Month: November 2020

TRP Scam: Karnataka High Court order tomorrow in anticipatory bail plea filed by Republic TV COO, Priya Mukharjee

Source:-https://www.barandbench.com The Karnataka High Court will pass its order tomorrow in an anticipatory bail plea filed on behalf of the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Republic TV, Priya Mukharjee. Mukharjee had sought transit bail as she is apprehending arrest in the Fake Television Rating Points (TRP) Scam case registered by the Mumbai police. Justice HP

Kerala high court asks activist Rehana Fathima to not use ‘gomatha’ as synonym for beef

Source:-https://www.hindustantimes.com Kerala High Court has barred activist Rehana Fathima from posting anything on the internet after a complaint was lodged against her for using “gomatha” to describe meat in one of her videos, saying the word could hurt the religious sentiments of Hindus who consider the cow as sacred, according to legal news website Bar

Punjab and Haryana High Court for proper treatment of ‘gangrape victims’

Source:-https://www.tribuneindia.com Acting on a petition alleging custodial gangrape of two girls arrested in a murder case, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has ruled that constitution of a medical board will not be appropriate. Medical examination of the victims was conducted multiple times, but “total silence was maintained by them, at every opportune time, to

Telangana High Court extends order on data collection for Dharani

Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com The Telangana High Court, on Monday, extended the earlier interim order of the court till Tuesday in batch petitions filed challenging the State’s decision seeking Aadhaar and caste details of the owners of agricultural and non-agricultural properties on Dharani platform in the name of integrated land management system. When the matter came up for

Sharp Fall in Citation of Supreme Court Judgments by Foreign Courts After 2014, Study Finds

Source:-https://thewire.in Mumbai: Over the past decade, and particularly since 2014, there has been a steady decline in the international credibility and standing of the Supreme Court of India, a new study on foreign court citations of Indian judgments has found. In elaborate research carried out by studying the judgments of 43 countries and identifying the

Professor leading home ministry’s ‘radicalisation’ study insists it’ll be faith-neutral

Source:-https://theprint.in New Delhi: For the first time, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs has approved a study on the “status of radicalisation” in India. The study, which aims to provide a legal definition of radicalisation and suggest amendments to the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), will be a year-long project led by Prof. G.S. Bajpai,

Franklin Templeton moves Supreme Court against High Court order

Source:-https://www.hindustantimes.com Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund (FT) moved the Supreme Court on Monday, challenging a Karnataka high court order that said its decision to wind down six debt schemes in April required a simple majority consent from unitholders. In October, the high court had ordered that trustees should not take any action on the winding-up of

Active cases in Bengal drop below 25,000

Source:-https://www.telegraphindia.com Bengal on Tuesday achieved the goal of taking its total active Covid-19 cases to below 25,000 within November, riding the 29-day wave of steady drop in that total since Vijaya Dashami on October 26. The total active cases, which fell from 37,190 on Dashami to 24,880 on Tuesday, is almost at the level of

Nothing learnt from 2015 floods, says Madras HC as it censures TN on illegal buildings

Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com CHENNAI: Censuring the state for failing to act against illegal buildings, the Madras High Court on Tuesday ordered the Chennai corporation commissioner to appear before it to explain the action taken by the civic body. The court observed that the state has not learnt any lessons from the 2015 floods when the city was