FSS Act | Date of Offence Would Be When Food Analyst Report Is Received, Not When Sample Was Collected: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court has held that under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, the date of commission of an offence is determined by the receipt of the food analyst's report about unfit/unsafe food and not by the date when the sample of food is collected. The High Court clarified that in the case of the sale of unsafe or substandard milk, the date of commission of the offence...

Madras High Court Stays Single Judge Order Directing CBI Probe Into Alleged Illegal Sale Of Church Property

A division bench of the Madras High Court has stayed a single judge order directing the Central Bureau of Investigation to probe into the alleged illegal sale of a church property to private persons. The bench of Justice MS Ramesh and Justice AD Maria Clete stayed the order of Justice KK Ramakrishnan, on an appeal filed by the Church of South India. Since an argument was raised as to...

Kerala HC Refuses To Quash Criminal Case Against Lab Technician For 'Endangering Life' By Deviating From Test Method Prescribed By Doctor

The Kerala High Court has held that a lab technician can be held liable for negligence if they deviate from the test prescribed by the doctor on the ground that the test so prescribed was unavailable in their lab. Consequently, the Court refused to quash the final report alleging offence punishable under Section 336 (rash or negligent acts endangering human life) IPC against a lab worker,...

Karnataka High Court Reserves Verdict In Plea For CBI Probe Into Lawyer's Suicide After Alleged Torture By Police Officer

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday reserved its order on an application filed by Advocates Association of Bengaluru, seeking a direction to transfer to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), an abetment to suicide case–concerning the death of an advocate–registered against a Deputy Superintendent of Police.While reserving its verdict, the orally questioned the police authorities if it...

"Administrative High-Handedness": Calcutta High Court Sets Aside State's Move To Regulate Appointments To Private Industries

The Calcutta High Court has quashed a notification by the State of West Bengal through which the state government sought to regulate employment of persons to private industrial establishments.Justice Ravi Kishan Kapur held: "Any restriction on a trade or business is unreasonable if it is arbitrary or drastic and has no relation to, or goes much in excess of, the objective of the law which...

Karnataka High Court Calls For Higher Penalty On Pet Owners Who Don't Clean Their Pet's Excrement In Public Parks

The Karnataka High Court has directed the state authorities to increase the penalty amount to be imposed on dog owners, who or whose dogs, are found to be conducting themselves irresponsibly in treating and cleaning of the excrement of their pets in public parks. This penalty amount the court said would be higher than that which is imposed on the "other class of people" who breach...

Dhanush's Film Company Approaches Madras High Court Against Nayanthara, Vignesh Sivan Over Use Of Movie Clipping In Netflix Documentary

Actor Dhanush's film production company Wunderbar Films has approached the Madras High Court against actor Nayanthara, her husband and director Vignesh Sivan, their production company Rowdy Pictures Private Limited, Los Gatos Production Services India LLB over the use of video clippings from the movie "Naanum Rowdy Dhaan" for the Netflix documentary "Nayanthara: Beyind the Fairytale"...

Kerala High Court Seeks State's Response In Plea For CBI Probe Into ADM Naveen Babu's Death, Calls For Case Diary

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday (November 27) directed the investigating officer to produce the case diary and file a statement regarding the investigation into death of former Kannur ADM Naveen Babu.Naveen Babu's wife had moved the High Court seeking CBI investigation into the death of her husband. The petition came before the bench of Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas.Naveen Babu was found...

Hema Committee Report: Kerala High Court Directs SIT To Nominate Nodal Officer To Prevent Witness Intimidation

The Kerala High Court has directed the Special Investigation Team, probing offences after publication of Justice Hema Committee Report, to nominate a nodal officer to prevent alleged intimidation and threatening of witnesses by the accused or other persons.The Special Bench of Justice A. K. Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice C. S. Sudha directed the SIT to publicize the name and contact details...

Remark 'Absconded' From Service Adverse In Nature, Casts Stigma; Cannot Be Passed Without Following Proper Procedure: Allahabad High Court

While deciding a case of termination of services of a government employee, the Allahabad High Court has held that mentioning that the employee “absconded” from service will cast a stigma on the employee as the word suggests that the employee deliberately fled from his work. It was held that such a remarks adversely affects the employee.The Court held that an order casting stigma on such...

Rampant For Political Rivals To Drag Opponents In Case To Ruin Political Career: Rajasthan HC Asks SP To Monitor Probe In FIR Against Sarpanch

In a plea for quashing an FIR filed against a Sarpanch, the Jodhpur bench of the Rajasthan High Court directed the Superintendent of Police (SP) to personally monitor the investigation observing that in an era where it was rampant for political rivals to drag their opponents in a case to damage their political career it was appropriate to direct the police to conduct an impartial probe. The...

Regularizing Contractual Employees Appointed Against Public Policy Bad In Law: Telangana HC Declares S.10-A Of 1994 Law Ultra Vires

The Telangana High Court has, in a case pertaining to regularization of contractual employees, declared Section 10-A of the Regulation of Appointments to Public Services and Rationalization of Staff Pattern and Pat Structure) Act, 1994 as ultra vires.The provision was challenged for allegedly regularizing illegal appointments made on contractual basis. Division bench of Justice Sujoy Paul...