Elephant Fitness Certificate, 3-Days Rest, 3-Hrs Cap On Parading: Kerala HC Issues Directions To Prevent Cruelty During Temple Festivals

The Kerala High Court has remarked that Elephants in Kerala are widely used in Temples in the name of tradition and religion but, in reality, it is a "commercial exploitation" without any care or concern for their well-being.The Division Bench of Justice A.K.Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice Gopinath P. thus issued certain directions for effective implementation of the Kerala Captive...

Punjab & Haryana HC Declines Pre-Arrest Bail To Mother Booked Under POCSO For Forcing 2-Yrs Old Son Into Sexual Activities With Paramour

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has refused to grant pre-arrest bail to a mother who was accused of sexually abusing her 2 years old son with her alleged paramour, observing that the role of a mother is of care and nurturing the child and any deviation from this standard especially in a manner that harms one's own child, invites strict action under the law.Justice Sumeet Goel observed,...

School Girls Allegedly Forced To Remove Clothes For Phone Search: HC Issues Contempt Notice To Indore Police Commissioner For Not Filing Report

In a case concerning a government school teacher allegedly forcing minor girls to remove their clothes to search for a mobile phone, the Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court issued a show-cause notice to the city Police Commissioner to explain why contempt proceedings should not be initiated against him for not complying with its order. A division bench of Chief Justice Suresh Kumar...

Opinion On Merits Destined To Remain In Sealed Cover Forever: Madras HC Observes As 46-Yr-Old Dispute Ends After Parties Reach Compromise

A 46 year old land dispute suit was recently disposed of by the Madras High Court after the parties informed the court that they have arrived at a compromise."Shocked" by the long pendency of the suit, the High Court had in July this year transferred the suit–earlier pending before the lower court, to itself by exercising powers under Section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure and Article 227...

Karnataka High Court Stays Investigation Against BJP MP Tejasvi Surya For Allegedly Spreading 'Fake News' About A Farmer's Suicide

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday (November 14) by way of interim relief stayed investigation in the case registered against BJP Member of Parliament Tejasvi Surya, accused of spreading 'fake news' regarding the suicide of a farmer in Haveri district. A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna passed the interim order on the petition filed by Surya seeking to quash the FIR. The court...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Dismisses Ex-MLA Dilbag Singh's Plea Challenging ED's Provisional Attachment Order In Illegal Mining Case

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a plea filed by Indian National Lok Dal's former MLA Dilbagh Singh and others, challenging the Provisional Attachment Order (PAO) passed by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with money laundering allegations in an illegal mining case.A division bench of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Anil Kshetarpal opined that the PAO complied...

Accused's Counsel Can't Directly Contact Probe Agencies/IOs Sans Court Permission: Allahabad HC Objects To Lawyers' Mails To ED

Today, the Allahabad High Court took exception to the actions of the accused's counsels, who had sent emails to Enforcement Directorate officers requesting them to file a counter affidavit, as directed by the court, in a case involving their client. Noting that counsels' sending emails directly to the Investigating Officer was not proper and could not be appreciated, a bench of...

No Judge Will Decide Cases Based On A Film: Bombay HC On Plea Apprehending "Match Fixing" Movie May Affect Malegaon Blast Case Verdict

The Bombay High Court while clearing the decks for the release of the controversial film 'Match Fixing: The Nation is At Stake', said no judge in India would ever decide a trial on the basis of a movie's plot.A division bench of Justices Burgess Colabawalla and Somasekhar Sundaresan pulled up one of the petitioners, Lieutenant Colonel (Lt. Col.) Prasad Purohit, for objecting to the...

Wife Not Reporting About Missing Of Husband & Staying With Paramour Not Criminal Conspiracy U/S 120-B IPC: Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court on Thursday held that a wife not reporting the police about missing status of husband, not trying to trace him out and living passively with another man will not amount to criminal conspiracy.While acquitting the appellant-wife of the charge of criminal conspiracy, the Division Bench of Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo and Justice Chittaranjan Dash observed –“…it is...

'Clogging Over-Burdened Docket Of Court': Punjab & Haryana HC On Plea To Recall Order Allowing Centre To Act Against IIM Rohtak Director

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dubbed as "frivolous" the application to recall its order paving way for Central government to take action against IIM Rohtak's Director Dheeraj Sharma for allegedly concealing that he is not qualified for the post.The High Court had lifted a bar on the Union Government to take action against Sharma, accused of concealing that he did not have a...

Laser Printing On Mineral Water Bottle Legible: Kerala HC Quashes Case Against Kinley Booked For Illegible Packaging Details

Quashing a case against Hindustan Coca Cola Company under the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules concerning alleged illegible declaration about the packaging details of mineral water sold at a movie theatre, the Kerala High Court observed that it could not be said that the details in the form of laser printing were illegible or not prominent. After perusing through the seized...

Refund Rejection Order Passed Without Hearing Opportunity Violates Rule 92(3) Of CGST Rules, Principles Of Natural Justice: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court stated that refund rejection order passed without hearing opportunity violates rule 92(3) of CGST Rules, 2017 and principles of natural justice. The Bench of Justices M. S. Sonak and Jitendra Jain observed that “……in any event, proviso to Rule 92(3) of the CGST Rules, 2017, contemplates reasonable opportunity to be heard, implying that such hearing should...