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'Security Concerns Cannot Justify Non-Statutory Building Restrictions': Calcutta High Court Quashes Conditions On Project Near Nabanna
The Calcutta High Court has held that municipal authorities cannot impose building-sanction conditions that lack statutory backing merely on the basis of security concerns raised by police authorities regarding nearby sensitive installations. The Court observed that allowing such conditions would permit executive authorities to override the statutory scheme governing building...
Karnataka HC Seeks State's Response To Plea Challenging 120-Day Bar On Filing Written Statement Under State CPC Amendment
The Karnataka High Court sought the state's objections to a challenge against the constitutional validity of the amended provisions of Order VIII Rule 1 CPC, brought forth by the state-specific Code of Civil Procedure (Karnataka Amendment) Act, 2024.The single-judge bench of Justice Ashok S Kinagi at Dharwad noted that the stringent 120-day cap on filing the written statement in a civil...
Calcutta High Court Upholds Life Sentence Of Men For Raping 14-Yr-Old In Train's Army Compartment After Forcing Her To Drink Liquor
The Calcutta High Court has upheld the conviction and sentences awarded to three men for the rape of a minor girl on a moving train, holding that the prosecution had proved the charges beyond a reasonable doubt through consistent victim testimony, medical evidence, and corroborating circumstances.A Division Bench of Justice Debangsu Basak and Justice Md. Shabbar Rashidi dismissed three...
Trial Judge 'Put Words In Mouth Of Witness': Calcutta High Court Acquits Death Row Convict In Political Murder Case
The Calcutta High Court refused to confirm the death sentence imposed on a man convicted of murdering a political worker and ultimately set aside both the conviction and sentence, citing serious evidentiary gaps, investigative lapses, and fundamental errors in the trial court's appreciation of evidence.A Division Bench of Justice Arijit Banerjee and Justice Apurba Sinha Ray was dealing with...
BNSS | Person Cannot Be Detained For Breach Of Interim Bond Pending Preventive Inquiry: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court held that a person cannot be taken into custody merely for alleged breach of an interim bond for good behaviour executed during preventive proceedings, clarifying that detention under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 is permissible only when there is a breach of a final bond ordered after completion of the statutory inquiry. Justice Dr. Ajoy Kumar...
Bombay High Court Restrains Legends League Cricket From Playing PPL's Copyright Songs For This Year's Tournament
The Bombay High Court on Thursday restrained the Absolute Legend Sports Pvt. Ltd. which is organising the Legend League Cricket (LLC), a T20 tournament featuring retired international cricket players, from using the songs copyrighted by the Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL) in its tournament which commenced from March 11.Several international players from Irfan Pathan, Suresh Raina,...
P&H High Court Suspends Sentence Of 73-Year-Old Convicted Under PMLA, Orders Plantation Of 20 Saplings
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has suspended the sentence of a 73-year-old man convicted in a money laundering case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA), noting that his appeal is unlikely to be heard soon and that he has already spent over a year in custody and directed to plant 20 saplings during monsoon session.Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sanjiv Berry...
P&H High Court Flags Poor Nutrition Of Dogs In Chandigarh's Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals Society, Orders Local Commissioner To Monitor
The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently raised serious concerns over the functioning of the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), Chandigarh, after a court-appointed Local Commissioner reported issues including non-payment of staff salaries, inadequate nutrition for animals and concerns regarding their upkeep.Taking note of the report, the Court directed the SPCA to file...
Dancing In Pub Or Wearing Revealing Clothes Doesn't Make Woman 'Bad': Karnataka High Court In Dowry Case
While hearing an amendment application to a quashing plea arising from a dowry harassment case, the Karnataka High Court verbally questioned the husband's attempt to bring on record certain documents regarding the estranged wife's past life and her lifestyle.The single judge bench of Justice M. Nagaprasanna opined that a woman who lives a fast-paced life need not necessarily be a difficult...
Pujari Does Not Qualify As 'Workman', Temple Trust Not Industry Under Industrial Disputes Act: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court has recently held that a temple priest/pujari would not qualify as 'workman' under the definition of Industrial Disputes Act as a pujari in a Temple does not do manual, unskilled, skilled, technical, operational, clerical or supervisory work. The court further held that a trust managing a temple cannot be considered as an Industry under the act merely because the...
'For Protecting Devotees' Sentiments, They Attempted To Give Away God': Madras HC On State Giving Sand Dunes To School In Exchange For Temple Land
The Madras High Court recently directed the Tamil Nadu government to allot land to St.Josephs Matriculation Higher Secondary School in Cuddalore District in exchange for the land that the school had returned to a temple. Noting that the land initially allotted for the school was sand dunes, Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy noted that the state had acted recklessly and given away sand...