News Update Hearing for the release of four TMC leaders adjourned: Calcutta HC 20 May 2021 In Narada Sting Tape case, the Calcutta High Court, on Wednesday, adjourned the hearing till Thursday afternoon. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested in this case a former…
News Update Attorney General on contempt of court proceedings against Former Justice Markandey Katju 30 Mar 2021 KK Venugopal, Attorney General of India, stated that he has known Former Justice Markandey Katju for 16 years owing to which he should be dealing with the contempt of court…
News Update Advocate General refuses nod for contempt proceedings against ex-CJI 28 Feb 2021 Recently Advocate General K.K. Venugopal has refused to sanction for initiating contempt of court proceeding against former Chief Justice of India, Ranjan Gogoi over his remarks on judiciary during a…
News Update Supreme Court initiates contempt of court against Kunal Kamra and Rachita Taneja 18 Dec 2020 The Supreme Court on Friday initiated contempt proceedings against stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra and cartoonist Rachita Taneja for scandalising the court and the highest judiciary with their tweets. In November,…
News Update Uttrakhand High Court’s order regarding Maharashtra Governor is stayed by Supreme Court 8 Dec 2020 Background Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari was send a contempt of court notice by the Uttarakhand High Court for not paying the rent for government bungalow when he was chief…
News Update Indian Medical Association files contempt petition for non-payment of salaries 3 Dec 2020 As per the Direction of the Supreme Court passed on 17th June, the governments of all states and union territories had to ensure payment of salary to all healthcare workers…
News Update Contempt of court petitions filed against CEC, political parties for Bihar Elections 22 Nov 202022 Nov 2020 A Delhi-based lawyer, Brajesh Singh had filed a petition before the Supreme Court on November 6, naming the Chief Election Commissioner, Sunil Arora, Bihar's electoral officer, HR Srinivasa and the…
News Update Attorney General grants Consent to initate Contempt against the Comedian Kunal Kamra 20 Nov 2020 The Attorney General for India, KK Venugopal has granted his consent for initiation of contempt proceedings against comedian Kunal Kamra, over his latest tweet passing comments on the Chief Justice…
News Update Andhra Pradesh HC: Magistrate can also be held for contempt of court along with police officers 17 Nov 2020 In Jangala Sambasiva Rao v. State of A.P., the instant criminal petition was filed to quash the FIR wherein the petitioner was accused 1 was alleged to have committed the…
News Update “Secret proceedings” in UK are delaying Vijay Mallya’s extradition: MEA 6 Oct 2020 A division bench of Justices UU Lalit and Ashok Bhushan were informed by the Ministry of External Affairs of the occurrence of "secret proceedings" in the United Kingdom that have…
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