The Delhi High Court on Monday sought clarity regarding the continued legal representation of fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya in a criminal appeal filed by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED), after counsel appearing in the matter informed the Court that they no longer had instructions to represent him despite their vakalatnama continuing to remain on record….
The Allahabad High Court on Monday issued notice to the Union government and the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on a petition challenging orders of the Agra courts refusing to appoint an Advocate Commissioner to conduct a survey, inspection, photography and videography of the Taj Mahal in connection with a civil suit claiming that the…
Former Supreme Court Judge Justice Ashok Bhushan has demitted office as the Chairperson of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), bringing to an end a tenure of nearly five years during which the appellate tribunal delivered several landmark judgments under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) and the Competition Act. Justice Bhushan assumed charge…
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that an accused facing criminal proceedings cannot be denied permission to travel abroad merely because the proposed visit is for a social or celebratory purpose rather than an urgent or fundamental necessity, observing that the right to travel abroad is a basic human right forming an integral part…
The Supreme Court will hear on Tuesday an interlocutory application filed by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) seeking directions to restrain Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay, State Minister Aadhav Arjuna and other accused persons from making public statements or engaging in conduct that could allegedly prejudice the ongoing Court-monitored Central Bureau of Investigation…
The Delhi High Court on Monday sought the response of the Central government on applications challenging the eviction proceedings initiated against the Delhi Gymkhana Club from its 27.3-acre premises in Lutyens’ Delhi under the provisions of the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1971. The single-judge Bench of Justice Avneesh Jhingan issued notice to…
American technology company Google has informed the Delhi High Court that it is neither legally required nor technically capable of proactively monitoring YouTube to prevent the upload, re-upload or circulation of unauthorised recordings of court proceedings. In an affidavit filed before the High Court, Google submitted that any direction requiring social media platforms to prevent…
A Delhi court on Saturday rejected the bail applications of former JNU scholar and activist Umar Khalid and activist Sharjeel Imam in the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case. Additional District Judge Sameer Bajpai of Karkardooma courts dismissed the bail pleas filed by Khalid and Imam, who are accused in the alleged larger conspiracy behind the…
By Inderjit Badhwar The law has traditionally been viewed as a reflection of a nation’s history, culture and constitutional identity. Courts derive their authority from domestic constitutions, and judges are entrusted with interpreting laws within clearly defined national boundaries. Yet, in the twenty-first century, many of the issues confronting justice systems transcend those very boundaries….
By Vickram Kilpady While one was imagining the Indian bureaucracy’s python of red tape having exhausted itself on swallowing the voting rights of millions of disenfranchised citizens, up pops the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). Hold my beer! A day before the June 25 anniversary of the 1975 proclamation of Emergency, an MEA official put…