HIGH COURT DECEMBER 2024 WEEKLY ROUNDUP | Stories on Gurmeet Ram Rahim; Mankind-Sepkind trademark tussle; Gyanvapi Mosque; and more
A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.
Dera Sacha Sauda
[Devotees Castration Case] | Punjab and Haryana HC sets aside Order by SJM directing CBI to produce documents requested by Ram Rahim
The matter was remanded to the Special Judicial Magistrate for a fresh decision regarding the applications preferred by Ram Rahim and the doctor in view of the present Order.
‘Multiple lapses in investigation’; Punjab and Haryana HC acquits Dera Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim and four others in 2002 murder case
The Court stated that the present case was a stark portrayal of the necessity of Courts of law to make an incisive and objective analyses, of the evidence rather than becoming stultified through a proactive media trial.
Delhi High Court instructs YouTuber Shyam Meera Singh to delete tweets against Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim
YouTuber Shyam Meera Singh had put up a video against Gurmeet Ram Rahim and further tweeted against him.
2015 Guru Granth Sahib sacrilege| ‘No threat to the lives of accused or to fair trial’; SC refuses to transfer the trial outside Punjab
“The transfer of trial from one state to another would inevitably reflect on the credibility of the State’s judiciary. Except for compelling factors and clear situation of deprivation of fair justice, the transfer power should not be invoked.”
20 years rigorous imprisonment & Rs. 30, 20, 000 fine imposed on Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh for sexual exploitation of two Sadhvis
On 28.08.2017, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), in it’s press release, notified that the Special Judge Jagdeep Singh for CBI Cases,