🚨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
@ArvindKejriwal @CBIHeadquarters Special Counsel DP Singh, appearing for CBI: Kejriwal is the 'sutradhaar' of the entire excise scam. I will show facts proving the same.
@ArvindKejriwal @CBIHeadquarters Singh: the investigation would have been incomplete without Kejriwal's arrest. Within 1 month of his arrest, CBI filed a chargesheet, therefore showing that the investigation had reached the advanced stage.
#BREAKING Bareilly Court delivers historic verdict, sentencing a woman to 4.5 years in prison for false testimony and false rape accusations. Court justifies sentence, matching it to accused man's time served
"It is highly objectionable to use police and court as medium to achieve one's illegal objective," court said emphasizing fair treatment for both genders
Court also orders the girl to pay Rs. 5,88,822, equivalent to UP government's prescribed unskilled laborer wages, as fine to falsely accused man
#BREAKING_NEWS
The Bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, Delhi High Court to deliver the verdict on the petition of Arvind Kejriwal.
#ArvindKejiwal #ArvindKejriwalArrest #LiquorScamCase @aap @ArvindKejriwal @dir_ed
The Chief Minister of Delhi had challenged his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate concerning the liquor excise policy scam. To read details - ()lawbeat.in/top-stories/ex…
The court is yet to assemble. Meanwhile, Additional Solicitor General (ASG) SV Raju and Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi have arrived.
Justice expounds on the issues and contentions in the petition.
The court is of the opinion, that several statements recorded by ED are statements of the approver. The statement of Raghav Magunta was recorded by an authorized officer.
#SupremeCourtOfIndia's detailed order on STAYING #AllahabadHighCourt decision of striking down #madarsa Act notes that State does have a legitimate public interest in ensuring that students should receive qualitative education so that they can have a dignified existence.
SC: If the PIL's purpose is to ensure that secular education is provided in Madarsas, suitable directions may be issued to ensure that students are not deprived of the quality of education that is made available by the State in other institutions.
#MadarsaACT #SupremeCourtOfIndia
SC: High Court's view that the statutory Board constituted under the Madarsa Act would amount to a breach of the principles of secularism appears to conflate the concept of Madarsa education....
Prominent lawyers including Harish Salve, Manan Kumar Mishra, Adish Aggarwala, Chetan Mittal, Pinky Anand, Hitesh Jain, Ujjwala Pawar, Uday Holla, Swaroopama Chaturvedi have written to #CJIChandrachud expressing concern over attempts to undermine the judiciary’s integrity.
As per the letter, pressure tactics of this group is most obvious in political cases, particularly those involving political figures accused of corruption.
"These tactics are damaging to our courts and threaten our democratic fabric..", CJI has been told.
Saying that a “My way or the highway” approach is at work, the lawyers have stated that any decision the 'vested interest group' agrees with is hailed but any decision they disagree with is trashed, smeared and disregarded.