Telangana HC Sets Aside Order For Retrial Of Murder Accused Without Challenge To Acquittal, Says It Violated Constitutional Guarantee

A division bench of the Telangana High Court has set aside the order passed by a Single Judge, directing a re-trial of an accused, who was acquitted of murder charges without there being any challenge to the acquittal order.Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya and Justice B.R. Madhusudhan Rao passed the order in a criminal appeal, challenging the order passed by the District and Sessions Court,...

Calcutta HC Declines To Quash SC/ST Act Case Against Ex-Visva Bharati VC For Saying He Won't Allow SC, ST Or OBC Staff To Enter His Office

The Calcutta High Court has declined to quash a case registered under the SC/AT (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against former Vice Chancellor of Visva Bharati University, Prof Bidyut Chakraborty, and other office bearers who were accused of making casteist remarks against an employee of the university at a meeting.Justice Ajay Kumar Gupta held: "The Central Conference Hall of the...

Karnataka High Court Grants Bail To Deputy Superintendent Of Police Booked For Abetting Lawyer's Suicide

The Karnataka High Court recently granted bail to Deputy Superintendent of Police Kanaka Lakshmi B M, who is accused of abetting the suicide of an advocate Jeeva S. Justice S Vishwajith Shetty allowed the petition filed by the police officer who is booked under sections 7(a) of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Section 108 of BNS, 2023."SPP has fairly brought to the notice of this Court...

Rajasthan HC Refuses To Quash FIR Against State University Students Booked For Assaulting Ex-Professor Based On Compromise Between Them

The Rajasthan High Court rejected a plea for quashing an FIR based on compromise between certain students of Rajasthan University accused of assaulting a former professor, observing that the alleged offences were serious in nature and per se breaches the tranquility and peace of society. Justice Sameer Jain in his order said:"The allegations noted in the FIR pertain to a...

Karnataka High Court Quashes POCSO Complaint Lodged By Sister Against Her Brothers Over Property Dispute

While quashing an FIR registered on the complaint of a woman under POCSO Act against her brothers, the Karnataka High Court noted that the siblings were fighting over property and it was in this light the crime was registered as a counter-blast which cannot be accepted. Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed the petition and quashed the prosecution initiated against the petitioners under...

S.307 IPC | Framing Charges Doesn't Require Direct Evidence Of Intention Or Knowledge; Can Be Inferred From Circumstances: Patna HC

The Patna High Court has ruled that at the stage of framing charges under Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code, it is not necessary to prove by direct evidence that the accused had intention or knowledge to cause death; instead, it is sufficient if the materials show either intention or knowledge, which can be inferred from the surrounding circumstances.Justice Bibek Chaudhuri, presiding over...

Insurance Company Must Insist On Disclosure Of Specific Details, Can't Repudiate Policy Later On Grounds Of Suppression: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court has held that if the insurance company wants specific details to be filed in the form for issuing insurance policy, it must insist upon the person seeking the policy to disclose the same. Once the policy has been issued to the person without disclosing such facts and premium has been recovered by the insurance company, it cannot repudiate the contract on grounds...

MP High Court Issues Notice On PIL Seeking Reservation For Orphan Kids In Govt Jobs & Educational Institutions

The Madhya Pradesh High Court issued notice to the State government on a PIL seeking formulation of a proper policy for welfare and upliftment of Orphan children, including reservation for orphan students in Government, Non-Government Service, and Educational Institutions.A division bench of Chief Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Vivek Jain was hearing a PIL filed by Disha Education...

Patna High Court Rejects Plea Against Birla Edutech For 'Commercializing Education', Says No Material To Show Violation Of CBSE Bye-Laws

In a plea seeking an inquiry against Birla Edutech Limited for allegedly commercializing education, the Patna High Court said that no blanket or fishing inquiry can be directed into all schools run under the franchisee Birla Open Minds without any specific material against it. The Court said that the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) may initiate action only when specific material...

'Public Money Misused By State Govt': Rajasthan HC Halts Grant Of Scholarship To Students With Over ₹25 Lakh Annual Family Income

The Rajasthan High Court in an interim order has restrained the State government from granting benefits of Swami Vivekanand Scholarship for High Studies (earlier known as Rajiv Gandhi Scholarship) to any candidates falling under the E3 category having annual family income of more than 25 lakhs, till further orders.The court said so after noting that "millions of rupees" from...

Can't Challenge After Taking Benefit: Andhra Pradesh HC Upholds Rule On Commutation Of Govt Employees' Pension After 15 Years

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has upheld the validity of Rule 18 of the Andhra Pradesh Civil Pensions (Commutation) Rules which stipulates restoration of commuted portion of pension after 15 years from the effective date of commutation, on the grounds that the petitioners had themselves derived benefit from the rule and the prescribed 15 year period.The Court had to primarily determine...

Delhi High Court Dismisses Challenge To Provision On Limitation Under Contempt Of Courts Act

The Delhi High Court has dismissed a petition challenging the vires of Section 20 of the Contempt of Courts Act, noting that the petitioner did not raise any substantial grounds to challenge the validity of the provision.For context, Section 20 of the Contempt of Courts Act states that no court shall initiate any contempt proceedings after the expiry of a period of one year from the date on...