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Aug 28 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
Delhi High Court to hear today Centre’s objection to the maintainability of a plea filed by banned organisation Popular Front of India (PFI) challenging the UAPA Tribunal’s order upholding the five-year ban imposed by the Central Government.
The matter is listed before a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela.
Aug 25 • 11 tweets • 1 min read
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.
Aug 21 • 15 tweets • 5 min read
🗳️ 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
Aug 21 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
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).
Aug 19 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
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.
Aug 18 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
Shortly before Supreme Court-
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.
Aug 18 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
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.
Aug 18 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Supreme Court to hear a bail plea filed by former West Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee in a multi crore cash for jobs scam case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation.
Bench: Justice MM Sundresh and Justice NK Singh
Senior Advocate Siddharth Mridul appears for Dr. Subires Bhattacharyya, another accused in the same case.
Mridul: I have been in custody for over 3 yrs. There is no cognisance taken because they have yet to grant sanction.
ASG SV Raju appears for CBI, argues “This is very serious.”
Aug 14 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Supreme Court hears West Bengal Migrant Workers Welfare Board v. Union of India.
Advocate Prashant Bhushan alleges authorities are randomly detaining Bengali Muslims as “Bangladeshis,” only to later verify they are Indian citizens.
Bench: Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi
Some deported individuals were brought back after verification, Bhushan says, highlighting arbitrary enforcement and human rights concerns.
Justice Kant questions the issue: If documents are in Bangla, verification may take time, but the state argues ownership and jurisdiction matter.
Bhushan counters: Citizens should not be detained; verification can happen without restricting freedom. Court examines legality and procedure.
Aug 13 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Delhi High Court hears bail plea of Unnao rape convict Kuldeep Singh Sengar.
Bench: Justice Ravinder Dudeja
Senior counsel appearing for Sengar: His conduct has been satisfactory...
Court: So all co-accused were granted bail?
Senior counsel for Sengar: Yes mylords. My application was dismissed earlier seeking suspension of sentence. I have attached it. That was my first application...
Aug 11 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Delhi High Court to hear the NIA’s plea seeking enhancement of terrorist Yasin Malik’s life sentence to the death penalty in a terror funding case.
A bench of Justices Vivek Chaudhary and Shalinder Kaur will hear.
Aug 11 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Delhi High Court to hear TMC MP Mahua Moitra’s plea challenging a Delhi Police FIR over her social media post allegedly criticising NCW Chairperson Rekha Sharma.
Bench: Justice Ravinder Dudeja
Moitra had commented over Shram after a video was posted showing her at the site of a recent stampede in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras. In the video, an assistant was holding an umbrella over Sharma while it rained. To this, Journalist Nidhi Razdan reacted asking: “Why can’t she carry her own umbrella?”.
Criticizing Sharma’s presence at the stampede site, Moitra replied to Razdan's comment stating, "She is too busy holding up her boss's pyjamas."
@MahuaMoitra @Nidhi
Aug 8 • 7 tweets • 1 min read
BANKE BIHARI CORRIDOR
Supreme Court hears petition challenging Uttar Pradesh Shri Bankey Bihari Ji Temple Trust Ordinance, 2025, which seeks to regulate temple management and development in Vrindavan.
SC: We will modify the part of order of our coordinate bench as much as it affects the petitioners, and we will allow you to approach the HC against the Ordinance.
Aug 8 • 8 tweets • 1 min read
#DelhiHighCourt to hear today UK-based arms consultant Sanjay Bhandari’s plea challenging a trial court order declaring him a “fugitive economic offender."
Justice Neena Bansal Krishna is hearing the matter.
Jul 31 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Supreme Court to hear first, the issue of maintainability of petitions challenging its 2022 decision in Vijay Madanlal vs Union of India, wherein provisions of PMLA were upheld, on September 6.
Supreme Court today took up the batch of review petitions challenging its 2022 verdict.
ASG Raju: They cannot ask this court to sit in appeal.
Sr Adv Kapil Sibal: We have given a set of issues..
Jul 10 • 50 tweets • 7 min read
🚨 Delhi High Court to shortly hear pleas seeking an urgent stay on the release of the film Udaipur Files, alleging that the film promotes communal hatred and violates certification norms under the Cinematograph Act, 1952.
The film, based on the 2022 murder of Udaipur tailor Kanhaiya Lal, is slated for release on July 11, 2025. Lal was brutally murdered by Mohammad Riyaz Attari and Ghaus Mohammad by slitting his throat.
May 20 • 36 tweets • 9 min read
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#SupremeCourt to hear a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of Waqf Amendment Act, 2025.
Bench: CJI BR Gavai & Justice AG Masih
#WaqfAmendmentAct #WaqfBoard #Waqf
Matter taken up.
Jul 29, 2024 • 17 tweets • 2 min read
#BreakingNews
#DelhiHighCourt to hear @ArvindKejriwal bail application in the case filed against him by @CBIHeadquarters concerning #liquorpolicyscam
Justice Neena Bansal Krishna to preside over the matter.
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@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.
May 9, 2024 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
#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
May 7, 2024 • 42 tweets • 6 min read
#SupremeCourt to continue hearing #ArvindKejriwal's plea challenging ED arrest and remand in #liquorscamcase
Court will also consider the question of interim bail owing to ongoing #elections
Bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta takes up the matter.
Additional Solicitor General SV Raju and Senior Advocate AM Singhvi are present before court.
#ArvindKejriwal #SupremeCourt
Apr 9, 2024 • 21 tweets • 3 min read
#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.