[ad_1] CJI Gavai, Rakesh Kishore New Delhi: Supreme Court has expressed reluctance to accede to requests from SC Bar Association president Vikas Singh and solicitor general (SG) Tushar Mehta to initiate criminal contempt proceedings against advocate Rakesh Kishore for attempting to hurl a shoe at CJI B R Gavai, and restrain social media from glorifying […]
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a PIL seeking a court-monitored probe by a special investigation team (SIT) into allegations of irregularities and manipulations in electoral rolls levelled by Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and asked the petitioner to approach EC for redressal of grievance.The petitioner’s counsel, senior advocate Shashi Kiran, told […]
[ad_1] Supreme Court of India has recently dismissed a petition filed by a lady doctor who claimed that her access to WhatsApp was a fundamental right, after her account was blocked by the messaging platform. However, the Apex Court ruled that the ruse of a private messaging service does not fall under the purview of […]
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: CJI B R Gavai Thursday said he and Justice K Vinod Chandran were “very shocked” when a lawyer attempted to hurl a shoe at him on Oct 6, but the issue is a “forgotten chapter”.In an act that elicited all-around condemnation, a 71-year-old lawyer, Rakesh Kishore, tried to hurl his shoe at […]
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Days after an advocate hurled a shoe at Chief Justice of India BR Gavai, Punjab Police on Wednesday registered several FIRs over objectionable social media post targeting Gavai.According to Punjab Police, the FIRs were registered after several complaints were received in various districts of the state against more than 100 social media […]
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Continued accusations from NGO-petitioners that the Election Commission deleted names from the Bihar voter list after the special intensive revision made EC retort in the Supreme Court that all political parties have expressed satisfaction with the exercise and that not a single appeal has been filed against the deletion of names. The […]
[ad_1] Suspended Advocate Rakesh Kishore NEW DELHI: In his first reaction after trying to hurl a shoe towards Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai, suspended Advocate Rakesh Kishore said he “didn’t regret” his actions and that his motive was guided by what CJI had said while dismissing the plea, which sought reconstruction of Lord […]
[ad_1] File photo: Former Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain former Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji’s plea seeking clarification that the apex court had not barred him from holding public office saying that the order was very clear and he can file application in case […]
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: A shoe was hurled towards Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai on Monday, allegedly in protest against his recent “go ask your deity” remark made while hearing a plea seeking reconstruction of a Lord Vishnu idol in Madhya Pradesh’s Khajuraho.An advocate, who was heard shouting slogans, was quickly escorted out of […]
[ad_1] File photo: Michele Beckwith and US President Donald Trump Michele Beckwith, a seasoned federal prosecutor who had pursued terrorists, sex traffickers and violent gangs for over 15 years, was abruptly removed from her role as acting US attorney in Sacramento this summer following a dispute over immigration raids.Beckwith had stepped into the post in […]
