Category: LEGAL NEWS

The Centre on Monday justified in the Supreme Court the 2017 rules under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PCA) Act, 1960, and said that there is difference between seizure and confiscation of animals and a plea can be filed in the concerned court seeking release of seized animals. The top court said that confiscation of animals can only happen after the conviction of a person under the PCA Act and it cannot be done during the pendency of trial. A bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde and Justices AS…

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The Centre on Saturday sought dismissal of a review petition seeking information about funds received by the Prime Minister’s Citizens Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situation (PM CARES) Fund. The Union government told the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court that audit statement of receipt and payment accounts of the PM CARES Fund for 2019-20 was available on the trust’s website. An affidavit was filed by Pradeep Srivastava, Under Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office, before a division bench of Justices Sunil Shukre and Anil Kilor in response to…

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 In a majority verdict, the Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the environmental clearance and notification for change in land use for the Central Vista Project. The Central Vista revamp, announced in September, 2019 envisages a new triangular Parliament building, with seating capacity for 900 to 1,200 MPs, that is to be constructed by August, 2022 when the country will be celebrating its 75th Independence Day. A three-judge bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar, by 2:1 majority, held that the grant of the environmental clearance and the notification for change in…

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The Bombay High Court has asked Mumbai police to ascertain if protection should be given to a former Army man who was allegedly threatened by a local Shiv Sena corporator. A division bench of Justices S S Shinde and Abhay Ahuja passed the direction on December 29 while hearing a petition filed by former army personnel Sujit Apte. The petition alleged that Amey Ghole, a city corporator, his supporters and local goons threatened him and “tried to beat” him over the demolition of an illegally constructed temple outside Apte’s property…

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Right of being represented through a lawyer is part of due process clause , the Supreme Court has said while setting aside the Allahabad High Court order which had dismissed an appeal filed by a man in a 1987 murder case noting that his counsel had not appeared during the hearing. The apex court, which restored the appeal and asked the high court to consider taking it for hearing at an early date, said it was open for the high court to appoint an amicus curiae to assist it when…

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Right of being represented through a lawyer is part of due process clause , the Supreme Court has said while setting aside the Allahabad High Court order which had dismissed an appeal filed by a man in a 1987 murder case noting that his counsel had not appeared during the hearing. The apex court, which restored the appeal and asked the high court to consider taking it for hearing at an early date, said it was open for the high court to appoint an amicus curiae to assist it when…

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The Supreme Court has issued a show-cause notice to a convict for misleading it by producing a wrong copy of a trial court’s verdict to get a favourable order which had allowed him to walk free on payment of a fine only in a graft case. The top court, while issuing the notice to convict S Shankar, asked him why it should not recall the order sparing him the jail term and take “further suitable” action for the act of misleading it. The SC, had on July 23, 2019, allowed…

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The Supreme Court has said it is an irony that despite its repeated observations deprecating the practice of government authorities filing appeals before it belatedly to complete a mere formality , no action has ever been taken against officers who sit on file and do nothing. The apex court, which dismissed the plea filed by Deputy Conservator of Forests against the Bombay High Court’s February last year order on grounds of delay and imposed a cost of Rs 15,000 on the petitioner for wastage of judicial time , observed that…

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A CBI court here on Tuesday found a catholic priest and a nun guilty in connection with the murder of 21-year-old Sister Abhaya, whose body was found in the well of a convent in Kottayam in 1992. The verdict in this regard was pronounced by CBI special court judge J Sanal Kumar. The quantum of sentence will be pronounced on Wednesday. The court said the murder charges against Father Thomas Kottoor and Sister Sephy will stand. Both are in judicial custody. Another accused in the case, Fr Poothrakayal was discharged…

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