Independent Evidence To Determine Guilt/ Innocence Of Accused Can't Be Refused Citing Delay: Delhi HC Allows DNA Test At Final Arguments Stage

While allowing an application for DNA testing in a decade-old murder case at the stage of final arguments, the Delhi High Court remarked that in the interests of justice, independent evidence must not be refused on the grounds of delay, particularly in serious offences like murder. It was observed that such an application must be allowed if the evidence could help determine the guilt or...

Kidnapping Case: Karnataka High Court Relaxes Condition Restraining Bhavani Revanna From Entering Her Native Districts Of Mysuru, Hassan

Karnataka High Court has relaxed the condition imposed on former Lok Sabha MP and Janata Dal (S) leader Prajwal Revanna's mother, Bhavani Revanna, restraining her from entering her native districts of Mysuru and Hassan.The condition was imposed while granting he anticipatory bail in connection with the Kidnapping case lodged against her, linked to the rape case pending against her son...

'Let's All Unite': Calcutta HC Chief Justice Writes To Bar Bodies After Their Refusal To Attend Swearing-In Of Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma

Calcutta High Court Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam has written to lawyer members of the High Court's various Bar bodies after they had refused to participate in the swearing-in ceremony of Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma who had been transferred to the Calcutta High Court from the Delhi High Court. The heads of the various bodies had also written to the Chief Justice of India to reconsider the...

Wikipedia Responsible For Contents Posted On It, Can't Cite Intermediary Status: Delhi High Court In ANI Defamation Case

The Delhi High Court has observed that Wikipedia cannot wash its hands of the contents published on it by merely claiming that it is an intermediary and cannot be held responsible for the statements published on the platform.“Defendant No.1 (Wikipedia) professes itself to be an encyclopedia and people at large have a tendency to accept the statements made on the web pages of Defendant No.1...

Jharkhand HC Asks Power Dept To Not Cut Electricity During Festivals, Directs Action To Protect Procession-Goers From Overhead Tension Lines

In a suo moto action, the Jharkhand High Court has directed the Jharkhand Bijli Vitaran Nigam Limited (for short 'JBVNL') to not cut electric supply to neighbourhoods during the festive season. These directions were passed by a division bench of CJ M.S. Ramachandra Rao and Justice Deepak Roshan in a plea complaining of power outages during the Sarhul festival in Ranchi on April 1st.It cannot...

Merely Because Either Parent Is Non-Tribal, Child Cannot Be Denied Scheduled Tribe Certificate: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court's circuit bench at Port Blair has come to the aid of a NEET candidate who had not been issued a scheduled tribe certificate for the upcoming entrance examinations, even after being considered eligible for an ST certificate by the authorities.Justice Aniruddha Roy held: The law on the subject prescribe that several factual factors are required to be considered to...

'Frivolous': Madhya Pradesh High Court Dismisses Plea Alleging Advocate General Charged 'Exorbitant Professional Fees'

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently dismissed an application alleging that the state's Advocate General Prashant Singh charged and was paid "exorbitant professional fees" to appear in certain matters including a plea where the advocate general appeared for state Nurses Registration Council. This, the plea claimed, was despite government instructions that no separate fees was required to...

Madhya Pradesh HC Upholds Measures By Indore Municipality To Curb Traffic Congestion At Tourist Attraction '56 Dukan' Food Street

While hearing a plea filed by shop owners of the famous '56 Dukan' area–a food and shopping located in Indore, the Madhya Pradesh High Court upheld the measures taken by Indore Municipal Corporation to curb traffic congestion in the said area. In doing so the Court noted that the decision to put barricades on the road was done in larger interest of the public.Justice Subodh Abhyankar in...

Society Owes Healthy Environment To Children, Won't Permit Dumping Ground Near School: Bombay HC Remarks In Plea Against Waste Disposal Site

In a petition challenging the proposal to set up a Municipal Solid Waste Treatment & Disposal site at a land adjacent to a school, the Bombay High Court orally remarked that it would not permit a dumping ground to be set up near the school.The Court was hearing 2011 petitions filed by a school and village panchayat of Awalkheda village in Taluka Igatpuri of Nashik District.During the...

Compelling Reason For Interference Of Appellate Court When Relevant And Convincing Materials Unjustifiably Eliminated: Chhattisgarh High Court

The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that there arises a compelling reason for interference of the Appellate Court when a judgment impugned is clearly unreasonable and relevant and convincing materials have been unjustifiably eliminated in the process.A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, while overturning a wrongful acquittal by the...

UAPA | Kerala High Court Grants Bail To 10 PFI Members Allegedly Involved In RSS Leader Sreenivasan's Murder

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday (2nd April) granted bail to 10 PFI members allegedly involved in the murder of RSS leader in Palakkad, S. K. Sreenivasan.The Division Bench of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and Justice P. V. Balakrishnan granted bail to 8 of them namely Nassar, Jamsheer H., Abdul Basith, Muhammed Shefeek K., Ashraf K., Jishad B., Ashraf aka Ashraf Moulavi, Sirajudheen...

Free Speech Cannot Be Stifled By Implicating Citizens In Criminal Cases, Dissent Can Be Expressed Under Article 19(1)(a): Madras High Court

While quashing a criminal case registered against AIADMK's C. Ve Shanmugam for his comments about the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, the Madras High Court underscored the right to freedom of speech and expression and the right to dissent. Justice GK Ilanthiraiyan noted that in a democracy, the opposition has a role to point out the failures of the government. The court added that...