The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court’s Division Bench upheld militant Mushtaq Ahmad Malla’s life sentence from Additional Sessions Judge Handwara. The Handwara Police Station received information on 22.12.2005 that two militants had shot and killed Tariq Ahmad Malik, the son of Abdul Qayoom Malik from Guloora, indiscriminately at Adoura. Sections 302 of the …
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On Monday, the Supreme Court declined to overturn an Allahabad High Court ruling from November 2017 ordering the evacuation of a mosque from its grounds. Waqf Masjid High Court was the petitioner, and a bench of Justices MR Shah and CT Ravikumar allowed the parties three months to comply with the judgement while allowing the …
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The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) investigation report into the 2019 Jamia Millia Islamia violence case, in which police officers allegedly barged onto the Jamia campus in Delhi and beat up students who were protesting the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens, has been ordered to be submitted by the Delhi Police …
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A Constitution bench of five judges will hear the Supreme Court’s request to recognise same-sex unions, the court announced on Monday. On April 18, the Court scheduled the case for hearing and stated that the case would be treated as a constitutional case. The Central Government has opposed the Supreme Court petitions that were filed …
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Srinagar – The Court of Second Additional District & Sessions Judge in Srinagar has acquitted the accused, Tariq Ahmad Wangnoo, in a high-profile rape and sexual assault case. The accused was represented by lawyer Irfan Rashid, who successfully defended him against charges under FIR NO 48/2015, including section 376 and other enabling sections. The case, which …
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On Thursday, the government announced that it has appointed the Administrative Secretary of the Department of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs to serve as the Nodal Officer for all cases pertaining to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir before the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). In reference to the communiqués that were received from …
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According to the Court, this authorised signatory is not a “drawer” of the check under the Negotiable Instruments Act and cannot be ordered to pay the plaintiff interim damages. According to a recent ruling by the Bombay High Court, a person who is authorised by a business to sign checks on that business’ behalf is …
The government has changed the rules of the anti-money laundering law to make it mandatory for banks and other financial institutions to record the financial transactions of people who are politically exposed (PEP).
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