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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...
Most Videos Of Mahant Ramgiri Maharaj's Objectionable Remark On Prophet Mohammad Deleted: Maharashtra Police Tells High Court
The Bombay High Court was on Thursday informed that the Sinnar Police and also the Maharashtra Police's Cyber Cell have deleted all the links and videos of controversial self-styled godman Mahant Ramgiri Maharaj, wherein, he has made some objectionable comments against Prophet Mohammad and has hurt the sentiments of the Muslim community.A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere...
Calcutta High Court Releases DYFI Leader Arrested For Allegedly Planning To Attack Govt Building Over Phone Call, Orders No Coercive Action
The Calcutta High Court has ordered the release of jailed Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) leader Kalatan Dasgupta, who was arrested after a phone call recording surfaced of him allegedly planning a violent attack on the State Health Department "Swastha Bhawan" in Salt Lake, to injure public officials and cause disturbance.A single bench of Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj ordered...
Media Glorifying Gangsters To Youth, Judiciary Must Send Strong Message: Punjab & Haryana HC Denies Bail To Lawrence Bishnoi Gang Member
The Punjab and Haryana High Court refused to grant bail to an "active gang member" of Lawrence Bishnoi in a murder case, observing that judiciary must send a strong message that those who engage in nefarious activities will face the full brunt of the law.Justice Harpreet Singh Brar said,"The way, these hardened criminals are portrayed by popular media, has led to a distorted sense of power...
Waiter Serving Food & Drinks In Bar Where Women Are Dancing Cannot Be Booked For Obscenity U/S 294 Of IPC: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court on Thursday held that a waiter in a Bar and Restaurant, where women are dancing in obscene manner, cannot be booked for the offence of 'obscenity' as s/he is merely performing their duty of serving food and drinks as per their employment profile.A division bench of Justices Ajay Gadkari and Dr Neela Gokhale while quashing a First Information Report (FIR) against one...