Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com KOCHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday submitted before the Kerala High Court that Rajkumar, who was taken in custody by the Nedumkandam police, Idukki, was brutally tortured at the police station. CBI is probing the alleged custodial torture of Rajkumar, who died in June 2019. The CBI made the submission when
Source:-https://www.hindustantimes.com The Calcutta high court on Tuesday banned Chhath Puja processions across West Bengal while allowing only two persons per family to enter a water body to offer the puja. Also, devotees have been barred from entering two of the largest lakes within the city, Rabindra Sarobar and Subhas Sarobar. Earlier, the National Green Tribunal
Source:-https://www.telegraphindia.com The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that an estranged wife is entitled to maintenance from the day she files her application rather than from the date a court grants her maintenance. The bench of Justices Indu Malhotra and R. Subhash Reddy also made it mandatory for a spouse to reveal at any maintenance proceedings
Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday rejected the bail pleas filed by Kapil and Dheeraj Wadhawan, promoters of Dewan Housing Finance Ltd (DHFL), in the Yes Bank fraud case. A single bench presided over by Justice S V Kotwal had reserved his order on their bail pleas on October 23. The Wadhawan brothers
Source:-https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com RAIPUR: In a significant matter related to a case filed by the police against a young doctor after she was tested positive for Covid-19, Chhattisgarh high court has quashed the FIR against her, holding that no First Information Report under section 154 of Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) could be registered for offence under section
Source:-nationalheraldindia A Delhi Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea by CPI(M) leaders Brinda Karat and KM Tiwari seeking registration of FIRs against BJP leaders Anurag Thakur and Parvesh Verma for hate speech. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vishal Pahuja dismissed the application preferred under Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) for lack of
Source: newindianexpress.com NEW DELHI: Several provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) are likely to undergo a review as the Centre will soon initiate a major revamp of the criminal justice system. Union Home Minister Amit Shah made a call for a nationwide consultation for effecting changes in IPC and
Source: dnaindia.com The Gujarat High Court’s single judge bench of Justice SH Vora has stayed a special court, which is hearing the 2008 serial blasts case, from initiating contempt proceedings against Madhya Pradesh government officials for not shifting 10 serial blasts accused from a jail in MP to Sabarmati central jail in Ahmedabad. The court
