September 11, 2020 Media Trial-The Good, The Bad And The Ugly….. Jim Morrison has rightly said-“whoever controls the media, controls the minds.” In today’s world Media is regarded as one of the four pillars of democracy and plays an important role in not only moulding the public opinion, but also changing the entire mindset of
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In the latest judgment Court cannot act like a mute spectator to allow injustice being done to the women for generations to generations, remarked the High Court of Karnataka while dismissing an appeal filed by rape convict accused of raping a sixty nine year old women. A bench headed by Justice B. Veerappa observed that
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September 11, 2020 Coercive Control as an Offense Puppet on a String The time is ripe for individuals to realize their worth, lest the innocent continue to be crucified in the name of hollow principles, ideals and rotten societal norms… “Until you realize how easy it is for your mind to be manipulated, you remain
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NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has issued a bailable warrant in the name of Sanjiv Gupta, the former CEO of Getit Info Service, which operated the now-shuttered online retailer AskMe. In its order dated September 12, the high court also issued bailable warrants against former Getit directors Sidharth Gupta and Grant Scott Ferguson, who
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By Oliver Renick and Sarah Frier Silicon Valley spent more than a decade finding ways to give company founders more control. When Facebook Inc. tried to follow suit, shareholders pushed back. Google started it with a 2004 initial public offering that gave co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin voting rights well beyond their economic stakes
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The Supreme Court on 11th September, allowed the National Law School India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru, to conduct its National Law Admission Test (NLAT) 2020 scheduled for 12th September 2020. However, a three-judge Bench led by Justice Ashok Bhushan ordered the premier law institute to neither declare the results nor proceed further with the admission process
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A provocative thought does not ipso facto prove preparation for crime. A special court in Kochi granted bail to two students arrested in Kerala over alleged Maoist Links, after nearly ten months of incarceration, observing that the National Investigation Agency failed to establish a prima facie case under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), 1967,
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In the latest news, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday informed the Karnataka High Court that Central Government has taken a decision and is likely to pass an order either today or tomorrow, transferring two cases registered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, in respect of the violence that took place within limits of
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September 11, 2020 ED approaches Court to allow probe into money laundering case against Naresh Goyal and his wife [ by Legal Era News Network ] The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has approached a local court to be allowed to probe a money-laundering case against Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal and his wife. The ED contested
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MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Two days after Sandeep Aggarwal, founder of ecommerce major ShopClues, filed an an FIR against the existing co-founders, including his estranged wife and chief business officer Radhika Ghai Aggarwal and CEO Sanjay Sethi, the Delhi High Court has passed an order forbidding any coercive action against Ghai Aggarwal and Sethi. The FIR against
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