Mumbai: Chief Justice of India Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai on Saturday said the interpretation of law or the Constitution has to be “pragmatic” and in a way that suits the needs of society. Speaking at a felicitation organised for him by the Bombay High Court here, he also mentioned that recently he had received complaints about…
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Saturday said the Supreme Court’s in-house inquiry report in Allahabad High Court Judge Yashwant Varma’s case has “no constitutional relevance” as an investigation can only take place under the Judges Inquiry Act. Addressing a press conference, Sibal also accused the government of protecting Justice Shekhar Yadav and…
New Delhi: This is a classic case where the offence of money laundering is made against all accused, the Enforcement Directorate argued before a Delhi court in the National Herald case. Continuing his argument on the point of chargesheet’s cognisance before special judge Vishal Gogne, additional solicitor general S V Raju said Sonia and Rahul…
New Delhi: In a significant development, the Delhi High Court on Thursday (July 3) rejected Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez’s petition seeking to quash the FIR filed against her in the high-profile Rs 200 crore money laundering case involving alleged conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar. Justice Anish Dayal dismissed Fernandez’s plea, which also challenged the second supplementary chargesheet…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday junked a plea filed by former cricket administrator Lalit Modi seeking an order to the BCCI to pay a penalty of Rs 10.65 crore imposed on him by the ED for violating the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA). A bench of Justices P S Narasimha and R Mahadevan,…
Pune: The prosecution has urged the Juvenile Justice Board to treat a 17-year-old boy accused of driving a Porsche car in an inebriated state and mowing down two persons last year in Pune as an adult, saying he committed a “heinous” act. The incident, which hit national headlines, took place in the Kalyani Nagar area…
New Delhi: On Tuesday, June 17, the Supreme Court expressed its disapproval of the extra-judicial ban on the Tamil film Thug Life in Karnataka. Directed by Mani Ratnam, the film features Kamal Haasan in the lead role. A PIL filed by a man named Mahesh Reddy was being heard by a bench made up of…
Shillong: A court in Shillong on Wednesday sent Sonam Raghuvanshi, accused of killing her husband Raja during their honeymoon in Meghalaya, and her four aides to eight-day police custody, an official said. The Meghalaya police brought Sonam here from Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday midnight and the other accused from Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday on transit…
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala High Court on Tuesday issued a notice to Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in an election petition filed by Navya Haridas, the BJP candidate from Wayanad. She had filed a plea in the Kerala High Court seeking to nullify the victory of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi from the Wayanad Parliamentary Constituency, accusing…
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India (CJI) B R Gavai has described the Constitution as a “quiet revolution etched in ink” and a transformative force that not only guarantees rights but actively uplifts the historically oppressed. Speaking at the Oxford Union on the theme ‘From Representation to Realisation: Embodying the Constitution’s Promise’ on Tuesday, the…
