Telangana High Court Rejects Plea To Exclude Land From Reserved Forest Notification, Cites SC Ruling On Salar Jung Estate

The Telangana High Court has dismissed a writ petition seeking release of land in Ranga Reddy District from the proposed reserved forest notification, referring to Supreme Court's judgment which had held that this land belonged to the Government and proposal for final notification under the Telangana Forest Act was validly initiated.Notably in December last year the Supreme Court in State...

“Life Only Comes Once”: Bombay High Court Frees 50 Seafarers Stranded On Arrested Vessels With Minimal Food, Water

Observing that 'life comes once' and 'money will come and go', the Bombay High Court on Tuesday ordered immediate release of 50 seafarers - all Indian nationals, who were stranded on three vessels near the Mumbai Coast since February 9, surviving on limited food stocks and 300 ml water per day. A division bench of Justice Ravindra Ghuge and Justice Hiten Venegavkar ordered immediate release...

Deceased Railway Employee's Widow Entitled To Challenge Penalty Imposed On Him To Remove Stigma: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has observed that a deceased Railway employee's widow is legally entitled to challenge penalty imposed on her husband, and she and his family members are the real aggrieved persons and have the legal right to remove the stigma attached to their breadwinner.The court passed the order in Railway's plea against a Central Administrative Tribunal's order quashing penalty...

Constitutional Functionaries Like MPs, Judges, Ministers Entitled To 'Hon'ble' Honorific, Civil Servants Are Not: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court recently observed that constitutional functionaries who exercise sovereign functions must be addressed as 'Hon'ble' in every communication pertaining to them. A bench of Justice JJ Munir and Justice Tarun Saxena clarified that personal disgruntlement or familiarity with a family can't permit the author of any communication to refer to a sovereign...

Non-Disclosure Of Exact Occurrence Date In Earlier Statements Not Necessarily Fatal If POCSO Victim Clarifies In Deposition: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court, in a recent judgment, refused to set aside a conviction in a POCSO case that was challenged alleging anomaly in the prosecution case due to minor discrepancies regarding the date of occurrence.The appellant before Justice A. Badharudeen had contended that since the child victim failed to disclose the actual date of occurrence in FIS and in statement before Magistrate...

'Prima Facie Motivated': Karnataka High Court Stays FIR Against BJP's Sringeri MLA DN Jeevaraja In Postal Ballot Tampering Case

The Karnataka High Court today stayed till May 7, an FIR registered against BJP MLA D.N Jeevaraja for allegedly tampering with the ballot boxes in a recent vote recount in the Sringeri assembly constituency.The single judge bench of Justice V Srishananda orally remarked that the FIR was prima facie 'motivated' and asked the State to place alleged incriminating material on record.It...

Sending Abortion Pills Through Courier Not Offence U/S 312 IPC Unless Forcefully Given To Cause Miscarriage: Rajasthan High Court

Rajasthan High Court quashed an FIR against a woman under sections 312 and 313 IPC, observing that merely sending abortion pills to anyone did not fulfil the basic ingredients of the offence unless such pills were forcefully given to the victim with an intention to cause miscarriage. For context, Sections 312 and 313, IPC, indicates that a person can be held responsible and punished for...

Delhi High Court Allows Jailed MP Engineer Rashid To Visit Ailing Father At AIIMS Under Police Escort

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday modified its earlier order granting one-week interim bail to jailed Jammu and Kashmir MP Engineer Rashid to visit his ailing father.A division bench comprising Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Madhu Jain permitted Rashid to meet his father from 8 AM to 8 PM daily till May 10 at AIIMS, New Delhi, where he is admitted. For context, on April 28, the Court...

Mere Registration Of Will Doesn't Prove Genuineness, Beneficiary Must Dispel Suspicious Circumstances Through Evidence: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court quashed probate proceedings in favour of "beneficiary" of a Will, noting he was unable to dispel various suspicious circumstances including sequence of obtaining signatures from the deceased and attesting witnesses, the physical presence of parties and the testator's medical condition at that time.In doing so the court reiterated that mere registration of will does...

Dental Student Suicide: Kerala High Court Issues Notice On College HOD's Appeal For Anticipatory Bail In Abetment FIR

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (May 5) issued notice on the criminal appeal preferred by Dr. M. Kodanda Ram, who is arrayed as the prime accused in the suicide abetment case of Dental College student Nithin Raj.The appeal has been filed against the order of the Sessions Court, Thalassery, which had dismissed his bail application while granting pre-arrest bail to the second accused Dr....

Assam Service Rules | Officer Voluntarily Resigning Without Taking Another Govt Appointment Barred From Claiming Pension: Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court held that under the Assam Service (Pension) Rules a government employee who voluntarily resigns, without there being material to show that the resignation was for taking up another qualifying government appointment, results in forfeiture of past service and the employee is not entitled to pension. The Court, however, clarified that claims relating to earned...

Karnataka HC Rejects Transport Corporation's Plea Against ₹1.1 Crore Accident Compensation, Says Can't Blame Deceased After Disciplining Driver

The Karnataka High Court dismissed Kalyan Karnataka Road Transport Corporation's plea (KKRTC) challenging compensation of Rs 1.1 Crore in a motor accident claim, noting that the corporation suppressed the removal of the driver in disciplinary proceedings over the incident and had yet blamed the deceased for negligence.The Division Bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj and Dr. Justice...