Actress Assault Case: Kerala High Court Rejects Dileep's Plea For CBI Investigation, Says Trial Heading Towards Conclusion

The Kerala High Court on Monday (7th April) disallowed Dileep's appeal seeking CBI investigation into the Malayalam actress sexual assault case. Dileep is the 8th accused in the case and is accused of hatching the conspiracy of the crime.The crime took place on 18.02.2017 when a gang of assailants got into the vehicle of the victim and subjected her to sexual crimes. The crime was...

Justice Arindam Sinha & Justice Chandra Dhari Singh Sworn-In As Judges Of Allahabad High Court

Justice Arindam Sinha and Justice Chandra Dhari Singh were sworn in as judges of the Allahabad High Court on Monday (April 7). Justice Arindam Sinha was appointed as an Additional Judge of the Calcutta High Court on October 30, 2013 and as a permanent Judge on March 14, 2016. He was later on transferred to Orissa High Court and where he took oath on October 08, 2021. In the Orissa High Court,...

Officers-In-Charge Handling Department Cases Casually: Rajasthan HC Suggests Improvement Measures, Warns Of Imposing Cost On Erring Officials

The Rajasthan High Court expressed its "pain" over “condemnable negligence and lethargic attitude” of Officers-in-Charge of various departments in not providing the original case file to their respective government counsels observing that it "hampers the process of providing justice to the litigants”. In doing so the high court issued important measures for speeding up cases noting that...

"Unknown To Criminal Jurisprudence": Andhra Pradesh HC Sets Aside Order Permitting Prosecution To Frame, Alter Charges U/S 216 CrPC

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that the legislative intent behind enacting Section 216 of CrPC is only to ensure that the Court retains the exclusive power to alter or add a charge depending upon the evidence placed before it and subsequently ensure that the accused is notified of the same.Justice Harinath N explained that Section 216 does not give scope to either the prosecution or...

Income Tax Act | Rajasthan HC Dismisses Challenge Against Proceedings Initiated U/S 153C Based On WhatsApp Chats, Says Chats Had Been Corroborated

Rajasthan High Court denied interference with initiation of proceedings under Section 153C of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (“the Act”) that were alleged to be initiated merely based on certain WhatsApp Chats, observing that the information in the chats were completely corroborated by specific transactions and hence, the said chat could be considered to be falling under the definition of...

Clause Empowering Contract Signatories To Resolve Disputes Does Not Constitute A Valid Arbitration Agreement Due To Lack Of Impartiality: Calcutta HC

The Calcutta High Court bench of Justice Shampa Sarkar has held that merely because a dispute resolution mechanism is provided in a clause empowering the signatories to the contract to resolve the dispute, it cannot be inferred that the parties intended to refer the dispute to arbitration. Such a clause amounts to an in-house mechanism and not a reference to an impartial arbitral...

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: March 31 - April 06, 2025

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 123 To 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 131 NOMINAL INDEX The Principal & Secretary, Women's Christian College and Others v. State of Tamil Nadu and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 123NS Krishnamoorthi and Others v. The District Collector and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 124S Ramya v. The Union of India and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 125The General Manager and Others v....

Wikipedia Moves Delhi High Court Against Order To Take Down Allegedly 'Defamatory' Content On ANI, Hearing Tomorrow

Wikimedia Foundation, which hosts Wikipedia platform, on Monday (April 7) moved the Delhi High Court against the order directing it to take down allegedly defamatory content and description of news agency ANI Media Private Limited.The matter was listed today before a division bench comprising Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Renu Bhatnagar. However, the matter could not be heard as one of...

Munambam Land Dispute: Kerala High Court Stays Order Cancelling State Appointed Inquiry Commission

The Kerala High Court on Monday ( April 7 ) passed an interim order staying the decision of single judge setting aside the appointment of Inquiry Commission set up by the State "to find a permanent solution" concerning dispute of land ownership between the residents of Munambam and the Waqf Board.A division bench of Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar and Justice S. Manu passed the interim order in...

Blanket Denial Of Premature Release To Person Who Murdered Woman Or Child Affects Their Human Rights, Not Conducive To Welfare State: Kerala HC

The Kerala High Court held that the State Government Order blanketly prohibiting premature release of persons convicted of murdering a woman is not conducive to a welfare state.“A blanket stance that a person who have murdered a woman or a child shall not be prematurely released de hors any other circumstances is not conducive to a welfare State” observed Justice Kauser Edappagath.The...

Awarded Amount Cannot Be Enhanced Under Section 34 Of Arbitration Act: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court bench of Mr Justice Hanchate Sanjeevkumar has held that the District Judge, while deciding a petition under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration Act), is not empowered to increase the amount awarded by the Arbitrator. The findings of the Arbitrator with respect to the awarded amount can only be set aside if they contravene any of...

Madhya Pradesh HC Upholds Order Rejecting Migrant Candidate's Nomination Form On Ground Of Not Submitting State Caste Certificate

The Madhya Pradesh High Court upheld a district court order which rejected a mayoral candidate's election petition–who migrated from Rajasthan–on the ground that her nomination papers were rightly dismissed by the electoral officer as she did not submit caste certificate issued by the competent authority of the state. In doing so the court relied on a circular issued by the state's...