress'- Kerala High Court Stays Sessions Court Order Granting Bail To Writer-Activist Civic Chandran In A Sexual Harassment Case
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday, in the plea moved by the State Government challenging the anticipatory bail granted to the author and social activist Civic Chandran in a sexual harassment case, has stayed the order of the Sessions Court granting bail. Justice Kauser Edappagath remarked that the observation of the lower under Section 354A of the Indian Penal Code is not prima facie...
Uddhav-Shinde Dispute In Shiv Sena : Supreme Court Refers Petitions To Constitution Bench; CB To Hear Plea To Stop ECI On Aug 25
The Supreme Court on Tuesday referred to a Constitution Bench the petitions filed by the rival groups of Shiv Sena in relation to the political developments in the State of Maharashtra.A 3-judge bench comprising Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justice Krishna Murari and Justice Hima Kohli referred the petitions to a 5-judge bench observing that important questions of constitutional...