No legal compulsion to get COVID-19 vaccination, Centre tells SC, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

The Centre clarified to the Supreme Court that there was no legal compulsion to get a vaccination for COVID-19.In an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court, the Centre submitted that the concept of informed consent is inapplicable to the voluntary use of a drug such as a vaccine. "While the...

NIA court sentences 5 JeM terrorists to life imprisonment, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

New Delhi [India], November 28 (ANI): A Special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Monday sentenced life imprisonment to five terrorists of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) for recruiting and training youth across the country for terror activities in India.Special Judge Shailender Malik on Monday sentenced five named Sajjad Ahmed Khan, Bilal Ahmed...

18 years on, HC frees lifer, says he committed murder as juvenile, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

Eighteen years after a man was convicted of murder and awarded life imprisonment, the Delhi high court has now found he was a juvenile at the time of committing the offence and set aside his life imprisonment. However, it held him guilty of the crime.The court noted the accused had...

Delhi HC asks Telegram to disclose identity of those sharing Dainik Jagran’s e-paper, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

The Delhi High Court has directed instant messaging application Telegram to comply with its 2020 order asking it to disclose the Basic Subscriber Information of the users involved in unauthorisedly uploading and sharing the ePaper (PDF) -- which can be accessed only after subscription -- of Dainik Jagran newspaper for...

Consensual sex with married woman on false promise of marriage no ground for rape, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

The Kerala High Court has ruled that consensual sex with a married woman on the basis of false promise of marriage will not amount to rape since such a promise is not enforceable under law.The court recently gave this ruling in a case where it was considering a petition filed...

‘SC Registry, NIC lack technical, infrastructure wherewithal to live stream proceedings without third party applications’, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

The Supreme Court and the National Informatics Centre (NIC) currently do not have “sufficient technical and infrastructure wherewithal” to live-stream court proceedings without third party applications, the top court registry has said in reply to the plea of former RSS ideologue K N Govindacharya.The top court had on October 17...

HC to Pondi govt, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

The Madras High Court has directed the Puducherry administration to scrupulously adhere to rules and regulations while making appointments in government and public sector undertakings (PSUs). The court was disposing of a writ petition from R Iyyasamy, an unemployed youth, who had alleged that illegal appointments were made through the...

Delhi HC sets aside order obstructing inter country adoption of abandoned minor child, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

The Delhi High court on Friday quashed and set aside the order of the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) obstructing the inter-country adoption of a minor child to a foreign couple. The High court has also directed the authorities to expedite the process of adoption.The child was abandoned in 2019....

SC set aside HC order allowing SIT probe, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

The Supreme Court has quashed the Telangana High Court order giving go-ahead to a special investigation team (SIT) set up by the state government to probe, under court supervision, into the alleged attempts by "BJP agents" to poach four TRS legislators.A bench comprising Justices B.R. Gavai and Vikram Nath said:...