🚨Gyanvapi case | #VaranasiCourt to resume hearing on the plea challenging maintainability of the suit filed by 5 Hindu women for performance of all rituals of Hindu deities within the Gynavapi complex. #GyanvapiHearing#Gyanvapi
Hearing before the court of District and Sessions Judge Dr. AK Vishvesha was scheduled to take place at 2pm, however, a delay was caused due to unknown reasons. #gyanvapi
Hearing starts. Counsel for the Muslim side is to place his legal arguments against the maintainability of the suit. #gyanvapi#gyanvapihearing
Media entry is barred inside the courtroom as earlier hearings, however, the security has been beefed up. Appx 7-8 SI and more than 50 police constables are present inside the court premises today. #gyanvapi#gyanvapihearing
Counsel for the Muslim side is continuing his arguments. On the last date of hearing, after finishing up reading the plaint by Hindu side, he had told media that he will submit legal points, rulings to establish that suit by Hindu side is not maintainable. #gyanvapihearing
Today's hearing concludes. Muslim side has completed its arguments. Next date fixed for tomorrow, July 13th.
Adv. Vishnu Shankar Jain, appearing for the Hindu devotees, briefs media about their objections to the arguments raised by opposite parties. #gyanvapi#gyanvapihearing
Muslim side has concluded its argument including factual as well as legal points. In legal points, they relied upon the Places of Worship Act, Waqf Act, and other laws to state that the instant suit is not maintainable:Adv. Anupam Dwivedi informs #gyanvapihearing
From Hindu side, plaintiff number 2 to 5 started their arguments today which will resume tomorrow at 2 pm. Regarding Places of Worship Act, it's their contention that ascertaining religious character of place is barred nowhere: Adv. Anupam Dwivedi #gyanvapihearing
Supreme Court to shortly hear YouTuber and podcaster Ranveer Allahabadia aka 'BeerBiceps' plea over multiple FIRs filed against him for controversial remarks on the YouTube show 'India's Got Latent'.
Court had earlier in February granted interim relief to Allahabadia.
🗳️ One Nation, One Election — the big debate unfolds at Delhi High Court today!
Union Ministers, senior jurists & legal minds come together to discuss the future of India’s democracy. 🇮🇳⚖️
#OneNationOneElection
@byadavbjp @arjunrammeghwal @HiteshJ1973
Lawbeat’s @SukritiMishra12 with insights
Hitesh Jain, Member Law Commission of India: The simultaneous election (also known as One Nation One Election) is not a debate that has started recently. Why it matters today?…Everybody is aware of the cost that goes in, for each election. For the fairness of elections; the opposition parties should welcome this, instead of opposing it. Parties get a level playing field.
Delhi High Court hears plea by UK-based arms consultant Sanjay Bhandari challenging a trial court order declaring him a “fugitive economic offender.”
Bench: Justice Neena Bansal Krishna
Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, representing Sanjay Bhandari, read out the extradition warrant issued against his client. According to his submission, the warrant stood executed on 8 July 2021.
Sibal refers to Section 4 of the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act, 2018 (FEOA).
Sr Adv Kapil Sibal for Bhandari: They claim to have reason to believe that I owe tax of more than Rs 100 crores. However, in the impugned order itself, you will find that sometimes the amount is shown as less than Rs 100 crores and sometimes as more; they are not even sure.
Supreme Court to hear a plea by cartoonist Hemant Malviya, accused of drawing a caricature showing the Rashtriya Swayam Sewak (RSS) and Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in an undignified manner.
Bench: Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice NV Anjaria
In July the Court had granted anticipatory bail to the Cartoonist. Malviya had also tendered an apology, through his Counsel, Advocate Vrinda Grover for the posts and stated that he would delete the same.
Matter taken up.
Advocate Vrinda Grover appears for Hemant Malviya.
Grover: In conformity with the earlier order, i have placed the apology both in English translation that would be on record. I’ve also served the other side. I want to supplement it with a statement that I’m making. I am not very advected to technology either.
A plea by Kerala Governor, in his capacity as Chancellor of APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, challenging HC order that upheld quashing of two temporary VC appointments made by the former Governor.
The Court is to finalise names for Select Committee to appoint regular VC today.
Matter taken up.
Senior Advocate Jaideep Gupta appears for the State.
Attorney General is in his legs in another court.
J. Pardiwala: Are all the lists ready?
Sr Adv Gupta hands over a list of 4 members by State of Kerala for the appointment of search committee. He informs the Bench that here only 2 Universities are concerned.
Delhi High Court to hear today plea by MP Abdul Rashid Sheikh alias Engineer Rashid challenging trial court’s order directing him to bear travel expenses as condition for custody parole to attend Parliament.
A division bench of Justice Vivek Chaudhary and Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani to hear the matter.