Month: December 2020

Delhi HC to hear Bollywood producers’ plea to restrain Republic TV, Times Now from making ‘irresponsible remarks’

Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea by leading Bollywood producers seeking to restrain Republic TV and Times Now from making alleged “irresponsible, derogatory and defamatory remarks” against the film industry and conducting “media trials” against its members on various issues. Justice Rajiv Shakdher, who had earlier

Madhya Pradesh High Court’s COVID-19 positive woman judge dies in Indore

Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com BHOPAL: Justice Vandana Kasrekar, the lone woman judge of the Indore Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court died due to COVID-19 related complications at a private hospital in Indore on Sunday morning. After testing positive for the novel Coronavirus recently, the 60-year-old woman judge was first admitted at the Greater Kailash Hospital in Indore.

SC moved against UP, Uttarakhand’s ‘love jihad’ laws

Source:-https://www.therahnuma.com New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) A plea has been moved in the Supreme Court challenging the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion Of Religion Ordinance, 2020 and the Uttarakhand Freedom Of Religion Act, 2018. The plea moved by advocates Vishal Thakre and Abhay Singh Yadav and law researcher Pranvesh, states that the UP ordinance

SC tells SEBI to appoint observer to oversee Franklin Templeton’s e-voting process

Source:-https://www.thenewsminute.com The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to appoint an observer for overseeing the e-voting process, scheduled in the last week of December, with regard to winding up Franklin Templeton’s six mutual fund schemes. The apex court said that its December 3 order, in which it had

US Supreme Court Dismisses Texas Suit Seeking To Overturn Trump Election Loss

Source:-https://www.ndtv.com Washington: The US Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a bid by Texas to overturn the results of the presidential election, which Republican Donald Trump lost to Democrat Joe Biden, in a fresh setback for the president.The longshot suit lodged late Tuesday against four states key in the November 3 vote — Michigan, Georgia, Pennsylvania

Gangster Bishnoi fears Dubey-like encounter, moves High Court

Source:-https://www.tribuneindia.com Alleged gangster Lawrence Bishnoi today moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking directions for handcuffing him if he was brought to Chandigarh on a production warrant after expressing “genuine apprehension” of elimination in an encounter “as done in the infamous case of Vikas Dubey”. Appearing before the Bench of Justice Gurvinder Singh Gill

Decision to suspend MPLAD funds to fight pandemic ‘unexceptionable’: Bombay HC

Source:-https://indianexpress.com The Bombay High Court on Friday held that the decision to suspend the MPLAD (Members of Parliament Local Area Development) funds earlier this year and divert the money to the fight against the pandemic was “consciously taken to provide measures for the nation to combat Covid-19 and to ensure all citizens ensure proper medical