NDPS Act | Framing Of Charges By Court Without Jurisdiction Will Not Affect Evidence Recorded By Special Court: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court held that the framing of a charge by a Sessions Court having no jurisdiction to try the case does not affect the evidence recorded by a Special Court constituted under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS Act).Under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS Act), only a special court constituted under the Act can try offences under the...

TN Speaker M Appavu Moves Madras High Court To Quash Defamation Complaint By AIADMK Official Spokesperson Babu Murugavel

Tamil Nadu Speaker M Appavu has approached the Madras High Court to quash the defamation proceedings initiated based on the complaint of AIADMK Official Spokesperson Babu Murugavel. When the matter came up for hearing on Thursday, Justice G Jayachandran asked the respondent, Babu Murugavel to respond to the plea and explain how the statements made by the speaker amounted to defaming...

Won't Dispose Properties, Modify Customs Of Chamundeshwari Temple Till Decision On Validity Of Development Authority Act: State To Karnataka HC

The Karnataka government has assured the High Court that pending the disposal of the petition challenging validity of the Shree Chamundeshwari Kshetra Development Authority Act, 2024, neither the movable nor the immovable properties belonging to the Chamundeshwari Temple at Mysore, will be disposed of nor the prevailing customs and traditions of the temple shall not be modified or...

[POCSO] Principal, Teacher Not Guilty Of Failure To Report Crime When Student's Complaint Was Sent To Police The Very Next Day: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has quashed the final report against a school principal and teacher for failing to report a sexual offence complaint received from a minor student on the same day. The Court stated that it cannot be justified to say that there was a wilful omission since the complaint was lodged with the police and FIR was registered on the next day itself.Justice A. Badharudeen stated...

Employee Of State Road Transport Corporation Entitled To Pay Revision And Benefits Of 5th And 6th Pay Commissions: Jammu & Kashmir High Court

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: Justice M.A. Chowdhary ruled in favor of the petitioner, recognizing his entitlement to the pay revisions under the 5th and 6th Pay Commissions, despite his superannuation. The court held that since the petitioner had been treated as a government employee for pension purposes, he was also entitled to the pay revisions granted under the relevant Statutory...

Madras High Court Asks HR&CE To Take Action Against Trustee, Employees Who Shot Instagram Reel Inside Temple

The Madras High Court on Thursday directed the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment Department to take action against the temple trustee and employees of the Devi Karumari Amman Temple at Tiruverkadu who recorded Instagram reels inside the temple. Justice M Dhandapani wondered how the temple trustee herself could engage in such acts inside the temple, which is visited by...

Church Feud: Kerala High Court Dismisses Appeal Against Order Directing District Collectors To Take Over Specified Churches

The Kerala High Court has dismissed the appeals filed challenging a single bench order directing the Collectors of Ernakulam and Palakkad districts to take over possession of six churches involved in the Orthodox – Jacobite faction feud.The Division Bench of Justice Anil K. Narendran and Justice P. G. Ajithkumar, pronouncing their order in open court said, 'the appeals are dismissed'....

Karnataka High Court Asks All Universities, Colleges To Consider Framing 'Mental Health And Anti-Discrimination Policy' For Students

The Karnataka High Court has suggested Universities and Colleges, private or government, to formulate Mental Health Policy and Anti-discrimination policy, so as to prevent and address the serious and deleterious effects these sensitive issues may have on the lives of students.A single judge bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj appreciated the steps taken by Azim Premji University in formulating...

TN Siddha Medical Council Members Permitted To Practice Modern Medicine But Not To Store Allopathy Medicine Without License: Madras HC

The Madras High Court recently observed that while the Siddha practitioners in the State of Tamil Nadu were not barred from practicing modern medicine, they could not store allopathy medicine as the same would be in violation of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act. The court thus refused to quash a case registered against a Siddha Doctor for storing allopathy medicines in contravention of...

S.402 CrPC Pertains To High Court's Power To Transfer Revision Cases, Not Applicable When Appeal Is Pending Before Sessions Court: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has observed that Section 402 of CrPC gives the High Court the power to transfer revision cases. It ruled that the provision is not applicable in cases where revision is pending before the High Court but appeal is pending before the Sessions Court.Justice K Babu thus invoked its inherent powers under Section 482 to transfer the revision pending before it to the...

Bikru Ambush | 'He Misused Trust Which Led To His Colleagues' Death': Allahabad HC Rejects Third Bail Plea Of Dismissed UP Cop

The Allahabad High Court recently rejected the third bail plea moved by now-dismissed UP Police official Krishna Kumar Sharma, who is facing conspiring charges in connection with the ambush in Bikru village on July 3, 2020, in which Gangster Vikas Dubey gunned down eight policemen. A bench of Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery observed that though he has been in jail for the last...

Delhi High Court Summons Counselling Centre In-Charge For Failing To Translate Contents Of Settlement In Vernacular Language

The Delhi High Court recently summoned the in-charge of counselling centre, Karkardooma Courts, for failing to translate contents of a settlement agreement to the complainant woman in the vernacular language understood by her.Justice Chandra Dhari Singh observed that though the official language for court proceedings and documentation is English, the concerned authority is duty bound to...