Purchaser Of Property Requesting Tenants To Vacate Or Face Eviction Not Guilty Of 'Criminal Intimidation': Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has quashed a case of criminal intimidation under Section 506 IPC initiated by tenants against the purchaser of a property who had asked the tenants to vacate the premises or face eviction.Justice Shampa (Dutt) Paul held: It is for the respondent no. 2/complainant Garg to file a civil suit. Initiation of the criminal process for oblique purposes, is bad in law and...

Concealment Of Proceeds Of Crime An Offence Under PMLA, ED Need Not Establish Where The Money Eventually Went: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently held that since the concealment of proceeds of crime itself is an offence under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the Enforcement Directorate is not required to establish where the money eventually went. A division bench of Justice GR Swaminathan and Justice R Poornima added that the accused, who would have engineered the disappearance of...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Directs State To Give Complete Details Of Alleged 'Unauthorized Religious Shrines' Constructed In Police Stations

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday (December 16) asked the State government to submit complete details of the alleged unauthorized religious shrines which are stated to be constructed inside police stations across the state, including the number of such constructions and the date on which they were constructed. The present plea was filed by a retired central government employee, now...

Part-Time Service Recognized For Pension Benefits Under Old Scheme: Bombay HC

Bombay High Court, Nagpur Bench: A division bench of Justices Nitin W. Sambre and Vrushali V. Joshi held that part-time teaching service should count towards pension benefits under the Maharashtra Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1982. It confirmed that the petitioner, who moved from part-time to full-time teaching, was entitled to pensionary benefits starting from his first appointment...

Sample Sent To FSL Different From One Which Was Recovered: Punjab & Haryana HC Acquits Man Convicted In NDPS Case After 20 Yrs

Overturning a 20-year-old order convicting a man under NDPS Act for illicit trading of poppy husk and sentenced to 12 years of imprisonment, the Punjab and Haryana High Court observed that the sample recovered was not the one which was sent to Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL).The appellant was convicted under Section 15 of NDPS Act for possessing over 29 kgs and 750 grams of poppy husk....

Atul Subhash Case | Allahabad High Court Grants Transit Anticipatory Bail To Accused-Wife's Uncle For Four Weeks

The Allahabad High Court today allowed transit anticipatory bail for 4 weeks to Sushil Singhania, the uncle of the estranged wife of 34-year-old Bangalore techie Atul Subhash, in connection with the abetment to suicide case. A bench of Justice Ashutosh Srivastava noted that denying interim protection to enable him to make a pre-arrest bail application before a Court of Competent...

Bombay HC Judges Visit Yerwada Prison In Pune: Ask Authorities To Take Care Of Prisoners' Mental Health, Identify 'Terminally Ill' Inmates

The Bombay High Court on Monday directed the Maharashtra government to consider proper implementation of an Advisory issued by the Union Government way back in 2010, to grant medical bail or to put in house arrest, prisoners, who are identified to be 'terminally ill.'A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Prithviraj Chavan visited the Yerwada Central Prison in Pune on...

[Lawrence Bishnoi Jail Interview Row] HC Seeks Clarification Over DGP's Press Statement That Bishnoi Was Not Lodged In Punjab Prison During Interview

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed the Punjab DGP, to clarify on what basis he had given statements in a press conference that gangster Lawrence Bishnoi was not confined in Punjab Prisons during his controversial TV interview from jail.In March 2023, wherein the Punjab DGP reportedly denied that the interview of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi was from any jail in Punjab.After SIT...

Kerala HC Quashes Case Against Former MP For Allegedly Comparing Lawyers To Street Dogs

The Kerala High Court quashed the defamation case against former Ernakulam MP, advocate and lawyer, Sebastian Paul pending before the Taliparamba Magistrate Court for allegedly comparing the lawyer community with street dogs.The said statement was made in 2016 when there was a tussle between the lawyers and journalists in Kerala. The speech made by Sebastian Paul was reported by media....

Delhi High Court Summons Spicejet Limited's CEO, COO Over Non-Payment Of Dues To Lessors

The Delhi High Court has recently summoned the CEO and COO of Spicejet Limited over non-payment of dues to lessors - Team France 01 SAS and Sunbird France 02 SAS. Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora directed the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer of Spicejet Limited to remain present in Court on January 16, 2025. “It is made clear that the request of the counsel for...

Delhi High Court Disallows Income Tax Dept From Adjusting Stayed Demand Towards Previous Refund Due To Nokia

Granting relief to telecom equipment company Nokia, the Delhi High Court disallowed the Income Tax Department from adjusting the outstanding demand raised against the company, towards a previous refund due to it. A division bench of Justices Vibhu Bakhru and Swarana Kanta Sharma pointed towards stay of recovery proceedings and said, “there is no allegation that the petitioner...

'Shocking Scenario': Punjab & Haryana HC Flags Trend Of Filing False Cases, Says Police Are Not Merely 'Postmen' For Forwarding Complaints

Flagging the rising trend of filing frivolous cases, the Punjab & Haryana High Court has said that the investigating officers are not merely postmen, who are there only to forward the complaints they receive to the Courts and to add "unnecessary pressure to the judicial system" and "ruin lives of citizens."Justice Alok Jain said, "A very shocking scenario is emerging whereby false...