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Gauhati High Court Seeks State's Response On Amount Of Money Loaned To First-Time Entrepreneurs In Plea Over Non-Payment Of Dues To Tenderer
The Gauhati High Court recently asked the Assam Government to apprise it as to the money used by the State with regard to loans being given to first-time entrepreneurs. The said direction was passed by a single judge bench of Justice Michael Zothankhuma in a writ petition filed by a person regarding non-payment of the dues after an action to de-hire the premises was taken by State...
Calcutta High Court Orders Enquiry Against Police Officers Accused Of Tampering Evidence In Sexual Assault Case
The Calcutta High Court has ordered an enquiry against several police officers who have been accused of tampering with evidence related to a case of sexual assault. The Court also cancelled the bail granted to the accused by the trial court due to the lapses in the police investigation.A single bench of Justice Rajasrhi Bharadwaj while dealing with the lapses on the part of the...
Shocked Conscience Of Court: Punjab & Haryana High Court Flags “Unacceptable Lapses” Over Convict's Acquittal After Completion Of Sentence
Observing that the case "shocked the conscience" of the Court, the Punjab & Haryana High Court flagged "the protracted delay" in the listing of appeals wherein a rape convict was acquitted by the High Court after completion of his entire sentence.The Court acquitted the convict stating that the prosecution failed to prove its case and the circumstances indicate that they were in a...
High Court Declines Urgent Hearing For Plea Challenging Fresh Strike Called By Junior Doctors In West Bengal
The Calcutta High Court has declined an urgent hearing for a plea challenging a fresh strike called by junior doctors in West Bengal in response to the brutal incident of rape and murder of a resident doctor at RG Kar hospital. Junior doctors across the state had initially protested against the incident, demanding safety at the workplace and accountability of those running the institutions....
Criminal Appeals Once Admitted Cannot Be Dismissed For Non-Representation/ Non-Prosecution: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court held that if a Criminal Appeal is not summarily dismissed under Section 384 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Cr.P.C), then it cannot be dismissed for non-representation or non-prosecution.Justice A. Badharudeen observed:“Thus the legal position emerges is that when an appeal is not summarily dismissed under Section 384 of Cr.P.C and the appellate court admits the...
Pendency Of Complaint Against Transfer Does Not Justify Govt Employee's Failure To Join Place Of Posting, Absence From Duty: MP High Court
In a recent judgement, the Madhya Pradesh High Court set aside a decision of a single judge bench that had validated the absence of a government employee from duty while a complaint against his transfer was pending before the authority.The division bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court held that remaining absent from duty citing a pending complaint as a reason for the absence, is not...
Plea By Lawyer In Kerala High Court Seeks To Address Issues And Implement Suggestions Given In Justice Hema Committee Report
A plea has been moved before the Kerala High Court by a lawyer seeking directions from the Court to address the issues faced by women in the film industry and to implement the suggestions given in the Justice Hema Committee Report.The Justice Hema Committee Report was published on August 19, 2024 and the Committee's study revealed that women in the film industry face numerous issues,...
Adhere To 2017 Notification On Production Of Demonitized Currency, So It Can Be Exchanged As Legal Tender: Karnataka HC To Trial Courts
The Karnataka High Court has asked trial courts, before whom demonetized banknotes have been produced by investigating agencies on or before December 30, 2016, to follow the procedure for releasing the notes mentioned in Centre's 2017 notification, so that concerned persons can exchange it for legal tender.A division bench of Justice S Sunil Dutt Yadav and Justice Ramachandra D Huddar in...
Bulandshahr Moving Car Gang-Rape, Murder | 'Not Rarest Of Rare Case': Allahabad HC Commutes Death Sentence Of 3 To 25-Yr Jail Sans Remission
The Allahabad High Court on Friday commuted the death penalty imposed upon three men to 25 years of imprisonment without remission for the gang rape and murder of a 17-year-old (offence committed in January 2018 in the Bulandshahr district of the state). A bench of Justice Arvind Singh Sangwan and Justice Mohd. Azhar Husain Idrisi noted that it was not a 'rarest of the rare' case where...
No Prohibition On 'Posthumous Reproduction' In Absence Of A Spouse, Consent Of Egg Or Sperm Owner Should Be Demonstrated: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court on Friday ruled that there is no prohibition under the prevalent Indian law against posthumous reproduction, in absence of the spouse, if the consent of the egg or sperm owner is demonstrated.Posthumous reproduction is the process of using a deceased person's gametes to create a child. The procedure is not regulated by Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act,...
Prima Facie Appears To Be 'Consensual' : Gujarat High Court Grants Bail In Case Under Section 377 IPC
The Gujarat High Court on Thursday (October 3) granted bail to a 22-year-old man booked in a Section 377 IPC FIR in a complaint moved by a 64-year-old man, while prima facie observing that the relationship appeared to be consensual. The order was passed in the man's plea seeking regular bail in an FIR registered under IPC Sections 377 (Unnatural Offences), 386 (Extortion by putting a person...
Madras High Court Issues Notice On Plea To Remove Dialogues Glorifying 'Encounter' In Upcoming Vettaiyan Movie
The Madras High Court has ordered notice in a plea seeking to remove dialogues glorifying encounters in the upcoming Rajnikanth starrer film Vettaiyan. The bench of Justice R Subramanian and Justice Victoria Gowri ordered notice to the Chief Secretary to the Government, the Central Board of Film Certification, and Lyca Production in a plea filed by Palanivelu from Madurai. In his...