Law

News about judgements of the courts and articles regarding specific laws of the land that matter.

Crime

Urban Naxals case: SC refused to quash FIR filed by Pune police against ‘activist’ Anand Teltumbde

OpIndia Staff - 14 January, 2019

The Bombay High Court had on December 21 dismissed the petition filed by Anand Teltumbde seeking the quashing of the FIR and granted him interim protection from arrest for three weeks.

Law

1984 Sikh Genocide convict Sajjan Kumar appeals to Supreme Court against HC order

OpIndia Staff - 14 January, 2019

Sajjan Kumar has approached Supreme Court, asking for the reversal of the High Court that convicted him for his role in the 1984 Sikh Genocide.

Fact-Check

Justice AK Sikri declines honorary judicial position: Here is how lies were spread about his appointment

OpIndia Staff - 13 January, 2019

A K Sikri was nominated for Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitral Tribunal in November 2018, much before any knew that he would representing CJI Gogoi in CBI Director selection committee

Economy and Finance

S Gurumurthy sends legal notice to The Economist for defamatory article that called him a ‘fixer’ who ‘gets things done in Delhi’

OpIndia Staff - 12 January, 2019

The concerned article was published in the print issue of The Economist on 24 November.

Gujarat govt cites disgraced ex-cop Sanjiv Bhatt’s criminal past and pending FIRs, opposes bail

OpIndia Staff - 12 January, 2019

Sanjiv Bhatt is accused of being the mastermind behind the entire operation of kidnapping the lawyer and plating the narcotics that implicated the Rajasthan based lawyer.

Crime

Aircel-Maxis Case: As CBI gets sanction from centre to prosecute, NSE Chairman Ashok Chawla resigns

OpIndia Staff - 12 January, 2019

On Friday, Ashok Chawla resigned as the chairman of NSE hours after the CBI informed the court that the Centre has granted sanction to prosecute him in the Aircel-Maxis case.

‘Missionary activities not prohibited in India, Article 25 applies to all, not only Indians’: Delhi HC

OpIndia Staff - 11 January, 2019

Delhi High Court was hearing a case where a doctor's OCI was cancelled by authorities claiming that he was carrying out evangelical, medical missionary and conversion activities.

Law

Delhi HC dismisses plea by Rakesh Asthana and Devender Kumar, CBI asked to complete probe in 10 weeks

OpIndia Staff - 11 January, 2019

The Delhi HC has asked the CBI to maintain status quo for two weeks in the case.

Read details: Ousted CBI Director Alok Verma resigns, refuses to take charge as DG Fire Services

Nupur J Sharma - 11 January, 2019

In his letter of resignation, Alok Verma has written that he was not given the opportunity to be heard by the panel before his ouster as the CBI Director

Law