Month: December 2020

Cashew corp scam: Govt ignored evidence, CBI informs High Court

Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com KOCHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday submitted before the Kerala High Court that the state government had not properly appreciated the evidence forwarded by it and ignored the gravity of the offence while declining sanction to prosecute INTUC state president R Chandrasekharan and former managing director of Kerala State Cashew Development

A thirteen to celebrate: Madras HC to have most women judges among high courts

Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com CHENNAI: The Chief Justice of the Madras High Court AP Sahi on Thursday administered oath to 10 new additional judges including four women judges. With this, its total strength has increased from 53 to 63, of which 13 are women judges — the most among high courts in the country. The total sanctioned strength

Supreme Court upholds conviction of man accused of raping mentally-ill woman

Source:-https://www.indialegallive.com The Supreme Court on Thursday said a person suffering from a mental disorder or mental sickness deserves special care, love, and affection and is not to be exploited, while upholding the conviction of a man accused of raping a mentally-ill woman. The Apex Court has held that the High Court was justified in re

Meghalaya: CoMSO seeks Modi intervention on ILP delay

Source:-https://morungexpress.com Pressing home its demand for the implementation of the Inner Line Permit (ILP) in Meghalaya, the Confederation of Meghalaya Social Organizations (CoMSO) has now sought the intervention of Prime Minister, Narendra Modi on this matter. “(We) humbly requested that your good office to kindly accord approval for implementation of ILP system in the State

Any lapse shall be viewed seriously: Delhi High Court orders AAP Govt to sanction Rs 1.44 crore for Cisco Webex for lower courts

Source:-https://www.barandbench.com The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government to grant sanction for the release of a sum of Rs 1.44 crore towards procuring licenses of the Cisco Webex platform for virtual hearings in 761 city lower courts in the national capital. (Anand Vaid vs Preety Vaid vs Ors) Since

‘No mask violates the right to life of others’, says Supreme Court

Source:-https://www.hindustantimes.com People not wearing masks in public spaces are violating the fundamental right to life of everyone else, the Supreme Court said on Thursday as it implored all states to enforce the guidelines on wearing masks and social distancing scrupulously in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic. At the same time, the apex court stayed

Supreme Court says Article 32 important, integral to Constitution

Source:-https://www.indialegallive.com The Supreme Court in a reportable judgment on December 3 has observed that Article 32 of the Constitution of India is an important and integral part of its basic structure. The three-judge bench comprising Justice Ashok Bhushan, Justice R. Subhash Reddy and Justice M.R. Shah passed this judgement while dismissing a Writ Petition filed

Important to proceed against ‘uniformed criminals’, Calcutta HC orders probe against cop

Source:-https://theprint.in Kolkata: Observing that it is more important to proceed against “uniformed criminals” before the other criminal activity is checked, the Calcutta High Court has directed West Bengal’s Director General of Police (DGP) to institute an inquiry against an investigating officer in a case of forged cheque. Hearing an anticipatory bail petition, a division bench

HC quashes PSA detention of Shopian man

Source:-https://www.greaterkashmir.com Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Wednesday quashed detention of a man from south Kashmir’s Shopian and ordered authorities to release him from preventive detention forthwith. A bench of justice Ali Muhammad Magrey directed the authorities to release Waseem Ahmad Sheikh of Allyalpora Shopian who through his father had challenged the detention order dated

Another legal notice to Kangana Ranaut over ‘derogatory’ tweet

Source:-https://www.hindustantimes.com The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) has sent a legal notice to Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut, seeking an unconditional apology for her “derogatory” tweet in which she had allegedly misidentified an old woman at the farmers’ protest in Capital as Bilkis Bano. Ranaut later deleted her tweet over the old woman after she