State Must Bridge “Rehabilitation Gap” In Mental Healthcare, Ensure Recovery Leads To Doorway, Not Dead-End: Patna HC

The Patna High Court has emphasised that the State must ensure proper rehabilitation of cured mental health patients, observing that failure to provide adequate post-treatment support risks converting mental health institutions into spaces of detention, in violation of Article 21.A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo and Justice Harish Kumar was hearing a suo motu...

Transgenders Are Also Children Of God, Tragedy Is Not In Their Birth But In Blindness Of Society: Madras High Court

Court asked the State to frame schemes for rehabilitation of transgender persons.

'Power To Decide Includes Power To Initiate Proceedings; No Writ Petition Lies Against Blacklisting Show Cause Notice': Patna High Court

The Patna High Court has held that a show cause notice initiating blacklisting proceedings cannot ordinarily be challenged under Article 226, reiterating that the authority empowered to take a final decision is equally competent to initiate the process.A Division Bench of Justice Sudhir Singh and Justice Shailendra Singh was hearing a writ petition challenging a show cause notice dated...

J&K&L High Court Upholds Detention Of Alleged OGW, Says Contact With Pakistani Terror Handler Shows Continuing Threat

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has upheld a preventive detention order under the Public Safety Act, 1978, holding that continued involvement of the detenue as an Over Ground Worker (OGW) for terrorist outfits, including The Resistance Front (TRF), coupled with communication with a Pakistani handler through Dark Web applications, demonstrates a sustained threat to the security...

Bombay High Court Calls For Special Appellate Tribunals To Ensure Timely Adjudication Under Motor Vehicles Act & Railways Act

This appeal for Rs.74,000/- had to wait for 15 years to come up for admission, the Court noted.

Cheque Dishonor | Accused Can't Challenge Conviction After Pleading Guilty To Avoid Compensation: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court, in a recent decision, dismissed a petition filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) seeking to set aside the judgment of conviction in a cheque dishonour case.The petitioner before Justice C.S. Dias had pleaded guilty before the Magistrate, which sentenced him to undergo imprisonment till the rising of the court and to pay a compensation...

'In Touch With Indian Mujahideen, Spread Jihadi Material': Delhi High Court Denies Bail To UAPA Accused Despite 12 Years In Custody

The Delhi High Court on Friday denied bail to two men accused in a UAPA case, observing that they were in touch with Indian Mujahideen not only in India but also in Pakistan and spread jihadi material. A division bench comprising Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Madhu Jain observed that despite being in custody for almost 12 years, they were not entitled to be released as there existed...

Judicial Grace In Addressing Bar Is Non-Negotiable; Courts Must Moderate Tone & Temper, Especially With Senior Advocates: J&K&L High Court

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has reminded trial courts that the propriety of judicial conduct and temper in addressing the Bar is a non-negotiable aspect of judicial grace, particularly when senior advocates with long-standing experience and due sense of responsibility are representing litigants. The Court observed that a court is supposed to moderate its tone and tenor...

'Disturbing Trend': Allahabad HC Slams UP Cops For Investigating Marriages, Chasing Young Couples; Seeks DGP's Action

The Allahabad High Court recently observed that the Police are doing a great disservice by registering FIRs and chasing young couples who have married of their own free will. Flagging the 'disturbing trend' of the Police registering FIRs and investigating consensual marriages instead of probing other crimes, a bench of Justice JJ Munir and Justice Tarun Saxena directed the Director General...

Continuation Of LOC Despite Stay Of Proceedings Curtails Right To Livelihood Of Accused Working Abroad: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has iterated that when a criminal case gets stayed by virtue of the powers exercised by the court under Section 482 CrPC, the 'substratum' for continuation of a Look Out Circular (LOC) no longer exists, and such an LOC should not become an interference to carry on with the profession of a person.The single judge bench of Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum held that...

“Writ Jurisdiction Cannot Be Permitted To Be Abused”: J&K&L High Court Imposes ₹50K Cost For Suppression Of Material Facts

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has dismissed a writ petition under Article 227 of the Constitution with costs of ₹50,000, holding that the petitioners had approached the Court with tainted hands by suppressing material facts, including the fact that the trial court had already stayed the execution of the impugned order at their own instance. The Court reiterated that the...

NIA Act | Special Court Must Transfer Case To Regular Criminal Court If No Scheduled Offence Is Found After Cognisance: J&K&L High Court

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that where even after taking cognizance of offences, a Special Court finds that no scheduled offence is made out against the accused, the case must be transferred to the normal criminal court in terms of Section 20 of the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008.The Court clarified that the Special Court has no option but to exercise its...