High Courts
Tripura Being Border State Faces Regular Drug Problem Leading To HIV/AIDS, Citizens Are Victimised: High Court Denies Bail In NDPS Case
The Tripura High Court has dismissed the second bail plea of three men accused of involvement in a large-scale narcotics operation, noting that the state is facing regular problems with narcotic drugs, leading to the spread of HIV/AIDS.Justice Dr. T. Amarnath Goud observed that: “It is seen in Tripura that because of border State, if is facing regular problem with narcotic drugs leading...
Peaceful Protests Don't Attract Recovery Of Police Deployment Costs Unless Democratic Limits Are Exceeded: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court has held that in cases where the permissible democratic limits to peaceful protests are crossed by the protestors, resulting in acts like climbing on the overhead tanks, police has the right to recover additional expenses from such protestors, incurred for maintaining law and order. The bench of Justice Farjand Ali was hearing a matter concerning the charges related...
'State Cannot Sleep For 20 Years & Recover Salary Before Retirement': Calcutta High Court Quashes Recovery Against Indian Museum Employee
Holding that the State cannot resurrect decades-old service decisions to penalise a blameless employee on the eve of retirement, the Calcutta High Court quashed a show-cause notice and recovery proceedings initiated against a Hindi Translator nearly 19 years after his financial upgradations and pay fixations had been repeatedly approved and acted upon. Justice Ananya Bandyopadhyay observed...
Delhi High Court Protects Personality Rights Of Actress Kajol; Restrains Sale Of Commercial Merchandise, Obscene Material
The Delhi High Court on Friday passed an interim order protecting the personality rights of Bollywood actress Kajol Devgan. Justice Jyoti Singh restrained various defendant entities from using the actress' image and likeness while selling commercial merchandise as well as ordered takedown of obscene material. The Court said that it will also pass an order restraining misuse of Kajol's...
Whether Cheque Was Given As Security Or Towards Debt Cannot Be Decided In Quashing Proceedings U/S 482 CrPC: J&K&L High Court
Reiterating the limited scope of inherent powers under Section 482 Cr.P.C., the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that the question whether a cheque was issued merely as security or in discharge of a legally enforceable debt is essentially a matter of evidence and cannot ordinarily be adjudicated at the stage of quashing criminal proceedings.A bench of Justice Sanjay Parihar...
Sabarimala Gold Theft: Kerala High Court Orders Advanced Metallurgical Tests, Sets March 31 Deadline For Final Report
The Kerala High Court on Thursday (19 February) ordered Advanced Metallurgical test of the gold samples from the Sabarimala Temple in the ongoing investigation into the misappropriation of gold.The direction was issued by a Division Bench comprising Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V and Justice K V Jayakumar which is considering suo motu proceedings into the Sabarimala gold theft case.When the...
Assault To Dissuade Love Relationship Against Family Wishes Not Against 'Public Order': Bombay High Court Quashes Preventive Detention
Assaulting a boy to dissuade him from continuing a love relationship which is objected by the girl's family is an 'individualistic' act and cannot be considered to be against 'public order' to detain a person under 'preventive detention' laws, held the Bombay High Court earlier this month. Sitting at the Kolhapur circuit seat, a division bench of Justice Ravindra Avachat and Justice...
Police Protection Has Become More Of A 'Status Symbol', Courts Can't Create Privileged Class: Allahabad High Court
In a petition seeking CRPF protection for life, the Allahabad High Court held that having police protection has become more of a status symbol at the cost of taxpayers' money. The bench of Justice Saral Srivastava and Justice Sudhanshu Chauhan observed “..it can very well be held that the nature of threat perception and the liability to provide security has to be left to be decided by...
Temple Festivals Conducted By State Can't Perpetuate Caste Names, Effort Must Be To Annihilate Caste : Madras High Court
The Madras High Court recently observed that the temple festivals conducted by the State through the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment Department could not perpetuate caste. Justice Bharata Chakravarthy noted that the very purpose of India becoming a republic was to treat everyone equally. The court added that the endeavour of every authority in the country should be to annihilate...
Denying Public Burial/ Cremation Ground Access To Marginalised Community Constitutes Untouchability; Collector Can Take Action: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court recently observed that a person from the marginalised community cannot be denied access to public burial or cremation ground and the same is a criminal offence under the SC/ST Act. Justice V Lakshminarayanan added that denying public burial or cremation ground to a person from marginalised community is a form of practicing untouchability which is...
'One Incident' Of Husband Slapping Wife For Staying Overnight At Parent's Home Without Telling Him Not Cruelty: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court has observed that "one incident" of a husband slapping his wife on the ground of her staying overnight at parental home without informing him would not amount to cruelty under Section 498A IPC.Acquitting the husband accused of cruelty and abetment to suicide after 23 years, the court further said that allegation of persistent, unbearable continuous beatings by husband...
'Tum Log Police Se Ghir Chuke Ho': Why Allahabad High Court Equated This UP Police FIR With A 'Movie Script'
The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) on Monday strongly deprecated the growing trend of Uttar Pradesh Police FIRs containing highly exaggerated content that appear to be borrowed heavily from "movie scripts". "Time and again this Court has pointed out that the language being used in the FIRs does not reflect the ground position, rather appears to be hearsay, scripted and appears to...