The Supreme Court may have recalled its strictures against a Allahabad High Court judge on Friday but in another case, the Court criticized an order from the same High Court which had denied suspension of a fixed-term sentence without applying settled legal principles.Relying on Bhagwan Rama Shinde Gosai & Others v. State of Gujarat (1999),…
The Supreme Court on Friday directed a Karnataka court to conduct a fresh hearing on the petition seeking to restrain the publication of allegedly defamatory reports in the Dharmasthala mass burials case. The Bench of Justice Rajesh Bindal and Justice Manmohan passed the order on a petition filed by Harshendra Kumar D, Secretary of the…
The Supreme Court on Friday recalled its August 4 order, stripping Allahabad High Court judge Justice Prashant Kumar of criminal matters. The Bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice R Mahadevan decided to recall the directions after receiving a letter from Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai, requesting it to reconsider the said directions…
The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition challenging the release of ‘Udaipur Files: Kanhaiya Lal Tailor Murder,’ based on the murder of tailor Kanhaiya Lal in June 2022, and scheduled to release on August 8. The Division Bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela dismissed the plea filed by Mohammad…
The Gujarat High Court on Thursday extended the temporary bail of self-styled godman Asaram Bapu until August 21, allowing him more time outside prison on medical grounds. Asaram, who is serving a life sentence for the rape of a minor in 2013, had approached the court for an extension despite previously stating he would not…
By Prabhleen Kaur These days, crime is not limited to robbers breaking into houses or pickpocketing. A new form of crime has emerged which takes place online and affects people from different parts of the world. Cybercriminals are on the rise and their primary modus operand is stealing through the internet be it money, personal…
The Supreme Court recently summarised the principles governing arbitrability in cases involving allegations of serious fraud, stating that such disputes needed more clarity regarding the availability of the remedy. The Bench of Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Manoj Misra passed the order on a batch of civil appeals challenging the Patna High Court verdict, which…
The Supreme Court on Thursday pulled up the Uttar Pradesh police for not registering an FIR into a complaint made by a person regarding threat/inducement to not depose in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case involving former Union Minister’s son Ashish Mishra. The Bench of Justice Surya Kant, Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice N Kotiswar Singh rejected…
In a significant development for press freedom and public interest, the blanket media gag order on the Dharmasthala mass burial allegations has been lifted. A Bengaluru court on Wednesday rejected the Dharmasthala temple administration’s plea to continue the interim injunction that restrained news outlets and social media from reporting on the case. Additional City Civil…
The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the writ petition filed by Allahabad High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma, challenging the in-house inquiry report that indicted him over the alleged recovery of a huge amount of unaccounted cash from his official residence in Delhi. The Bench of Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice AG Masih framed six…