The freedom of a citizen cannot be taken away in this way, the Supreme Court has said in annulling the order of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana that had rejected a guilty plea filed by a man on the grounds that his lawyer had been absent four times …
Read More »Kunal Kamra and the elasticity of justice
The question is: Question: What is contempt of court?Answer: a joke. That’s literally true in India today – three Supreme Court jokes, posted on Twitter by comedian Kunal Kamra, are likely to attract contempt of the court proceedings against him. That is, in fact, the wise advice of the Attorney …
Read More »Kerala trashes Shreya Singhal’s trial, ‘humiliating’ tweet could land you three years in jail
New Delhi: With Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan enacting the Kerala Police Law Amendment Ordinance, the Left Front-ruled state police will now have the right to prosecute and imprison people “for doing, expressing, publishing or disseminate any matter that is threatening, abusive, humiliating or defamatory ”through“ any mode of communication …
Read More »UP government over Siddique Kappan: had pamphlet of the daughter of India, anti-riot plan
Written by Kaunain Sheriff M | New Delhi | Updated: November 21, 2020 9:48:32 am Siddique Kappan (wearing cap), secretary of the Kerala Workers’ Union of Journalists, and three other people detained with him were brought before a court in Mathura. (PTI) * The “pamphlets thus recovered, that is, I …
Read More »The Attorney General agrees to a new contempt action against comedian Kunal Kamra
Venugopal says the tweet tends to reduce the authority of the Supreme Court and undermine public trust in it On Friday, Attorney General KK Venugopal gave his consent to initiate a new contempt action against comedian Kunal Kamra for his “extremely vulgar and disgusting” tweet with a two-finger photograph intended …
Read More »Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan came to create a caste division under the garb of journalism: UP
Kerala-based journalist Siddique Kappan was arrested while on his way to Hathras from the UP (archive) New Delhi: Kerala-based journalist Siddique Kappan, arrested on the way to Hathras, where a young Dalit had died after allegedly being gang-raped, was going there in journalism garb with a very determined design to …
Read More »Pb HC after calling first cousin marriage illegal
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has said that marriage between first cousins is illegal. The court said that the marriage that the petitioner wants to celebrate with a girl, who is his first cousin, was also illegal per se. “… the presentation in the present petition that when she …
Read More »Attorney General Allows Contempt Proceedings Against Comedian Kunal Kamra
Kunal Kamra faces contempt for his tweets New Delhi: Attorney General KK Venugopal today gave his consent to a contempt process against comedian Kunal Kamra in his November 18 tweet, saying it was “extremely vulgar and obnoxious” and tended to undermine the authority of the Supreme Court. Last week, the …
Read More »CBI has become a “bread shop” under the BJP government
The CBI goes anywhere and books anyone, particularly in states not ruled by the BJP, Aslam Sheikh said. Mumbai: Maharashtra’s Fisheries and Textiles Minister Aslam Sheikh welcomed the Supreme Court ruling earlier this week on the jurisdiction of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), saying the investigative agency had become …
Read More »Give Borrowers No More Relief, Center Tells SC
He added that the IBC process has already been suspended since March to prevent companies from going bankrupt. “It will ensure that those who paid during the moratorium are not defrauded,” Mehta said. During the hearing, the bank noted that credit card users should not receive any benefit from the …
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