Month: October 2019

Man held for threatening to blow up Karnataka High Court, says he wanted to frame kin

Source: newindianexpress.com BENGALURU: The Vidhana Soudha police on Friday arrested a man who had allegedly sent a letter to the Registrar of the Karnataka High Court last month claiming to be from the ‘International Khalistaan Support Group’ and threatening to carry out bomb blasts at the High Court. Investigations have revealed that the accused, identified as 36-year-old

Kerala High Court seeks Centre’s views on plea to ban Telegram app

Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com BENGALURU: The High Court of Kerala sought the views on the Central Government on Friday on a recent plea to ban Russian encrypted messaging app Telegram in the country for allegedly promoting child abuse videos and terrorism. The matter will be heard after three weeks. The direction by Kerala HC came after Athena Solomon K,

Wayanad protest: A Supreme Court order, decade-old ban and no rail connectivity

Source: indiatoday.in ayanad came to the national reckoning early this year when Congress leader Rahul Gandhi chose it as his second constituency to contest parliamentary election. Prior to that Wayanad was a local tourist destination for people in neighbouring areas of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Within months, Wayanad is again in news over opposition to

SC stance on criminalisation of defamation erroneous

Source: dailypioneer.com Based on observation mentioned earlier, the Supreme Court of India refused to appreciate any judicial pronouncement of the U.S. Supreme Court relating to criminalisation of defamation and its effect on freedom of speech.  The Court gave no reasoning as to why relevant U.S. Supreme Court judgements, related to the matter being adjudicated, could

Bombay High Court dismisses Aarey petitions

Source: downtoearth.org.in Bombay High Court has on October 4, 2019, dismissed petitions to declare Aarey Colony in Mumbai as forest and refused to stop felling of more than 2,500 trees for metro car shed project, according to media reports. Aarey, situated in Goregaon, is famous among nature enthusiasts for being the green lungs of the city. It houses 2,702

Punjab and Haryana HC seeks records of offices being run from Manesar government school

Source: hindustantimes.com The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the Haryana government to produce records of various offices allegedly being run from a school in Manesar. The high court bench of Justice BS Walia said that records of locations of anganwadi, panchayat ghar, public health centre and a post office being reportedly run on