Karnataka High Court Reserves Verdict On Former CM Yediyurappa's Plea To Quash POCSO Case

Countering the State's contention that ex-CM BS Yediyurappa 'calculatedly' filed his plea for quashing a POCSO case after the complainant's death, the BJP leader told the Karnataka High Court on Friday (January 17) that it wasn't that the complainant had told him when she was going to pass away, adding that he was not a magician. He further questioned the intervening one and half month...

Criminal Case Against Director Would Not Mean Company Is Also Involved: Punjab & Haryana HC Quashes Order Rejecting Liquor License

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has set aside the order rejecting a liquor license (L-1), observing that if a director is involved in a criminal case then it would not mean that the company is also involved. L-1 licence is granted for the wholesale supply of Indian liquor. These are granted to a Company or a society, a partnership firm or a proprietorship firm having a licensed...

Karnataka High Court Stalls Framing Of Charge Against HD Revanna Till January 30

The Karnataka High Court on Friday directed the trial court not to frame charges against Janata Dal (S) leader HD Revanna who is accused of kidnapping a woman, till January 30.A single judge, Justice M Nagaprasanna said, “Learned Senior Counsel for the petitioner submits that the matter is at the stage of hearing before charge and hearing is on. The concerned court is permitted to hear...

Arvind Kejriwal Objects To ED Seeking Adjournment In Plea Against His Bail, Calls It 'Propaganda' Amid Impending Elections

Former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday opposed before the Delhi High Court request of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to adjourn hearing in the plea against bail granted to him in the money laundering case connected to the alleged liquor policy scam.Senior Advocate Vikram Chaudhri appearing for Kejriwal opposed the request before Justice Vikas Mahajan after ED's counsel said that...

Gauhati High Court Notifies Directions To Mandate Production Of Child Abuse Victim Before Child Welfare Committee U/S 19(6) Of POCSO Act

The Gauhati High Court recently issued a Notification pursuant to the directions of the Supreme Court in In Re: Right to Privacy of Adolescents, Suo Moto Writ Petition (C) No. 3/2023 (para 35), wherein the Apex Court had observed that at grassroots level, Section 19(6) of the POCSO Act is not being implemented The Notification which shall come into effect immediately, reads as...

Failure To Disclose Information About Accomplices Can't Be Construed As 'Non-Cooperation With Investigation': Punjab & Haryana HC

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has said that "non-cooperation in investigation” must be interpreted with precision and cannot be equated with the failure of the accused to disclose information about his alleged accomplices or for facilitating the recovery of bribe money.Justice Manjari Nehru Kaul while allowing an anticipatory bail application in a corruption case, rejected the...

Kerala High Court Declines Peremptory Mandamus To Desist Authorities From Seizing Pan Masala Products At Check Posts

The Kerala High Court has dismissed a writ petition filed by a wholesale dealer of tobacco-free pan masala, 'Vimal and Shikkar Pan Masala' who sought a direction to authorities at Muthanga and Valayar Check Posts to allow the transportation of her Pan Masala from Karnataka and New Delhi to Kerala for sale.Justice C S Dias stated that merely because petitioner claims that her Pan Masala does...

Kerala High Court Disallows Construction Of Public Crematorium In Dense Mangroves Forest Area Classified As CRZ-1A

The Kerala High Court has dismissed an appeal filed by Dharmadam Grama Panchayat seeking to construct a public crematorium in a site of mangrove forest. The Coastal Zone Management Authority (CZMA) had given permission to construct the crematorium in the area. However, the Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar and Justice S. Manu observed that the permission itself mentions...

Karnataka High Court Stays Trial Against Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi In Defamation Case Lodged By State BJP

The Karnataka High Court in an interim order on Friday (January 17) stayed trial court proceedings against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a criminal defamation case filed against him by State BJP.Senior advocate Shashi Kiran Shetty appeared for Gandhi and argued before Justice M Nagaprasanna that this was the first time the case is heard.Issuing notice on the plea the court thereafter...

Not Every Interference Is 'Mischief': Kerala HC Quashes Case Against Apartment Owners Association For Disconnecting Water Supply Over Unpaid Charges

The Kerala High Court has quashed criminal proceedings of mischief alleged against Apartment Owners Welfare Association for disconnecting water supply distribution over unpaid water charges. The Court stated that every interference with distribution of water supply would not amount to an act of mischief under Section 430 of the IPC.Section 430 of the IPC deals with diminution of supply of...

Plea Filed To Settle Personal Score: Madhya Pradesh HC Dismisses PIL Against Shopping Complex Construction, Imposes ₹25K Cost On Litigant

The Indore Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court dismissed a PIL against construction of a shopping complex after noting that the petitioner had misused the process of law by making "false and incorrect allegations" in order to "settle personal score". In doing so, the court also imposed a cost of Rs 25,000 on the petitioner. A division bench of Justice Vivek Rusia and Justice Gajendra...

79,000 FIRs Pending Investigation In Punjab, 'Shocking': High Court Seeks Action Plan From DGP

Expressing shock at the staggering figure of 79,000 FIRs in Punjab still awaiting logical conclusion in the FIRs despite lapse of statutory period, the Punjab & Haryana High Court has sought action plan within a period of two weeks from the Director General of Police (DGP), Punjab.Justice Sandeep Moudgil said, "State is called upon to submit an Action Plan within a period of two weeks,...