Former Delhi Chief secretary Anshu Prakash had moved the Delhi High court on 20th august 2020, seeking an early hearing in the case of an alleged assault by 13 AAP MLAs including Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy CM Manish Sisodia on the night of 19th February 2018. Anshu Prakash …
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SC orders CBI probe in Sushant Singh Rajput case
The Apex Court further directed the Mumbai Police to hand over all the evidence in the case to the CBI. The judgment was passed by a Single Judge Bench of Justice Hrishikesh Roy. The Court also directed the CBI to look into any other cases registered in the future in …
Read More »Unlocking Online Dispute Resolution to enhance Ease of Doing Business
‘We are witnessing a visionary period in the history of India’s court system. In today’s age of data-driven solutions and machine learning, ODR provides the potential to resolve a substantial percentage of disputes at the site of their occurrence without burdening the courts. Progressive and disruptive changes in justice delivery …
Read More »Court gives away 56 kg gold meant to weigh former PM Shashtri to CGST-Chittorgarh
Udaipur : A Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) court in Udaipur, on Wednesday, ordered to give away 56.863 grams of gold to the custody of CGST-Chittorgah, that was raised by public contribution 55 years ago to weigh (tuladaan) the erstwhile Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shashtri on his proposed visit to the Chittorgarh …
Read More »Maldives Supreme Court clears way for Nasheed’s return
The court halted the conviction after the Prosecutor General requested the apex court to review verdict against him last Sunday. The order requested state authorities not to take any action against Nasheed until it reviews his verdict as requested by the PG’s office. The judgement comes two days before former …
Read More »Delhi court frames charges against RK Pachauri
The Court has fixed January 4 and 5 for recording the statement of the complainant. Also, first witness of prosecution will also be examined by the Court. Pachauri has been charged with assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty; using word, gesture or act intended …
Read More »Supreme Court Stays Blanket Ban On Fatwas By Religious Bodies
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday put on hold the Uttarakhand High Court order imposing a blanket ban on the issuance of ‘fatwas’ by the religious bodies. The bench of Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Deepak Gupta stayed the High Court order on a petition by Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind challenging the …
Read More »Delhi Court summons CM Arvind Kejriwal, Deputy CM and 11 MLA’s in CS assault case
Prakash was allegedly assaulted during a meeting at Kejriwal’s official residence on the night of February 19. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal issued the summons after taking cognizance of the charge sheet filed by the Delhi Police on August 13. The court said there were sufficient grounds to …
Read More »Delhi Court summons Kejriwal, Sisodia and 11 MLAs in Chief Secretary assault case
Prakash was allegedly assaulted during a meeting at Kejriwal’s official residence on February 19 night. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal issued the summons after taking cognisance of the charge sheet filed by the Delhi Police on August 13. The court said there were sufficient grounds to establish the alleged charges …
Read More »Hyderabad twin blasts: 3rd accused convicted by NIA Court
Tariq Anjum was accused of offering shelter the key convicts in Delhi. The court convicted Aneeq Shafique Sayeed and Md Akbar Ismail Chowdhari and acquitted Farooq Sharfuddin Tarkash and Mohammad Sadiq Israr Shaik in a verdict issued on September 4 at Cherlapally jail. Hearing on Quantum of sentence will be …
Read More »ED moves Delhi court to cancel Karti Chidambaram’s interim relief from arrest
Special CBI judge O P Saini agreed to hear the plea at 2 pm today after the probe agency told the court that custodial interrogation of Karti Chidambaram was required in the matter. Earlier, on August 7, the Delhi court had extended till October 8 the interim protection from arrest …
Read More »London court grants bail to Vijay Mallya in extradition case
The next hearing in the extradition case is on September 12. Meanwhile, on Mallya’s plea, the UK court asked the Indian authorities to submit a video within three weeks of Mumbai’s Arthur Road Jail cell where they plan to keep Vijay Mallya post-extradition. The extradition hearing kicked off in December last and …
Read More »Gujarat court sentences Hardik Patel and two aides to two years in jail
Patidar quota agitation leader Hardik Patel and two others have been sentenced to 2 years behind bars by a Gujarat court. The prison terms are linked to a case of rioting and arson in Visnagar town in July 2015. Hardik was held guilty along with Lalji Patel and A K …
Read More »Court grants anticipatory bail to Chidambaram in CBI’s Aircel-Maxis case
Chidambaram and his son Karti Chidambaram were named in the chargesheet filed by the CBI in the case on July 19. CBI had filed a supplementary chargesheet before the special judge, who had fixed it for consideration on July 31.
Read More »UK High Court issues enforcement order against Vijay Mallya
The enforcement order gives 13 banks the legal option of entering the UK-based properties of Vijay Mallya, who is fighting extradition to India on fraud and money- laundering charges. Problems of liquor baron Vijay Mallya just got bigger as a UK High Court judge issued an enforcement order in favour …
Read More »U.S. Supreme Court upholds Trump’s travel ban
U.S. President Donald Trump has hailed a Supreme Court ruling upholding his travel ban which covers people from several Muslim-majority countries. The White House issued a statement saying the ruling was “a tremendous victory for the American People and the Constitution”. The travel ban has been fully in place since …
Read More »Special court issues non-bailable warrant against Nirav Modi
A special court in Mumbai has issued a non-bailable warrant against diamantaire Nirav Modi and his family members in the over Rs 13,000 crore PNB scam case, after taking cognizance of a charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate last month. The ED had last week moved the special court, …
Read More »2013 Bodh Gaya blasts: NIA court awards life imprisonment to all five accused
The accused, Imtiyaz Ansari, Haider Ali, Mujib Ullah, Omair Siddiqui and Azharuddin Qureishi, were found guilty and convicted on May 25 by Special NIA judge Manoj Kumar Sinha. The court was convinced that the intention was to cause heavy casualties and maximum punishment under the law followed. The world-renowned Buddhist pilgrimage …
Read More »Ex FM P. Chidambaram gets interim relief from CBI court in Aircel-Maxis case
The UPA may have gone out of power 4 years ago, but details of scams during its regime continue to surface at regular intervals. While on the one hand the CBI is fast progressing into investigations of Air Asia flouting regulations and bribing ministers, the threat of arrest seems to …
Read More »PIL Filed In Supreme Court Seeking CBI Probe Into Deaths During Anti-Sterlite Protests
NEW DELHI: A PIL was filed yesterday in the Supreme Court seeking a court-monitored CBI probe into deaths of protesters during the anti-Sterlite rally at Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu. The plea, which is likely to come up for hearing during next week, was filed by lawyer G S Mani. It has …
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