Samajwadi Party MLA Abu Azmi Today (June 30) approached the Bombay High Court to cancel FIRs filed against him for praising Aurangzeb in the Maharashtra Assembly. He claims the cases are politically motivated and his words were misquoted.
Satyendar Jain has filed a defamation suit against BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj over allegations she made during a television interview, labeling him as “corrupt” and a “fraud.” Jain claims these false statements have severely harmed his reputation. The case, viewed as politically motivated, is ongoing with hearings scheduled until January 2025.
Lawyers in Kanpur protested against Union Home Minister Amit Shah, alleging that he made disrespectful remarks about Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, the principal architect of the Indian Constitution. The protests came in the wake of intense political debates triggered by Shah’s speech in the Rajya Sabha on December 17, where he addressed Ambedkar and the Constitution.
The Supreme Court expunged adverse remarks made by a judge of the Uttarakhand High Court against a lawyer in an order passed in 2022. A Bench of Justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan criticised the High Court for making such adverse comments without first hearing the affected lawyer’s defence. “The approach of the High Court in making the observations against the appellant (lawyer) without giving him any opportunity of being heard is totally unsustainable in law,” the Court said.
The Rajasthan High Court clarified that for an offence under the SC/ST Act, the insult or intimidation must occur publicly, witnessed by others. The court quashed previous cognizance orders, noting the absence of evidence for a public incident in the case filed by Prithvi Ram against Chhinder Singh, undermining the charges.
The Supreme Court Today (Sept 25) took strong exception to controversial statement made by Karnataka High Court judge Justice V Srishananda who referred to a particular locality in Bengaluru as ‘Pakistan’. A five-judge Bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, Surya Kant and Hrishikesh Roy issued a strong of note of caution for judges and lawyers, saying that they should take care to ensure that their personal biases are not reflected while discharging their duties.
The Chief Justice of India (CJI) Today (Sept 25) will head a 5-judge bench in the Supreme Court of India to preside over a suo motu case concerning controversial remarks made by a Karnataka High Court Judge during court proceedings.The Court on Sept 20 took suo motu cognizance of the video clips containing the controversial comments made by a judge of Karnataka High Court during hearings.