BACKGROUND Mr. Ajit Mohan, Vice President and Managing Director of Facebook India, and the company Facebook were alleged to collude with the parties who had an interest in the recent riots that took place in the national capital, New Delhi. The after ..
Background Five FIRs were registered against the petitioner’s husband accusing him of duping five persons. He was released on bail in all the five cases but he was not released and rather was held in preventive detention by charging him under t ..
Background The name of the case is State of Uttar Pradesh v. Dr. Manoj Kumar Sharma. A writ petition was filed before the Allahabad High Court against an order of transfer. An appeal was also filed against the Allahabad High Court. The case of summon ..
SC: Bail Condition To Compensate Victims Cannot Be ImposedThe Supreme Court has held that at the stage of bail, the condition of payment of compensation to victims cannot be imposed. The decision was given by the Bench consisting of Justice Sajay Kis ..
PIL BEFORE THE COURT Gaurav Bansal filed PIL before the Court saying that around 10,000 people are languishing in mental homes because of social stigma. He also stated that the Maharashtra Government is transferring people from mental homes to beggar ..
FACTS The Delhi Police alleged that NewsClick’s Editor-in-Chief Prabir Purkayastha received a Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) of Rs 9.59 crore from Worldwide Media Holdings in the United States in the year 2018-19. The Enforcement Directorate r ..
BACKGROUND The Central Government passed the 97th Constitutional Amendment in 2011, relating to encouraging the economic activities of cooperatives. The said Amendment was challenged before the Gujarat High Court through a PIL on the ground that it w ..
BACKGROUND Delhi faced communal riots and violence between 24th and 29th February 2020 causing loss to life and property. The result of these riots led to the formation of the Committee on Peace and Harmony by the legislative assembly of NCT of Delhi ..
Factual Background The case was T Ramasamy V. Government of India and Ors. The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister issued a statement during a debate that it will use ‘Ondriya Arasu’ in official communications instead of ‘Mathiya Arasu’ ..
WHAT DID THE COURT SAY A Delhi Court has remanded freelance journalist Rajeev Sharma to the custody of the Enforcement Directorate till July 14. The decision was given by the Additional Sessions judge, Justice Dharmendra Rana. The judge opined that a ..