A Mumbai court has granted anticipatory bail to Samajwadi Party MLA Abu Azmi, who was booked for hurting religious sentiments after he showered praise on Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. Additional Sessions Judge VG Raghuwanshi granted bail to Azmi on a solvent surety bond of Rs 20,000. The SP MLA was directed…
Supreme Court judge Justice BR Gavai on Tuesday said that the rapid advancement of internet and digital technologies has fundamentally reshaped the legal landscape, necessitating the development of new laws, regulations and frameworks to address the emerging challenges. Justice Gavai while speaking at the University of Nairobi in Kenya on ‘Law, Technology and Legal Education,stated…
A Delhi court on Tuesday ordered the Delhi Police to register a First Information Report (FIR) against former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and two other politicians on a complaint alleging misuse of public funds and defacement of public property. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) Nishant Garg of the Rouse Avenue Courts directed the Delhi…
Dr. Anju Rathi Rana has become the first woman to be appointed as Secretary to the Department of Legal Affairs of the Union Ministry of Law and Justice. A notification issued last week by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet stated that the Indian Legal Services officer, currently serving as an Additional Secretary in the…
The Delhi High Court has heard the arguments on the interim bail petition of former Chairman of Amtek Group, Arvind Dham, accused in a Rs 2700 crore bank fraud case. Appearing for Dham, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal contended that the petitioner, who was suffering from coronary artery disease, should be permitted to undergo angiography at…
Supreme Court judge Justice BR Gavai has advised a word of caution over the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the judiciary, stating that technology should serve as an aid rather than a replacement for human judgment. Speaking on the topic ‘Leveraging on Technology within the Judiciary’ in Nairobi, Kenya, Justice Gavai said the essence…
A Delhi court has framed charges against Sharjeel Imam, Asif Iqbal Tanha and nine others in a case related to the alleged violence during the anti-CAA protests in Jamia Nagar area of the national capital in 2019. The order was passed by Additional Sessions Judge Vishal Singh of Saket Courts. The judge observed that Sharjeel…
Senior Advocate and former Orissa High Court Chief Justice S Muralidhar has expressed his strong views against the anti-conversion laws prevalent across the country, stating that they straightaway hit an individual’s freedom of choice and privacy, along with the choice of religion, dress, food, and prayer. Speaking during the ADF India panel discussion on anti-conversion…
The Supreme Court has expressed its strong displeasure against the Jammu and Kashmir government for not complying with a High Court order passed in 2007, directing to regularise the services of certain daily wage workers. The Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice N Kotiswar Singh observed that the case was a glaring and textbook…
The Karnataka High Court on Monday reserved its verdict on a petition filed by Bhavani Revanna, mother of Janata Dal (S) leader Prajwal Revanna, seeking relaxation in travel restrictions imposed during the grant of anticipatory bail to her in a case related to the kidnapping of a woman. The single-judge Bench of Justice Pradeep Singh…