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Provide Adequate Infrastructure To Implement E-Mulakaat System For Prison Inmates In Maharashtra: Bombay High Court To State
The Bombay High Court today directed the state government to ensure the availability of essential infrastructure to support the implementation of the e-mulakaat system in prisons to enable lawyers and family members to communicate with inmates virtually using video conferencing. A division bench of Chief Justice Devendra Upadhyaya and Justice Arif Doctor disposed of a PIL filed by the Peoples' Union for Civil Liberties after the state government's issuance of a government resolution...
Bombay High Court Grants Bail To Alleged Drug Supplier Booked In Cordelia Cruise Drug Raid Case
The Bombay High Court recently granted bail to one Abdul Kadar Shaikh, an alleged drug supplier and one of the accused in the 2021 Cordelia cruise ship drug case. Justice NJ Jamadar observed that there were doubts regarding the substance seized from the accused, and he had undergone prolonged incarceration with little likelihood of the trial concluding within a reasonable period. “As the identity of the sample is in the corridor of uncertainty, and the complicity of the applicant is...
Road Accident | Letting Off Negligent Ambulance Driver With Only Fine Would Be Unjust To Victims And Whole Society: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has refused to reduce sentence of six month simple imprisonment imposed on an ambulance driver convicted for driving in a rash and negligent manner and causing an accident leading to death of one person and injuring three others in the year 2011. A single judge bench of Justice Umesh M Adiga dismissed the revision petition filed by S. Santhosh Poojari and said,“Prosecution has proved beyond reasonable doubt that due to the negligent driving of the ambulance...
UP Court Sentences Woman To 1653 Days In Jail For Making False Rape Allegations, Imposes Over ₹5.8 Lakh Fine
A court in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district recently convicted a woman under Section 195 IPC (Giving or fabricating false evidence) for making false accusations in court against one Ajay Kumar of rape charges in the year 2018. Additional District Judge Gyanendra Tripathi sentenced the woman to 4 years, 6 months, and 8 days (1,653 days) in prison, matching the duration for which...
Breaking: Delhi Court Extends CM Arvind Kejriwal's Judicial Custody In ED's Liquor Policy Case Till May 20
A Delhi Court on Tuesday extended till May 20 the judicial custody of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the money laundering case connected to the liquor policy scam.Special judge Kaveri Baweja of Rouse Avenue Courts passed the order on the expiry of his judicial custody in the ED case.Meanwhile, hearing in Supreme Court on the issue of granting interim bail to Kejriwal is...
Delhi Court Sentences Five Persons For Carrying Out Anti-National Activities In India, Links With ISIS Affiliate
A Delhi Court on Monday granted different jail terms to five individuals, including a Kashmiri couple, convicted for carrying out anti-national activities in India and for their affiliation with Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), a part of banned terror organization ISIS. Additional Sessions Judge Chander Jit Singh of Patiala House Courts sentenced the prime accused, Jahanzaib Sami,...
[Prajwal Revanna Case] Bengaluru Court Restrains Media Outlets From Publishing Allegedly False News Against HD Deve Gowda & HD Kumaraswamy
A city civil and sessions court in Bengaluru has passed an ex-parte interim order restraining the media from publishing false news items against Former Prime Minister of India HD Devegowda and former Chief Minister of Karnataka H D Kumaraswamy in regards to the Prajwal Revanna alleged sexual assault case.The order passed on May 4 restrains 89 media outlets. The court said “At this stage,...
Government Employee Can't Be Denied Notional Increment Merely Because They Retired On Last Day of June And Not On 1st July: Allahabad Central Administrative Tribunal
The Central Administrative Tribunal, Allahabad bench of Justice Om Prakash held that the employees are entitled to one annual increment earned on the last day of their service. The bench held that since the applicants retired on the last of June, they were entitled one notional increment due and cannot be denied increment merely because they retired the next day of...
Delhi Court Denies Bail To BRS Leader K Kavitha In CBI, ED Cases Over Alleged Liquor Policy Scam
A Delhi Court on Thursday denied bail to BRS leader K Kavitha in the corruption and money laundering cases registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) related to the now scrapped liquor policy.Special Judge Kaveri Baweja of Rouse Avenue Courts passed the order and rejected Kavitha's regular bail pleas in CBI and ED case. Kavitha was arrested on...
Management Can't Initiate Recovery Of Overpayment Unless Fraud/Misrepresentation Can Be Proven On Workman's Part: Central Administrative Tribunal, Allahabad
The Central Administrative Tribunal (Allahabad) single bench of Justice Om Prakash (Judicial Member) held that recovery of overpayment cannot be initiated by the Management unless fraud or misrepresentation can be proven on the part of the Workman. The matter pertained to a Workman who mistakenly entered the wrong date in his promotion form. Thereafter, the Management initiated...
Departmental Proceedings And Proceedings In Criminal Case Can Proceed Simultaneously: CAT Jabalpur
The Central Administrative Tribunal, Jabalpur bench of Justice Akhil Kumar Srivastava (Judicial Member) and Kumar Rajesh Chandra (Administrative Member) held that departmental proceedings and proceedings in criminal case can proceed simultaneously, as there is no bar in their being conducted simultaneously, though separately. It held that the purpose of departmental enquiry and...
Bengaluru Court Denies Interim Anticipatory Bail To JDS Leader HD Revanna In Woman's Kidnapping Case
A special court on Saturday refused to grant anticipatory interim bail on arrest to Janta Dal (Secular) leader H D Revanna accused of kidnapping a woman.Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge Santhosh Gajanan Bhat rejected the application filed by Revanna seeking interim bail in a case registered against him under section 364 (A), 365, 34 of the Indian penal code. The court said,...