The Delhi High Court has refused to grant regular bail to a man accused of procuring classified military documents and facilitating their alleged transmission to an official of the Pakistan High Commission, holding that the prosecution material warranted continued judicial scrutiny in view of the sensitive nature of the information involved. Justice Sanjeev Narula dismissed…
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar had condemned Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination and, despite disagreeing with some of Gandhi’s political views, did not want him killed, Satyaki Savarkar, the Hindutva ideologue’s grandnephew, told a special MP/MLA court in Pune during cross-examination in a criminal defamation case against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Satyaki made the statement while being questioned by…
The Patna High Court has held former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar entitled to compensation under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, for land acquired by the Bihar government in 1976, ruling that the Collector lacked jurisdiction to cancel the land’s revenue records without establishing that…
AISA president Neha Bora on Thursday defended the call for regime change as a legitimate expression of democratic dissent before the Delhi High Court, which was hearing her challenge to preventive proceedings initiated by the Delhi Police following protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Appearing for Bora, senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan submitted that advocating…
The Bombay High Court on Thursday allowed a petitioner to withdraw his challenge to the constitutional validity of Maharashtra’s anti-conversion legislation after the Court questioned the absence of specific facts demonstrating how the law had adversely affected him. A Division Bench of Chief Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi and Justice Advait Sethna was hearing a writ…
By Kenneth Tiven Personal invective and dirty tricks have always been a background element in American politics, but Vivek Ramaswamy, an Indian-American millionaire has elevated the art form, possibly reversing his slim lead in the race to become governor of Ohio. After denying it, Ramaswamy has admitted his media team developed and tested the nasty…
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) activists Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka have undertaken before a Special Executive Magistrate (SEM) in Delhi that they will not call for protests at Jantar Mantar for as long as the site remains denotified as a designated protest venue. The two activists also assured the court that they would maintain peace,…
A Special Executive Magistrate (SEM) court in Delhi on Wednesday ordered the release of Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) activists Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka after accepting the sureties furnished by them, bringing their judicial custody to an end. Assistant Commissioner of Police Ritu Raj, acting as the Special Executive Magistrate, passed the release order after…
The Delhi High Court will hear on Thursday, October 22, a petition filed by All India Students’ Association (AISA) president Neha Bora challenging preventive proceedings initiated against her by Delhi Police and a notice directing her to furnish a personal bond of ₹10,000 with one surety to maintain peace. Justice Subramonium Prasad listed the matter…
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday permitted Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka to withdraw their petitions challenging an order extending their judicial custody, after advising them to pursue the remedies available under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. Justice Subramonium Prasad permitted the withdrawal after questioning why the petitioners…