Mere Ownership Of Vehicle Unauthorisedly Carrying Contraband Doesn't Imply Involvement In Offence Under NDPS Act: Rajasthan High Court

While granting bail to an accused charged under the NDPS Act in relation to 964 Kgs of poppy straw, the bench of Justice Rajendra Prakash Soni at the Rajasthan High Court ruled that mere ownership or connection with the vehicle, from which the contraband was recovered, did not imply accused's knowledge or actual involvement in the crime.The facts of the case were that the police found a...

Ingredients Of Copyright Infringement Not Made Out: Kerala High Court Sets Aside Conviction Of Man Allegedly Selling Fake Cassettes On Footpath

The Kerala High Court, noting that the prosecution could not establish the ingredients of copyright infringement under Section 51(a) of the Copyright Act, set aside the conviction of a man for allegedly selling fake audio cassettes on the footpath in Kannur.The police had seized 38 cassettes from the revision petitioner. He was convicted under Sections 51(a) and 52A r/w 63 of the Copyright Act...

MP Civil Services (Pension) Rules | Departmental Enquiry May Continue After Retirement But Punishment Order Can Be Passed Only By Governor: High Court

Madhya Pradesh High Court at its Gwalior, quashed an order imposing penalty on a retired Forest Ranger Harivallabh Chaturvedi. The court held proper procedures under the Madhya Pradesh Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1976 were not followed. The court stated that after a government servant retires, only the Governor can issue such punitive orders based on departmental inquiries.The Court,...

Rajasthan HC Refuses Bail To Uncle Booked For Rape; Says Sexual Offence Involving Family Graver, Slight Contradictions In Minor's Testimony Not Fatal

Rajasthan High Court has ruled that certain contradictions in the statements of a minor victim, especially of sexual abuse, was likely due to traumatic nature of such incidents, and such minor inconsistencies in the victim's testimony were not sufficient to grant bail to the accused when the overall credibility of the allegations remained intact.The bench of Justice Rajendra Prakash Soni...

Kerala High Court Closes Suo Motu Contempt Proceedings Against High Court Bar Association President

The Kerala High Court has closed the contempt proceedings initiated suo motu against the High Court Bar Association President Advocate Yeshwanth Shenoy, observing that correct procedure has not been followed in initiating the contempt procedure.The contempt proceedings were initiated after now-retired Justice Mary Joseph sent a letter to the Chief Justice disapproving of Shenoy's conduct in...

Allahabad High Court Awards Rs 5 Lakh Compensation To 35-Yr Old Law Student Who Was Admitted By Fault On College's Part

The Allahabad High Court awarded a compensation of Rs. 5 lakhs to a 35 year old law student who was granted admission in Law College against the rules of the brochure and was cancelled after being successful in first semester examination.Observing that the student had not played fraud on the College, the bench of Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta and Justice Vikas Budhwar observed,“It is rather...

Burning Dead Body Inside Someone's House Disrespectful, An Act Of Desecration: Rajasthan High Court

Rajasthan High Court has rejected bail applications of two persons accused of trespassing the complainant's house with 40-50 people carrying arms and weapons, vandalizing it, and burning a girl's dead body inside the house.“Involvement of 40-50 individuals and the blatant act of entering the complainant's home to commit these atrocities demonstrates a profound disregard for the law. Given...

Partners Of Firm Managing Lake Activities Trying To Stall Proceedings: Gujarat High Court Declines Impleadment In Vadodara Boat Capsize Case

While hearing a matter pertaining to the Vadodara boat capsize incident, Gujarat High Court on Friday (October 18) dismissed a plea moved by certain partners of Kotia Projects seeking impleadment, after noting that the "partners associated with the firm are trying to stall the proceedings" where the court was examining compensation to be given the victims from the "pocket of the...

“Shocking Failure To Take Action”: Kerala High Court Questions Delay In Probing 2022 Rape Allegations Against Ponnani Police Officers

The Kerala High Court has questioned the delay in ordering an investigation into the rape allegations made by a woman in 2022 against four higher police officials in Ponnani in Malappuram district. The Court was hearing a plea of a woman seeking to register an FIR under Section 173(1) of the BNSS against four higher police officials for raping and sexually assaulting her. She had approached...

LS Polls 2024: Allahabad HC Rejects Election Plea Of JKP Leader Who Intended To Contest Against PM Modi From Varanasi

On Friday, the Allahabad High Court rejected an election plea filed by a Janhit Kisan Party (JKP) leader, who intended to contest the Lok Sabha elections 2024 from Varanasi against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. JKP Leader Vijay Nandan had moved the HC to challenge the returning officer's rejection of his nomination form. A bench of Justice Saumitra Dayal Singh dismissed Nandan's plea...

Hope Election Commission Will Develop Some Module To Avoid 'Bogus Voting': High Court On MLA's Plea Ahead Of Maharashtra Assembly Elections

The Bombay High Court on Friday (October 18) while dismissing the petition filed by an independent Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) highlighting the issue of duplicate voter cards, accepted the contention of the Election Commission of India (ECI) that it will be conducting 'free and fair' elections.A division bench of Justices Vibha Kankanwadi and Santosh Chapalgaonkar hoped that the ECI...

High Court Upholds Block-Level Roster For SC/ST Reservations For Punjab Panchayat Elections

The Punjab & Haryana High Court while upholding the block-level roster for SC/ST Reservation has dismissed a batch of 57 pleas seeking reservation for Schedule Caste on general seats for Panchayat Elections which had taken place on October 15.Justice Sureshwar Thakur and Justice Sudeepti Sharma opined that the representation of the the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled is taken care at the...