High Courts
AP High Court Rejects Appeals Filed Under Land Grabbing Act After Abolition Of Special Court, Says Govt Has No Power To Vest Jurisdiction In HC
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has dismissed a host of appeals which were either transferred or directly filed before it after abolition of the Special Court under Andhra Pradesh Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 1982 (1982 Act) by the State vide a Government Order of 2016.Noting that the vested right of appeal perishes when an appellate Court is abolished without constitution of an...
NH-544: Kerala High Court Hints At Resuming Toll Collection At Paliyekkara Toll Plaza
The Kerala High Court on Friday said it will consider allowing toll Collection at Paliyekkara Toll Plaza (Thrissur district) on NH-544 highway, from Monday onwards.The toll collection at the Plaza was suspended by an order dated August 6, following a 12-hour blockade purportedly due to ongoing construction projects sanctioned by the National Highways Authority of India. The decision was...
Information On SEBI's Internal Probe Into Alleged Insider Trading Exempted From Disclosure Under RTI Act: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that information pertaining to internal investigation being conducted by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is exempt from disclosure under the Right to Information Act, 2005.A division bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela thus upheld a single bench order declining to interfere with Chief Public Information Officer's...
Delhi High Court Questions Patanjali's Appeal In Dabur Chyawanprash Ad Case, Warns Of Costs
Patanjali Ayurved has moved the Delhi High Court challenging a single judge order restraining it from running advertisements allegedly disparaging to Dabur's Chyavanprash product.The matter was heard today by a division bench comprising Justice C Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla. At the outset, the Court orally told Senior Advocate Jayant Mehta representing Patanjali that there was...
Calling Woman 'R***i' Attacks Her Character By Questioning Sexual Dignity, Amounts To Insulting Modesty: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has ruled that calling a woman “r***i” attacks her character by questioning her sexual dignity and will amount to the offence of outraging her modesty. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said that the word in question, when directed towards a woman, is laden with sexual innuendo and directly imputes unchastity to her. The Court said that the word is not a "casual term of...
'Railway Strictly Liable For Death Of Passenger': Orissa High Court Grants ₹9.23 Lakh Compensation For Man's Death Due To Sudden Train Jolt
“Beneficial legislation must be given effect to in a manner that heals, not in a manner that harms,” the Orissa High Court recently remarked while directing the Railway Department to pay compensation to the kin of a deceased person who succumbed to the fatal injuries sustained during a train travel in the year 2006.Dr. Justice Sanjeeb Kumar Panigrahi criticised the railway department for...
'Society Needs To Be Protected': Calcutta High Court Imposes 40 Year Sentence On "Gurudev" Convicted Of Murder, Commutes Death Penalty
The Calcutta High Court has commuted the death sentence imposed on an alleged 'Gurudev' for the murder of two women over alleged monetary disputes, after the appellant-Gurudev and his wife had promised certain cures to the deceased and their family, in exchange for large sums of money.A division bench of Justices Debangu Basak and Md Shabbar Rashidi held:"Therefore, taking into consideration...
Accused Not Stating Self-Incriminatory Facts, Refusing To Confess Is Not Non-Cooperation: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that the act of an accused not responding to the questions asked by the investigating officer on dotted lines or refusing to make any confession cannot be termed as non-cooperation. Justice Arun Monga said that even the refusal by an accused to say anything incriminating against him cannot be called non-cooperation.The Court was dealing with a plea filed by...
"Can't Be Based On Whims": Delhi High Court To Centre Over Delay In Allotment Of Govt Bunglow To Arvind Kejriwal
The Delhi High Court on Thursday remarked that the allotment of residential accommodation cannot be based purely on whims of the authorities, as it heard a plea to allot residential accommodation to Arvind Kejriwal, in his capacity as the National Convenor of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).Justice Sachin Datta ordered the Joint Secretary of the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs as well...
Chhattisgarh HC Declines Plea By Public Prosecutors, APPs Challenging Denial Of Judiciary Exam Admit Card Over Non-Enrolment With Bar
The Chhattisgarh High Court on Tuesday (September 16) dismissed a batch of writ petitions filed by scores of registered candidates of the Civil Judge (Junior Division) Examination-2024, including Public prosecutors and Assistant public prosecutors, who were not enrolled as 'Advocates' with a Bar Council on the date of advertisement of the examination, challenging the denial of admit...
Surat Rape Case: Gujarat High Court Grants Narayan Sai 5-Day Temporary Bail To Meet Ailing Mother
The Gujarat High Court on Thursday (September 18) granted five-day temporary bail to Narayan Sai–convicted and sentenced to life by sessions court in 2019 in a rape case– to meet his "ailing" mother.A division bench of Justice Ilesh J Vora and Justice PM Raval in its order said:"Having regard to the peculiar facts and circumstances and grounds urged in the application and having regard...
Previous Sanction Under Section 17A Not Required To Prosecute Public Servants for Benami Deals: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has recently observed that a public servant purchasing shares as “benami” and the purchasing of public property under a “benami” does not come within the purview of Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 2018.According to the section, which was introduced by way of amendment on 26th July, 2018, no police officer can conduct an inquiry into an offence...