Today’s Legal Updates :

  1. Todays the Madras High Court directed the Tamil Nadu government to create a Press Council of Tamil Nadu which would act as a State-level media regulatory body, With a view to tackle fake journalists, paid news and ill-intentioned media personnel and associations.
  2. Today the Supreme Court’s Justice DY Chandrachud came at a seminar organised by the Chembur Karnataka College of Law in memory of jurist, diplomat, Cabinet Minister and former Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court, Justice MC Chagla, Justice DY Chandrachud emphasised on the need for truth in a democracy.
  3. Today The Madras High Court recently acquitted a man accused of rape upon finding that the complainant had not resisted at the first time of the alleged sexual assault, which the Court opined in this case amounted to pre-consent.
  4. Today A man accused in the Jantar Mantar anti-Muslim sloganeering case has been denied anticipatory bail by a Delhi Court, Court has observed that he cannot absolve himself of all responsibility for the “inflammatory and incendiary” content in the speeches allegedly made during the event.
  5. Today A Lucknow court has sent former Indian Police Services (IPS) officer Amitabh Thakur, who was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Police for allegedly abetting the suicide of a woman who immolated herself outside the Supreme Court, to judicial custody till September 9.
  6. On Wednesday A Delhi Court granted bail to a man accused of committing gang rape on his wife and pronouncing talaq in contravention of Section 4 of the Muslim Woman (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019.
  7. Today Justice MS Ramachandra Rao has been appointed acting Chief Justice of Telangana High Court after Chief Justice Hima Kohli relinquished charge subsequent to her elevation to the Supreme Court.
  8. Justice Meenakshi Madan Rai has been appointed acting Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court.
  9. Today As Justice Bela Trivedi bid farewell to the Gujarat High Court in view of her recent elevation to the Supreme Court, she spoke of the role played by circumstances and destiny in her journey to the highest Court of the land.
  10. Today The Supreme Court of India has clarified that its earlier order of September 2020 regarding speedy trial of cases against legislators will not apply to criminal appeals pending in High Courts against conviction of such MPs/ MLAs.
  11. Today Additional District and Sessions Judge Avinash Kumar of the sub-divisional court of Jhanjharpur, Bihar have reported to released a man on bail on the condition that he educates five underprivileged children.
  12. Today The Orissa High Court recently upheld the conviction of a person under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 for sexual assault on a class VII girl.
  13. Yesterday The Madras High Court notified that from 1st September onwards, litigants can be represented physically in all final hearing matters, subject to strict adherence with COVID-19 safety norms.
  14. Today A medical consultant has approached the Bombay High Court challenging the circulars issued by the Maharashtra government prohibiting persons who are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19, from travelling by local trains and permitting only fully vaccinated persons to travel via trains and visit malls and work spaces.
  15. Yesterday The Gujarat High Court ruled that the Gujarat Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Act, 2019, which effectively took away the State’s responsibilities when it came to conducting elections of cooperative sugar factories is unconstitutional, discriminatory, absurd, manifestly arbitrary and not in the public interest.
  16. Yesterday The Allahabad High Court has refused to stay or transfer the trial in the Hathras gang rape case pending before the special court at Hathras.
  17. Yesterday The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to Lieutenant Governor (LG) Anil Baijal on a plea by the Delhi government challenging the decision to appoint Special Public Prosecutors (SPPs) chosen by the Delhi Police to appear in the Republic Day violence and Delhi riots cases.
  18. Yesterday The Himachal Pradesh High Court held that once a party has died, his/her death certificate cannot be termed a ‘Third Party Information’ as per Section 11 of the Right to Information Act, as that information relates/related only to the deceased.
  19. Today A Delhi Court has directed Bollywood Singer and Actor Honey Singh to appear before it on 3rd September in connection with the domestic violence case filed against him by his wife, Shalini Talwar, after he failed to appear today before the Court citing poor health.
  20. Yesterday A Special CBI Court in Kerala presided by judge K. Sanil Kumar dismissed a private complaint seeking action against the CBI officials involved in the ISRO espionage case investigation. The complaint was filed alleging commission of offences under Sections 7, 8 and 9 of the Prevention of Corruption Act read with Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code.
  21. Today the Delhi High Court dismissed a wife’s plea claiming family pension and other benefits with interest from the CRPF after her husband’s death, Citing 28 years’ delay in approaching the Court.
  22. Today A man has approached the Kerala High Court challenging the Government Order mandating vaccination certificate or RT PCR negative results to visit shops and other establishments in the State unwilling to get vaccinated against Covid-19.
  23. Yesterday The Kerala High Court intervened in an incident where a mother and her children were forced to spend their time in a train fearing harassment from anti-social elements and took suo motu cognizance in the matter.

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