Railways Failure To Halt Overcrowding By Ticketless Persons Is Contributory Negligence, Liable For Genuine Passenger's Death: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that the Railway's failure to prevent ticketless and unauthorised persons from boarding a train amounts to contributory negligence, rendering it liable to compensate the dependents of a bona fide passenger who died due to overcrowding. The bench of Justice Himanshu Joshi observed; "The Railways is obligated under Sections 123(c) and 124A of the Railways...

Delhi High Court Constitutes Committee To Oversee Operation Of Crowd Funding Platform For Rare Diseases Treatment

The Delhi High Court has constituted a Committee to supervise and oversee the operation of Union Government's crowd funding digital platform for treatment of people with rare diseases.Justice Sachin Datta directed that the Committee shall take adequate steps to spread awareness regarding the existence and objective of the platform. The Court said that the aim should be to encourage...

Challenge To Transfer Order Becomes Unsustainable Once Employee Joins The Transferred Post: Chhattisgarh HC

A Division bench of the Chhattisgarh High Court comprising Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad held that challenge to a transfer order is generally not maintainable after the employee has joined the transferred post. Background Facts The Lecturer (History) was serving at Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Abhanpur. He was declared surplus...

Orissa High Court Seeks Explanation From Berhampur SP For Linking Pending Election Case To Advocate Pitabash Panda's Murder

The Orissa High Court on Friday (October 31) expressed serious dissatisfaction over a press-statement made by Dr. Saravana Vivek M., Superintendent of Police (SP), Berhampur linking a pending election petition against the sitting Berhampur MLA to the murder of Member of Odisha State Bar Council (OSBC) Advocate Pitabash Panda.A Single Bench of Justice Sashikanta Mishra was hearing an...

Orissa High Court Denies Bail To Raja Chakra & Another In Alleged Fraud Of ₹175 Crores Linked To Gandhamardan Mines

The Orissa High Court on Friday (October 31) denied bail to youth leader of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Soumya Sankar Chakra alias Raja Chakra and another man accused of misappropriating Rs. 175 crores by receiving disproportionately high payment for commercial transactions made with a society created for undertaking developmental works around Gandhamardan mine affected areas.Considering gravity of...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Quashes Rape Case Under POCSO Act Noting Victim Is 'Happily' Married With Accused

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has quashed a rape case registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act after noting that the victim is now happily married to the accused.Justice Kirti Singh said, “the considered view that since the petitioner and the prosecutrix-respondent…are now happily married, continuing with the criminal proceedings will cause...

2013 Rape Case | Rajasthan High Court Grants 6-Month Interim Bail To Asaram, Cites His 'Vegetative Condition'

The Rajasthan High Court suspended sentence of Asaram–was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in a 2013 rape case, for six months in view of his medical condition noting that he was in a "vegetative condition" and facilities required were not available in jail A Jodhpur sessions court had sentenced Asaram to life imprisonment in April 2018 for raping a minor at his ashram in 2013....

'Denial Would Punish Family': HP High Court Grants Probation To Man Convicted Of Rash Driving After 20 Years

The Himachal Pradesh High Court granted probation to a man after 20 years who was convicted of rash and negligent driving. The Court took into account his good conduct, long pendency of trial, and the reformatory nature of criminal law.Justice Virender Singh remarked that: “Rejecting the prayer of the convict to release him on probation, would amount to punishing his family members, for...

Conviction U/S 138 NI Act Not One Affecting Person's Conduct, Can't Deny Pension On Such Conviction: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has held that recently held that a conviction under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act was not one affecting the future conduct of a person and such a conviction could not be taken as a ground for denying pension. Justice K Kumaresh Babu held that the offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act arises out of a contractual dispute...

Creative Freedom Must Be Balanced, CBFC Failed Logic: 'Haal' Filmmakers Tell Kerala High Court Over 'A' Certification, Cuts

The Kerala High Court on Friday (October 31) partly heard arguments in the plea filed by producer and director of the Shane-Nigam starrer movie 'Haal', where they challenge the 'A' certification granted and CBFC's suggestions to cut certain scenes.One of the objections raised by the Central Board of Film Certification was that the Police are depicted in a bad light in the movie and such...

Karnataka High Court Waives ₹50,000 Cost Imposed On Lawyer Who Filed PIL Seeking To Stall Release Of 'Jolly LLB 3' Film

The Karnataka High Court on Friday (October 31) waived the cost of Rs 50,000 imposed on a lawyer who had filed a PIL seeking to stop the release and exhibition of the film 'Jolly LLB 3' which had released on September 19.By its order dated September 18, the court had dismissed the petition filed by advocate Syeda Neelufur and imposed a cost of Rs 50,000 on her for "unjustifiable imposition...

BHEL Management To Hold Kannada Rajyotsava Celebration At Bengaluru On Nov 1, Karnataka High Court Closes Plea By Employee Association

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday disposed of a plea by Karnataka Sangha of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), an employees association seeking a direction to BHEL's Management to grant the petitioner permission to conduct the 69th Kannada Rajyotsava function at the BHEL Bengaluru premises.Justice Suraj Govindaraj disposed of the petition after the management submitted that it would...