Preparing Defence Strategy & Gathering Evidence Valid Grounds For Bail : Allahabad High Court Clarifies 'Stage' & 'Parameters'

In a significant verdict, the Allahabad High Court recently held that conceptualizing defence strategy, gathering and adducing defence evidence and effectively conducting the defence case can constitute valid grounds for granting bail, but only at an appropriate stage of the trial. A bench of Justice Ajay Bhanot, while deciding a batch of 18 (second) bail applications, ruled that...

Justice Tara Vitasta Ganju Sworn-In As Judge Of Karnataka High Court

Justice Tara Vitasta Ganju took oath as judge of the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday (October 28).Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru administered the oath to Justice Ganju.By a notification dated October 14 the Central Government had notified the transfer of Justice Ganju from Delhi High Court to Karnataka High Court. Justice Ganju was sworn in as Delhi High Court judge on May 18, 2022. Her name...

Gauhati High Court Upholds Exclusion Of Army Personnel's Wards From Nagaland's Central Pool MBBS Quota

The Gauhati High Court refused relief to a medical aspirant who was denied seat allocated to the Nagaland government under the Central Pool MBBS quota, despite qualifying the cut off.The aspirant had challenged state government's 2021 notification as per which she was disentitled to one of the 42 seats allocated to the State under the Central Pool. A single bench had allowed her plea and...

Kerala High Court Modifies Order To Trace Missing Kuwaiti Man, Directs State Police Chief To Constitute SIT

The Kerala High Court on Monday (October 27) modified the interim order which directed the Commissioner of Police to constitute a Special Investigation Team to trace out Suraj Lama, who has been missing since October 5 after he arrived in Kochi from Kuwait.The Division Bench comprising Justice Devan Ramachandran and Justice M.B. Snehalatha took up the matter at the request of the...

Bombay High Court Sets Aside ₹75 Lakh Compensation Awarded Against Hersheys India In Jumpin Drink Manufacturing Dispute

The Bombay High Court has recently set aside a Rs 75 lakh compensation awarded to Kanti Beverages Pvt. Ltd. against Hersheys India Pvt. Ltd. in a dispute over the contract to manufacture and package the fruit drink brand Jumpin. The court said the compensation was “picked virtually out of the hat” and had no basis.A single bench of Justice Somasekhar Sundaresan, in an order made available...

Three New Judges Take Oath At Delhi High Court, Strength Rises To 44

Justice Dinesh Mehta, Justice Avneesh Jhingan and Justice Chandrasekharan Sudha took oath as judges of the Delhi High Court on Tuesday.The oath of office was administered to the new judges by Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya. After this development, the strength of judges at the Delhi High Court has risen to 44. The sanctioned strengthen of judges is 60.Justice Mehta and Justice...

Change Of POCSO Victim's Clothes Before Medical Examination Can't Weaken Prosecution Evidence: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that change of the clothes of a minor rape victim under the POCSO Act before her medical examination cannot weaken the prosecution evidence.“As regards the non-seizure of the bedsheet and the change of clothes by the mother prior to medical examination of the victim, this Court observes that such acts, by themselves, do not create a reasonable doubt about...

Cheques Issued Only For Security Purpose Not Encashable For Any Existing Debt: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that the cheques issued only for security purpose and not for depositing to the bank are not encashable for any existing debt or liability. “It is thus, held that the impugned cheques were security cheques given for a specific purpose and could not have been encashed for a liability which may have subsequently arisen,” Justice Neena Bansal Krishna said....

P&H High Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Emergency Medical Care For Accident Victims After Punjabi Singer's Death In Collision

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has sought a response from the Union of India, the States of Punjab and Haryana, and the Union Territory of Chandigarh on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking directions to ensure the availability of preliminary and emergency medical care to accident victims.The petition has been filed by Lawyers for Human Rights International, in the wake of the...

Madras High Court Orders Three Police Officers To Pay ₹10 Lakh Compensation To Man They Framed In Drugs Case

The Madras High Court has directed three police officers who entered an "unholy alliance" to secure conviction of a man under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act using false evidence, to pay Rs. 10 Lakh as compensation.Justice KK Ramakrishnan noted that the man was in custody since the date of his arrest, without bail."Therefore, in this case the appellant deserves to...

[S.452 Companies Act] 'Strict Liability' Of Employee To Return Company Property Once Employment Ends: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that an employee is strictly liable under Section 452 of the Companies Act 2013 to return company property, at the end of his/ her employment.Section 452 provides that if an officer or employee of a Company having in his possession property including cash wrongfully withholds the same, is liable for punishment.“Section 452 of Companies Act, 2013 does not talk...

Ex-CM VS Achuthanandan's Son Unqualified For IHRD Directorship, Was Appointed Due To Political Clout: KTU Dean To Kerala High Court

Dean (Academics) of APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University Dr. Vinu Thomas has told the Kerala High Court that Dr. VA Arunkumar–son of late former Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan–is not qualified to be appointed as director of Institute of Human Resource Development (IHRD).Thomas's counter affidavit was filed in an appeal moved by Dr. VA Arunkumar challenging the Single Judge's direction to...