By Col R Hariharan The recent deportation of 104 Indian illegal migrants from the United States has sparked an international outcry—not merely for the act of deportation itself, but for the brutal manner in which it was carried out. Images and reports of men handcuffed and shackled aboard a US military aircraft, transported like criminals,…
The Gauhati High Court has recently disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) registered suo motu by the court based on a newspaper report published in 2018, which highlighted the destruction of the historic Tipam Hills area in Digboi Sub-Division due to illegal coal mining. The court had issued notices to the state and other…
The Delhi High Court on Monday granted two-day custody parole to Baramulla MP and an accused under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, Engineer Rashid, to attend the ongoing Budget Session of the Parliament from February 11 to February 13. The single-judge Bench of Justice Vikas Mahajan directed Rashid, arrested in a terror-funding case, not to…
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Union of India and the Election Commission of India (ECI) to file their response within three weeks on a petition seeking a permanent ban on those convicted of criminal offences from contesting elections to the Parliament and State Assemblies. The Bench of Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Manmohan…
The Gauhati High Court recently disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) by residents of Cachar district in Assam over the environmental damage caused by the operation of a minor mineral lease in the Chiri river area. They alleged that the respondent, who had been granted the lease, was plying trucks and other vehicles through…
The Allahabad High Court has granted conditional bail to Mohammad Akhtar, a member of the gang led by slain underworld don Atiq Ahmed. A Single Bench of Justice Vivek Varma passed this order while hearing a Criminal Misc Bail Application filed by Mohd Akhtar. The bail application under Section 439 CrPC has been filed with…
The Allahabad High Court has stayed the arrest of an assistant teacher, who had allegedly made derogatory remarks against Hindu deities. The Division Bench of Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi and Justice Prashant Kumar passed this order while hearing a petition filed by Bhisham Pal Singh. The petition has been preferred with the prayer to quash…
The High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur has taken suo motu cognizance of the non-functioning of the State Bar Council of Chhattisgarh, leading to the registration of a public interest litigation (PIL). The State Bar Council’s non-functioning has resulted in a halt to various essential activities, including the admission of advocates, maintenance of rolls, determination…
Kerala Police has named Justice CN Ramachandran Nair, former judge of the Kerala High Court, as an accused in a case related to the multi-crore Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) fund scam. The CSR fund scam case involved allegations that one Ananthu Krishnan defrauded several people and charitable societies by promising to deliver two-wheelers, laptops, sewing…
The Supreme Court has ruled that apprising an accused about the grounds of arrest as soon as possible was a mandatory requirement under Article 22(1) of the Constitution and the non-compliance of the same would render the arrest invalid. The Supreme Court has ruled that apprising an accused about the grounds of arrest as soon…