S. 205 CrPC | No Strict Bar For Dispensation Of Personal Attendance Of Accused In Cases Under SC/ST Act: Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court has recently clarified that there is no strict statutory embargo barring dispensation of personal attendance of accused under Section 205 of the CrPC in cases involving offences under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.While setting aside a trial Court order disallowing application of the appellants seeking dispensation of...

Man Booked For VISA Fraud Accuses Police Officials Of 'Differential Treatment': Gujarat High Court Seeks Deputy Commissioner's Intervention

The Gujarat High Court has recently directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) to look into the allegations raised by a man–booked in a case alleging VISA fraud and cheating, who had claimed differential treatment by the Police Officials with respect to him and special treatment to the co-accused in the matter. The petition sought for a direction to Police Commissioner, Ahmedabad...

Kerala High Court Stays Night Autopsy At Government Medical College Hospital Manjeri Over Infrastructure Concerns

The Kerala High Court has passed an interim order halting the conduct of night autopsies at the Government Medical College Hospital at Manjeri in Malappuram district in a writ petition filed by doctors who raised concerns about insufficient staff and inadequate infrastructure.Justice C S Dias ordered thus, “the learned government pleader seeks further time to get instructions ...direct ..not...

Constitutionality Of Anti-Begging Laws In Punjab & Haryana Challenged, High Court Seeks Response From States

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has sought response from Governments of Punjab and Haryana on plea a challenging the constitutionality of Haryana Prevention of Beggary Act and the Punjab Prevention of Beggary Act.Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sudhir Singh was hearing the PIL filed by Kush Karla, who stated that as per the definition of begging in the Act "begging, vocations...

Karnataka HC Rejects PIL Claiming NoBroker Technologies Forces Employees To Surrender Their Digital Privacy, Snoops Their Personal Browsing

The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a public interest litigation filed claiming that NoBroker Technologies Solutions Pvt. Ltd forces its employees to surrender their digital privacy under the threat of losing access to work tools.A division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice M I Arun dismissed the petition filed by one MD Imran Reza stating, “This Court is not inclined...

Gujarat High Court Issues Notice On Plea To Implement 4% Reservation In Promotions For Persons With Disabilities Employed By State

The Gujarat High Court on Monday (January 20) issued notice to the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and the Department of the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities on a plea for immediate compliance of an Office Memorandum mandating 4% reservation in promotions for State employees with disabilities under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act.The Office Memorandum,...

Plea Based On Newspaper Report, No Research Done To Support Claim: Madhya Pradesh HC Dismisses PIL Alleging Cracks In A New Flyover

The Jabalpur Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday (January 20) refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation petition, filed on the basis of a newspaper report, observing that no research or scientific report was submitted to support the claims regarding damages in a newly constructed flyover in the city. The division bench of Chief Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Vivek...

Calcutta High Court Directs South Eastern Railway To Refund Additional 20% Surcharge Levied On Consignment

The Calcutta High Court bench of Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya and Justice Uday Kumar has held that an impugned judgment passed by the Railway Claims Tribunal, Kolkata whereby the appellant's claim for refund of 20% surcharge was refused is erroneous in law and perverse. Court said that the tribunal overlooked the obvious legal effect of the Circulars and Goods Tariff documents before...

Bengal Govt Approaches Calcutta High Court Challenging Life Sentence For RG Kar Convict, Calls For Death Penalty

The West Bengal government has approached the Calcutta High Court demanding the death penalty for the convict in the RG Kar rape and murder case, who was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Sessions court. The court had held that the case did not fall within the "rarest of rare" category.Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on her 'X' handle criticised the verdict, and vowed to appeal against...

Delay In Conducting Qualifying Exam By State Can't Be Attributed To Candidate: Rajasthan HC Directs Regularization Of Service From Prescribed Date

Rajasthan High Court granted relief to a Lower Division Clerk whose services were regularized from a later date than the date of completion of her probation period owing to delay on part of the State in conducting the prescribed examination that was required to be cleared for such regularization.The bench of Justice Arun Monga observed that the petitioner was willing and available throughout...

'Arbitrator Can Only Decide On Point Which Is Referred To Tribunal, Not Entire Dispute': Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court Bench of Justice Dr A. K. Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice Easwaran S. held that if the parties choose to refer to a singular point for arbitration, then the arbitral tribunal cannot proceed to decide on all disputes. On the contrary, if the parties agree to arbitrate on the entire disputes, then the arbitral tribunal shall have jurisdiction to decide the entire...

'You're Making Mockery Of The System': Madhya Pradesh HC Directs State To Speed Up Approval Process To Appoint Arbitration Tribunal Members

The Jabalpur Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday (January 20) has directed the State to speed up the process for administrative approval for appointment of members of Abitration Tribunal and amendment of Madhya Pradesh Madhyastham Adhikaran Adhiniyam, 1983.For context, the Act provides for the establishment of a Tribunal to arbitrate in disputes to which the State government or a...