Supreme Court Issues Notice On TN Minister Periyasamy's Plea Against HC Order Setting Aside His Discharge In Corruption Case
1 year ago

Supreme Court Issues Notice On TN Minister Periyasamy's Plea Against HC Order Setting Aside His Discharge In Corruption Case

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The Supreme Court issued notice on a petition filed by Tamil Nadu Rural Development Minister I Periyasamy challenging the Madras High Court's order setting aside his discharge in a corruption case. Though the Trial Court had discharged the Minister, the High Court's Single-Judge Bench of Justice Anand Venkatesh, through suo moto revision, had set aside the trial court order. Now, the Bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy and Prashant Kumar Mishra have also allowed the Minister to seek deferment of Trial, given that the Top Court is seized of the matter. “As the trial is ordered to re-commence against the petitioner on 28.03.2024, the petitioner is at liberty to make application before the Trial Court for deferment of the trial since this Court is seisin of the matter.” Senior advocate Kapil Sibal appeared for Periyasamy.

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‘Disgraceful’: MP high court reports lawyer’s outburst to chief justice Kait
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‘Disgraceful’: MP high court reports lawyer’s outburst to chief justice Kait

Hindustan Times  

BHOPAL: The Madhya Pradesh high court at Jabalpur has flagged a lawyer’s outburst to chief justice Suresh Kumar Kait, underlining that the lawyer made “disgraceful and contemptuous remarks” during court proceedings on March 22. Justice Anuradha Shukla said the lawyer made “disgraceful and contemptuous remarks” during court proceedings on March 22 In a brief order, justice Anuradha Shukla recorded lawyer …

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: March 17 to March 23, 2025
4 days, 20 hours ago

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: March 17 to March 23, 2025

Live Law  

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw 107 To 2025 LiveLaw 115 NOMINAL INDEX V. Samburanam v. District Collector, 2025 LiveLaw 107 Vijay Vaishnavi Sriram v. Union of India and Others, 2025 LiveLaw 108 S. Mayalagu v. The Director of Collegiate Education and Another, 2025 LiveLaw 109 Seeman v. State of Tamil Nadu, 2025 LiveLaw 110 Kavitha Anand v. The State of Tamil Nadu …

Plea in Supreme Court seeks FIR against Justice Yashwant Varma in cash row
5 days, 1 hour ago

Plea in Supreme Court seeks FIR against Justice Yashwant Varma in cash row

India Today  

Amid a row over the huge stash of cash discovered in the house of Delhi High Court Justice Yashwant Varma, a petition has been filed in the Supreme Court, seeking directions for the registration of an FIR against him. On March 22, the Supreme Court released an enquiry report filed by Delhi High Court Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya. The …

Prepared for serious steps: CJI Sanjiv Khanna on cash row
1 week ago

Prepared for serious steps: CJI Sanjiv Khanna on cash row

Hindustan Times  

Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna on Friday assured all Supreme Court judges that the transfer of Delhi high court judge Yashwant Varma was “just the beginning” and that he was prepared to take “more serious steps” in the matter if required, according to people aware of the developments. Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna on Friday assured all Supreme …

SC rejects petition seeking to withhold order on its website
1 week ago

SC rejects petition seeking to withhold order on its website

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a plea seeking to withhold an order from its website to protect the privacy of a warring couple, underscoring that all verdicts are routinely posted on the court’s website as standard practice and exceptions cannot be made arbitrarily. SC rejects petition seeking to withhold order on its website A bench comprising justices Vikram Nath, …

Cash-for-job scam: SC stays Madras HC order for CBI probe against ex-AIADMK minister
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1 week, 4 days ago

Cash-for-job scam: SC stays Madras HC order for CBI probe against ex-AIADMK minister

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Madras High Court order directing a CBI probe into corruption allegations against former AIADMK minister K T Rajenthra Bhalaji in a cash-for-job scam case. Cash-for-job scam: SC stays Madras HC order for CBI probe against ex-AIADMK minister A bench comprising Justices Pankaj Mithal and S V N Bhatti passed the order …

Supreme Court Stays CBI Investigation Against Ex-Tamil Nadu Minister KT Rajenthra Bhalaji In Corruption Case
1 week, 4 days ago

Supreme Court Stays CBI Investigation Against Ex-Tamil Nadu Minister KT Rajenthra Bhalaji In Corruption Case

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The Supreme Court today passed an interim order restraining the Central Bureau of Investigation from conducting investigation into the allegations against former AIADMK Minister K.T. On January 6, the Madras High Court directed CBI's probe after it found that the Tamil Nadu Government had not complied with the Court's earlier order passed in November last year, directing the State police …

Madras High Court imposes costs of ₹5 lakh on T.N. govt; orders payment of ₹2.5 lakh to sanitary worker
3 weeks ago

Madras High Court imposes costs of ₹5 lakh on T.N. govt; orders payment of ₹2.5 lakh to sanitary worker

The Hindu  

The Madras High Court has imposed costs of ₹5 lakh on the Tamil Nadu government for having filed an “unnecessary” writ appeal against a single judge’s order, to approve the appointment of a sanitary worker, though the issue was not res integra and had been taken up to the Supreme Court in another case. Third Division Bench of Justices R. …

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

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

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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 …

After high court rap, Maha govt challenges Thane court order in Badlapur encounter case
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After high court rap, Maha govt challenges Thane court order in Badlapur encounter case

India Today  

After being pulled up by the Bombay High Court, the Maharashtra government has filed an appeal against the Thane Sessions Court order, which had kept crucial paragraphs from the Magistrate's report in the Badlapur police encounter case in abeyance following an approach by the policemen involved. The plea further pointed out that since the entire issue of the Badlapur encounter …

Madras High Court reverses discharge of M.K. Alagiri from select provisions of law in land grab case
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Madras High Court reverses discharge of M.K. Alagiri from select provisions of law in land grab case

The Hindu  

The Madras High Court on Tuesday reversed an order passed by a judicial magistrate in Madurai in 2021 discharging former Union Minister M.K. Justice P. Velmurugan allowed a criminal revision petition filed by the Inspectof of Police, Anti Land Grabbing special unit, Madurai city, in 2021 against the discharge of the former Minister from certain provisions of law related to …

High Court notice to Karnataka government over dropping cases against MPs, MLAs
1 month ago

High Court notice to Karnataka government over dropping cases against MPs, MLAs

India Today  

The Karnataka High Court, on Thursday, issued notice to the state government in a petition challenging a government order to withdraw 43 criminal cases, in which former ministers, MLAs and persons of influence were named accused. A Division Bench of Chief Justice NV Anjaria and Justice MI Arun passed the order on the public interest litigation questioning the legality of …

Karnataka High Court Quashes Centre's Order Debarring Retired Judge From Any Govt Appointments For 3 Years
1 month, 1 week ago

Karnataka High Court Quashes Centre's Order Debarring Retired Judge From Any Govt Appointments For 3 Years

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Justice R Devdas allowed the petition and said, “If the R2 would have followed procedures as contemplated in OM and vacancy circular, the R2 would have never issued such impugned order, debarring the petitioner. The impugned order is quashed and set aside.” Justice Desai has been appointed by the State Government as the One Man Commission of Inquiry, to probe …

'Raises Concerns About Competence Of Judge': Orissa HC Sets Aside Order In POCSO Case Wrongly Treating Major Accused As 'Juvenile'
1 month, 1 week ago

'Raises Concerns About Competence Of Judge': Orissa HC Sets Aside Order In POCSO Case Wrongly Treating Major Accused As 'Juvenile'

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The Orissa High Court has heavily criticized a Special Court under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act for treating an accused as 'juvenile' and referring the case to Juvenile Justice Board despite having enough materials to suggest that the last act in the 'continuing offence' was committed by the accused much after he attained majority. While reprimanding the …

2020 Bengaluru Riots: Supreme Court Denies Bail To Accused, Directs Karnataka Govt To Establish Additional NIA Court For UAPA Offences
1 month, 2 weeks ago

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

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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 …

Misleading ads: SC summons Delhi, Andhra Pradesh and J&K chief secretaries
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Misleading ads: SC summons Delhi, Andhra Pradesh and J&K chief secretaries

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Monday slammed several states, including Delhi, Andhra Pradesh and J&K, summoning their chief secretaries over the "failure" to act against illegal A bench of Justices Abhay S. Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan said there was hardly any implementation of its orders. "As rightly submitted by the amicus curiae, the issue of illegal The top court directed Andhra …

Suo motu revision against Ponmudy’s acquittal: Madras High Court to begin final hearing on April 7
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Suo motu revision against Ponmudy’s acquittal: Madras High Court to begin final hearing on April 7

The Hindu  

The Madras High Court on Monday decided to commence on April 7, 2025, the final hearing on a suo motu revision petition taken up by it in August 2023 against the acquittal of Higher Education Minister K. Ponmudy, his wife P. Visalatchi, and another individual in a disproportionate assets case registered against them in 2002. ‘Attempt to manipulate justice system’ …

Madras High Court summons Tamil Nadu Home Secretary over pending cases
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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Madras High Court summons Tamil Nadu Home Secretary over pending cases

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The Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu Home Secretary Dheeraj Kumar to appear before it by 4.30 pm today or face the possibility of an arrest warrant. The summons comes amid the court’s strong criticism of the state’s delay in completing pending criminal cases and filing final reports, some of which have been pending for over 10 years. …

Karnataka High Court Stays Centre's Order Debarring Former HC Judge From Govt Appointments For 3 Yrs
2 months ago

Karnataka High Court Stays Centre's Order Debarring Former HC Judge From Govt Appointments For 3 Yrs

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The Karnataka High Court in an interim order on Tuesday stayed a November 7, 2024 Central Government order by which a former High Court judge Justice Padmaraj Nemachandra Desai was debarred for three years from any Government appointments. Justice R Devdas stayed the order till the next date of hearing of the petition filed by Desai challenging the order and …

Madras HC refuses to stay proceedings against Minister Rajakannappan in MCC violation case
2 months ago

Madras HC refuses to stay proceedings against Minister Rajakannappan in MCC violation case

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: The Madras High Court on Monday refused to stay the proceedings against Tamil Nadu Minister for Dairy Development RS Rajakannappan regarding violation of the Model Code of Conduct during the Assembly polls in 2021. Rajakannappan filed the petitions praying for quashing the cases pending in the local courts in Sivagangai and stay further proceedings until his petition is disposed …

Supreme Court stays Madras High Court order against Chennai Police Commissioner
2 months 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
2 months 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 …

Special court issues notice to Karnataka CM in defamation case
2 months ago

Special court issues notice to Karnataka CM in defamation case

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: A special court in the city issued a notice to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday on a private complaint filed by an activist on charges of defamatory statements against him. Abraham filed the complaint for the offence punishable under Section 356 of BNSS, 2023, against Siddaramaiah, who allegedly made a defamatory statement against him after the Governor Thawaarchand Gehlot …

Journalist Approaches Kerala HC Seeking Appointment Of Special Public Prosecutor In Evidence Tampering Case Against MLA Antony Raju
2 months ago

Journalist Approaches Kerala HC Seeking Appointment Of Special Public Prosecutor In Evidence Tampering Case Against MLA Antony Raju

Live Law  

Editor-in-Chief of Madhyama Syndicate News Channel Anil K Emmanuel has approached Kerala High Court to appoint a Special Prosecutor in a criminal case initiated against Kerala MLA and former Minister Antony Raju over alleged tampering of underwear evidence in a drugs case conducted by him as a junior lawyer in 1990. The petitioner added that he had also filed an …

FIR against Palaniswami: Madras High Court dismisses Opposition leader’s revision petition
2 months ago

FIR against Palaniswami: Madras High Court dismisses Opposition leader’s revision petition

The Hindu  

The Madras High Court on Wednesday dismissed a criminal revision petition filed by the Leader of the Opposition Edappadi K. Palaniswami challenging a judicial magistrate’s 2023 direction to the police to inquire into the charge of him having provided wrong information about his wealth and education in his 2021 election affidavit. Justice P. Velmurugan rejected the revision petition after finding …

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: January 13 - January 19, 2025
2 months, 1 week ago

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: January 13 - January 19, 2025

Live Law  

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw 12 To 2025 LiveLaw 15 NOMINAL INDEX A. P. Raju v. The State of Tamil Nadu, 2025 LiveLaw 12 R. Eswaran v. The Government of Tamil Nadu and Others, 2025 LiveLaw 13 Chinnakalai v The Tahsildar and Another, 2025 LiveLaw 14 X v. The Chairperson and Others, 2025 LiveLaw 15 A Shankar @ Savukku Shankar v The …

Madras HC orders TN to pay Rs 50K to history-sheeter for illegal detention
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Madras HC orders TN to pay Rs 50K to history-sheeter for illegal detention

New Indian Express  

MADURAI: The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court recently directed the state home department to pay Rs 50,000 compensation to a history-sheeter for illegally detaining him for more than two months, even after the advisory board told the government to revoke the detention order. Justice N Anand Venkatesh passed the order on a petition filed by R Eswaran, seeking …

Karnataka High Court Dismisses Plea Of Jayalalithaa's Legal Heirs Seeking Return Of Her Properties Confiscated In DA Case
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Karnataka High Court Dismisses Plea Of Jayalalithaa's Legal Heirs Seeking Return Of Her Properties Confiscated In DA Case

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Monday dismissed an appeal challenging a trial court filed by the legal heirs of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, seeking to release her property/assets seized by the authorities in the disproportionate assets case registered against her in 2004, in their favour. Further, they contended that the assets seized by the prosecuting agency also …

Periyar pollution: HC puts authorities on notice
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Periyar pollution: HC puts authorities on notice

The Hindu  

A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Wednesday put the authorities on notice saying that they would be held responsible for the condition of the Periyar, and “if any of them was found insouciant in their duties, necessary consequences would follow.” The Bench comprising Justice Devan Ramachandran and Justice M.B. Snehalatha passed the order when petitions filed by …

Periya Double Murder Case: Kerala High Court Suspends Sentence Of Four CPI(M) Activists
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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Periya Double Murder Case: Kerala High Court Suspends Sentence Of Four CPI(M) Activists

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The Kerala High Court on Wednesday suspended the sentence of 4 convicts in the Periya double murder case, including the former CPI MLA K. V. Kunhiraman. The Special CBI Court had found the former MLA K. V. Kunhiraman, K. Manikandan, Raghavan Velutholi, K. V. Bhaskaran guilty of offence under Section 225 of IPC and had sentenced them to 5 years …

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: December 23 to December 29, 2024
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: December 23 to December 29, 2024

Live Law  

Citations: 2024 LiveLaw 489 To 2024 LiveLaw 492 NOMINAL INDEX Rangarajan Narasimnhan v State of Tamil Nadu, 2024 LiveLaw 489 M.Tamilselvan v The District Collector and Others, 2024 LiveLaw 490 H Raja v The State, 2024 LiveLaw 491 R Varalakshmi v The Government of Tamil Nadu and Others, 2024 LiveLaw 492 REPORT Madras High Court Grants Interim Bail To Temple …

Madras High Court Annual Digest 2024 [Part I]
3 months 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 …

Periya twin-murder case: CBI court finds 14 persons including former CPM MLA Kunhiraman guilty
3 months ago

Periya twin-murder case: CBI court finds 14 persons including former CPM MLA Kunhiraman guilty

New Indian Express  

The Crime Branch probed the case and filed a chargesheet against 14 persons. The state government had also challenged the High Court decision to hand over the probe to CBI at the High Court Division Bench and Supreme Court. The first eight accused persons who were directly involved in the murder were found guilty under IPC sections 302, 143, 147,, …

Embarrassing Moments Of 2024 When Judges Sparked Controversies With Unthoughtful Comments
3 months 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 …

MUDA scam case: Karnataka HC extends deadline for Lokayukta report on Siddaramaiah’s wife’s land allotment
3 months, 1 week ago

MUDA scam case: Karnataka HC extends deadline for Lokayukta report on Siddaramaiah’s wife’s land allotment

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court on Thursday extended the December 24 deadline to January 28, for submission of the investigation report by Lokayukta police into alleged irregularities in the allotment of 14 compensatory sites to BM Parvathy, wife of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, by Mysuru Urban Development Authority. He passed an interim order while adjourning the hearing of the petition filed …

Karnataka High Court Quashes FIR Against BJP State President BY Vijayendra For Allegedly Extorting Money Under Guise Of Electoral Bonds
3 months, 1 week ago

Karnataka High Court Quashes FIR Against BJP State President BY Vijayendra For Allegedly Extorting Money Under Guise Of Electoral Bonds

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday allowed the petition filed by then Vice President and now BJP State President BY Vijayendra and quashed proceedings pertaining to an FIR registered against him for allegedly extorting money under the guise of electoral bonds. It said “The counsel being changed for qua the other accused raising different grounds that were not raised by …

Madurai bench of Madras HC seeks report on causes of pollution in Vaigai
3 months, 1 week ago

Madurai bench of Madras HC seeks report on causes of pollution in Vaigai

New Indian Express  

MADURAI: The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Monday directed the state government and the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board to file a report identifying the causes of pollution in the Vaigai and the proposed action plan to deal with the problem. A special bench of Justices GR Swaminathan and B Pugalendhi sought the report on a batch …

Supreme Court Weekly Round-up: December 02, 2024 To December 08, 2024
3 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Supreme Court Sets Aside Allahabad HC's Imposition Of Rs.1 Lakh Cost On Advocate Mehmood Pracha, Expunges Adverse Remarks Made Against Him
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court Sets Aside Allahabad HC's Imposition Of Rs.1 Lakh Cost On Advocate Mehmood Pracha, Expunges Adverse Remarks Made Against Him

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The Supreme Court today set aside Allahabad High Court's imposition of Rs.1 lakh cost on Advocate Mehmood Pracha over a petition filed by him concerning videography during the electoral process. Personal remarks made against the counsel in the impugned High Court order were also expunged.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Manmohan passed the order, upon Election Commission of India …

Karnataka HC issues notice to Governor
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Karnataka HC issues notice to Governor

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: The High Court of Karnataka on Thursday issued notices to Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot and others on an appeal by CM Siddaramaiah, questioning the September 24 order of a single judge upholding the consent given by the governor to conduct an investigation against him and others in the MUDA case. The court also issued notices to the governor and others …

Supreme Court Refuses To Interfere In Kerala HC Order Invalidating 'Compassionate Appointment' To Late MLA's Son
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court Refuses To Interfere In Kerala HC Order Invalidating 'Compassionate Appointment' To Late MLA's Son

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere in the order of the Kerala High Court which had set aside the appointment of late MLA Ramachandran Nair's son in the State's Public Works Department under 'compassionate employment'.The bench of CJI Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar was hearing the challenge against the Kerala High Court order which cancelled the. The …

Chennai Court Sentences BJP's H Raja To 6 Months In Prison For Comments On Periyar, Kanimozhi; Suspends Sentence To Allow Filing Of Appeal
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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Chennai Court Sentences BJP's H Raja To 6 Months In Prison For Comments On Periyar, Kanimozhi; Suspends Sentence To Allow Filing Of Appeal

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The Special Court for Trial of Cases Against MLAs/MPs in Chennai has sentences BJP's H Raja to 6 months imprisonment and fine for his derogatory speech against Periyar and Kanimozhi Karunanidhi. Raja had tweeted against EV Ramasamy, popularly known as Periyar saying that the Atheist leader's statues should be broken and also addressing Periyar as a caste fanatic. In 2023, …

In-Subordination Is Contagious Malady In Public Service Resulting In Maladministration, Cannot Be Viewed Leniently: Karnataka High Court
4 months ago

In-Subordination Is Contagious Malady In Public Service Resulting In Maladministration, Cannot Be Viewed Leniently: Karnataka High Court

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has dismissed with cost a petition filed by a delinquent employee of the State Administrative Tribunal, questioning the order passed by the Tribunal whereby his two annual increments with cumulative effect were withheld on charges of disobeying instruction of the Chairman, and employing rude language. A division bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit and Justice C …

'If We Allow This, Any Politician Can Be Roped In' : Supreme Court Dismisses Pleas To Revive Bribery & PMLA Cases Against Ex-MLA KM Shaji
4 months ago

'If We Allow This, Any Politician Can Be Roped In' : Supreme Court Dismisses Pleas To Revive Bribery & PMLA Cases Against Ex-MLA KM Shaji

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today upheld the Kerala High Court's judgments quashing bribery and money laundering cases against Indian Union Muslim League leader and former MLA KM Shaji. A bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Augustine George Masih dismissed the special leave petitions filed against the High Court orders by the State of Kerala and the Directorate of Enforcement …

BREAKING: Supreme Court issues notice to Muslim side in Gyanvapi case, seeks reply within two weeks
4 months, 1 week ago

BREAKING: Supreme Court issues notice to Muslim side in Gyanvapi case, seeks reply within two weeks

India TV News  

Gyanvapi case: In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the Muslim side on the petition demanding an Archaeological Survey of India survey of the alleged Shivling in the Gyanvapi mosque complex. After hearing this, the apex court has issued a notice to the Muslim side and sought a reply within two weeks. A bench …

Kerala High Court quashes case against Goa Governor over Sabarimala remarks
4 months, 1 week ago

Kerala High Court quashes case against Goa Governor over Sabarimala remarks

India Today  

The Kerala High Court on Thursday quashed a case registered against Goa Governor PS Sreedharan Pillai for his controversial remarks regarding the entry of women at the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple. The case, filed by Kozhikode Kasaba police, was linked to a speech Pillai made in 2018 during a Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha meeting, in which he expressed opposition to the …

Bar Under Sec. 195 CrPC Not Attracted When High Court Has Directed Investigation Into Alleged Tampering : Supreme Court
4 months, 1 week ago

Bar Under Sec. 195 CrPC Not Attracted When High Court Has Directed Investigation Into Alleged Tampering : Supreme Court

Live Law  

While directing restoration of the criminal proceedings against Kerala MLA Antony Raju in an evidence tampering case, the Supreme Court today held that the bar on taking of cognizance under Section 195 CrPC was not attracted in the case, as the proceedings were initiated against Raju pursuant to a judicial order. "the initiation of the present proceedings in the present …

Supreme Court Restores Criminal Proceedings Against Kerala MLA Antony Raju In Evidence Tampering Case, Directs To Conclude Trial In 1 Yr
4 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court Restores Criminal Proceedings Against Kerala MLA Antony Raju In Evidence Tampering Case, Directs To Conclude Trial In 1 Yr

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday restored the criminal proceedings initiated against Kerala MLA and former Minister Antony Raju over alleged tampering of underwear evidence in a drugs case conducted by him as a junior lawyer in 1990.A bench of Justices CT Ravikumar and Sanjay Karol held that the Kerala High Court erred in holding that the criminal proceedings were barred …

Karnataka High Court Stays Investigation Against BJP MP Tejasvi Surya For Allegedly Spreading 'Fake News' About A Farmer's Suicide
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Karnataka High Court Stays Investigation Against BJP MP Tejasvi Surya For Allegedly Spreading 'Fake News' About A Farmer's Suicide

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday by way of interim relief stayed investigation in the case registered against BJP Member of Parliament Tejasvi Surya, accused of spreading 'fake news' regarding the suicide of a farmer in Haveri district. List the matter for further hearing on December 4.” During the hearing Special Public Prosecutor appearing for the State opposed the grant …

Madras High Court Refuses To Quash Summons Issued To MD Of Manappuram Finance Ltd For Allegedly Auctioning Stolen Gold
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Madras High Court Refuses To Quash Summons Issued To MD Of Manappuram Finance Ltd For Allegedly Auctioning Stolen Gold

Live Law  

The Madras High Court recently refused to quash a notice issued to the CEO and Managing Director of Manappuram Finance Limited for allegedly auctioning stolen gold. Justice KK Ramakrishnan of the Madurai bench refused to quash the notice issued to VP Nandhakumar by the Central Bureau of Investigation under Section 41 of CrPC. The court added that the procedure under …

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