Karnataka High Court Upholds Guidelines Which Did Away With Grant Of Grace Marks In UG Medical Examinations

The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a batch of petitions filed by undergraduate medical students seeking a grant of five grace marks for the exams conducted in January, which would help them pass their examination.The primary contention of the students was that under the Regulations on Graduate Medical Education (Amendment) 2019, provision for grace was available and the benefit of the...

Allahabad HC Grants Bail To Man Accused Of Making Casteist Remarks Against Ex-President Ram Nath Kovind On FB

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday granted bail to one Sandeep Tiwari, who has been accused of making certain abusive posts on Facebook against former president of India Ram Nath Kovind. In its order, a bench of Justice Mohd. Faiz Alam Khan emphasised the importance of restraint and respect when discussing individuals holding high constitutional positions, particularly on...

Karnataka High Court Notifies Guidelines For Live Streaming Of Court Proceedings, Restricts Usage Of Recordings

The Karnataka High Court on Friday posted a note before live streaming of court proceedings would begin, informing the general public about the Karnataka Rules on Live Streaming and Recording of Court Proceedings, which prohibits/restricts usage of court proceedings recordings or live stream. The note was issued after videos of court proceedings went viral on social media, where the judges...

Donors Collecting Money From Sabarimala Pilgrims For Accommodation In Donor Rooms 'Legally Impermissible': Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has made it clear that donor rooms at Sabarimala registered under individual donors can be used only by the donors themselves or their family members. The Court further stated that donor rooms associated with trusts or organizations can be occupied by its trustees, office bearers and registered members on identity verification. The Court also stated that donors...

Trial Court Judges Often Convict Accused Despite Clear Grounds For Acquittal To Avoid Action By HC: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court recently observed that in many cases where the accused deserves clear acquittal, presiding officers in trial court pass a judgment of conviction just because they want to avoid the issuance of notice and action by the High Court. A bench of Justice Siddharth and Justice Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi made this observation while dealing with certain criminal appeals...

Government Is Responsible To Look Into Financial Crises Of Municipal Councils: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has set aside the order removing the President of a Municipal Council for allowing loan to a Nagar Panchayat in need of funds to pay its employees and sanitation workers.The President of Municipal Council Barnala was removed for allegedly "misusing power" by granting a loan to the Nagar Panchayat by not following the procedure, which was later rectified in...

Rajasthan High Court Grants Bail To Husband Noting That His Extra-Marital Affair Would 'Per Se' Not Attract Abetment Of Wife's Suicide

While granting bail to a man accused of abetting his wife's suicide, the Rajasthan High Court recently observed that solely because a husband was involved in an extra-marital relationship and there was some suspicion in the wife's mind, cannot be regarded as abetment under Section 306 IPC. After considering the facts of the case, a single judge bench of Justice Rajendra Prakash Soni said,...

Supreme Court To Implement AI Tool To Generate Summary Of Pleadings: Delhi High Court ACJ Manmohan

Delhi High Court's Acting Chief Justice Manmohan has said that the e-committee of the Supreme Court of India is in the process of implementing an Artificial Intelligence tool known as (AI Saransh) developed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) for précis of the pleadings. The judge said that AI tools can be used to generate a précis of the pleadings of the parties, highlighting...

Mere Failure To Repay Loan Not Cheating Or Criminal Breach Of Trust: Rajasthan High Court Reiterates

Rajasthan High Court has reiterated that no criminal case for breach of trust (Section 405, IPC) and/or cheating (Section 415, IPC) lies against someone who failed to repay loan amount, in absence of any other fact for attracting the offences.The bench of Justice Rajendra Prakash Soni was hearing a quashing petition filed by the accused charged under Sections 405 and 415, IPC, pursuant to an...

Bombay High Court Issues Notice On PIL Seeking Action Against Dental Practitioners For Performing Hair Transplant Surgeries

The Bombay High Court on Thursday (Sept 19) issued notice on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition, which seeks action against the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons performing Aesthetic and Hair Transplant surgeries.A division bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay and Justice Amit Borkar issued notice to the respondents to the petition after it was informed that the National...

No Clinching Material To Show Exact Birth Date Of Thiruvalluvar: Madras High Court Declines To Interfere With Govt Holiday

The Madras High Court has dismissed a plea challenging the policy of the Government of Tamil Nadu celebrating the birthday of Thiruvalluvar on the 2nd day of Thai which was also declared a public holiday. The petitioner had sought to celebrate Thiruvalluvar's birthday on the Tamil star “Anusham” in the Tamil Month of “Vaikasi”. Justice M Dhandapani said that since there...

Madras High Court Reserves Orders On Pleas Seeking CBI Probe Into Kallakurichi Hooch Tragedy

The Madras High Court has reserved orders on a batch of pleas seeking CBI inquiry into the Kallakurichi Hooch Tragedy which claimed around 68 lives. The bench of Acting Chief Justice D Krishnakumar and Justice PB Balaji reserved the orders on pleas filed by I.S Inabadurai, K Balu, Dr A Sridharan, A Mohan Doss, and B Parthasarathy. The petitioners had argued that the state...