High Courts
Govt Employee Not Disentitled From Claiming Compensation Due To Disablement: J&K High Court Upholds ₹10 Lakh Compensation For Man Who Lost Arm
The Jammu & Kashmir High Court has held that a government employee cannot be disentitled from his right to receive compensation accruing to him due to permanent disablement in the course of employment. It also held that pain, agony and the nature of disablement could be taken account of in order to determine the amount of the compensation falling due to the victim.The court observed that...
Close Proximity At Workplace Often Results In Sexual Relationships Which Get Reported As Crimes After Turning Sour: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has said that close proximity at the workplace, many times, results in consensual sexual relationships which later get reported as crimes such as rape after they turn sour. “In the present times, many a times close proximity at workplace results in consensual relationships which on turning sour, get reported as crimes, making it pertinent to be conscious of the...
S.107 CGST Act Prescribes Independent Regime Of Limitation For Filing Appeals, Application Of S.5 Limitation Act Stands Excluded: Delhi HC
The Delhi High Court has held that since Section 107 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 prescribes an “independent regime” to determine the limitation period for filing statutory appeals, the provision for condonation of delay under Section 5 of the Limitation Act stands excluded.A division bench of Justices Yashwant Varma and Dharmesh Sharma observed, “The facility to...
MUDA Case: Karnataka High Court Extends Stay On ED Summons Issued To CM Siddaramaiah's Wife Parvathy, Minister Suresha
The Karnataka High Court on Monday extended its interim order staying the summons issued by Enforcement Directorate to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's wife Parvathy and Minister B S Suresha, for their alleged involvement in the MUDA case, till February 20.A single judge Justice M Nagaprasanna directed the ED to file its objection in a week's time and posted the matter for further hearing...
No Unfettered Right To Cross-Examine Person Making Statements U/S 138(B) Customs Act: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has made it clear that a person facing charges under the Customs Act, 1962 does not have an unfettered right under Section 138B, to cross-examine the informant or person making incriminatory statements.Section 138(B) of the Customs Act of 1962 deals with the admissibility of statements made during customs proceedings.A division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and...
Consensual Nature Of Relationship Irrelevant For Prosecution Under POCSO Act: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that prima facie, the consensual nature of relationship between the accused and prosecutrix is irrelevant for prosecution under the POCSO Act. Rejecting the accused's plea that the relationship between him and the prosecutrix was consensual in nature, Justice Sanjeev Narula said:“This plea of consensual relationship is legally immaterial. Under the POCSO...
Gauhati High Court Directs PWD To Stop Construction Activities, Earth Filling In Fresh Water Lake Deepor Beel
The Gauhati High Court recently directed the Public Works Department (PWD) to file an affidavit to the effect that the earth filling and the other construction activities in the Deepor Beel area will be removed by the next date of hearing of a PIL on the issue.The division bench of the Chief Justice Vijay Bishnoi and Justice Suman Shyam was hearing a PIL regarding the protection of the...
Govt Job Is A Dream, Oversight Due To Anxiety Should Not Haunt: P&H HC Grants Relief To Candidates Disqualified For Not Filling Booklet Series In OMR
The Punjab & Haryana High Court allowed plea of candidates challenging their disqualification in Haryana Public Service Commission (HPSC) due to not filing booklet series in the OMR sheet, observing that "securing a public employment is a dream for a common person and the failure to compete in the same solely due to certain inadvertent omissions would crush the entire career prospects of...
Karnataka High Court Weekly Roundup: February 03 To February 09, 2025
Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 38 to 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 51Nominal Index: Rahul H M AND The Registrar (Evaluation) & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 38Newspace Research and Technologies Private Limited and Anirudh Putsala & others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 39Rajkumar Agarwal AND Income Tax Department. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 40Rooda Veershetty AND Union of India & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar)...
Punjab & Haryana HC Seeks Report On Cyber Crime Complaint Mechanisms In Plea Against Telegram Scammers Duping On Pretext Of Profit
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed the Punjab Government to provide a comprehensive report regarding the complaint handling mechanism on cyber crimes as well as the fate of unresolved complaints, where no FIR has been registered.Justice Mahabir Singh Sindhu said, "State counsel shall also visit the office of ADGP, Cyber Crime, Punjab on 17.02.2025 and to submit a...
Stray Dogs Being Microchipped To Avoid Vaccine Duplication: BBMP Tells Karnataka HC, Court Declines To Stay Chip Implant Proposal
The Karnataka High Court on Monday (February 10) refused to stay the Request for Proposal (RFP) floated by Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) for procuring and implanting microchip readers in the bodies of stray dogs in the city.A division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice M I Arun posted the matter for further hearing on March 20 and directed the BBMP to file its reply to...