A Delhi Court cancelled a Magistrate’s unusual punishment ordering accused persons to stand with hands up for delay in furnishing bail bonds, saying such orders are against the law. The court reminded that dignity and due process must always be maintained.
The Supreme Court of India recently experienced a humorous incident when two monkeys entered the building and stole a lunchbox, amusing onlookers. The viral video showing their antics has received over 50,000 views, highlighting challenges authorities face with increasing monkey populations in urban areas. The incident lightened the courtroom atmosphere.
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.
Days after two video clips of Karnataka High Court judge, Justice V Srishananda went viral on social media, the Advocates’ Association Bengaluru Today (Sept 23) moved the Karnataka High Court seeking directions to restrain public from editing/ morphing or illegally using live streamed videos of court proceedings. The judge later apologised for his comments after the Supreme Court took suo motu cognisnace of the comments.
A day after couple of video clips from its YouTube channel went viral, the Karnataka High Court Today (Sept 20) displayed a message before starting live streaming of its court proceedings warning viewers from recording, sharing or disseminating the videos of live court proceedings without prior permission.
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The Supreme Court Today (Sept 20) took suo motu cognizance of the video clips containing the controversial comments made by a judge of Karnataka High Court during hearings. A 5-judge bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrahud, Justice Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, Surya Kant and Hrishikesh Roy assembled today morning and passed an order seeking a report from the Karnataka High Court.