Bar Council Of India Announces Three-Year Moratorium On Establishment Of New Centers Of Legal Education In India

The Bar Council of India (BCI) has framed the Rules of Legal Education, Moratorium (Three-Year Moratorium) with respect to Centers of Legal Education, 2025, which effectively puts a bar on establishment or granting of approval to any new Center of Legal Education in India.The Regulation, which is prescribed to remain in force for three years, further bars introduction of any new section, course, or batch without the prior written and express approval of the BCI and all such proposals, if...

Delhi Court Acquits Ex-DCW Head Swati Maliwal, Another In 2016 Case For Allegedly Revealing Identity Of Minor Rape Victim

A Delhi Court on Wednesday (August 13) acquitted former Delhi Commission For Women Chairperson Swati Maliwal in a 2016 FIR for allegedly revealing identity of a minor rape victim. Maliwal was booked along with Bhupendra Singh (PRO of DCW) under Section 74 of Juvenile Justice Act. It was alleged that as the then DCW Chairperson Maliwal had issued a notice to concerned SHO mentioning victim's name seeking details of the investigation. It was alleged that an image of this notice along with the...

Rahul Gandhi Files Application Apprehending 'Personal Harm, Political Influence' In Savarkar Defamation Case

In a development in the ongoing criminal defamation case filed against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his comments on right-wing leader Vinayak Savarkar, a Special MP/MLA Court in Pune on Wednesday took on record a pursis filed by his advocate, highlighting the apprehension to Gandhi's safety, especially after he "exposed" the alleged "vote theft".The lawyer Milind Pawar, has in the pursis highlighted how Gandhi has been termed a "terrorist" by BJP leader RN Bittu and also an open threat...

J&K Court Orders SIT Probe Into Alleged Illegal Sale Of Drugs, Pulls Up Police For 6-Month Delay In Filing FIR

The Principal Sessions Judge (Special Judge under NDPS Act), Udhampur, Virinder Singh Bhou, directed the SSP Udhampur and the SHO of Police Station Udhampur for constituting a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe serious allegations of illegal sale of psychotropic substances and tampering of patient records.The directions came after the complaint sought an investigation into alleged large-scale violations involving a private neuro-psychiatric clinic in Udhampur, where proprietors were...

ANI Moves Delhi Court Against YouTuber Thugesh Alleging Copyright Infringement

News agency Asian News International (ANI) has moved a Delhi Court alleging copyright infringement by a YouTuber “Thugesh Unfiltered Channel”. ANI has sought permanent and mandatory injunction and damages for “copyright infringement, piracy, plagiarism, unjust enrichment and other wrongs” against Thugesh, whose real name is Mahesh Rajesh Keshwala. The suit seeks an injunction...

Supreme Court Refuses To Cancel Suryakant Tiwari's Interim Bail In Chhattisgarh Coal Levy 'Scam' Case; Grants Interim Bail In DMF 'Scam' Case

The Supreme Court has refused to cancel the interim bail granted to businessman-Suryakant Tiwari in the Chhattisgarh Coal Levy 'Scam' case. It has further granted interim bail to the businessman in the DMF scam case on the same terms and conditions imposed earlier in May.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi granted the relief, after having heard substantial arguments yesterday....

Jharkhand Court Grants Bail To Rahul Gandhi In 2018 Defamation Case Involving Amit Shah

A Court in Jharkhand's Chaibasa district today granted bail to Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi in connection with a defamation case pertaining to his alleged remarks on Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Gandhi personally appeared before Spl. Judge, MP-MLA Court, Chaibasa, Supriya Rani Tigga and surrendered to seek bail in the case.Previously on February 27, the MP-MLA Court...

Principal City Civil And Sessions Judge Transfers Dharmasthala Burial Case To New Bench After Recusal Of Presiding Judge

The Principal City Civil and Session Judge has transferred the case concerning ex parte interim gag order in the Dharmasthala burial case to another judge, for further hearing. Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge Vijay Kumar Rai, who had earlier restrained the media and YouTube channels from publishing "defamatory content" against Harshendra Kumar D, the brother of Dharmasthala...

Punjab & Haryana Bar Council Launches Inquiry Into Alleged Bench Hunting At High Court

The Punjab & Haryana Bar Council has launched an inquiry into serious allegations of bench hunting by lawyers at the Punjab and Haryana High CourtIn an office order, the Chairman of the State Bar Council, Rakesh Gupta, stated that members of the Bar Council had pointed out that some advocates of the Punjab & Haryana High Court, in order to obtain favourable orders from a particular...

Telangana State Legal Services Authority Concludes 'Mediation For The Nation' Campaign, Settles 179 Cases In 90 Days

The Telangana State Legal Services Authority (TSLSA) successfully concluded its 90-day "Mediation for the Nation" campaign, settling 179 cases across the state. Telangana High Court judge Justice P. Sam Koshy who is also the Executive Chairman of TSLSA, led a sensitization program on August 2 at the District Legal Services Authority premises in Kushaiguda, emphasizing the critical role...

Delhi Court Accepts CBI Closure Report Against Satyendar Jain Over PWD Hiring Case; Says No Incriminating Evidence Found

A Delhi Court has accepted the closure report filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in a case registered against AAP leader Satyendar Jain and others over allegations of irregular engagement of professionals in the PWD and payments made from unrelated project funds.Special judge Dig Vinay Singh of Rouse Avenue Courts observed that despite several years of investigation,...

Judiciary Always Safeguarded Free & Fair Elections : Justice Surya Kant

The judiciary has been at the forefront of safeguarding free and fair elections in India, said Justice Surya Kant, Judge of the Supreme Court. He said that the judiciary acted as a stabilising force to ensure that the "blood of democracy continues to flow unblemished."Justice Kant was speaking at the First Annual Shri HL Sibal Memorial Lecture at the Punjab and Haryana High Court, organised...