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'They Resided Together As Husband-Wife': Allahabad HC Denies Relief To Man Charged With Dowry Death Of 'Live-In' Partner
The Allahabad High Court recently endorsed the view that to attract provisions of Sections 304-B (Dowry Death) and 498-A of IPC (Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty), it is sufficient to show that the victim woman and accused husband were residing as husband and wife at the relevant point of time. A bench of Justice Raj Beer Singh observed thus...
'Kalyugi Bharat': Allahabad High Court Rebukes Man For Filing Criminal Case Against Elder Brother To 'Wreak Vengeance'
The Allahabad High Court recently criticised a man for filing a criminal case against his elder brother (regarding a dispute that was essentially civil in nature) solely to harass him and seek vengeance. Calling the younger brother/complainant a 'Kalyugi Bharat' (कलयुगी भरत), a bench of Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery quashed the entire case proceedings as...
Can't Shift Undertrials From One Prison To Another At Whims And Fancies Of Prosecution: Karnataka HC In Murder Case Involving Actor Darshan
The Karnataka High Court has directed the prison authorities to re-shift one of the accused involved in the Renukaswamy murder case in which Kannada actor Darshan Thoogdeep Srinivas is also an accused, to the Central Prison, Bengaluru from Belagavi Central Prison.Accused Darshan was recently spotted sitting along with other prisoners inside the prison and sipping coffee and smoking....
Kerala HC Frowns Upon 'Restrictive Interpretation' Of PPF Scheme By Combing Parent And Child's Account To Calculate Yearly Limit On Deposit
The Kerala High Court has observed that beneficial schemes like the Public Provident Fund (PPF) encourage adults or guardians to open accounts on behalf of minors. The Court thus stated that the PPF scheme cannot be restrictively interpreted and contributions from parents and children made into separate accounts should not be calculated collectively to determine the deposit limit. In this...
Bombay High Court Sets Aside Order Denying Furlough To Prisoner For Not Doing Carpentry Work In Prison
The Bombay High Court recently quashed and set aside an order passed by the Special Police Inspector General of Prisons (East Region) which refused to permit furlough leaves to a convict on the ground that the prisoner refused to do 'carpentry' work while in jail.A division bench of Justices Vinay Joshi and Vrushali Joshi, sitting at Nagpur, quashed the order passed by the Special...
Kerala High Court Calls For Case Diary In Plea Against Minister Saji Cherian, Booked For Allegedly Making Insulting Remarks Against Constitution
The Kerala High Court yesterday directed to produce the case diary regarding the investigation conducted into the allegations that Minister for Fisheries, Culture, and Youth Affairs Saji Cherian made insulting remarks against the Indian Constitution.The Court passed the above order in a plea moved by a lawyer seeking a re-investigation by the CBI. The plea alleges that the Minister committed...
Registration Of FIR U/S 154 CrPC After BNSS Came Into Force Not A Curable Defect: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has held that from July 1, 2024 onwards when the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) came into force, the police registering an FIR under the repealed Criminal Procedure Code, is incorrect.A single judge bench of Justice K Natarajan, sitting at Kalaburagi bench, allowed the petition filed by Arunkumar and quashed the FIR registered against him under Section...
Accused Can Refuse To Give Blood Sample After Court Orders DNA Profiling In Rape Case: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court has ruled that a judicial order permitting DNA profiling of an accused in a rape case does not by itself violate the constitutional protection against self-incrimination under Article 20(3), because even after passing of such an order by the court, the choice would lie with the accused to refuse giving his blood sample.Single-judge bench of Justice Arun...
Shirdi Sai Baba Sansthan Is A Religious And Charitable Trust; Its Anonymous Donations Cannot Be Taxed: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday (October 8) held that the Shree Sai Baba Sansthan Trust, Shirdi is certainly a religious and a charitable trust and thus the 'anonymous' donations to the tune of Rs 159.12 crores, it received in the hundi (cash collection box) during the assessment years 2015 to 2019, can be exempted from income tax.A division bench of Justices Girish Kulkarni and...
Prima Facie Abused Position Of Media Advisor To Ex-Punjab CM, High Court Refuses Pre-Arrest Bail To Bharat Inder Chahal Booked In Bribery Case
The Punjab & Haryana High Court refused to grant anticipatory bail to Bharat Inder Singh Chahal, Media Advisor to former Punjab Chief Minister, accused for taking hefty bribe during his tenure in 2017-2021, and booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act.Chahal was media advisor to the then Chief Minister of Punjab Capt. Amarinder Singh, during March 2017 till September 2021. It was...
Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea To Allow Sonam Wangchuk, Others From Ladakh To Hold Peaceful Protest At Jantar Mantar
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought response of the Delhi Police on a seeking permission to allow climate activist Sonam Wangchuk and his associates from Ladakh to hold peaceful protest at Jantar Mantar for raising environmental awareness and demanding Sixth Schedule status for Ladakh.A division bench comprising of Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Amit Sharma also sought response of...
Marriage Prospects Of Girl Damaged Due To 100% Disability After Accident: Allahabad HC Enhances Compensation By Rs. 22 Lakh After 17 Yrs
Enhancing the compensation from Rs.1,08,875 to Rs.23,69,971, the Allahabad High Court while dealing with a 17-year-old plea observed that the 100% disability of the claimant/appellant–who was a minor at the time, had substantially damaged her marriage prospects subjecting her to frustration and depression.A single judge bench of Justice Vipin Chandra Dixit while awarding Rs. 3 lakhs...