Category: LEGAL NEWS

Taking note of the pendency of sexual assault and business dispute cases, the Delhi High Court Thursday directed the Delhi government to place before the Cabinet the requirement for 18 more fast track and 22 commercial courts. A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice A J Bhambhani said the high court had sanctioned certain posts of judges for establishing fast track and commercials courts but the matter has been pending before the government for over two years.”Once the high court made the demand, government is duty bound to process…

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The Supreme Court Wednesday termed as “prima facie arbitrary” the arrest of BJP’s youth wing leader for allegedly posting morphed image of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on social media and pulled up the West Bengal government for the delay in releasing her.A vacation bench comprising justices Indira Banerjee and Sanjiv Khanna was informed by the counsel of activist Priyanka Sharma’s brother that she was not released from jail on Tuesday despite the apex court’s order granting her bail and ordering her immediate release.However, the counsel for West Bengal government informed…

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The Delhi High Court on Wednesday disapproved of Haryana’s “conduct” of asking the Delhi government to withdraw its pleas for protecting water supply from the state as a pre-condition for considering release of water to the city. The Delhi government claimed that in the Upper Yamuna River Board meeting of April 18 Haryana had asked it to first withdraw all cases on the water issue from the courts here and then it will consider release of water to Delhi. Taking note of the averment, a bench of Chief Justice Rajendra…

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Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi Monday got a clean chit from the Supreme Court’s In-House Inquiry Committee which “has found no substance” in the allegations of sexual harassment levelled against him by a former woman employee of the apex court.A notice by the office of Supreme Court Secretary General said the report of the Committee, headed by Justice S A Bobde, “is not liable to be made public”.The committee, also comprising two woman judges of the apex court — Justices Indu Malhotra and Indira Banerjee — gave the report…

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The Supreme Court Sunday termed as “wholly incorrect” a media report that said that justices RF Nariman and DY Chandrachud met Justice SA Bobde, who is heading the in-house committee inquiring into sexual harassment allegations against Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi.A statement issued by the office of the Supreme Court’s secretary general said it is “most unfortunate” that a leading newspaper chose to state that the two judges met Justice Bobde on Friday evening.The statement said the in-house committee, which is deliberating on the issue concerning the CJI, deliberates…

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A tribunal headed by a Delhi High Court judge conducted a two-day hearing here to ascertain whether there was sufficient cause to extend the ban on the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) as an unlawful association. The tribunal, presided by Justice Mukta Gupta of the Delhi High Court, began its hearing on Friday in Pune and it concluded on Saturday.Founded in 1977, SIMI was banned in 2001. The tribunal, under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, was constituted by a notification of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on…

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A special CBI court here Thursday discharged former police officers D G Vanzara and N K Amin from the Ishrat Jahan alleged fake encounter case.The court allowed the discharge applications of Vanzara and Amin, which they had filed after the Gujarat government refused to grant sanction to the CBI to prosecute them.Special CBI court judge J K Pandya said that since the government did not sanction their prosecution, their discharge applications were allowed and proceedings against them would be dropped in the case.Under section 197 of the Code of Criminal…

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The Supreme Court directed the Centre on Tuesday to file response by May 4 to the petitions seeking review of last December’s verdict by which the apex court had dismissed the pleas challenging India’s deal to procure 36 Rafale fighter jets from France.A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi did not allow the plea of the Centre that it be granted four weeks time to file its response to the pleas.It asked it to submit the response latest by Saturday.The bench, which also comprised Justices S K Kaul and…

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Congress President Rahul Gandhi Monday expressed regret again for “incorrectly” attributing his ‘chowkidar chor hai’ remark to the Supreme Court and accused BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi of trying to drag the court into a political controversy for “personal gains and political mileage” by moving the contempt petition against him.Seeking dismissal of the contempt petition over his remark against the prime minister in his response to the Rafale verdict, Gandhi filed a fresh affidavit reiterating that his statement was made in the “heat of political campaigning” and there was not the…

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