NewsClick Case : Chief Editor & HR Head Moved Supreme Court Challenging Arrests In UAPA Case; Seek Urgent Hearing
1 year, 2 months ago

NewsClick Case : Chief Editor & HR Head Moved Supreme Court Challenging Arrests In UAPA Case; Seek Urgent Hearing

Live Law  

The NewsClick matter has reached the Supreme Court with its Editor-in-Chief Prabir Purkayastha and Human Resources head Amit Chakraborty filing a Special Leave Petition challenging the Delhi High Court's judgment which upheld their arrest by the Delhi Police in a case under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act over alleged Chinese funding to promote anti-national propaganda.Senior. The NewsClick matter has reached the Supreme Court with its Editor-in-Chief Prabir Purkayastha and Human Resources head Amit Chakraborty filing a Special Leave Petition challenging the Delhi High Court's judgment which upheld their arrest by the Delhi Police in a case under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act over alleged Chinese funding to promote anti-national propaganda. They placed reliance on the recent judgment of the Supreme Court in Pankaj Bansal v. Union of India which quashed the arrests by the Enforcement Directorate in a case for not furnishing the grounds of the arrest in writing. In the judgment, the High Court held that the Pankaj Bansal case, which was rendered in the context of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, was not applicable to the UAPA.

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Supreme Court Grants Two-Week Protection to YSR Congress Media Head
3 weeks ago

Supreme Court Grants Two-Week Protection to YSR Congress Media Head

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada:The Supreme Court has granted protection to the YSR Congress social media head Sajjala Bhargav Reddy against whom several cases were booked by the state police over his allegedly derogatory posts on social media. The apex court directed Bhargav Reddy to approach the AP high court for interim relief and stayed his arrest for two weeks. Bhargav Reddy in his …

Madras High Court junks plea in cases of YouTubers’ ‘Savukku’ Shankar and Felix Gerald
3 months ago

Madras High Court junks plea in cases of YouTubers’ ‘Savukku’ Shankar and Felix Gerald

The Hindu  

The Madras High Court has refused to order the constitution of a special bench to hear cases related to public-spirited individuals, journalists, and YouTubers like ‘Savukku’ Shankar, alias A. Shankar, of Savukku Media, and G. Felix Gerald of Redpix Media. Balaji dismissed a public interest litigation petition filed by S. Muralidharan and held that no person had the right to …

Malign motive: On the arrest and remand of NewsClick founder
7 months, 1 week ago

Malign motive: On the arrest and remand of NewsClick founder

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court of India’s order invalidating the arrest and remand of NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha is much more than a technical outcome based on the failure of the Delhi police to furnish the grounds for his arrest in writing. As if invoking the Unlawful Activities Act against the web portal was not malign enough — the case seems fictional …

Probe agencies must give written grounds of arrest in UAPA cases, Supreme Court declares in NewsClick judgment
7 months, 1 week ago

Probe agencies must give written grounds of arrest in UAPA cases, Supreme Court declares in NewsClick judgment

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on May 15 held that the right to life and personal liberty is the most sacrosanct of fundamental rights while declaring that investigating agencies should provide people arrested under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act with a written copy of information specifying the grounds of their arrest. Gavai and Sandeep Mehta applied its earlier judgment in the Pankaj …

SC orders NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha’s release
7 months, 1 week ago

SC orders NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha’s release

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the release on bail of web portal NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha, who was arrested in October 2023 under the stringent anti-terror law Unlawful Activities Prevention Act for allegedly receiving funds from Chinese firms, saying he was not provided the grounds of arrest and a copy of the remand application. The bench cited the October …

SC passes release order to NewsClick founder and editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha in UAPA case
7 months, 1 week ago

SC passes release order to NewsClick founder and editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha in UAPA case

Op India  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday declared invalid the arrest and subsequent remand of NewsClick founder and Editor-in-Chief Prabir Purkayastha by the Delhi police in connection with a case under the Unlawful Activities Act. Purkayastha had approached the apex court, challenging his arrest under the Unlawful Activities Act over alleged Chinese funding to promote anti-national propaganda. The High Court had rejected …

Madras High Court calls for legal services authority’s report on ‘Savukku’ Shankar’s health condition
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Madras High Court calls for legal services authority’s report on ‘Savukku’ Shankar’s health condition

The Hindu  

The Madras High Court on Wednesday called for a report from the Coimbatore District Legal Services Authority after being informed that the latter had deputed three empanelled lawyers and an orthopaedician to check on the health of YouTuber ‘Savukku’ Shankar, alias A. Shankar, following complaints of custodial violence in the Coimbatore Central Prison. While Senior Counsel R. John Sathyan, representing …

NewsClick UAPA Case: Delhi High Court Orders Release Of Approver Amit Chakraborty
7 months, 2 weeks ago

NewsClick UAPA Case: Delhi High Court Orders Release Of Approver Amit Chakraborty

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Monday ordered release of NewsClick Human Resources head Amit Chakraborty seeking bail after turning approver in the UAPA case registered following allegations of the portal receiving money for pro-China propaganda.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma passed the order allowing Chakraborty's plea seeking his release in the case.”Therefore, having considered the facts. The Delhi High Court on Monday …

'Why the haste?': SC asks ED why Newsclick founder was not informed about remand order
7 months, 3 weeks ago

'Why the haste?': SC asks ED why Newsclick founder was not informed about remand order

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned the Enforcement Directorate regarding its failure to notify the lawyer of Newsclick founder and EIC Prabir Purkayastha before the agency's intention to seek his remand in a UAPA case filed against him. "It is a big haste to have the remand order passed on October 4, at 6 am, without informing him," …

Petition seeking Kejriwal’s removal from CM post filed for publicity, says court
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Petition seeking Kejriwal’s removal from CM post filed for publicity, says court

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court on Monday observed that a plea seeking the removal of Arvind Kejriwal from the Chief Minister’s post was filed for “publicity” and the petitioner deserved to have “heavy costs” imposed on him for this. The plea was filed by former AAP MLA Sandeep Kumar, the third such petition since the arrest of the Chief Minister. The …

Supreme Court turns down petition seeking CBI probe into Sandeshkhali violence
10 months ago

Supreme Court turns down petition seeking CBI probe into Sandeshkhali violence

Op India  

On Monday, the Supreme Court dismissed a public interest litigation seeking an investigation by a Special Investigation Team or the Central Bureau of Investigation into the violence in Sandeshkhali village in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. The petitioner, Alakh Alok Srivastava, pointed out allegations of sexual violence in Sandeshkhali and highlighted the prior concerns of the apex court …

Sandeshkhali Violence: PIL In Supreme Court Seeks CBI/SIT Investigation On Allegations Of Sexual Assault
10 months, 1 week ago

Sandeshkhali Violence: PIL In Supreme Court Seeks CBI/SIT Investigation On Allegations Of Sexual Assault

Live Law  

A PIL has been filed in th Supreme Court seeking a CBI/SIT investigation into the reports regarding sexual assault of women in Sandeshkhali in West Bengal.Advocate Alakh Alok Srivastava, the petitioner, alleges complicity and dereliction of duty on the part of the West Bengal police and that the state police is acting "hand in gloves" with the main accused Trinamool …

NewsClick case: Delhi Court extends editor, HR's Judicial custody till February 17
10 months, 3 weeks ago

NewsClick case: Delhi Court extends editor, HR's Judicial custody till February 17

New Indian Express  

Later, they were sent to judicial custody on October 10 for ten days, which was extended to five more days and then to police custody for nine days. Earlier, Purkayastha’s counsel had vehemently denied the police charges, asking how his client, as a journalist doing a critical or impartial act of journalism about the government, could indulge in unlawful activities. …

NewsClick's HR head withdraws from SC plea against arrest under UAPA
11 months ago

NewsClick's HR head withdraws from SC plea against arrest under UAPA

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: NewsClick's human resources department head Amit Chakravarty on Monday withdrew from the Supreme Court his petition against his arrest under the anti-terror law, the Unlawful Activities Act. Earlier this month, a Delhi court had allowed Chakravarty to turn an approver in the case lodged against the news portal under UAPA over allegations that it received money to spread …

Court Allows NewsClick HR Head Amit Chakravarty to Turn Approver in UAPA Case
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Court Allows NewsClick HR Head Amit Chakravarty to Turn Approver in UAPA Case

News 18  

A Delhi court has allowed NewsClick’s human resources department chief Amit Chakravarty to turn an approver in the case lodged against the news portal under anti-terror law UAPA over allegations that it received money to spread pro-China propaganda, court sources said on Tuesday. Special Judge Hardeep Kaur pardoned Chakravarty, arrested in the case, on an application he moved recently seeking …

Supreme Court Rejects Abhishek Banerjee's Plea To Gag Media From Reporting Calcutta HC Hearing In Recruitment Scam Case
1 year ago

Supreme Court Rejects Abhishek Banerjee's Plea To Gag Media From Reporting Calcutta HC Hearing In Recruitment Scam Case

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday declined Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee's request for a gag order restraining media coverage of the proceedings before a single judge of the Calcutta High Court monitoring the probe into an alleged multi-tier recruitment scam in the state. During today's hearing, Senior Advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan pressed for a 'suspension of reportage', arguing – “Certain remarks …

Delhi High Court dismisses China-funded NewsClick’s plea challenging orders passed by Income Tax Dept, demanding stay: Details
1 year ago

Delhi High Court dismisses China-funded NewsClick’s plea challenging orders passed by Income Tax Dept, demanding stay: Details

Op India  

The Delhi High Court has dismissed the News Portal NewsClick plea challenging the orders dated November 3 and February 20 passed by the Income Tax Department and said it has not been able to make out a prima facie case in its favour. Newclick recently approached the Delhi High Court, challenging the orders dated November 3rd and February 20th, passed …

Court extends judicial custody of NewsClick founder, HR head
1 year ago

Court extends judicial custody of NewsClick founder, HR head

The Hindu  

A Delhi court on Friday extended the judicial custody of NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and Human Resources head Amit Chakravarty until December 22. The two have been lodged in jail since October 3 in the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act case against them over allegations that the news portal received money to spread pro-China propaganda. Special Judge Hardeep Kaur of Patiala …

NewsClick case: Founder, HR head sent to judicial custody till December 1
1 year, 1 month ago

NewsClick case: Founder, HR head sent to judicial custody till December 1

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: A Delhi Court on Thursday sent Prabir Purkayastha and Amit Chakraborty to judicial custody until December 1 in the case registered by the Delhi police special cell against them for allegedly receiving foreign funds through Chinese firms to disrupt the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country. NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha Additional sessions judge Hardeep Kaur sent the …

NewsClick Arrests: Delhi Court Extends Judicial Custody Of Prabir Purkayastha, HR Head Till October 25 In UAPA Case
1 year, 2 months ago

NewsClick Arrests: Delhi Court Extends Judicial Custody Of Prabir Purkayastha, HR Head Till October 25 In UAPA Case

Live Law  

A Delhi Court on Friday extended the judicial custody of NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and Human Resources head Amit Chakraborty till October 25 in the UAPA case registered following allegations of the portal receiving money for pro-China propaganda.Additional Sessions Judge Hardeep Kaur of Patiala House Courts extended the judicial custody for five more days.Purkayastha and. A Delhi Court on Friday …

Supreme Court issues notice to police on arrest of NewsClick founder under UAPA
1 year, 2 months ago

Supreme Court issues notice to police on arrest of NewsClick founder under UAPA

The Hindu  

A Supreme Court Bench of Justices B.R. Mishra on October 19 issued notice to the Delhi Police on petitions challenging the arrest and remand of NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and employee Amir Chakraborty under the draconian Unlawful Activities Prevention Act. Editorial | NewsClick non-case: On the strange case of a terrorism FIR without a terrorist act Initially, the court gave …

SC seeks response to pleas of NewsClick founder, HR head against arrest
1 year, 2 months ago

SC seeks response to pleas of NewsClick founder, HR head against arrest

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Thursday sought the Delhi Police’s response to pleas of NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and the portal’s human resources head Amit Chakravarty, challenging their arrest in the case against them under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act. He is 72.” The Delhi high court on October 13 dismissed Purkayastha and Chakravarty’s pleas against their arrest. They cited the …

NewsClick row: SC seeks Delhi Police's reply on plea of Prabir Purkayastha, Amit Chakravarty in UAPA case
1 year, 2 months ago

NewsClick row: SC seeks Delhi Police's reply on plea of Prabir Purkayastha, Amit Chakravarty in UAPA case

India TV News  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought response from the Delhi Police on pleas of NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and its HR head Amit Chakravarty against their arrest under anti-terror law UAPA. A bench of Justices BR Gavai and Prashant Kumar Mishra issued notice to the Delhi Police and sought its response by October 30 after senior advocates Kapil Sibal and …

After setback in HC, NewsClick editor Prabir Purkayastha, HR head move Supreme Court against UAPA case
1 year, 2 months ago

After setback in HC, NewsClick editor Prabir Purkayastha, HR head move Supreme Court against UAPA case

Hindustan Times  

NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and HR head Amit Chakravarty on Monday moved the Supreme Court against the Delhi high court order dismissing their plea against arrest in the UAPA case. The Supreme Court asked Purkayastha's counsel Kapil Sibal to circulate papers and said it would decide on its hearing. On Friday, the high court refused to interfere with the arrest …

Why is Delhi High Court least persuasive on denying written arrest grounds to Newsclick accused?
1 year, 2 months ago

Why is Delhi High Court least persuasive on denying written arrest grounds to Newsclick accused?

The Hindu  

Published : Oct 14, 2023 08:38 IST - 5 MINS READ Article 22 of the Constitution dictates that no person who is arrested can be detained in custody without being promptly informed of the grounds for their arrest. This precarious situation can be easily avoided by providing the written grounds of arrest, as recorded by the authorised officer in accordance …

Delhi High Court dismisses NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha's plea challenging arrest in UAPA case
1 year, 2 months ago

Delhi High Court dismisses NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha's plea challenging arrest in UAPA case

India TV News  

Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed the petitions moved by NewsClick founder and editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha and its HR head Amit Chakraborty challenging their arrest and remand under the anti-terror law UAPA registered by Delhi Police's Special Cell. Dismissing their plea challenging the police action, Justice Tushar Rao Gedela said, "The court does not find merit in both petitions." Purkayastha …

Newsclick founder, HR head in judicial custody for 10 days
1 year, 2 months ago

Newsclick founder, HR head in judicial custody for 10 days

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday sent NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and human resources department head Amit Chakravarty to 10-day judicial custody. The prosecution sought 10 days of judicial custody for the duo, which was firmly opposed by Purkayastha’s counsel, who asserted that “prima facie” no case was made out against his client. The counsel said if there was …

NewsClick founder, HR head in 10-day custody
1 year, 2 months ago

NewsClick founder, HR head in 10-day custody

Hindustan Times  

A Delhi court on Tuesday remanded NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and the website’s human resource department chief Amit Chakraborty to 10 days in judicial custody in connection with a case registered by Delhi Police’s special cell against the portal under the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act. NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha being brought to the Patiala House Court by Delhi Police's …

Delhi High Court reserves order on NewsClick founder's plea against arrest
1 year, 2 months ago

Delhi High Court reserves order on NewsClick founder's plea against arrest

India Today  

The Delhi High Court on Monday reserved its order on the pleas filed by NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and its HR head Amit Chakravarty challenging their arrest in a case under the stringent Unlawful Activities Act. Sibal emphasised, "Even till today, we have not been supplied with the grounds of arrest." Solicitor General Tushar Mehta countered, stating, "The grounds of …

NewsClick moves Delhi HC seeking quashing FIR, arrest in Chinese funding case
1 year, 2 months ago

NewsClick moves Delhi HC seeking quashing FIR, arrest in Chinese funding case

Op India  

On Friday, NewsClick editor Prabir Purkayastha and the website’s Human Resources head Amit Chakraborty moved the Delhi High Court challenging their arrest in the case of Chinese funding and seeking quashing of the FIR registered against them under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act. NewsClick case | NewsClick moves Delhi High Court seeking quashing of FIR, challenging trial court order granting …

Supply copy of FIR to NewsClick founder, court tells Delhi Police
1 year, 2 months ago

Supply copy of FIR to NewsClick founder, court tells Delhi Police

The Hindu  

The Patiala House Court on Thursday allowed news portal NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and its human resource head Amit Chakraborty to get a copy of the First Information Report in the Unlawful Activities Act case filed against them by the Delhi Police. Interrogation continues Meanwhile, the Delhi Police continued to interrogate the staff members of NewsClick for the third consecutive …

Delhi Police summons NewsClick journalist Abhisar Sharma again for questioning
1 year, 2 months ago

Delhi Police summons NewsClick journalist Abhisar Sharma again for questioning

Firstpost  

Sharma was questioned in connection with the case at the Special Cell’s office on Tuesday. NewsClick founder and editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha and human resources department head Amit Chakravarty were arrested on Tuesday after several journalists were questioned in connection with the case The Delhi Police has called NewsClick journalist Abhisar Sharma for questioning in connection with a case filed under …

Supreme Court Upholds Order Of Madras High Court Granting Bail To Lawyer Arrested Under UAPA By NIA For Alleged Links With PFI
1 year, 2 months ago

Supreme Court Upholds Order Of Madras High Court Granting Bail To Lawyer Arrested Under UAPA By NIA For Alleged Links With PFI

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the order of the Madras High Court granting bail to Mohammad Abbas, a Madurai based lawyer who was arrested by the National Investigation Agency under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act for his alleged links with the banned Popular Front of India organization.A bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Pankaj Mithal while confirming. …

What is NewsClick? A look at India’s media crackdown
1 year, 2 months ago

What is NewsClick? A look at India’s media crackdown

Al Jazeera  

The raid on NewsClick has raised international concerns about the media in India, where press freedom has plummeted. Police in India have carried out raids against dozens of reporters, drawing outrage from journalists and rights groups over a growing crackdown on the media under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government. In 2021, India’s domestic law enforcement agency, the Enforcement Directorate, launched …

Judicial interventions in ongoing cases against NewsClick: A timeline of events
1 year, 2 months ago

Judicial interventions in ongoing cases against NewsClick: A timeline of events

The Hindu  

The Delhi Police’s Special Cell on Tuesday arrested NewsClick founder and editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha and the news portal’s human resources head Amit Chakravarty in connection with its investigation into a case filed under the Unlawful Activities Act, 1967. July 7, 2021: Delhi HC grants interim protection to NewsClick founder till August 5 in foreign funding case The Delhi High Court …

NewsClick Raids: Delhi Police Arrests 2, Including Editor-in-Chief, in UAPA Case
1 year, 2 months ago

NewsClick Raids: Delhi Police Arrests 2, Including Editor-in-Chief, in UAPA Case

The Quint  

Do your bit to support our journalism. The Delhi Police on Tuesday, 3 October, arrested two persons after conducting raids at over 30 locations, including homes of journalists, in connection with a probe into the funding of news portal NewsClick. The arrested persons include NewsClick Editor-in-Chief Prabir Purkaystha and Human Resources chief Amit Chakravarty. The raids reportedly took place at …

Delhi HC seeks stand of NewsClick, its editor in money laundering case
1 year, 4 months ago

Delhi HC seeks stand of NewsClick, its editor in money laundering case

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court on Friday asked news portal NewsClick and its editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha to respond to a plea by the Enforcement Directorate seeking vacation of an earlier order granting them protection from coercive action in a money laundering case. Justice Saurabh Banerjee, while issuing notices to the news portal and Mr. Purkayastha, observed that prima facie, the investigation …

Supreme Court judge recuses from hearing Umar Khalid’s plea
1 year, 4 months ago

Supreme Court judge recuses from hearing Umar Khalid’s plea

The Hindu  

Supreme Court judge Justice P.K. Mishra on Wednesday withdrew from hearing a petition for bail filed by former Jawaharlal Nehru University student leader Umar Khalid in an Unlawful Activities Act case linked to the February 2020 Delhi riots case. The lead judge on the Division Bench, Justice A.S. Bopanna, referred the case back to the Chief Justice of India for …

Supreme Court To Hear Tomorrow TN Minister Senthil Balaji's Plea Against Madras HC Order Allowing ED Custody
1 year, 5 months ago

Supreme Court To Hear Tomorrow TN Minister Senthil Balaji's Plea Against Madras HC Order Allowing ED Custody

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has listed for tomorrow, the pleas filed by Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji and his wife, challenging the Madras High Court's judgment holding that the Directorate of Enforcement is entitled to take him into custody in connection with the cash-for-jobs scam. The petition also challenges the Madras High Court's view allowing the period of custody to …

'Why Can’t You Take It As Patient Hearing?' : Kerala High Court Asks Petitioner Who Alleged Sitting Judge Hears Limited Number Of Cases
1 year, 6 months ago

'Why Can’t You Take It As Patient Hearing?' : Kerala High Court Asks Petitioner Who Alleged Sitting Judge Hears Limited Number Of Cases

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday reserved for order the petition filed by Advocate Yeshwanth Shenoy alleging that Justice Mary Joseph of the High Court has curtailed the number of cases listed before her bench to only 20 matters a day, when other judges have 100 matters or more listed before them everyday. To which Justice Kunhikrishnan responded on a …

Kaali Poster Row : Supreme Court Extends Interim Protection To Filmmaker Leena Manimekalai
1 year, 10 months ago

Kaali Poster Row : Supreme Court Extends Interim Protection To Filmmaker Leena Manimekalai

Live Law  

The Supreme Court of India directed the state governments to file counter affidavits in the matter concerning multiple FIRs registered against filmmaker Leena Manimekalai in various states over the poster of her documentary titled "Kaali". Through the interim order, the court had directed that no coercive steps shall be taken against the filmmaker either on the basis of the FIRs …

CBI court issues media gag order in Periya twin murder case trial
1 year, 10 months ago

CBI court issues media gag order in Periya twin murder case trial

The Hindu  

A CBI court here has banned the media from publishing the statements of witnesses in the Periya twin murder case. The order was issued by CBI Special Judge K. Kamanees, who is hearing the case related to the killing of two Youth Congress workers, Sharat Lal and Kripesh. To protect the witnesses The prosecution, which wanted the media to be …

Supreme Court to hear plea to restrain from ‘censoring’ BBC documentary on 2002 Gujarat riots on February 3
1 year, 10 months ago

Supreme Court to hear plea to restrain from ‘censoring’ BBC documentary on 2002 Gujarat riots on February 3

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on January 30 agreed to list on February 3 a petition seeking a direction to restrain the government from “censoring” the British Broadcasting Corporation documentary titled ‘India: The Modi Question’. After the Kerala High Court’s order, the Election Commission said in a statement, “after considering the matter and having due regard to the order passed by Hon’ble …

Supreme Court To Hear Next Week Petitions Challenging Centre's Ban On BBC Documentary About Narendra Modi
1 year, 10 months ago

Supreme Court To Hear Next Week Petitions Challenging Centre's Ban On BBC Documentary About Narendra Modi

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on February 6 plea challenging the challenging the decision of the Central Government to block the BBC's documentary “India: The Modi Question”.One petition has been filed by serial litigant Advocate ML Sharma. The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on February 6 plea challenging the challenging the decision of the Central …

No Agitation Within Court: Calcutta HC Orders In Contempt Case Against Protesting Lawyers, Criticizes Defamatory Posters Against Judge
1 year, 11 months ago

No Agitation Within Court: Calcutta HC Orders In Contempt Case Against Protesting Lawyers, Criticizes Defamatory Posters Against Judge

Live Law  

In a significant development, a three-Judge Bench of the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday issued a slew of directions restraining advocates from holding agitations within the court premises pertaining to the contempt case initiated by Justice Rajasekhar Mantha against the errant lawyers who had created a ruckus outside his courtroom on January 9. A Bench comprising Justices TS Sivagnanam, IP …

Papers missing, bench recuses, nothing going right for actor Mamta Kulkarni | Exclusive
2 years ago

Papers missing, bench recuses, nothing going right for actor Mamta Kulkarni | Exclusive

India Today  

The Bombay High Court bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and PK Chavan recused from hearing actor Mamta Kulkarni's petition seeking quashing of an FIR registered against her at Thane in 2016. Kulkarni had filed a plea in 2018 and it came up before the bench headed by Justice Mohite Dere twice, while suddenly on Wednesday a lawyer representing Special …

Supreme Court dismisses 'publicity interest litigation' on Taj Mahal
2 years, 2 months ago

Supreme Court dismisses 'publicity interest litigation' on Taj Mahal

Firstpost  

A bench of justices M R Shah and M M Sundresh refused to interfere with the Allahabad High Court order that had dismissed the plea New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday junked a plea seeking a “fact-finding inquiry” into the history of the Taj Mahal and the “opening of 22 rooms” on the monument’s premises, terming it “publicity interest …

[Judges' Appointment] No Reason To Assume That Collegium Isn't Mindful Of Its Duty: Uttarakhand High Court
2 years, 2 months ago

[Judges' Appointment] No Reason To Assume That Collegium Isn't Mindful Of Its Duty: Uttarakhand High Court

Live Law  

Dealing with a Public Interest Litigation plea pertaining to the appointment of judges in the HC as per the sanctioned strength, the Uttarakhand High Court recently observed that it is the Job of the HC Collegium to make the recommendations and that there is no reason to assume that the collegium is not mindful of its duty, or that it …

Hate Speech : Supreme Court Refues To Entertain PIL Seeking Arrest Of Jitendra Tyagi & Yati Narasinghanand
2 years, 3 months ago

Hate Speech : Supreme Court Refues To Entertain PIL Seeking Arrest Of Jitendra Tyagi & Yati Narasinghanand

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a PIL filed for the arrest Of Syed Waseem Rizvi alias Jitendra Tyagi and Yati Narasinghanand in relation to Haridwar Dharam Sansad hate speech cases. The PIL, along with praying for the arrest of the respondents, had also prayed for a ban on the sale and publication of the book 'Muhammad' authored …

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