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Gujarat High Court To Hear Next Month Asarams Appeal Against Rape Conviction, Life Sentence

The Gujarat High Court will hear next month Asaram's appeal against Gandhinagar sessions court's judgment convicting and sentencing him to life imprisonment in a 2013 rape case. This, after Asaram's counsel informed the high court on Tuesday (October 27) that Asaram's appeal against Rajasthan High Court's judgment upholding his conviction and sentence is listed on November 17 before the...

Non-Hindus Wearing Religious Markers Cant Enter Agamic Temples Without Affirming Reverence To Deity: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has held that non-Hindus wearing religious markers cannot be permitted to enter the premises of Agamic temples in Tamil Nadu unless they affirm their reverence for the deity concerned through an undertaking in the format prescribed by the temple. The Court clarified that though Agamic injunctions restricting entry can no longer pass muster of the Constitution,...

Allahabad High Court Directs UP DGP To Ensure Passport Verification Reports Reflect Current Status Of Criminal Proceedings

The Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) to ensure that police verification reports submitted for passport applications disclose the current status of criminal proceedings, including whether a charge-sheet has been filed before a court and whether cognizance has been taken.A bench of Justice Ajit Kumar and Justice Garima Prashad observed that...

Single Knife Blow During Sudden Argument Over Drinking Is Not Premeditated Murder: Jharkhand High Court

The Jharkhand HC has held that a single knife blow inflicted during a sudden argument, in the heat of passion and without premeditation, can fall within Exception 4 to Section 300 IPC, making the offence culpable homicide not amounting to murder. The Court converted the murder conviction of an 88-year-old father who fatally stabbed his son following an argument over his consumption of alcohol...

Delhi Riots: High Court Upholds 7-Year Jail Term For Five Men Convicted Of Culpable Homicide

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday upheld the conviction and seven-year jail term awarded to five men for culpable homicide not amounting to murder in connection with the killing of 22-year-old man during the 2020 North-East Delhi riots.Justice Madhu Jain dismissed the appeals filed by Aman Kashyap, Devinder Kumar, Pradeep Rai, Ashish and Arun Kumar, challenging their conviction under Sections...

Advocate Cannot Be Criminally Prosecuted Merely Because Legal Opinion Turns Out Incorrect: Patna High Court

The Patna HC has held that an advocate cannot be subjected to criminal prosecution merely because a legal opinion furnished in the course of professional duties subsequently turns out to be incorrect. The Court clarified that criminal liability may arise where an advocate deliberately provides a false or misleading opinion in collusion with others to facilitate fraud.A Single Judge Bench...

“No” Means “No”: HP High Court Denies Anticipatory Bail, Says Mere Relationship Does Not Imply Consent To Sexual Acts

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has observed that being in a relationship does not give a person the licence to engage in sexual acts against their partner's will, remarking that “No” had to mean a “No.” The Court made the observation while denying anticipatory bail to a man accused of sexually assaulting his fiancée in a case where the allegations were prima facie corroborated...

Procedural Defect Pointed Out By Opposite Party Does Not Create Absolute Bar Against Rectification By Amendment: J&K&L High Court

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh at Leh has held that the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure relating to impleadment of parties and amendment of pleadings are intended to facilitate effective and complete adjudication of the real controversy between the parties.The Court held that the mere fact that a procedural defect has been pointed out by the opposite party does not,...