"Unlawful" Demonstration: Calcutta High Court Stays Investigation Against BJP's Kailash Vijayvargiya, Mukul Roy And Others
4 years, 4 months ago

"Unlawful" Demonstration: Calcutta High Court Stays Investigation Against BJP's Kailash Vijayvargiya, Mukul Roy And Others

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The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday stayed the police investigation against BJP leaders Kailash Vijayvargiya, Mukul Roy and two others in connection with a FIR over participation in a demonstration on October 7 which the State had deemed unlawful. "The petitioners had participated in a demonstration on the October 7, 2020 which the State had deemed unlawful and an FIR dated October 8, 2020 has been registered by Hastings Police Station", noted Justice Rajasekhar Mantha, hearing their plea for quashing of the said proceedings. "This Court is of the prima facie view that matters are heard by a vacation bench of the High Court based on an allocation made by the Hon'ble Chief Justice or His designate. However, the Single Bench allowed the State to produce the notification on November 26, ordering that "in the meantime, however, the investigation into the FIR dated 8/10/2020 shall remain stayed".

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Supreme Court stays CBI probe against former Tamil Nadu Minister Rajenthra Bhalaji
3 days, 19 hours ago

Supreme Court stays CBI probe against former Tamil Nadu Minister Rajenthra Bhalaji

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation not to proceed with its probe cases against former All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Minister K.T. The court was referring to the arguments and counter-arguments presented by the State of Tamil Nadu, Mr. Bhalaji, and a complainant in the case. Tamil Nadu Additional Advocate General Amit Anand Tiwari …

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: March 10 to March 16, 2025
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Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: March 10 to March 16, 2025

Live Law  

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Karnataka High Court Quashes FIR Against Journalist Rahul Sivasankar Over Tweet On Religious Minorities Fund Allocation
3 days, 21 hours ago

Karnataka High Court Quashes FIR Against Journalist Rahul Sivasankar Over Tweet On Religious Minorities Fund Allocation

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Monday allowed TV journalist Rahul Shivshankar's plea seeking quashing of an FIR registered against him for his tweet about the State government's allocation of funds for welfare of religious minorities. Advocate Bipin Hegde appearing for Shivshankar had then submitted, “I have not given a false statement in the tweet, what is mentioned in the budget …

Supreme Court Flags Delay In Amending Calcutta High Court Rule Requiring Division Bench Instead Of Single Judge For Certain Bail Cases
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1 week, 6 days ago

Supreme Court Flags Delay In Amending Calcutta High Court Rule Requiring Division Bench Instead Of Single Judge For Certain Bail Cases

Live Law  

The Supreme Court recently raised concerns over the delay in amending the Calcutta High Court Rules on the aspect of the strength of the bench hearing bail applications, pointing out that the proposal to amend the Rule has been pending for 12 years. The issue relates to the proviso to Rule 9 of the High Court Appellate Side Rules, which …

Supreme Court Flags Delay In Amending Calcutta High Court Rule Requiring Division Bench Instead Of Single Judge For Certain Bail Cases
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1 week, 6 days ago

Supreme Court Flags Delay In Amending Calcutta High Court Rule Requiring Division Bench Instead Of Single Judge For Certain Bail Cases

Live Law  

The Supreme Court recently raised concerns over the delay in amending the Calcutta High Court Rules on the aspect of the strength of the bench hearing bail applications, pointing out that the proposal to amend the Rule has been pending for 12 years. The issue relates to the proviso to Rule 9 of the High Court Appellate Side Rules, which …

Calcutta High Court Calls For State's Report On Jadavpur Univ Campus Unrest Involving Education Minister's Convoy, Questions Police Inaction
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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Calcutta High Court Calls For State's Report On Jadavpur Univ Campus Unrest Involving Education Minister's Convoy, Questions Police Inaction

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday questioned the police over its inability to act during violent clashes which took place between Education Minister Bratya Basu's convoy and protesting students from Jadavpur University. He also questioned the police's investigation of the matter and raised questions over the security provided to state ministers and if Basu had defied intelligence reports and visited …

Madras High Court Quashes FIR Against OpIndia's Rahul Roushan, Nupur Sharma Over Alleged Fake News On Bihari Migrants Being Attacked
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Madras High Court Quashes FIR Against OpIndia's Rahul Roushan, Nupur Sharma Over Alleged Fake News On Bihari Migrants Being Attacked

Live Law  

The Madras High Court has quashed an FIR registered against the CEO of OpIndia, Rahul Roushan, and its Editor, Nupur Sharma, for allegedly spreading fake news about migrant workers of Bihar being attacked in Tamil Nadu. Justice GK Ilanthiraiyan, on Tuesday, allowed the plea filed by Rahul and Nupur in 2023 seeking to quash the FIR registered against them by …

Bombay High Court Halts FIR Against Former SEBI Chief Madhabi Puri Buch
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Bombay High Court Halts FIR Against Former SEBI Chief Madhabi Puri Buch

ABP News  

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday stayed for four weeks a special court's order directing FIR against former Sebi chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch and five other officials for alleged stock market fraud and regulatory violations, noting it was passed mechanically. A single bench of Justice Shivkumar Dige said the special court order of March 1 also did not attribute any …

Calcutta High Court dismisses case against man accused of mocking Mamata Banerjee
3 weeks ago

Calcutta High Court dismisses case against man accused of mocking Mamata Banerjee

Op India  

Criminal charges against a man who reportedly made fun of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and other political figures on YouTube have been dropped by the Calcutta High Court. “After careful scrutiny of the materials available in the case diary, this court does not find any sufficient or cogent evidence or even prima facie case against the present petitioner. …

Calcutta High Court Quashes Case Against Man Accused Of 'Mocking' CM Mamata Banerjee, Other Leaders On YouTube
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Calcutta High Court Quashes Case Against Man Accused Of 'Mocking' CM Mamata Banerjee, Other Leaders On YouTube

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court has quashed criminal cases against a man who was accused of making derogatory remarks and mocking West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and other political leaders on social media platform YouTube.In quashing the case, Justice Ajay Kumar Gupta held:"After careful scrutiny of the materials available in the case diary, this Court does not find any sufficient …

Karnataka High Court permits investigation against badminton player Lakshya Sen, parents, brother, and coach on age fabrication allegation
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Karnataka High Court permits investigation against badminton player Lakshya Sen, parents, brother, and coach on age fabrication allegation

The Hindu  

The High Court of Karnataka has permitted the investigation against badminton star and Arjuna awardee Lakshya Sen, his elder brother Chirag Sen, also a badminton player, their parents, and a coach in a criminal case registered against them on alleged age fabrication. The brothers, along with their father, Dhirendra K. Sen, who was a coach with the Sports Authority of …

Supreme Court rules against directing legislature on law enactment
1 month ago

Supreme Court rules against directing legislature on law enactment

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Friday said the courts could not direct the legislature to enact a law in a particular manner. In a writ jurisdiction, neither the high courts nor the Supreme Court can direct the legislature to enact a law in a particular manner," the bench said, while refusing to hear the plea. The petitioner's counsel said Section 230 …

2020 Bengaluru Riots: Supreme Court Denies Bail To Accused, Directs Karnataka Govt To Establish Additional NIA Court For UAPA Offences
1 month, 1 week ago

2020 Bengaluru Riots: Supreme Court Denies Bail To Accused, Directs Karnataka Govt To Establish Additional NIA Court For UAPA Offences

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today declined to grant bail to Shabbar Khan, charge-sheeted in a Unlawful Activities Act, 1967 case related to the riots which happened in Bengaluru on August 11, 2020. On January 31, the matter was heard by a bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Satish Chandra Sharma, the Court asked the National Investigation Agency how much time it …

Supreme Court Refuses To Stop Police Investigation On Statements Before Justice Hema Committee Regarding Women's Exploitation In Malayalam Cinema
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court Refuses To Stop Police Investigation On Statements Before Justice Hema Committee Regarding Women's Exploitation In Malayalam Cinema

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to interfere with the directions of the Kerala High Court to register FIRs based on the depositions given by witnesses/victims before the Justice Hema Committee regarding the sexual exploitation of women in Malayalam cinema field. The bench pronounced the order disposing of the Special Leave Petitions filed by film producer Sajimon Parayil and two …

Calcutta High Court to ‘supervise’ framing of charges in R.G. Kar financial irregularities case
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Calcutta High Court to ‘supervise’ framing of charges in R.G. Kar financial irregularities case

The Hindu  

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday said it would ‘strictly supervise’ the proceedings before the special court of the Central Bureau of Investigation at Alipore concerning the framing of charges in the case of alleged financial irregularities at the R.G. Sandip Ghosh, former principal of RGKMCH, charged with allegations of corruption and financial malpractice at the institution during his tenure, …

Karnataka High Court stays FIR against Gopalakrishnan, IISc director, 14 others
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Karnataka High Court stays FIR against Gopalakrishnan, IISc director, 14 others

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court has stayed the First Information Report and all further proceedings initiated against 16 accused, including Infosys co-founder Senapathy Kris Gopalakrishnan and Indian Institute of Science director Prof Govindan Rangarajan, under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act. Justice S R Krishna Kumar passed the interim order on Wednesday after hearing the petition filed by all …

High court sends notice to Centre, CBFC on Delhi riots movie
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

High court sends notice to Centre, CBFC on Delhi riots movie

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi high court on Thursday issued notice to the Central Board of Film Certification and the Centre, in pleas seeking directions to CBFC and the ministry of information and broadcasting to defer the release of “Delhi-2020”, a movie based on the riots that roiled the national capital in February 2020, till the conclusion of the trial in the larger …

Karnataka High Court stays probe against C.T. Ravi in derogatory remarks case
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Karnataka High Court stays probe against C.T. Ravi in derogatory remarks case

The Hindu  

The High Court of Karnataka on Thursday stayed criminal proceedings against C.T. Though the court on January 23 had directed the CID not to precipitate till January 30 the investigation in the criminal case registered based on Ms. Hebbalkar’s complaint, State Public Prosecutor B.A. However, the court said that the CID cannot frustrate the proceedings on the petition as the …

Karnataka High Court stays FIR registered against Kris Gopalakrishnan and others under SC/ST Atrocities Act
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Karnataka High Court stays FIR registered against Kris Gopalakrishnan and others under SC/ST Atrocities Act

The Hindu  

The High Court of Karnataka has stayed the criminal case registered against Kris Gopalakrishnan, Infosys co-founder and Chair of the governing council of the Indian Institute of Science, and others, including IISc director, on a complaint of alleged atrocity by a former faculty member belonging to SC community. Pointing out that Mr. Durgappa had given an undertaking to the High …

Calcutta High Court Constitutes SIT To Probe Sandeshkhali Gang Rape Case, Flags Delay In Investigation
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Calcutta High Court Constitutes SIT To Probe Sandeshkhali Gang Rape Case, Flags Delay In Investigation

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court has constituted a special investigation team to probe allegations of gang rape in West Bengal's Sandeskhali allegedly involving politically influential persons.Justice Tirthankar Ghosh formed an SIT comprising Rahul Mishra, IPS and SDPO, Baduria, Basirhat Police District, along with Bireswar Chatterjee, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Homicide Section,. The Calcutta High Court has constituted a special investigation team …

Calcutta High Court orders SIT probe into Sandeshkhali gangrape case
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Calcutta High Court orders SIT probe into Sandeshkhali gangrape case

India Today  

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed the formation of a Special Investigation Team to probe the alleged gang rape in Sandeshkhali. Justice Tirthankar Ghosh ordered that the SIT be led by the Assistant Commissioner of the Homicide Branch, Lalbazar, with the Sub-Divisional Police Officer of Baduria, Basirhat Police District, as a member. The court mandated that the SIT submit …

Supreme Court stays Madras High Court order against Chennai Police Commissioner
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court stays Madras High Court order against Chennai Police Commissioner

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Madras High Court’s order calling for an enquiry against Chennai Police Commissioner in connection with the alleged Anna University sexual assault case. The stay, issued by a bench comprising Justices BV Nagarathna and Satish Chandra Sharma, comes in response to a plea by the Tamil Nadu government challenging the high court’s observations against …

Madras High Court dismisses Tamil Nadu Waqf Board chairman’s plea to quash charge sheet
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Madras High Court dismisses Tamil Nadu Waqf Board chairman’s plea to quash charge sheet

The Hindu  

The Madras High Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by Ramanathapuram Member of Parliament K. Navaskani, who is also the chairman of the Tamil Nadu Waqf Board, and six others to quash a charge sheet filed against them in 2022 for alleged violation of the election code in 2019. Justice P. Velmurugan refused to interfere with the charge sheet …

Supreme Court Stays Criminal Proceedings Against Rahul Gandhi For Remarks Against Shah
2 months ago

Supreme Court Stays Criminal Proceedings Against Rahul Gandhi For Remarks Against Shah

ABP News  

The Supreme Court on Monday stayed trial court proceedings against Congress leader and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi in a criminal defamation case filed against him for alleged defamatory remarks against Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Gandhi has challenged the Jharkhand High Court order, which rejected his petition to quash proceedings against him in a trial court in connection with …

Allahabad High Court Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav hounded by leftists after attending a VHP event
2 months ago

Allahabad High Court Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav hounded by leftists after attending a VHP event

Op India  

Thirteen Senior Advocates of the Supreme Court, including Indira Jaising and her husband Anand Grover, wrote to the Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna on January 17 urging him to take suo moto notice of remarks made by Allahabad High Court Judge Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav. “Take suo moto notice of the aforesaid speech and in view of the seriousness …

Karnataka High Court Stays Proceedings Against Rahul Gandhi for a Month in Defamation Case
2 months ago

Karnataka High Court Stays Proceedings Against Rahul Gandhi for a Month in Defamation Case

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru:The Karnataka High Court on Friday stayed interim proceedings against Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case filed by Bharatiya Janata Party leader Keshav Prasad alleging “false” and malicious” It may be recalled here that Rahul Gandhi appeared before the 42nd Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Bengaluru as per Court’s order on July …

'Direct CBI To Lodge FIR Against Justice Shekhar Yadav': 13 Senior Advocates Write To CJI Sanjiv Khanna
2 months ago

'Direct CBI To Lodge FIR Against Justice Shekhar Yadav': 13 Senior Advocates Write To CJI Sanjiv Khanna

Live Law  

In the evening today, 13 senior advocates of the Supreme Court have written to the Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna against Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav of the Allahabad High Court. It has been stated in the letter that the December 8, 2024 speech of Justice Yadav amounts to "hate speech" as per the jurisprudence laid down by the Supreme …

Senior lawyers urge CJI to direct CBI to lodge FIR against Allahabad High Court judge Shekhar Kumar Yadav
2 months ago

Senior lawyers urge CJI to direct CBI to lodge FIR against Allahabad High Court judge Shekhar Kumar Yadav

The Hindu  

Senior advocates have written to Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna on Friday to direct the Central Bureau of Investigation to lodge a First Information Report against Allahabad High Court judge Shekhar Kumar Yadav after taking suo motu notice of communal comments reported to have been made by him during a speech at an event organised by the Vishwa Hindu …

Senior advocates urge CJI to direct CBI action against Allahabad HC judge for hate speech at VHP event
2 months ago

Senior advocates urge CJI to direct CBI action against Allahabad HC judge for hate speech at VHP event

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: A group of senior advocates on Friday urged Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna to direct the Central Bureau of Investigation to file an FIR against Allahabad High Court judge Shekhar Kumar Yadav over alleged hate speech. Earlier this week, Justice Yadav wrote to the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court, asserting that he stands by his …

Calcutta High Court Annual Digest: Part-I [Citations: 1-99]
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Calcutta High Court Annual Digest: Part-I [Citations: 1-99]

Live Law  

ORDERS/JUDGEMENTS Use Of 'Silk' To Denote Paint's Finish Customary, Can't Be Protected As Trademark: Calcutta High Court Dismisses Berger's Plea Against JSW Paints Citation: 2024 LiveLaw 1 Case: Berger Paints India Limited v JSW Paints Private Limited The Calcutta High Court recently dismissed an interim injunction application in a suit filed by Berger Paints to restrain JSW Paints from using …

Karnataka High Court stays investigation into FIR registered against IIM-B director and seven faculty members
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Karnataka High Court stays investigation into FIR registered against IIM-B director and seven faculty members

The Hindu  

The High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday stayed the investigation based on the FIR registered against the director of the Indian Institute of Management-Bengaluru and seven faculty members for alleged caste-based discrimination and humiliation of an associate professor by disclosing the information in the public domain that he belongs to the Scheduled Caste community. Justice Hemant Chandangoudar passed the interim …

Madras High Court Annual Digest 2024 [Part I]
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Madras High Court Annual Digest 2024 [Part I]

Live Law  

Citations: 2024 LiveLaw 1 to 2024 LiveLaw 250 REPORTS Madras High Court Issues Compendium Of Procedure To Be Followed By Advisory Board Constituted Under TN Preventive Detention Act Case Title: Ganeshkumar v The Principal Secretary to Government Citation: 2024 LiveLaw 1 The Madras High Court recently issued a compendium of procedures to be followed by the Advisory Board under the …

Bombay High Court grants bail to 'terror trainee', cites extended pre-trial custody
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Bombay High Court grants bail to 'terror trainee', cites extended pre-trial custody

India Today  

The Bombay High Court has granted bail to Faizal Hasamali Mirza, an alleged Lashkar-e-Taiba operative accused of travelling to Pakistan for terror training, citing his extended pre-trial custody. Mirza, who has been in judicial custody since his arrest in May 2018, was arrested by Maharashtra's Anti-Terrorism Squad following a tip-off from the Kolkata Special Task Force. Authorities alleged that Farooque …

100 Important Supreme Court Judgments- Part 3 [51 to 75]
2 months, 3 weeks ago

100 Important Supreme Court Judgments- Part 3 [51 to 75]

Live Law  

Case Title – Sheikh Javed Iqbal @ Ashfaq Ansari @ Javed Ansari v. State of Uttar Pradesh., 2024 LiveLaw 486 In a significant judgment granting bail to an undertrial prisoner facing charges under the Unlawful Activities Act, 1967, the Supreme Court held that a constitutional court can grant bail despite statutory restrictions if it finds that the right to speedy …

Embarrassing Moments Of 2024 When Judges Sparked Controversies With Unthoughtful Comments
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Embarrassing Moments Of 2024 When Judges Sparked Controversies With Unthoughtful Comments

Live Law  

Sober, stoic and reticent to an extent- this is the cliched image which is often associated with judges. It is quite unprecedented that the Supreme Court had to suo motu intervene four times - three times judicially and once administratively- to address inappropriate utterances made by High Court judges in a single year. When a High Court judge attacked the …

Calcutta High Court Declines To Interfere With Preliminary Report Against SRFTI Dean Filmmaker Vipin Vijay Over POSH Allegations
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Calcutta High Court Declines To Interfere With Preliminary Report Against SRFTI Dean Filmmaker Vipin Vijay Over POSH Allegations

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court has declined to interfere with a preliminary report by the Internal Committee of the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute against Dean and Filmmaker Vipin Vijay who had been accused of sexual harassment. In declining a plea by Vijay seeking quashing of the report, Justice Kausik Chanda held: "I am not inclined to interfere with the …

Telangana High Court Quashes FIR Against Junior Civil Judges Accused Under SC/ST Act By Colleague
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Telangana High Court Quashes FIR Against Junior Civil Judges Accused Under SC/ST Act By Colleague

Live Law  

The Telangana High Court has granted relief to two Junior Civil Judges in a long pending case of 10 years, wherein they were charged under Section 3 of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act, 1989. “It is pertinent to mention that respondent No.5 has lodged a complaint against the petitioners on 09.10.2015, subsequent to the report submitted by the …

Calcutta High Court allows junior doctors front in Bengal to hold protests over R.G. Kar issue
3 months ago

Calcutta High Court allows junior doctors front in Bengal to hold protests over R.G. Kar issue

The Hindu  

The Calcutta High Court on Friday allowed representatives of West Bengal Junior Doctors Front to hold protests at Kolkata Esplanade area over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor earlier this year but restricted the gathering to 200 and 250 members at a time. The WBJDF has approached the Calcutta High Court seeking permission to hold protests after a …

Supreme Court clears way for CBI probe into Kallakurichi hooch tragedy
3 months ago

Supreme Court clears way for CBI probe into Kallakurichi hooch tragedy

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the decks for a CBI probe into the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy that left 68 people dead. A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan dismissed the special leave petitions filed by the Tamil Nadu government against the Madras High Court judgment ordering the CBI probe. Based on petitions filed by AIADMK …

Karnataka High Court Quashes FIR Against BJP MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal Over Alleged Derogatory Remarks Against Rahul Gandhi
3 months, 1 week ago

Karnataka High Court Quashes FIR Against BJP MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal Over Alleged Derogatory Remarks Against Rahul Gandhi

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday quashed an FIR registered against BJP MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal for making allegedly derogatory remarks against Congress Leader and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi. Patil had told the court that he merely responded to certain statements made by Gandhi when the Congress MP went overseas. Further, no ingredients of the alleged offences registered against …

Supreme Court Seeks Report From Allahabad HC Over Judge's Controversial Remark At VHP Event
3 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court Seeks Report From Allahabad HC Over Judge's Controversial Remark At VHP Event

ABP News  

The Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognisance days after an Allahabad High Court triggered a controversy while delivering a speech at a VHP event. Shekhar Kumar Yadav, the Allahabad High Court judge, said that the country will function according to the wishes of the majority in the country and questioned certain practices followed by Muslims. The Supreme Court has …

Supreme Court takes note of High Court judge's controversial remarks at VHP event
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3 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court takes note of High Court judge's controversial remarks at VHP event

India Today  

The Supreme Court has taken note of a controversial speech given by a judge of the Allahabad High Court at an event organised by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad. The development came after Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna received complaints seeking appropriate action against Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav for his speech targeting a particular community. The issue also echoed in …

Andhra Pradesh High Court grants bail to main accused in Kadambari Jethwani’s ‘illegal arrest’ case
3 months, 1 week ago

Andhra Pradesh High Court grants bail to main accused in Kadambari Jethwani’s ‘illegal arrest’ case

The Hindu  

The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday granted bail to Kukkala Vidyasagar, accused of getting a false case registered against actor Kadambari Jethwani on charges of forgery and extortion earlier this year with the help of a few police officers. 1 in the First Information Report registered by the Vijayawada City Police on the basis of a complaint registered by …

Supreme Court Weekly Round-up: December 02, 2024 To December 08, 2024
3 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court Weekly Round-up: December 02, 2024 To December 08, 2024

Live Law  

Index Citations Ashok v. State of Uttar Pradesh, Criminal Appeal No. Case Details: Irfan Khan v. State Citation: 2024 LiveLaw 945 The Supreme Court quashed the Arms Act case against the person accused of possessing a buttondar knife. Setting aside the High Court's decision, Mehta J. in the judgment observed that "the notification whereby, a buttondar knife having blade dimensions …

‘Not conducive to fair probe’: SC shifts cases of BJP leader to CBI
3 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Not conducive to fair probe’: SC shifts cases of BJP leader to CBI

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday transferred the investigation of two criminal cases against West Bengal BJP leader and advocate Kabir Shankar Bose from the state police to the Central Bureau of Investigation, stating that “the politically charged atmosphere in the State of West Bengal may not be very conducive to a fair investigation” by the local police. The bench, comprising …

SC transfers criminal cases against West Bengal BJP leader to CBI
3 months, 2 weeks ago

SC transfers criminal cases against West Bengal BJP leader to CBI

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday transferred the investigation of two criminal cases against West Bengal BJP leader Kabir Shankar Bose from the state police to the Central Bureau of Investigation. Bose had petitioned the Supreme Court, asserting that the charges were fabricated and politically motivated, orchestrated by his father-in-law, Kalyan Banerjee, a senior TMC leader and Member of Parliament. In …

Gujarat High Court Asks Police To Probe Rape FIR Against BJP MLA Without 'Fear And Favour'
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Gujarat High Court Asks Police To Probe Rape FIR Against BJP MLA Without 'Fear And Favour'

Live Law  

The State Police has informed the Gujarat High Court that it has registered an FIR against BJP MLA from Prantij- Gajendrasinh Udesinh Parmar, after a woman moved a plea seeking lodging of an FIR on the allegations of rape. The court however said that it hopes and expects that the Investigating Agency shall probe the alleged offences "without any fear …

Supreme Court Weekly Round-up: November 25, 2024 To December 01, 2024
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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court Weekly Round-up: November 25, 2024 To December 01, 2024

Live Law  

Index Citations M/S Ajay Protech Pvt. Case Details: State of Karnataka v. Chandrasha Criminal Appeal No.2646 Of 2024 Citation: 2024 LiveLaw 926 While convicting a government servant for taking a bribe of Rs.2000, the Supreme Court observed that it was not necessary for the amount involved to be substantial to draw the presumption under Section 20 of the Prevention of …

‘Raining FIRS’: Supreme Court grants arrest shield to YSR Cong’s Sajjala B Reddy
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3 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Raining FIRS’: Supreme Court grants arrest shield to YSR Cong’s Sajjala B Reddy

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday shielded YSR Congress Party’s social media head Sajjala Bhargava Reddy from arrest for two weeks to enable him to approach the high court for bail, observing the interim protection was akin to allowing the petitioner to get first aid while the state government was “raining FIRs” on him. Former Andhra Pradesh chief minister …

Calcutta High Court Allows Protest Meeting Against Alleged Atrocities Faced By 'Sanatani Hindus' In West Bengal
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Calcutta High Court Allows Protest Meeting Against Alleged Atrocities Faced By 'Sanatani Hindus' In West Bengal

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court has allowed a protest march to be scheduled tomorrow, against the alleged atrocities faced by 'sanatani Hindus' in West Bengal.Justice Tirthankar Ghosh stated that a formal order would be passed tomorrow morning after the exact details of the gathering were furnished by the organisers, but orally allowed them to go ahead with the program, and directed …

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