ED Interrogations Lasting 14 Hrs "Not Heroic", Violate Human Dignity: Punjab & Haryana HC While Declaring Congress MLA's Arrest Illegal

The Punjab and Haryana High Court today asked the Enforcement Directorate to take remedial measures and sensitize its officers to follow some "reasonable time limit" for interrogations of suspects under PMLA, in one go.Justice Mahabir Singh Sindhu said ED interrogation lasting for upto 15 hours in this case "is not heroic...rather it is against the dignity of a human being." For future, the...

'Foul Play Can't Be Ruled Out': Orissa HC Grants ₹2 Lakhs Interim Compensation For Unnatural Death Of Convicted Prisoner

The Orissa High Court ordered the State to pay an interim compensation of rupees two lakhs to the daughter of a convicted prisoner who was found hanging from the latrine adjacent to the prison cells.While the nature of death of the deceased was claimed to be 'suicidal', the Single Bench of Dr. Justice Sanjeeb Kumar Panigrahi said that possibility of 'foul play' cannot be ruled out and...

[Actress Assault Case] Kerala High Court Reserves Order On Application Filed By Survivor Seeking To Quash Fact-Finding Inquiry Report

The Kerala High Court has reserved for order the application filed by the survivor in the 2017 actress sexual assault, involving Malayalam actor Dileep.Justice C S Dias reserved for order the application filed by the survivor to set aside or quash the fact-finding inquiry report dated January 08, 2024, submitted by the Ernakulam Sessions and District Judge. The writ petition filed by...

AgustaWestland Case: Delhi High Court Denies Bail To Christian Michel In CBI FIR

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed the bail application filed by British Arms Counsultant Christian James Michel in the case registered by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the Agusta Westland chopper scam case. Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma rejected Michel's bail plea in CBI case and listed his plea seeking bail in the money laundering case registered by...

Karnataka High Court Grants Bail To Accused In Renukaswamy's Murder Case Allegedly Involving Actor Darshan

The Karnataka High Court recently granted bail to one of the accused allegedly involved in the Renukaswamy murder case, in which Kannada actor Darshan Thoogdeep Srinivas is also an accused.A single judge bench of Justice S Vishwajith Shetty granted bail to Keshavamurthy on him executing a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh with two sureties of like sum. The petitioner is accused no 16 in the case, it...

Managing Director Of Newspaper Has No Direct Role In Selecting News, Chief Editor/Editor Is Responsible: Kerala High Court In Defamation Case

The Kerala High Court held that a managing director has no role in selecting the news item. The Court said these while quashing the further proceedings against the Managing Director of Rashtradeepika in a defamation case. The complainant filed this case saying that a news item published in the newspaper was defamatory against her. The Court, however, declined to quash further proceedings...

Document Classified As 'Top Secret' Under Official Secrets Act Can't Be Directed To Be Produced By Arbitral Tribunal: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that a document classified “Top Secret” and “Protected” under the Official Secrets Act, 1923, cannot be directed to be produced by an Arbitral Tribunal.Justice Manoj Jain allowed the plea moved by Director General of Project Varsha, Union Ministry of Defence, against an order directing it to submit documents concerning the project in a sealed cover to...

Orissa High Court Issues Standing Order Instructing Lawyers To Desist From Pleading Law & Case Laws In Counter Affidavits

The Orissa High Court has passed a Standing Order instructing lawyers to desist from pleading laws in the counter affidavits so also to refrain from quoting therein the precedents/observations made by Courts.The Standing Order came as a corollary to an order passed by the Apex Court on July 8, 2024 in Jaiki Singh v. Shrawan Sharma & Anr., wherein it had cautioned the lawyers against...

Calcutta High Court Directs Enquiry Against Complainants For Filing False POCSO Case Against Accused Who Spent Almost A Year Behind Bars

The Calcutta High Court has called upon the POCSO court, Murshidabad to undertake a 'discreet enquiry' into the de-facto complainant and her daughter in a POCSO case for making a false complaint and also recording a false statement under Section 164 of Cr.P.C., thereby fabricating false evidence within the meaning of Section 192 of the IPC.A division bench of Justices Arijit Banerjee and...

'RDF Not Declared Unlawful Or Terrorist Organization Under UAPA' : Kerala High Court Acquits Five In Alleged Maoist Meeting Case

The Court observed that there was no evidence that RDF was a frontal organization of CPI(Maoist).

Hard To Accept Cops Couldn't Overpower Accused, "Shoot-Out" Could Be Avoided: Bombay HC While Hearing Badlapur 'Fake Encounter' Case

While hearing a plea by father of the Badlapur school sexual assault accused who died in an alleged "fake encounter" on Monday, the Bombay High Court orally said it is difficult to accept that the accused– who was not a "strong man", couldn't be overpowered by the police officials who were with him.A division bench of Justice Revati Mohite Dere and Justice Prithviraj Chavan was hearing...

Absence Of Medical Evidence Not Fatal To Prosecution Case, Victim Corroborated Her Testimony U/S 164 CrPC: Gauhati HC Upholds POCSO Conviction

The Gauhati High Court on Tuesday upheld the conviction of a person under Section 6 of the POCSO Act on the ground that the testimony of the victim girl before the trial court was corroborated by her statement recorded under Section 164 of CrPC and therefore, found to be trustworthy in the absence of a proper medical report.However, the division bench of Justice Michael Zothankhuma and...