The legal fraternity stood together in a demonstration of an unwavering solidarity with the victims and their families.
With the Calcutta High Court on Monday directing the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to submit a comprehensive report on the rape and murder of the junior doctor of the R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital, clarifying if it was a case of "rape” or “gang-rape", the victim's father expressed immense gratification over this particular observation of the court.
The Karnataka High Court has granted interim relief to former Chief Minister and BJP Central Parliamentary Committee member B.S. Yediyurappa in a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act case by staying the summons requiring his personal appearance before the First Fast Track Court on March 15.
A Division Bench of the High Court of J&K and Ladakh comprising Chief Justice Tashi Rabstan and Justice MA Chowdhary expressed displeasure over the poor health facilities in the UTs of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh Union Territories (UTs).
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee today made it clear that the state would move high court seeking capital punishment for the convict while expressing shock at the hearing of verdict of life sentence in the R G Kar rape and murder case.
Expressing displeasure over the undesirable condition of the Nagrota-based 'Gowshala' (cattle pound) here, a division bench of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh headed by Chief Justice Tashi Rabstan orally directed in the open court the termination of contract of the outsourced agency in case the deficiencies persist before the next date of hearing.
Terming the restrictions as “impractical”, the Supreme Court on Thursday put on hold the Kerala High Court's order on the use of elephants and observing distances between them, the public, flambeau, and the percussion display during festival parades, including the ‘Thrissur Pooram”.
Earlier in the day, a local court remanded the actor to judicial custody for 14 days and sent him to Chanchalguda jail under tight security.
The Kerala High Court on Thursday ruled that comments by the media declaring an accused guilty or innocent while a criminal case is still pending does not fall under protected free speech under Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution of India
Justice Suresh Kumar Kait took oath on Wednesday, as the new Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court. The state Governor Mangubhai Patel administered the oath to the Chief Justice at the swearing-in ceremony organised at the Raj Bhavan here.
