'Urgent Matter': Allahabad High Court To Hold Special Saturday Sitting As Inter-Faith Couple Goes 'Missing' Post Hearing

Calling it an 'urgent' matter, the Allahabad High Court on Friday directed the Uttar Pradesh police authorities to produce before the Court an inter-faith couple who purportedly went missing after attending a hearing at the HC earlier this week. A bench of Justice Salil Kumar Rai and Justice Divesh Chandra Samant will be holding a special sitting on Saturday (October 18), a non-working...

Madras High Court Issues Notice To Adjudicating Authority Under PMLA For Continuing Proceedings Despite HC Stay

The Madras High Court, on Friday, issued a statutory notice to the Chairperson and Registrar of the Adjudicating Authority under the PMLA for continuing to adjudicate a case despite a stay ordered by the High Court. The bench of Justice MS Ramesh and Justice V Lakshminarayanan issued notice to Chairperson Pradeep Kumar Upadhyay and Registrar/Administrative Officer Nasreen Siiddiqui in...

HP Excise Act | Suspension Of License For Illegal Liquor Possession Can Be Lifted After Penalty Is Paid: High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that under Section 66(2) of the Excise Act, if a licence is cancelled or suspended for breach of licence conditions or non-payment of fees, the suspension can later be revoked after the penalty has been paid.Division bench of Justice Vivek Singh Thakur and Justice Sushil Kukreja remarked that: “...in case of cancellation or suspension of licence...

Kamlesh Tiwari Murder Case | Allahabad High Court Denies Bail To Alleged Killer Arrested In October 2019

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday refused bail to Ashfaq Hussain, one of the two prime accused in the 2019 murder case concerning Hindu Samaj Party leader Kamlesh Tiwari. A bench of Justice Krishan Pahal noted that the material on record, including eyewitness identification, CCTV footage and recovery of a .32 bore pistol from the accused, did not make the case fit for his release...

Electronic Document Must Be Produced In Entirety To Be Admissible Even If Supported By Certificate U/S 65B Evidence Act: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has recently clarified that a person relying on an electronic document must produce the same in its entirety even though only parts of it is relied on. It also made it clear that the specific portions of the document can be marked.Justice Gopinath P. referred to Sections 65A and 65B of the Evidence Act and observed:“redacted portions of a conversation cannot be...

Jharkhand High Court Initiates Suo-Motu Criminal Contempt Against Lawyer Seen On Video Having Heated Exchange With Judge

The Jharkhand High Court on Friday (October 17) initiated suo-motu criminal contempt against a lawyer who was seen in a video clip involved in a heated exchange with a single judge during court proceedings on Thursday.A five judge bench of Chief Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan, Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad, Justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay, Justice Ananda Sen and Justice Rajesh Shankar heard the suo...

Played With Student's Career: P&H High Court Raps Haryana Officers For Allowing Admission In Unauthorised Course, Directs Inquiry

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has strongly criticized the Haryana Government for admitting students to a four-year B.A./B.Ed. programme at two State Institutes of Advanced Studies in Teacher Education (SIASTE) without mandatory approval from the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE).Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Rohit Kapoor said, "we find it to be a prima facie case...

'Death Certificate Can't Be Sought In Contemplation Of Death': Orissa HC Urges Relaxation On Limitation In Compassionate Appointment Cases

The Orissa High Court has asked the State Government to consider excluding the time period taken by legal heirs in obtaining a death certificate, a legal heir certificate, a distress certificate etc., from the limitation period for applying for a compassionate appointment in lieu of the death of a government employee in harness.While granting relief to a lady seeking rehabilitation assistance...

Gujarat High Court Permits Interim Relocation Of Bhadra Parisar Street Vendors To Nearby Plots To Ensure Livelihood During Diwali

The Gujarat High Court on Thursday (October 17) permitted the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation to temporarily relocate registered street vendors operating in Bhadra Parisar area to two nearby plots in order to ensure that they are not deprived of their livelihood during Diwali festival.Bhadra Parisar area constitutes of a Fort in the walled city in Ahmedabad and also comprises of Maa...

ED Can Treat Coal Block Allocation Obtained By Deceit As 'Property' Involved In Money Laundering: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that coal block allocation obtained through misrepresentation or fraud leading to proceeds of crime amounts to an offence of money laundering under the PMLA.A division bench comprising Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar said that obtaining financial benefits in the form of profits earned from the extraction and sale of coal or through...

Karnataka High Court Upholds Order Restraining Spiritual Leader From Visiting Vijaypura, Says Conduct Eroded Dignity Attached To Office

"Such conduct, by any measure, is wholly inconsistent with the moral and spiritual discipline expected of a religious head and erodes the dignity attached to his office,” the court said.

Karnataka High Court Directs State To Digitise Parole Process, Build Online Dashboard For Tracking Applications

The Karnataka High Court has suggested that applications seeking parole leave–which presently have to be drafted on paper and submitted physically, be permitted to be filed and processed electronically and the details of the same must be made available in electronic form. Justice Suraj Govindaraj in his order noted that all the applications for parole are made on physical paper, are...