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Relationship Began Before She Took Admission: MP High Court Reinstates Professor Accused Of Sexually Harassing Student
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has set aside the termination of a professor from the Indira Gandhi National Tribal University accused of sexually harassing and exploiting a female student, after noting that the relationship between the two was going on prior to her admission in 2021. Quashing the charges of sexual harassment, the court directed his reinstatement into service "forthwith"....
Kerala High Court Acquits Assam Migrant Labourer Who Was Sentenced To Death In Rape-Murder Case Of 60 Yr Old
The Kerala High Court on Friday (October 31) acquitted Parimal Sahu, the migrant labourer from Assam, who was accused of the rape and murder of a 60-year-old widow in Puthanvelikkara Grama Panchayat in Ernakulam district in 2018.The Division Bench comprising Dr. Justice Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice Jobin Sebastian reversed the finding of guilt by the Additional Sessions Judge, North...
Ex-MLA's Statue Installed On Govt Land? Allahabad High Court Registers Suo Moto PIL, Seeks Removal Plan For Illegal Structures
The Allahabad High Court in September this year registered a suo motu Public Interest Litigation (PIL) of the recurring issue of statues being installed on government land illegally without sanction. A Division Bench of Justice Rajan Roy and Justice Prashant Kumar bench essentially converted a petition concerning the statue of Ex-MLA Indrabhadra Singh (Dhanpatganj, Sultanpur) into a...
MP High Court Seeks Report On Service Of Notices To Newspapers, Social Media Platforms Over OBC Youth Foot-Washing Video
The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Friday (October 31) directed its Registry to clarify whether notices were issued to the newspapers, YouTube channels and other social media platforms that are stated to have published a video and news reports showing an OCB Youth allegedly compelled to wash the feet of another person. The division bench of Justice Vivek Agarwal and Justice Avanindra Kumar...
Delhi High Court Orders Finalization Of SOP On Mobile Phone Access To Open Prison Inmates
The Delhi High Court has directed the Director General (Prisons) to frame and notify a SOP on the access of mobile phones to open-prison inmates. Justice Sanjeev Narula said that the SOP should either allows such inmates to keep their mobile phones with proper rules and checks or sets up a secure system for them to deposit their phones and get them back during the hours they must stay inside...
Frame Solid Policy To Ensure Teachers' Regular Attendance In Rural Schools; Record Their Presence Digitally: Allahabad High Court To UP Govt
In continuation of its earlier directions aimed at ensuring teachers' regular presence in rural primary and junior schools, the Allahabad High Court on October 30 reiterated that the Uttar Pradesh Government must come out with a 'solid' solution ensuring attendance of the teacher in the institution where the children of poor villagers are studying. A bench of Justice Praveen Kumar...
Police Can Order Bank Account Freeze If Suspicious Dealings Found In Probe, Party Can Approach Magistrate For Relief: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that police can direct freeze of bank accounts if it finds suspicious transactions during investigation and the affected party has the remedy to approach the Magistrate concerned for defreezing of account after investigation is concluded.Referring to the judgment of the Apex Court in Teesta Atul Setalvad vs. The State of Gujarat (2018), a division bench...
Railways Failure To Halt Overcrowding By Ticketless Persons Is Contributory Negligence, Liable For Genuine Passenger's Death: MP High Court
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that the Railway's failure to prevent ticketless and unauthorised persons from boarding a train amounts to contributory negligence, rendering it liable to compensate the dependents of a bona fide passenger who died due to overcrowding. The bench of Justice Himanshu Joshi observed; "The Railways is obligated under Sections 123(c) and 124A of the Railways...
Delhi High Court Constitutes Committee To Oversee Operation Of Crowd Funding Platform For Rare Diseases Treatment
The Delhi High Court has constituted a Committee to supervise and oversee the operation of Union Government's crowd funding digital platform for treatment of people with rare diseases.Justice Sachin Datta directed that the Committee shall take adequate steps to spread awareness regarding the existence and objective of the platform. The Court said that the aim should be to encourage...
Orissa High Court Seeks Explanation From Berhampur SP For Linking Pending Election Case To Advocate Pitabash Panda's Murder
The Orissa High Court on Friday (October 31) expressed serious dissatisfaction over a press-statement made by Dr. Saravana Vivek M., Superintendent of Police (SP), Berhampur linking a pending election petition against the sitting Berhampur MLA to the murder of Member of Odisha State Bar Council (OSBC) Advocate Pitabash Panda.A Single Bench of Justice Sashikanta Mishra was hearing an...
Orissa High Court Denies Bail To Raja Chakra & Another In Alleged Fraud Of ₹175 Crores Linked To Gandhamardan Mines
The Orissa High Court on Friday (October 31) denied bail to youth leader of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Soumya Sankar Chakra alias Raja Chakra and another man accused of misappropriating Rs. 175 crores by receiving disproportionately high payment for commercial transactions made with a society created for undertaking developmental works around Gandhamardan mine affected areas.Considering gravity of...
2013 Rape Case | Rajasthan High Court Grants 6-Month Interim Bail To Asaram, Cites His 'Vegetative Condition'
The Rajasthan High Court suspended sentence of Asaram–was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in a 2013 rape case, for six months in view of his medical condition noting that he was in a "vegetative condition" and facilities required were not available in jail A Jodhpur sessions court had sentenced Asaram to life imprisonment in April 2018 for raping a minor at his ashram in 2013....