The Allahabad High Court has allowed the bail application of Gosh Mohammad accused of supporting the terrorist organization Hamas on his twitter handle. A Single Bench of Justice Sameer Jain passed this order while hearing a Criminal Misc Bail application filed by Gosh Mohammad. The application has been filed seeking release of the applicant on…
The Gauhati High Court is of the view that the an effort should be made by all concerned, so as to find out ways and means for suitably addressing the grievance of the members of the Transgender community within the legal framework existing in the country and in furtherance of the scheme(s) framed by the…
The Allahabad High Court has stayed the proceedings of the criminal case pending in the court of Civil Judge Chhibramau against Gajendra and two others, residents of Vishungarh police station area of Kannauj. A Single Bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar Pachori passed this order while hearing an application filed by Gajendra And 2 Others. The…
The Supreme Court on Monday sought a fresh status report from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) following the allegations that the West Bengal police was hiding facts from the national investigation agency in the rape and murder case of a postgraduate trainee doctor that took place at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in…
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the appeals filed by Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee and his wife Rujira Banerjee challenging the Enforcement Directorate’s summons in relation with the school job scam case. The order was passed by the Bench of Justice Bela Trivedi and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma. Earlier on August 13, the Apex…
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to obtain satellite images of the stretch concerned of last 5 years, excluding the monsoons, analyse them and ascertain the extent of illegal sand mining, especially 1000-metres on both sides of the bridge on the Swan river which was damaged in July 2023….
By Sanjay Raman Sinha In three different orders and in three strokes of the pen, a fresh progressive chapter in bail jurisprudence has recently been written. As bail was granted in high-profile cases to Manish Sisodia, Hemant Soren, K Kavitha and Prem Prakash, an aide of Soren in various money laundering matters, the ground seems…
Dr Swati Jindal Garg Proving yet again that the pen is mightier than the sword, or a bulldozer, the Supreme Court referring to concerns over houses being demolished belonging to those accused of crimes, said it would lay down “pan-India” guidelines on the issue. Justice BR Gavai, while hearing a plea against the demolition drive…
By Sanjay Raman Sinha Justice Hima Kohli retired from the Supreme Court on September 1, 2024, after a three-year fruitful tenure. She was ninth in seniority. Her retirement has not only reduced the number of judges from the sanctioned strength of 34 to 33, but the number of women judges in the apex court is…
The Gauhati High Court has granted one last opportunity of two months to Mizoram to set up the State Human Rights Commission as per the provisions of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993. The Aizawl Division Bench of Chief Justice Vijay Bishnoi and Justice Michael Zothankhuma heard a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by…