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A 44-year-old advocate jumps off Saket court building in Delhi

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Dead body of a lawyer was found in the Saket Court complex parking on Monday night after he allegedly jumped from the lawyers’ chamber. The lawyer who is deceased was identified as 44-year-old Om Kumar Sharma by the Delhi Police. The police said that prima facie looks like a suicide as a note has also been found. As per the information available, deceased Om Kumar Sharma was suffering from a liver ailment and left a suicide note at the spot. Police received call around 8 pm about the incident afetr the staff at the Saket court saw an advocate jump from the lawyer’s chambers. DCP (South) Ankit Chauhan,said that the police rushed to the spot where the lawyer  was lying near the parking area.” The DCP informed that on Monday evening, the deceased went to a hospital with his wife and later came to court. He left his wife at the main gate and went inside. Around 20-30 minutes later, his wife found out about the incident. Further investigation is still on, the police added. The pos
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Delhi High Court imposes Rs 10,000 cost on petitioner, says gag order only to be passed in case of threat to fair trial

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The Delhi High Court has imposed a cost of Rs 10,000 on a petitioner seeking gag orders against Hindustan Times and Dainik Jagran, stating that a gag order should be passed only when it became absolutely necessary for the fairness of a trial. The single-judge Bench of Justice Subramonium Prasad observed that just because a publication was mentioning the court proceedings, it could not be concluded that it was affecting a fair trial. The court has to carefully see the nature of the publication and find out whether the content of the publication will cause prejudice to the trial or not. It said prejudice by a publication could be divided into two categories, one which threatened to impair the courts impartiality and the other which prejudiced the court’s ability to determine true facts. The single-judge Bench imposed cost of Rs 10,000 on petitioner Ajay Kumar, who sought directions against Hindustan Times and Dainik Jagran to conceal his identity while circulating news or any article
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Delhi High Court tells ex-business partner of cricketer MS Dhoni to spell out allegations against media houses

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Cricketer MS Dhoni’s former business partner Mihir Diwakar and Diwakar’s wife Soumya Das have been asked by the Delhi High Court to clearly state the allegations against media houses who have defamed them after the cheating complaint against them by Dhoni. The order was passed by the bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh after ANI news agncy advocate Siddhant Kumar appeared argued that the platform only reported the fact that a complaint had been filed by Dhoni against Diwakar and Das. ANI counsel advocate Kumar further said that the defamation case filed by Diwakar and Das is not maintainable before Delhi High Court since all the events in relation to the complaint happened at Ranchi. The Court adjourned the case to April 3. The High court was approached by Diwakar and his wife Soumya Das (plaintiffs) for stopping Dhoni and people acting on his behalf from making defamatory allegations against them in relation to an alleged breach of a 2017 contract. On 18th January,the Delhi High C
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Supreme Court extends time for Maharashtra Speaker to decide on disqualification plea against NCP Ajit Pawar faction till Feb 15

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The Supreme Court today extended the time for the Maharashtra Speaker Rahul Narwekar to decide the disqualification petitions lodged by the Sharad Pawar faction against the Ajit Pawar faction of the Nationalist Congress Party.  A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Mishra agreed to extend the time till February 15, 2024.  Earlier on October 30, the apex court had directed the Maharashtra Speaker to decide as per the tenth schedule of the Constitution by January 31, 2024. Two days before the expiry of the deadline, the Speaker approached the top court seeking three weeks additional time.  Solicitor General Tushar Mehta stated that since the Speaker was occupied with deciding the disqualification petition filed over the Shiv Sena rift, he is not in a position to comply with the given timeline. The Solicitor General said that the proceedings are otherwise over and the Speaker realistically requires three more weeks to dictate the orde
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Supreme Court transfers caste certificate scam case to itself, refuses to comment on clash between Calcutta High Court judges

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Taking suo motu cognisance of the clash between two sitting judges of the Calcutta High Court over the case relating to the caste certificate scam, the Supreme Court on Monday transferred all proceedings concerning the case from the High Court to itself. The order was passed by the Bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Justice BR Gavai, Justice Surya Kant and Justice Aniruddha Bose. Without commenting on the rift between Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay and Justice Soumen Sen of the Calcutta High Court, the Apex Court observed that any such comment would affect the dignity of the High Court’s proceedings. The Bench directed transfer of all proceedings in the writ petition filed under Article 226 and the letters patent appeal to the Supreme Court, stating that it would deal with the case now. Various senior counsels, who were present in the Court, raised incidental concerns before the bench. Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the State of West
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Delhi mayor Shelly Oberoi moves Supreme Court seeking directions to allow corporation to perform standing committee duties

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Shelly Oberoi, mayor of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has moved a petition before the Supreme Court seeking directions to ensure that the functioning of MCD Standing Committee is permitted to be exercised by the MCD corporation, till the committee can be properly and legally constituted.  In the petition, Shelly Oberoi mentioned that the Supreme Court on May 17, 2023 reserved its judgement on whether the Lieutenant Governor (LG) of Delhi can nominate aldermen to the MCD without the aid and advice of Delhi government.  The petition noted that under the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act (DMC Act), the ten nominated persons (aldermen) are entitled to vote in elections for the appointment of twelve out of eighteen seats in the Standing Committee. Hence, on account of the pendency of the decision on the legality of the aldermen nominations, the Standing Committee could not be constituted. Shelly Oberoi further contended that such case pendency before the Supreme Court has broug
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PM Modi says Supreme Court strengthened India’s vibrant democracy

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the Supreme Court has strengthened the vibrant democracy of Bharat in the past 75 years by protecting the individual rights of citizens and their freedom of speech, giving a new direction to the socio-political scenario of the country. Attending the Diamond Jubilee celebrations at the Additional Building Complex of the Apex Court, the Prime Minister said that every organisation of the country was working with the aim of developing itself in the next 25 years, when Bharat will complete 100 years of independence. Mr Modi said today’s economic policies will form the basis of a bright future for India and today’s laws will strengthen the future of the country, adding that the judgements delivered by the top court of the country in the next 25 years will play a crucial role in India’s transformation by 2047. He said the whole world was looking at India, it was important for India to take advantage of every opportunity, adding that major reform
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