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PNB scam: Mehul Choksi detained in Belgium on India's extradition request
NEW DELHI: Absconding diamantaire Mehul Choksi has been arrested in Belgium following an extradition request by Indian probe agencies for his involvement in the Rs 13,000 crore PNB bank loan fraud case, official sources said on Monday. The action against the second prime suspect in this case, after Choksi's nephew diamantaire Nirav Modi, was taken on Saturday based on an extradition request moved by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Choksi was located in Belgium last year when he went there on the grounds of getting medical treatment. He had been staying in Antigua since 2018 after leaving India. Sources said the Interpol Red Notice against him for arrest was deleted sometime back and the Indian agencies were pursuing him via the extradition route since then. Fugitive businessman Mehul Choksis assets worth Rs 2,566 crore to be auctioned At least two open-ended arrest warrants, issued by a special court in Mumbai in 2018 and 2021, have been shared by the Indian agencies with their Belgian counterparts as part of the extradition request, the sources said. Formal paperwork is being done following the arrest/detention as Choksi may seek bail on health grounds, they said. Choksi, Modi, their family members and employees, bank officials and others were booked by the CBI and the ED in 2018 for perpetrating the alleged loan fraud at the Brady House branch of the Punjab National Bank (PNB) in Mumbai. It was alleged that Choksi, his firm Gitanjali Gems and others committed the offence of cheating against PNB in connivance with certain bank officials by fraudulently getting the LOUs (letters of undertaking) issued and got the FLCs (foreign letter of credit) enhanced without following prescribed procedure and caused a wrongful loss to the bank. The CBI has filed at least two chargesheets against him in this case while the ED has filed three such prosecution complaints. Restore Red Corner Notice against fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi: CBI to Interpol body Modi, declared a fugitive economic offender, has been lodged in a London jail since he was held by the authorities there in 2019 on the basis of a legal request made by the ED and the CBI in this case. He is contesting extradition to India. According to the investigating agencies, officials at PNB's Brady House branch in Mumbai issued 165 LoUs and 58 FLCs during March-April 2017, against which 311 bills were discounted. These LoUs and FLCs were allegedly issued to Choksi's firms without any sanctioned limit or cash margin and without making entries in PNB's central banking system to evade any scrutiny in case of a default. LoUs are a guarantee given by a bank on behalf of its client to a foreign bank. Rs 19,111 cr assets attached out of total fraud by Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi & Mehul Choksi: Centre tells SC If the client does not repay the foreign bank, the liability falls on the guarantor bank. Based on these LoUs by PNB, money was lent by SBI, Mauritius; Allahabad Bank, Hong Kong; Axis Bank, Hong Kong; Bank of India, Antwerp; Canara Bank, Manama; and State Bank of India, Frankfurt. Since the accused companies did not repay the amount availed against the said fraudulent LoUs and FLCs, PNB made the payment of Rs 6,344.97 crore (USD 965.18 million), including the overdue interest, to the overseas banks, which had advanced buyer's credit and discounted the bills against the fraudulent LoUs and FLCs issued by the PNB, the CBI's supplementary charge sheet in the PNB bank fraud case alleged. The ED has attached or seized assets worth Rs 2,565.90 crore in the case against Choksi and the court has allowed monetisation of all these properties.
7 months on, Law Commission may get a new head in retd SC judge Maheshwar
NEW DELHI: After remaining headless for over seven months, the 23rd Law Commission may get a new chief this week. According to highly placed sources, former Supreme Court judge Justice (retd) Dinesh Maheshwari is likely to head the law panel. Along with Justice Maheshwari, two more members will take charge. One of them could be Prof D P Verma, former member of 22nd Law Commission, sources said. A formal notification announcing Justice Maheshwaris appointment is expected in a couple of days, sources said. The 23rd law panel was set up on September 2 last year for a period of three years. Though there is a provision to appoint serving Supreme Court and high court judges as its chairperson and members, usually retired top court judges and ex-chief justices of high courts get to hold that high office. According to its terms of reference, the commission is also tasked to examine whether a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) can be introduced in the country. Justice Maheshwari retired from the Supreme Court in May 2023. He took oath as a judge of the Rajasthan High Court in September 2004 and was transferred to the Allahabad High Court in 2014. Justice Maheshwari was promoted as the chief justice of the Meghalaya High Court in February 2016. Two years later, he was transferred to the Karnataka High Court as chief justice. In 2019, he was elevated to the SC. According to law ministry sources, the new panel will be mandated with the completion of the draft UCC among other terms of reference. Sources said that the 22nd Law Commission hadnt finalise its report on the UCC. The law panel was headless after Justice Rituraj Awasthi resigned as its chairperson in March this year after he was appointed as a judicial member of the Lokpal. Implementation of a central UCC was one of the main poll planks of the BJP. Draft UCC bill The Justice Awasthi-led commission worked on formulating a comprehensive draft bill on UCC since it was constituted in 2022, after a gap of four years. The panels tenure was later extended till August 31, 2024.
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Supreme Court takes suo motu cognizance of Allahabad HCs attempt to rape verdict
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is slated to hear Tuesday the matter where it had suo moto (on its own motion) stayed the Allahabad High Court judgment holding that grabbing breasts and breaking the pyjama string was not enough for charge of attempt to rape. As per the causelist published on the website of the []
NEW DELHI, Apr 13: The Supreme Court has refused to interfere with an order of the Allahabad High Court discarding the adoption deed of a man in a property dispute case, saying it was a calculated move to deny the daughters of their rightful inheritance of their fathers estate. The high court, which also apologised for over four decades of delay in deciding the question of the validity of the adoption deed filed in 1983, also said that the [] The post SC Dismisses Adoption Deed In Property Dispute, Says Meant To Oust Daughters From Rightful Inheritance appeared first on Daily Excelsior .
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Three-tier security for SP MP Suman as Karni Sena protest intensifies in Agra
LUCKNOW: The controversy triggered by Samajwadi Party Rajya Sabha MP Ramji Lal Suman over his objectionable remarks about Rajput king Rana Sanga refuses to die down. A large number of Karni Sena activists gathered in Agra and were likely to march to Sumans residence again on Saturday. As per the sources, the Karni Sena activists, around 80,000 in number, reached Agra to celebrate Rana Sangas birth anniversary on Saturday. The activists, brandishing swords and sticks, arrived in the City of Taj not only from UP but also Haryana, Rajasthan and Gujarat. Their number is likely to go up further, said the sources. The Sena sources added that prominent Rajput leaders, including Braj Bhushan Sharan Singh, Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya, Veer Pratap Singh and Sunny Singh, were also expected to join the congregation. Calling their gathering Rakt Swabhiman Sammelan, the Karni Sena activists assembled in a sprawling 50 bigha ground in Ram Garhi of Agra. Given the massive gathering, police and the district administration made tight security arrangements, with a three-layer security for the MP. Karni Sena national president Raj Shekhawat said, The programme is being held to express objections and expectations democratically. The government has given us the time at five o'clock for a meeting with the delegation to listen to their demands. We will hold the event within the discipline. Organising committee member Dheeraj Sikarwar said, This is a historic day when a message will be sent from Garhi Rami. In the wake of such a huge gathering, the district police also reached the venue. However, the cops had to face the anger of the agitated activists and they had to leave the place. The district police had put barricades at over 500 places to stop the march. Boulders were also placed at different locations on the road to restrict the movement of the Karni Sena activists. More than 10,000 PAC and police personnel were deployed across the Taj city and the drone monitoring continued the whole day. Moreover, Sumans residence had been converted into a chhavni (police camp) with the deployment of over 1,000 cops on the premises. The district authorities had sealed the one km stretch approaching Sumans residence. The SP MP had also deployed 10 bouncers for his personal security. Earlier on Thursday, the SP MP and his son Randhir Suman had moved Allahabad High Court seeking security in the wake of threats given by the Karni Sena and the incident of vandalism on his residence by Karni Sena activists on March 26. They had sought an apology from the MP while threatening to march again to Agra on April 12 in case Suman failed to comply. Rajput Karni Sena's national president Pratap Singh Kalvi, who had been camping in Agra for the last three days, said: Our demand letter is ready which includes the termination of membership of SP MP Ramjilal Suman, apology for the derogatory remarks made on Rashtraveer Rana Sanga, Bharat Ratna for the brave warrior, naming of Jewar Airport after Sanga, withdrawal of the cases registered against Karni Sena people and inclusion of Sanga's history in the curriculum. Significantly, the SP MP, on March 21, had said in Rajya Sabha that Indian Muslims did not consider Babur their ideal. They follow Muhammad Saheb and the Sufi tradition. However, I want to ask, who brought Babur here? It was Rana Sanga who invited Babur to defeat Ibrahim Lodhi. So, if thats the case, then Hindus must be descendants of traitor Sanga. We criticise Babur, but why do we not criticise Rana Sanga?, the MP had asked the upper house. Consequently, over a thousand Karni Sena activists had caused a ruckus outside the house of Samajwadi Party Rajya Sabha MP Ramji Lal Suman in Agra protesting his statement wherein he had called Rana Sanga a traitor. At the time of the incident, the RS MP was in Delhi attending the Parliament session. Moreover, a day after the protests at his residence by the Karni Sena activists in Agra, Ramji Lal Suman refused to apologise for his remarks on Rajput king Rana Sanga, saying one could not deny history.
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Informing the reason for arrest is a mandatory requirement under Article 22(1) of the Constitution and its violation will be a ground to grant bail even if statutory restrictions on giving bail exist, the Allahabad High Court has ruled.
The document also features a distinctive orbital genealogical seal signifying imperial authority, with the king's name, Abul Muzaffar Jalaluddin, at its center, surrounded by his predecessors' names.
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SP MP Ramji Lal Suman seeks protection from Allahabad HC after Rana Sanga remark sparks backlash
LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party Rajya Sabha MP Ramji Lal Suman, who recently sparked a major controversy by questioning the patriotic credentials of revered Rajput king Rana Sanga, has approached the Allahabad High Court seeking protection for himself and his family in the wake of widespread protests and threats. Suman, along with his son Randhir Suman, a former MLA, has filed a petition demanding central security and strict legal action against those who attacked his residence in Agra on March 26. The attack followed his remarks on Rana Sanga, in which he allegedly called the historic Rajput king a traitora statement that provoked widespread outrage among Rajput communities and organisations, most notably the Karni Sena. The plea, filed through senior advocates Imran Ullah and Vineet Vikram, also seeks a court-monitored fair investigation into the attack and legal safeguards against any future threats. The High Court is expected to hear the matter next week. According to the petition, the threats against the MP and his family have continued unabated even after the March 26 incident. The Karni Sena and other Rajput groups have been vocal in demanding a public apology from Suman. They have reportedly announced plans to march to Agra again on April 12 if their demands are not met. The controversy was triggered by a speech in Rajya Sabha on March 21, during which Suman stated that Indian Muslims did not consider Mughal emperor Babur their ideal, clarifying that they follow Prophet Muhammad and the Sufi tradition. However, in a controversial segue, he referred to Rana Sangas historical alliance with Babur against Ibrahim Lodi in the early 16th century and questioned Sangas patriotism. This remark led to a political firestorm and was seen as a direct insult to Rajput pride. Sumans statement has since been condemned by several Rajput leaders and right-wing outfits. Despite the backlash, he has stood by his comments and has not issued an apology . The matter has escalated tensions in Agra and neighbouring areas, prompting local police to heighten security around the MPs residence. Following the protests, Sumans son Randhir had got an FIR lodged against unidentified persons at Hariparvat police station.
Allahabad HC grants police protection to interfaith live-in couple, upholds their right to cohabit
The Allahabad High Court has granted police protection to an interfaith couple in a live-in relationship after their minor daughter reported threats from the mother's former in-laws. The court affirmed the couple's right to cohabitate, referencing Supreme Court judgments.
The Allahabad High Court's Lucknow bench has sentenced lawyer Ashok Pande to six months' imprisonment for contempt of court. The case stems from a 2021 incident where Pande appeared in court improperly dressed and allegedly misbehaved, even verbally abusing the judges. This isn't Pande's first offense; he was previously banned from court premises for similar conduct.
Allahabad High Court Grants Bail, Blames Rape Victim for 'Inviting Trouble' | Women In India
Breaking News: After pyjama remark, Allahabad HC delivers another shocker In a deeply controversial development, the Allahabad High Court has stirred fresh outrage by making another shocking remark while granting bail to a rape accused. The court stated that the survivor had invited trouble herself, sparking fierce backlash from legal experts, womens rights activists, and the public.This comes on the heels of the courts earlier controversial pyjama remark, where a judge suggested that certain clothing implied consentan observation that had already raised serious questions about judicial sensitivity in sexual violence cases. While granting bail to a rape accused, HC says the victim invited trouble. | @KuheenaSharma n18oc_india News18 Mobile App - https://onelink.to/desc-youtube
Adult parents entitled to live together even if not married: HC
Prayagraj: Observing that unmarried parents who have attained majority can live together, the Allahabad High Court has asked police to look into the security requirements of an interfaith couple facing threats. Hearing a writ petition filed by their minor daughter, a bench comprising Justice Shekhar B Saraf and Justice Vipin Chandra Dixit said, Father and Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News , Technology , Entertainment , Sports , Politics and Top Stories on WhatsApp & Telegram by subscribing to our channels. You can also download our app for Android and iOS .
The court observed that under the Constitutional scheme the parents, who are major, are entitled to live together, even if they have not undergone marriage.
Allahabad HC Sentences Lawyer To 6-Month Jail Term For Appearing Before Court In Unbuttoned Shirt
The bench also imposed a fine of Rs 2,000, with an additional one-month jail term in case of non-payment of fine.
HC sends lawyer to 6-month jail for unbuttoned shirt
The Allahabad High Court has sentenced local lawyer Ashok Pande to six-month imprisonment for contempt of court. The court found that Pande appeared in court without a lawyer's robe and with his shirt unbuttoned, and misbehaved with the judges, calling them goondas. The court also issued a show cause notice to Pande, questioning why he should not be barred from legal practice in the Allahabad High Court and its Lucknow bench.
Allahabad HC sentences lawyer to six-month jail term for court appearance in unbuttoned shirt
LUCKNOW: The Allahabad High Court has sentenced local lawyer Ashok Pande to six-month imprisonment in a 2021 contempt case for appearing in court without a lawyer's robe and with his shirt unbuttoned. A division bench comprising Justices Vivek Chaudhary and BR Singh said on Thursday that exemplary punishment is warranted given the seriousness of the charges, Pande's past conduct, and his refusal to participate in the proceedings. The bench also imposed a fine of Rs 2,000, with an additional one-month jail term in case of non-payment of fine. Pande has been given four weeks to surrender before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Lucknow. The bench also issued a show cause notice to Pande, questioning why he should not be barred from legal practice in the Allahabad High Court and its Lucknow bench. He has until May one to respond. The suo motu contempt proceedings began after Pande appeared in court on August 18, 2021, in improper attire and allegedly misbehaved with the judges, calling them goondas when his appearance was challenged and he was asked to leave. Despite multiple opportunities, Pande never responded to the contempt charges. The court also noted his history of prior contempt proceedings, including a two-year ban from the high court premises in 2017.
Lawyer gets 6 months in jail for appearing in Allahabad HC with unbuttoned shirt
Allahabad HC shocker: Rape victim 'invited trouble'
The Allahabad High Court granted bail to a rape accused. The court's reasoning stated the victim invited trouble. This ruling followed another controversial order regarding the definition of rape. The Supreme Court stayed the prior order due to lack of sensitivity. The defense argued the victim was intoxicated and willingly went to the accused's residence.
'Woman herself invited trouble': Allahabad HC grants bail to rape accused
The Allahabad High Court granted bail to a rape accused, citing the complainant's decision to go to his house after drinking as inviting trouble, a stance criticized given her status as an MA student supposedly aware of her actions.
Woman herself invited trouble, says Allahabad HC while granting bail to rape accused
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has granted bail to a rape accused, observing that the complainant herself invited trouble by agreeing to go to the applicants house after getting drunk, the news coming days after the Supreme Court intervened to stay an insensitive order passed by another HC justice in a rape attempt case. The []
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LUCKNOW: The Allahabad High Court has granted bail to a rape accused, observing that the rape survivor had herself invited trouble and was responsible for the alleged act of rape on her. The accused was arrested in December, 2024, for the alleged rape of the woman pursuing MA from Amity University, Noida campus, and has been in prison since then. The accused had met the young woman at a bar in Hauz Khas, Delhi. The survivor had alleged that the accused, whom she met at a bar, raped her twice at his relative's flat after she had agreed to go to his place to rest, as she, accompanied by both her girl and boy friends, got heavily intoxicated and needed support after consuming alcohol at the bar till 3 am. This court is of the view that even if the allegation of the victim is accepted as true, then it can also be concluded that she herself invited trouble and was also responsible for the same. Similar stand has been taken by the victim in her statement. In her medical examination, her hymen was found torn but doctor did not give any opinion about the sexual assault, Justice Sanjay Kumar Singh observed, while allowing the bail plea of the accused. The court held that as a student of post graduation, the victim was competent enough to understand the morality and significance of her act as disclosed by her in the first information report (FIR). Essentially, as per the victim's version, she, of her own volition, went to a bar in Delhi along with three female friends, where they consumed alcohol, due to which she became intoxicated. The victim further claimed that she remained at the bar until around 3 am and during her time there, the accused kept on insisting that she accompanied him to his house. As she was in need of support due to her condition, she agreed to go with him to rest. SC stays Allahabad HC's order on rape case, says observations depict total insensitiveness, inhuman approach However, she alleged that the accused touched her inappropriately on the way and instead of taking her to his residence in Noida, as she had expected, he took her to a relative's flat in Gurgaon, where he committed rape on her. While the incident allegedly took place on September 21, 2024, the victim got an FIR lodged in this connection on September 23,2024 at police station Sector -126 at Gautam Budh Nagar district. She got the named FIR lodged against the accused. Meanwhile, seeking bail in the case, the accused moved the Allahabad High Court, wherein, his counsel argued that even if all the allegations were taken to be true, it could be a case of consensual relationship between the parties concerned rather than being a case of rape. It was also argued that the accused, with no criminal record, had been in the jail since December 2024 and if granted a bail, he would not misuse the liberty of bail and would cooperate in the early disposal of the case. On the other hand, the additional government advocate for the state opposed the prayer for bail of the applicant in the light of the FIR, but he did not dispute the above mentioned factual aspect of the matter as argued on behalf of the applicant. Against the backdrop of these submissions, Justice Sanjay Singh in its order dated March 11, 2025, granted bail to the accused applicant Nischal Chandak while saying: Considering the facts and circumstances of the case as well as keeping in view the nature of the offence, evidence, complicity of the accused and submissions of the counsel for the parties, I am of the view that the applicant has made out a fit case for bail. Hence, the bail application is hereby allowed. Such a ruling has no place in society: Union WCD Minister Annapurna Devi on Allahabad HC order
Unmarried Major Parents Can Live Together: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has granted police protection to an interfaith live-in couple while it hears a plea by their minor daughter alleging threats from her mother's former in-laws.
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She herself invited trouble: Allahabad HC grants bail to rape accused
In a shocking judgement, the Allahabad High court while granting bail to a rape accused remarked the victim herself invited the trouble. The bench was hearing a September 2024 rape case that occurred in Delhis Hauz Khas area. The victim was a student at a Delhi college and had gone to a bar with her Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News , Technology , Entertainment , Sports , Politics and Top Stories on WhatsApp & Telegram by subscribing to our channels. You can also download our app for Android and iOS .
NEW DELHI: A Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna will hear on April 16 as many as 10 petitions, including the one filed by the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act , 2025. According to the apex court website, besides the CJI, Justices Sanjay Kumar and KV Viswanathan are part of the three-judge bench for hearing the petitions. In addition to AIMPLB's plea, the court has listed for hearing the petitions filed by AAP leader Amanatullah Khan, Association for the Protection of Civil Rights, Arshad Madani, Samastha Kerala Jamiathul Ulema, Anjum Kadari, Taiyyab Khan Salmani, Mohammad Shafi, Mohammed Fazlurrahim and RJD leader Manoj Kumar Jha. A few other petitions are yet to be listed before the bench by the apex court registry. The Centre, on April 8, filed a caveat in the apex court and sought a hearing before any order was passed in the matter. A caveat is filed by a party in the high courts and the apex court to ensure that no orders are passed without hearing it. The central government on Tuesday notified the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, which got the assent of President Droupadi Murmu on April 5 after its passage from Parliament following heated debates in both houses. The bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha with 128 members voting in favour and 95 opposing it. It was cleared by the Lok Sabha with 288 members supporting it and 232 against it. The Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), Congress MPs Imran Pratapgarhi and Mohammad Jawed are other key petitioners. On April 7, a bench headed by the CJI assured senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, to consider listing the petitions. The DMK moved the top court through its deputy general secretary A Raja and said in a press release, Despite widespread opposition, the Waqf Amendment Bill, 2025 was passed by the union government without proper consideration of the objections raised by the members of the JPC and the other stakeholders. The party said the immediate implementation of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 infringes and prejudices the rights of about 50 lakh Muslims in Tamil Nadu and 20 crore Muslims in other parts of the country. The AIMPLB filed the plea in the top court late April 6. In a press statement, SQR Ilyas, the AIMPLB spokesperson, said the petition strongly objected to the amendments passed by Parliament for being arbitrary, discriminatory and based on exclusion. The amendments, it said, not only violated the fundamental rights guaranteed under Articles 25 and 26 of the Constitution of India but also clearly revealed the government's intention to take complete control over the administration of Waqf, therefore, sidelining the Muslim minority from managing their own religious endowments. Articles 25 and 26 of the Constitution ensure freedom of conscience, the right to practice, propagate religion, and the right to establish and manage institutions for religious and charitable purposes, it said. The plea is settled by advocate M R Shamshad, with advocate-on-record Talha Abdul Rahman representing the Muslim personal law board, through its General Secretary Maulana Fazlur Raheem Mujaddidi. Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind also filed a petition in the apex court, claiming it was a dangerous conspiracy to strip Muslims of their religious freedom. In its petition, Jamiat said the law was a direct attack on the country's Constitution, which not only provides equal rights to its citizens but also grants them complete religious freedom. Waqf Bill: A direct attack on India's secular structure, say religious and legal experts In its separate plea filed in the top court, Samastha Kerala Jamiathul Ulema, a religious organisation of Sunni Muslim scholars and clerics in Kerala, has claimed the Act was a latant intrusion into the rights of a religious denomination to manage its own affairs in the matter of religion. Jawed's plea alleged the Act imposed arbitrary restrictions on Waqf properties and their management, undermining the Muslim community's religious autonomy. The petition, filed through advocate Anas Tanwir, said the law discriminated against the Muslim community by imposing restrictions that are not present in the governance of other religious endowments. In a separate plea, Owaisi said it took away from Waqfs various protection which are accorded to Waqfs, and Hindus, Jain and Sikh religious and charitable endowments alike. This diminishing of the protection given to Waqfs while retaining them for religious and charitable endowments of other religions constitutes hostile discrimination against Muslims and is violative of Articles 14 and 15 of the Constitution, which prohibit discrimination on the grounds of religion, said Owaisi's plea, filed through advocate Lzafeer Ahmad. NGO Association for the Protection of Civil Rights also filed a petition in the apex court challenging the constitutional validity of the Act. AAP MLA Khan sought the law declared as unconstitutional, being violative of Articles 14, 15, 21, 25, 26, 29, 30 and 300-A of the Constitution. The Supreme Court is also scheduled to hear on April 16, a batch of pleas relating to religious conversions. While some pleas have challenged the anti-conversion laws in several states, another petition has sought a relief against forced religious conversions. The April 16 causelist on the apex court website shows the matter would come up before a bench of Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justices Sanjay Kumar and K V Viswanathan. During the hearing in one of the pleas in January 2023, the apex court observed religious conversions was a serious issue and should not be given a political colour. It had sought the assistance of attorney general R Venkataramani on a plea seeking direction to the Centre and states to take stringent steps to control the alleged fraudulent religious conversions. The plea sought a check on religious conversions through intimidation, threatening, deceivingly luring through gifts and monetary benefits. The top court had in 2023 asked the parties challenging the anti-conversion laws of several states to file a common petition for the transfer of cases on the issue from the high courts to the apex court. It noted there were at least five such pleas efore the Allahabad High Court; seven before the Madhya Pradesh High Court; two each before the Gujarat and Jharkhand High Courts; three before the Himachal Pradesh and one each before Karnataka and Uttarakhand High Courts. There were also two separate petitions filed by the states of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh challenging the interim orders of the respective high courts staying certain provisions of their laws on conversion. Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind also moved the apex court against the anti-conversion laws of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, and argued they were enacted to harass interfaith couples and implicate them in criminal cases. The Muslim body said the provisions of all the local laws of the five states force a person to disclose their faith and, consequently, invade their privacy. 'Arbitrary, discriminatory and based on exclusion': AIMPLB moves SC against newly enacted Waqf law
The Allahabad High Court stated the rape victim herself invited trouble and was responsible for the crime against her, while granting bail to the accused.
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She Invited Trouble: Allahabad High Court Blames Rape Survivor While Granting Bail To Accused
Justice Sanjay Kumar Singh, while allowing bail to Nischal Chandak remarked that even if the womans allegations were accepted as true, it could still be concluded that she was also responsible for the incident.
Mother of minor victim moves SC against ruling by Allahabad High Court
The victim's mother has challenged the controversial Allahabad High Court ruling, which stated that grabbing a breast and pulling a pyjama's drawstring does not constitute rape. The Supreme Court stayed the ruling on March 26 and considered the petition filed by the complainant and Just Rights For Children Alliance. The case is now tagged with a suo motu case against the same decision.
HC's grabbing minor's breasts not attempt to rape ruling: SC asks complainant's name to be redacted
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the registry of the Allahabad High Court to redact the name of the complainant mother in the records in a case ofan alleged rape attempt in which the High Court made the controversial observations. The HC in its order on March 17, had observedthatacts of grabbing a child victim's breasts, breaking the string of her pyjama did not constitute the offence of rape or attempt to rape. When the case came up for hearing on Wednesdaybefore a two-judge bench of the apex court, led by Justice B R Gavai and Justice Augustine George Masih, senior lawyer H S Phoolka, appering for - Just Rights for Children Alliance,sought the plea to be tagged with the suo motu proceedings, which would be heard on April 15. Phoolka added that it was unfortunate that the HC had mentioned the name of the victim's mother, who is the complainant, and there are number of orders of this court that the name should be redacted to protect the victim and her family members. After hearing this, the bench of the top court allowed Phoolka's plea and said, the plea would be heard along with the suo motu proceedings. The top court also said, in the meantime, we directed the registry of the high court to redact the name of the victim's mother. Another plea -- of the survivor's mother - challenging the High Court's order was pending before the SC for disposal. On March 26, the top court stayed the HC order and said it reflected total insensitivity and inhuman approach. March 26, the Apex Court took a strong exception to the High Court's observations and called it a very serious matter. On March 25, theSupreme Court took suo motu cognisance (SMC) of the Allahabad HC's verdict and decided to hear the case in its ownThe suo motu case was titled by the SC as, 'In Re: Order dated 17.03.2025 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad in a Criminal Revision and Ancillary Issues'. Indian judiciary holds a unique power known as SMC (On its own motion), which allows courts to take up matters on their own initiative, without any formal petition or complaint being filed. The SC's stand on taking SMC reflects the judiciarys proactive stance in safeguarding the rights of individuals and maintaining the rule of law. The Allahabad High Court's single judge, JusticeRam Manohar Narayan Mishra, hadmade the controversial observations on March 17 while modifying a summoning order. As per the prosecution, the accused, Pawan and Akash, allegedly grabbed the breasts of an 11-year-old victim. Thereafter, one of them broke the string of herpyjamaand attempted to drag her beneath a culvert and allegedly tried to rape her. But due to the intervention of passers-by, they couldn't proceed further. Hearing the case, the trial court in Uttar Pradesh slappedSection 376 (attempt to commit rape) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) along with Section 18 of the POCSO Act and issued a summoning order under these provisions. But the accused duo moved the HC challenging the summoning orders against them. Justice Mishra, in the ruling said,the allegation against accused Pawan and Akash is that they grabbed the breasts of the victim and Akash tried to bring down lower garment of the victim and for that purpose they had broken string of her lower garments and tried to drag her beneath the culvert, but due to intervention of witnesses they left the victim and fled away from the place of incident. This fact is not sufficient to draw an inference that the accused persons had determined to commit rape on victim as apart from these facts no other act is attributed to them to further their alleged desire to commit rape on the victim, he said. The High Court had altered the charges against the two accused, who were originally summoned to stand trial under Section 376 of the IPC and Section 18 (Punishment for attempt to commit an offence) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The HC in its order noted and observed that there was no material on record to suggest that the accused had a determined intent to commit rape on the victim.
Victims mother moves Supreme Court against AllahabadHigh Court order on rape attempt
The top court had remarked the order of the High Court was totally insensitive, inhuman and unknown to the tenets of law
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Allahabad University Time Table 2025 Declared @ allduniv.ac.in Details Here
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MNNIT Allahabad Junior Research Fellow Recruitment 2025 - Apply Offline for 01 Posts Before April 18
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad (MNNIT Allahabad) has released an official notification for the recruitment of 01 Junior Research Fellow posts. Interested and eligible candidates can apply Offline through the official MNNIT Allahabad website. The last date to submit the application form is 18-04-2025.
