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 ..
Background The petitioner is the Principal of Sabari PTB Smaraka School, Ottappalam. He purchased a registered Heavy Passenger Motor Vehicle and applied for permission for alteration of the vehicle as Educational Institution Bus (Contract Carriage). ..
What did the Court say While upholding a murder conviction, the Supreme Court noted that recovering the weapon used in the conduct of the crime is not a sine qua non for convicting an accused. Minor inconsistencies that do not get to the heart of the ..
CASE PROCCEDINGS A Division Bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani refused to hear student activist Gulfisha Fatima’s plea on her alleged illegal detention in the Delhi Riots case, after her advocate Mehmood Pracha ..
INTRODUCTION As the COVID situation in Delhi is now under control and there is a dip in cases, the SCBA has again written a letter to CJI NV Ramana requesting him to recommence the physical hearing of cases in the Supreme Court strictly following the ..
Who are the Parties to the case The case is Dr. M. Manikandan v. State. The petitioner is M. Manikandan. He is a former minister of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK). The complainant is a Malaysian citizen. She worked with the Mal ..