Being In Jail Doesn't Reduce Status To Chattel: Delhi HC Rebukes Jail Authority For Repeating Grounds To Deny Parole To Murder Convict

Remarking that jail authorities must show sensitivity while deciding parole, the Delhi High Court has observed that parole applications cannot be rejected on the same ground repeatedly. It further observed that once a court has applied its mind on the validity of any ground for rejecting or granting parole, in such a case jail authorities should scrupulously adhere to such order. Justice...

Civil Courts Cannot Adjudicate Disputes Over Determination Of Right To Possess Land Under Agrarian Land Reforms Act: J&K High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court held that where in a suit right to possession is claimed or disputed and it is referable to the officer or the authority appointed under the Agrarian Reforms Act, the Civil Court is debarred from settling such a dispute.The petitioner had argued that lower courts erred in rejecting the suit under Order 7 Rule 11 CPC. It said that the Agrarian Reforms Act...

Jharkhand HC Expresses Dissatisfaction With State On Timeline To Fill 15K Graduate School Teacher Posts Lying Vacant For Three Years

Expressing dissatisfaction with the State on the recruitment timeline for Graduate trained school teachers to teach Classes 6 to 8 in government schools, the Jharkhand High Court has directed reduction in timeline to bare minimum ensuring that in the present academic year teachers get appointed to the posts lying vacant for three years. A division bench comprising Chief Justice M. S....

Section 348 BNSS | Court's Power To Recall, Re-Examine Witness Must Be Exercised With Great Caution: Chhattisgarh High Court Reiterates

The Chhattisgarh High Court has reiterated that Section 348 of BNSS (erstwhile Section 311 CrPC) which grants court power to summon any person or examine them, or recall and re-examine already examined person, can only be invoked to meet ends of justice, for strong and valid reasons and must be exercised with great caution. Section 348 of BNSS bestows upon the Court the power to summon, at...

Bombay HC Asks State-Appointed Panel To Finalise Guidelines For Slaughter Of 'Unuseful' Cattle Under Maharashtra Animal Preservation Act

The Maharashtra Government informed the Bombay High Court on Tuesday (April 22) that it has constituted a committee headed by a former judge of the high court to lay down guidelines for the slaughter of animals which are 'not useful' for certain purposes provided under the Maharashtra Animal Preservation Act.The Maharashtra Animal Preservation Act aims to prohibit the slaughter of cows, bulls...

Telangana High Court Quashes FIR Against BRS Leader KT Rama Rao In Defamation Case By Congress Party

The Telangana High Court has quashed an FIR registered against BRS Party President Kalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao, which was registered against him in the month of September, 2024 on the ground that a speech made by him defamed the Congress Party.The complaint was filed by Athram Suguna, a Congress Leader from Adilabad in the Utnoor Mandal and the FIR was registered under sections 352...

Karnataka High Court Reserves Order In Bail Pleas By Actress Ranya Rao, Co-Accused In Gold Smuggling Case

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday (April 22) reserved its order on the bail petitions filed by Kannada Actress Harshavardhini Ranya Rao and co-accused Tarun Konduru Raju, who have been arrested in the Gold Smuggling Case. A single judge, Justice S Vishwajith Shetty reserved its order after hearing the parties. The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized gold bars worth...

Accounts Dept Has No Expertise To Sit Over Medical Board's View: Rajasthan HC Upholds Order Granting Disability Pension To Ex-Army Personnel

The Rajasthan High Court upheld Armed Forces Tribunal's order which granted benefit of 'disability element of disability pension' to a defence personnel, holding that Chief Controller of Defence Accounts (Pension) didn't have expertise to question correctness of personnel's assessment conducted by Re-survey Medical Board (RSMB).The division bench of Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava...

Delhi High Court Orders Fixing Of NCDRC Calendar, Rejects Contention That Summer/ Winter Vacations Would Create Case Backlog

The Delhi High Court has directed that the calendar for National Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission (NCDRC) be fixed in consultation with its President, while taking into account the views and interest of all the stakeholders, including the Bar Association. Justice Sachin Datta rejected the stand of the Union Government that prescribing for vacations in June and December in the...

Grant Of Post-Award Interest U/S 31(7)(B) Of A&C Act Is Mandatory, Arbitrator's Discretion Limited To Rate Of Interest: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Ravinder Dudeja has held that the grant of post-award interest under Section 31(7)(b) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (“the Act”) is mandatory. The only discretion which the Arbitral Tribunal has is to decide the rate of interest to be awarded. Where the Arbitrator does not fix any rate of interest, then statutory rate, as...

Karnataka High Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Election Of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah From Varuna Constituency

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday dismissed the election petition filed against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's victory from Varuna constituency in the 2023 assembly elections..A single judge, Justice S Sunil Dut Yadav dismissed the petition filed by K M Shankara, a voter from the constituency who alleged that the Congress leader indulged in electoral malpractices.A detailed order is yet to...

S.21 POCSO Act Intends To Prevent Suppression Of Crimes, Not Penalize Those Who Report With Certain Delay Due To Vulnerability: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has recently observed that Section 21 of the POCSO Act is intended to prevent suppression of sexual offences and ensure timely action in the best interest of the child and is not meant to penalise those who, despite personal vulnerabilities, report the crime ultimately.“If judges begin to treat delay and silence – born out of trauma or social oppression –...