News Update “Objectification of women has to stop:” Bombay High Court pulls up Telugu film producer for picking up image of Sakshi Malik without license 5 Mar 2021 The Bombay High Court reprimanded the producers of the Telugu film "V" in connection with the use of private image of model and Bollywood actor Sakshi Malik while not getting…
News Update Child abuse is unpardonable-High court 22 Feb 2021 Court refuses to lower sentence awarded to teacher convicted of sodomising boy. An offence involving abuse of child victim is unpardonable, the Delhi high court remarked while refusing to lower…
News Update Justice Pushpa Ganediwala, author of controversial POCSO Act judgments, takes oath as additional Judge of Bombay High Court 13 Feb 2021 Justice Pushpa Ganediwala, the author of a series of controversial lawsuits on the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, took an oath as an additional judge of the…
News Update Resolution to boycott the court of Justice Rajiv Gupta passed by Allahabad High Court Bar Association 10 Feb 202110 Feb 2021 The High court Bar Association of Allahabad (HCBA) on weekday wrote to the Chief judge of Allahabad court, informing that it's resolved to boycott the court of Justice Rajiv Gupta…
News Update Supreme Court: Violation of speedy trial can result in bail under UAPA 7 Feb 2021 The present appeal has been preferred by Union of India through National Investigation Agency against High Court order where respondent was granted bail under Sections 143, 147, 148, 120B, 341, 427, 323, 324, 326, 506(H), 201,202, 153A, 212, 307, 149 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 Section…
News Update Karnataka High Court seeks details of action taken against organizers, participants of Farmer Tractor Rally for violating social distancing norms 1 Feb 2021 The Mysore judicature on Monday wanted details of action taken beneath the Disaster Management Act against organizers and participants of the Farmer Tractor Rally, that was conducted on January twenty…
News Update Meghalaya HC refuses to quash a criminal case against journalist over Facebook post 17 Nov 2020 In Patricia Mukhim v. the State of Meghalaya, The matter is with regard to an incident that occurred in the month of July 2020 wherein a group of boys while…
News Update Himachal Pradesh HC states that the scope of judicial review is limited in a policy decision like the opening of government colleges 17 Nov 2020 In the case of Ashok Negi v. State of Himachal Pradesh, writ petitions were filed “pro bono publico” claiming inaction on part of the respondent-State Government in not opening certain colleges,…
News Update Kerala HC states that contemptuous comments which are necessary to be published do not amount to defamation 17 Nov 202017 Nov 2020 The Managing Editor, the Chief Editor and the Printer and Publisher of a daily newspaper appeared before the court to quash the proceedings initiated on the allegation of the offence…
News Update Suar bye-election order of high court stayed by Supreme Court 8 Nov 2020 The Supreme Court has provided relief to Abdullah Azam Khan, son of Samajwadi Party MP Azam Khan. Abdullah Azam Khan had said that the Allahabad High Court had displayed “unusual…
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