Kolkata Law College Rape Case : Calcutta High Court Orders Closure Of Student Union Rooms In All State Colleges Till Elections

The Calcutta High Court has ordered all union rooms across state-run colleges to be indefinitely shut down till student elections are held in the state.A division bench of Justices Soumen Sen and Smita Das De passed these orders in light of the alleged gang rape of a law student at South Kolkata Law College by her fellow students and a fomer student & contractual staff at the...

Land Losers Can't Be Denied Benefit U/S 31 Of Land Acquisition Act, Even If Acquired Land Does Not Generate Employment: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court bench of Justice Partha Sarathi Sen has held that the land acquired under the Private and Public model attracts the provisions of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (Act) therefore the benefits to the land losers under section 31 of the Act read with Serial no.4 of the Second Schedule of the Act...

Calcutta High Court Tells State To Refrain From Taking Coercive Steps Against Padma-Awarded Monk Kartik Maharaj Over Allegations Of Rape

The Calcutta High Court has orally instructed the state government not to take any coercive steps against Padma Shri-awarded monk Maharaj Swami Pradiptananda alias 'Kartik Mahraj', who had moved the Court against allegations of rape levelled by a woman who claimed to be his devotee.Justice Jay Sengupta made these oral remarks while accepting the petitioner's plea for an in-camera hearing in...

Photo Of 'Rowdy' Not Displayed In Police Stations To Protect Their Right To Privacy: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently observed that once a rowdy sheet/list is opened against a person it is not displayed in the premises of the police station but is actually kept in a secure area which is accessible only to police officials to ensure that "criminal's right to privacy" is not infringed. Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan made the observations in his order while directing the removal of...

Present Law Intends To Prohibit Ragging Both On And Off Campus, Committee Drafting Amendments Should Factor This In: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court today (July 03) asked the Working Committee, constituted to give suggestions for amendments to the Kerala Prohibition of Ragging Act 1998, to keep in mind the legislature's intention to prohibit ragging both within and outside the campus of an educational institution.While the word 'educational institution' itself is not defined under the Act, the Special Bench of...

"Purchase Order Containing Arbitration Clause Will Supercede Tax Invoice Which Does Not Contain Arbitration Clause": Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court Bench of Justice Shampa Sarkar while allowing an application for appointment for arbitrator observed that the terms and conditions of the purchase order including the arbitration agreement would prevail over and supersede the terms and conditions of the tax invoice which does not contain an arbitration clause. The Court held that the purchase order was the...

Allahabad High Court Stays Arrest Of Former HC Judge, His Wife In Domestic Help Suicide Abetment Case

The Allahabad High Court on Monday stayed the arrest of a retired High Court Judge (Justice Anil Kumar) and his wife, who have been named in an FIR alleging abetment of suicide of their domestic help. A Bench comprising Justice Alok Mathur and Justice Shree Prakash Singh passed the interim order while hearing a criminal writ petition seeking quashing of the FIR registered under...

'Time Taken For Pre-Arrest Medical Exam Can't Justify Detention Beyond 24 Hours': Bombay High Court Orders Release Of Accused

The Bombay High Court has held that the period of pre-arrest medical examination cannot be excluded from the 24-hour timeline for producing an arrestee before a Magistrate under Article 22(2) of the Constitution and Section 57 of the CrPC. It declared the arrest of the accused illegal and ordered his release, observing that he was not produced before the Magistrate within the required time of...

Proposal For Transgender Reservation Will Be Placed Before Appropriate Council Of The Varsity: NLSIU Tells Karnataka High Court

The National Law School of India University has agreed before the Karnataka High Court to place the issue of granting reservation in admission to Transgender persons, before an appropriate council of the varsity.This comes in Varsity's challenge to a single bench decision, asking it to provide reservation of 0.5% to transgender persons, with fee waiver, until the State takes a policy decision...

Chhattisgarh High Court Upholds Dismissal Of Technician for Habitual Absenteeism, Says Imposition Of Punishment Is 'Managerial' Function

Dismissing a plea of reinstatement of a former Technician of Bhilai Steel Plant, whose services were terminated on account of habitual absence from duty, the Chhattisgarh High Court has held that imposition of punishment in disciplinary matters is a managerial function which does not warrant interference by the Court unless the punishment seems patently shocking.For context— petitioner...

'Once A Rowdy Need Not Always Be A Rowdy': Kerala High Court Orders Removal Of Man's Name With 8-Year Clean Record From List

The Kerala High Court has recently directed the removal of the name of a person from the rowdy list of Fort Kochi Police Station since he has not been involved in any criminal activity for the past 8 years.Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan cited that reformation is the main goal of Indian criminal jurisprudence and hence, a person on the path of reformation need not be retained in the rowdy list of...

Centre Flags IT Act Violations By Proton Mail, Says Response Being Analysed; Decision Within 8 Weeks, Karnataka HC Told

The Karnataka High Court today continued hearing an appeal preferred by Proton AG, a Switzerland-based email service providing company, which has challenged a single judge order directing to block its services in India. The Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice V Kameswar Rao and Justice CM Joshi took note of the Centre's submission that apart from the two URLs initially flagged by...