AIBE XV result will be announced by the All India Bar Examination on its official website by the third week of March. Once announced, candidates can check their results from the official website of AIBE. The All India Bar Examination conducted the AIBE XV exam on January 24, 2021. The information regarding the result announcement available on the official website reads “The result for AIBE-XV held on 24th January 2021 would be uploaded in the 3rd week of March 2021.”The AIBE XV answer key for the January exam was released on January 30. Candidates were given time till February 7 to raise objections against the answer key.

7 hours ago

The Supreme Court granted interim protection from arrest to Amazon Prime Video's India Commercial Head Aparna Purohit. An FIR was registered by UP Police over alleged hurting of religious sentiments by the series Tandav, which stars Saif Ali Khan, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Mohammad Zeeshan Ayyub, Dimple Kapadia, and Kumud Mishra, among others. the Bench also granted relief to the commercial head of Amazon Prime Video, Aparna Purohit by directing the Uttar Pradesh police to not arrest her in the case registered against her in Greater Noida amid controversy over the web series 'Tandav'. The top court said Purohit's protection from arrest will be subject to her cooperating with the investigation and appearing before the police as and when summoned. The Bench while hearing the issue of OTT platforms told Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appearing for the Centre, "We have received the rules you (government) have filed. These rules don't have any teeth. There is no provision for prosecution. They are just guidelines. A bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan and R Subhash Reddy observed that the protection from arrest will be subject to the petitioner cooperating with the investigation and appearing before the police as and when summoned.

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The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), which has been probing a drug-related angle in the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, filed a length charge sheet in front of a special NDPS court. The charge sheet names 33 accused, including Rhea Chakraborty, and contains the statement of 200 witnesses. The hard copy contains over 12,000 pages and the digital format is around 50,000-pages. The case was registered in August after the Enforcement Directorate shared private WhatsApp chats allegedly on sourcing drugs between actor Rhea Chakraborty, her brother Show Chakraborty, and some of Sushant Singh Rajput's staff. All of them were accused by the agency of procuring and supplying drugs for the late actor. While Rhea, Show,ik a, and Sushant Singh Rajput's staff — Samuel Miranda, Deepesh Sawant — are all out on bail, the agency arrested over 30 people in connection with this and several are in custody at present.

Yesterday

The Supreme Court issued a notice on the petition filed by the Enforcement Directorate challenging the bail granted to M Sivasankar IAS, former Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister of Kerala, by the Kerala High Court in the gold smuggling case. Mr. Sivasankar was arrested on October 28 after his anticipatory bail petition was rejected by the Kerala High Court. The case pertains to the smuggling of gold through diplomatic channels in Kerala. It had come to light after 30 kg of gold worth ₹14.82 crores smuggled in a consignment camouflaged as diplomatic baggage was busted by the Customs in Thiruvananthapuram on July 5, 2019. The ED, the National Investigation Agency and the Customs Department are all probing the case Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, appearing for the Enforcement directorate sought a stay of the judgment, The Supreme court bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan and R Subhash Reddy and refused to stay on the high court judgment and rejected the Plea by ED

Yesterday

A man in Uttar Pradesh, who was convicted of rape, spent more than two decades in jail only to be found innocent. Vishnu Tiwari was 23-year-old when a trial court found him guilty of raping a woman and sentenced him to life imprisonment. It happened in 2000. After 20 long years, the Allahabad High Court has declared Vishnu Tiwari innocent and he will be released from jail soon. Vishnu, a school dropout, li in with his father and two brothers in Lalitpur village. He used to do odd jobs to help his family financially. In September 2000, a woman from Scheduled Caste, who lived in Silwanawan village, alleged that Vishnu had raped her. Police booked him for rape, criminal intimidation, and sexual exploitation of an SC woman. A trial court found him guilty and he was awarded life imprisonment. a division bench of Justices Kaushal Jayendra Thaker and Gautam Chaudhary declared him innocent. The high court’s judgment was based on the observations that the FIR had been lodged three days late and there were no injuries on the private parts of the woman. The judges also noted that there “was a motive on the part of complainant that there a was a land dispute between the parties.

2 days ago

Common cause society filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Supreme Court seeking the appointment of a regular director to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The plea has said a proper appointment as per the statutory law was necessary for upholding the rule of law. The Common Cause society has moved the Supreme Court seeking the appointment of a regular Director of CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation), by Section 4A of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946. The PIL also opposes the appointment of Mr. Praveen Sinha as an interim/acting CBI Director, after the expiry of the term of the last incumbent viz. Mr. Rishi Kumar Shukla on February 2 this year

2 days ago

The Supreme Court, while hearing a PIL against former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah, said that holding an opinion different from that of the government in power was not sedition. The court also dismissed the petition filed against the politician from Kashmir. PIL filed against the National Conference leader was against his remarks on the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019. It also alleged that Abdullah sought help from Pakistan and China against India on the issue. The plea filed by Rajat Sharma and Dr. Neh Srivastava alleged that Abdullah made a live statement that for restoring Article 370, he would take help from China. They further alleged that the former CM is trying to "hand over" Kashmir to China and thus, he should be prosecuted for Sedition under Section 124A of IPC. A Bench comprising of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hemant Gupta dismissed the case after the Petitioners failed to substantiate the above allegations. The Bench also imposed a fine of Rs. 50,000/-on the Petitioners for making such claims

3 days ago

A Delhi court granted bail to a man in a case related to the violence on Republic Day during farmers' tractor parade against the Centre's three new Farm Laws, saying no specific role has been assigned to him. The court said the accused was not alleged to have attempted to kill or hurt the police personnel deployed. The bail was granted by Additional Sessions Judge, Amitabh Rawat subject to the furnishing of a personal bond of Rs. 15,000 with one local surety of like amount. The Court observed that "The ground of bail calls for balancing the paramount right of the individual i.e. right to liberty on one hand and right of the investigating agency to investigate."

4 days ago

Kangana Ranaut has filed a transfer petition in Supreme Court seeking a transfer of numerous criminal cases registered against her, from Maharashtra to Himachal Pradesh. The news came in the wake of two judgments where she failed to receive relief in Mumbai and Karnataka. The actor and her sister Rangoli Chandel, who is also an accused in one of the cases, reportedly alleged that the cases against them were 'frivolous' and done with an intention to 'malign' Kangana Ranaut and Rangoli Chandel had also claimed that there was a threat to their life and property, while highlighting the controversial razing of her property by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation in September, a matter which is in court. On Monday, a Mumbai metropolitan court had issued a bailable warrant against Kangana Ranaut over her failure to make an appearance in a defamation case filed by lyricist-writer Javed Akhtar. The summons is returnable on March 22. Akhtar had alleged that Kangana had made 'baseless comments' against him in an interview that 'damaged' his reputation.

4 days ago

A petition filed in the Supreme Court seeking direction to the Centre and state governments to establish a Transgender Welfare Board to address the social welfare issues of transgender persons. The petition filed by Kinner Maa Ek Samajik Sanstha Trust through its President, Salma Umar Khan Sakerker, also sought a direction to appoint a standing committee comprising Station House Officers and human rights and social activists to promptly investigate reports of gross abuses by the police against a transgender person. Transgender people should be treated with the same dignity and respect as anyone else and be able to live and be respected, according to their gender identity, but these people often face serious discrimination and mistreatment at work, school, and in their families and communities, stated the plea filed through advocates CR JayaSukin and Narender Verma. The petition said that transgender people are deprived of social and cultural participation and hence they have restricted access to education, health care, and public places which further deprives them of the Constitutional guarantee of equality before the law and equal protection of laws.

4 days ago

The Awadh Bar Association has moved the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court, seeking the establishment of the GST Appellate Tribunal at Lucknow, and not Allahabad. The Petition has been filed by the Association’s General Secretary Sharad Pathak through Advocate Prafulla Tiwari. The Petition finds its genesis from various conflicting orders passed by the High Court at Allahabad and that at Lucknow, for the establishment of the GST Appellate Tribunal in those respective cities. In August 2018, the GST Council had sought the State Government's recommendation for the establishment of a State Bench and Area Benches of the Tribunal. In February 2019, the UP Government recommended for State Bench at Lucknow and 20 Area Benches in different cities. Thereafter, several orders were passed by the two High Court Benches leading to a tussle as t where the State bench of the GS Tribunal should be established.

4 days ago

Actor Kangana Ranaut has moved the Karnataka High Court seeking to quash an FIR registered against her for her tweet on farmers opposing the farm laws. The Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) court directed the inspector of Kyathasandra police station to register an FIR against Ranaut based on a complaint by lawyer L Ramesh Naik, according to news agency PTI. The court said Naik had applied to section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) for investigation. “The office is hereby directed to issue intimation to the circle police inspector of Kyathasandra police station along with (a) photostat copy of the complaint about the report. The plea alleged that the above content posted by the accused in her Twitter account has a clear intention to injure the people who are opposing the Farmers Bills, wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riots and promote the culture of non-violence in the young minds of society. Further, it was alleged that the tweet may lead to a collision between different groups

5 days ago