High Courts
'Policy Matter': Delhi High Court Refuses To Order 'Rehabilitation Package' For Pakistan Migrants Under CAA
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to pass directions to the Central Government on a petition seeking “comprehensive rehabilitation package” for Pakistan migrants who have obtained citizenship under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela said that rehabilitation package was purely a matter of policy...
Periya Double Murder Case: Kerala High Court Suspends Sentence Of Four CPI(M) Activists
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday (8th January) suspended the sentence of 4 convicts in the Periya double murder case, including the former CPI(M) MLA K. V. Kunhiraman.The Special CBI Court had found the former MLA K. V. Kunhiraman, K. Manikandan, Raghavan Velutholi (Raghavan Nair), K. V. Bhaskaran guilty of offence under Section 225 (resistance or obstruction to lawful apprehension of...
Naib Nazir Cannot Decide Maintainability Of Plea For Mutual Divorce, Should Be Left To Discretion Of Family Court: MP High Court
The Indore Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that a Naib Nazir cannot decide the maintainability of an application and should leave it to the discretion of the Court. The court thus, directed the Naib Nazir to refrain from making such endorsements on applications filed by the parties.Naib Nazir is a member of the Nazarat, which is a process serving agency of the district...
Formula E Race Case: Telangana High Court Permits KT Rama Rao's Lawyer To Watch ACB Interrogation Through Glass Window
Telangana High Court on Wednesday (January 8) permitted BRS MLA KT Rama Rao's lawyer to be present in the library room in the Anti Corruption Bureau's office–stated to be opposite to the examination room where Rao will to be interrogated in the FormulaE Race case on Thursday, so that his lawyer can observe the proceedings. Justice K Lakshman while dictating the order clarified that having...
Bombay High Court Grants Bail To Rona Wilson & Sudhir Dhawale In Bhima-Koregaon Elgar Parishad Case
In a major relief for researcher Rona Wilson and activist Sudhir Dhawale, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday (January 8) granted them bail in the Bhima-Koregaon Elgar Parishad case.A division bench of Justices Ajay Gadkari and Kamal Khata considered the fact that the duo have spent more than 6 years in jail as undertrials. "They are in jail since 2018, even the charges in the case are yet to...
Convict Has Right To Be Considered For Release On Probation: Gauhati HC Grants Relief To Headmaster, Son Who Assaulted Student's Mother
The Gauhati High Court recently extended the benefit of Section 4 of Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 to a school Headmaster and his son, who were convicted by the Trial Court under Sections 323 and 34 of IPC for allegedly assaulting a student's mother, on the ground that the trial court failed to consider the entitlement of the petitioners to the benefit of said Act.The single judge bench...
'Is Organizing Protest Site Good Enough To Attract UAPA?' High Court Asks Delhi Police In Delhi Riots Larger Conspiracy Case
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday questioned the Delhi Police as to whether organizing a protest site is good enough to attract Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) against an individual. A division bench comprising Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Shalinder Kaur put the question to SPP Amit Prasad, who was opposing the bail pleas filed by Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and other...
TRAI's Obligations Don't Extend To Seeking Info Under RTI Act On Status Of Complaints Lodged With Telecom Service Providers: Delhi HC
The Delhi High Court has observed that the regulatory functions of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) does not encompass seeking or requisitioning information about individual complaints from a Telecom Service Provider for the purpose of the Right to Information Act, 2005 (RTI Act).Justice Sanjeev Narula observed that seeking the status of complaints filed by individuals...
Jharkhand High Court Annual Digest 2024- Part I
Nominal Index [Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Jha) 1- 100]Rahul Yadav @ Hari Kumar Yadav, vs. The State of Jharkhand & Anr 2024 LiveLaw (Jha) 1Gautam Kumar Banarjee vs. Dr. C.P. Vidyarthi & Anr 2024 LiveLaw (Jha) 2Steel Authority of India Ltd vs. The State of Jharkhand and others 2024 LiveLaw (Jha) 3CTET Utteern Abhiyarthi Sangh vs. State of Jharkhand 2024 LiveLaw (Jha) 4Branch Manager,...
Madras High Court Calls Manual Scavenger's Death 'Homicide By Insensitive Society', Orders ₹10 Lakh Compensation To Kin
The Madras High Court has ordered the Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewage Board to pay Rs 10 Lakh compensation to the family of a man who died while doing manual scavenging in 2000. Citing the words of Mahatma Gandhi, Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy remarked that it was easy to blame the authorities when we, as citizens were pushing everything into the drains indiscriminately....
Mandate U/S 19 POCSO Act To Report Offence Is To Be Performed By A Person In Personal Capacity: Kerala HC Quashes Case Against Ex-CWC Head
The Kerala High Court (on December 20) observed that the mandate of reporting offences provided under Section 19 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 is not of an official character and the person has to report it in his personal capacity.“Section 19 of the POCSO Act casts a mandate on any person to report the commission of an offence. The mandate to report does...
Gauhati High Court Asks Assam Govt If It Has Implemented Union Health Ministry's SOP On Medical Facilities For Transgender Persons
The Gauhati High Court on Tuesday (January 07) directed the Assam Government to inform whether the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) issued by the Union Ministry and Health & Family Welfare regarding treatment and other medical facilities to be provided to the transgender community, has been implemented in the State. The Court was hearing a PIL filed by Advocate Swati Bidhan Baruah...