The Court allowed Kashyap to amend his plea to challenge the invocation of the National Security Act and indicated its inclination to transfer all the cases to Bihar.
Category: Civil Cases
Right-wing activist Kajal Hindustani sent to judicial custody by Gujarat court in hate speech case
Hindustani had on April 1 allegedly delivered a hate speech targeting a particular community, during the Ram Navami celebrations in Una after which there were clashes between two groups.
Calcutta High Court transfers probe into attack on Nisith Pramanik convoy to CBI
The Court placed significant reliance on the delay in registering an FIR to hold that State police authorities were not likely to conduct a fair investigation.
Can family temple be dedicated to general public without following religious rituals? Supreme Court to decide
The petitioners are a board and a committee constituted under the board for taking care of and managing the affairs of the Thiru Keralapuram Sreekrishna Swamy temple.
Plea to ban harmful pesticides: Supreme Court asks Central government to submit expert committee reports
The Court was hearing a batch of petitions seeking ban on 116 pesticides in the country.
More than 10 criminal defamation cases pending against Rahul Gandhi; Rahul has filed none
In fact, Gandhi had challenged the criminal defamation law itself before the Supreme Court alleging that the same was being misused to gag political opponents. The top court, however, dismissed the plea.
Bombay High Court dismisses plea seeking action against ex-Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari for comments on Shivaji Maharaj
The Court said that statements were in the nature of analysis of history and the intention of Koshyari was to enlighten the society, and not to show disrespect to any great person.
Supreme Court grants protection from arrest to chairman of Broadwell Christian Hospital Society in UP forced religious conversion case
Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave informed the court that the situation was going out of control, and alleged that the accused was not being protected by the police or subordinate judiciary.
Foreign lawyers will treat poor litigants well; give tough competition to Indian lawyers: Gujarat High Court
Justice Gopi said that poor litigants despite coming from far off places, aren’t even allowed to enter a lawyer’s chamber and aren’t treated well.
Jamia violence: Delhi High Court reserves verdict on Delhi Police plea against discharge of Sharjeel Imam, Safoora Zargar et al
The trial court had discharged 11 of the 12 people accused and pulled up the Delhi Police for filing an “ill-conceived” chargesheet in the case.