Temple Accounts Digitisation: KITFRA To Place Detailed Statement Before Kerala High Court To Ensure Transparency

The Kerala State Information Technology Infrastructure Ltd. (KITFRA), which has been entrusted by the Travancore Devaswom Board to facilitate digitisation of temple account, undertook that it would place a detailed statement including the proposal and timeframe required for the exercise before the Kerala High Court.The Division Bench of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and Justice K.V....

No Instant Rewards For UP Cops; Mandatory FIR & Medical Aid For Injured: Allahabad High Court Tightens Noose On 'Encounter Culture'

In a significant order passed yesterday, the Allahabad High Court has effectively tightened the noose on the 'Police Encounter Culture' in the state of Uttar Pradesh by issuing and reiterating certain strict guidelines expressly prohibiting instant promotions or gallantry awards for police officers immediately following an encounter with an accused/criminal. In its 11-page order,...

Caste Of Adopted Child Will Be Same As That Of Adoptive Parents: Bombay High Court

The caste of an adopted child would be the same as that of his or her adoptive parents, held the Bombay High Court on January 29, while quashing the order passed by the Deputy Collector, Pune who cancelled the caste certificate issued to an adopted child.A division bench of Justice Makarand Karnik and Justice Shriram Modak was dealing with a plea filed by a woman, who adopted a male child...

Trial Court Erred In Ignoring Grievous Injuries On Neck: Karnataka High Court Convicts Husband For Attempting To Murder Wife Using Machete

The Karnataka High Court overturned a trial court order which had acquitted a husband for offence of attempt to murder his wife by attacking her with a razor blade and a chopper/machete, holding that the court had failed to note the nature of injuries on vital parts of the wife's neck.It further said that the trial court had instead invoked Section 326 IPC (Voluntarily causing grievous hurt...

Kerala High Court Grants Pre-Arrest Bail To YouTube Channel Editor Booked For Allegedly Obscene Content Involving CM Pinarayi Vijayan

The Kerala High Court on Friday (January 30) granted pre-arrest bail to the chief editor of Crime Online, a YouTube Channel, who is accused of posting an obscene content involving Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.Dr. Justice Kauser Edappagath passed the order granting bail to T.P. Nandakumar, who is alleged to have committed the offences under Sections 67 and 67A of the Information Technology...

Printing Orders On Same Sheet To Avoid Paper Waste Is Commendable: Punjab & Haryana High Court Applauds Trial Court Judge

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has appreciated the efforts of a Session Judge in avoiding needless waste of paper by ensuring that judicial orders passed in a case were printed on the same sheet, wherever possible.Justice Neerja K. Kalson said, "Before parting with this order, this Court appreciates the fact that as is evident from the orders placed on record, every precaution has been...

Offence Of Cruelty Against Woman U/S 498A IPC Not Attracted If Marriage Annulled By Competent Court: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently quashed the criminal proceedings initiated against a man and his mother for allegedly committing the offence of cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code after noting that there was no valid marriage between him and the complainant in view of the annulment made by a competent court.Justice C. Pratheep Kumar was considering a plea preferred by the...

'Offence Is Horrendous, Heinous': Karnataka High Court Upholds Cancellation Of Rape Accused's Bail For Threatening Survivor, Family

The Karnataka High Court on Friday (January 30) upheld a sessions court order cancelling a man's bail, who is accused of raping a minor in 2024, after he allegedly threatened the survivor and her family while out on bail. In doing so, the high court said that the offence was "heinous and horrendous" and the trial court order warranted no interference. The petitioner had moved the high...

Non-Disclosure Of Quality & Cost Based Selection Criteria In Tender By Itself Not Enough To Allege Malafides: Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court has held that mere non-disclosure of use of Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) method in selection of tender would not by itself give rise to allegations of malafides, favouritism or corruption by parties. Such ground cannot be raised, particularly where the decision to adopt such QCBS method was taken well before issuance of tender and at a stage when the identity...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Sets Aside Juvenile's Bail In Murder Case, Notes Criminal Background Of Parents

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has set aside an order granting regular bail to a juvenile accused in a murder case, holding that bail under Section 12 of the Juvenile Justice (Care & Protection of Children) Act, 2015 can be denied where release exposes the child to association with known criminals, moral, physical or psychological danger, or defeats the ends of justice.Justice Vinod...

Powers Of Charity Commissioner Are For 'Supervision', Not 'Moral Correction': Bombay High Court Quashes Order Asking School To Issue Public Apology

Observing that the powers of a Charity Commissioner under section 41A of the Maharashtra Public Trusts Act are for 'supervision' and not for 'moral correction', the Bombay High Court on Thursday (January 29) quashed an order directing a Nashik-based School to issue public apology in two widely circulated newspapers there, after parents accused the School of 'cheating' them by misrepresenting...

UP Cops Resort To 'Half Encounters' To Get Fame, Appreciation: High Court Warns SP/SSPs Of Contempt If SC's Guidelines Violated

In a significant order passed earlier today, the Allahabad High Court has issued strict 6-point guidelines to be followed by the police officials in the cases of grievous injury to an accused in a police encounter. A bench of Justice Arun Kumar Deshwal also clarified that the District Police Chiefs, including Superintendents of Police (SP), Senior Superintendents of Police...