Juvenile Over 16-Yrs Age Accused Of 'Heinous Offence' Also Entitled To Bail U/S 12 JJ Act: Patna High Court Reiterates

The Patna High Court granted bail to a juvenile accused of sexually assaulting a minor girl, observing that Section 12 of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 does not provide any classification on grant of bail and the provision applies to all children-in-conflict with law without any discrimination. It further observed that the even juveniles who are above...

S.156(3) CrPC | Omission To File Affidavit Along With Complaint A Fatal Procedural Defect: Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court has reiterated that omission to file an affidavit supporting the contents of a complaint under Section 156(3) of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) is a fatal procedural defect which goes to the root of the matter and renders the very initiation of criminal action based on such complaint a nullity.While setting aside the orders of two lower Courts, which denied to...

Depicting Hindu Gods Disrespectfully Can't Be Justified: Madras High Court Sets Aside Order Closing Case Over FB Post On Lord Krishna

The Madras High Court has recently remarked that the depiction of Hindu gods in a disrespectful manner could not be justified. The court added that depicting Gods in such a manner had the potential to spark enmity, religious outrage, and affect the communal harmony. Justice K Murali Shankar added that, considering the respect that was given to the religious symbols and deities,...

Allahabad High Court Fines Lucknow Development Authority ₹50K For Trespassing On Private Property

The Allahabad High Court imposed cost of Rs. 50,000 on Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) for trespassing on private property of a party and dispossessing him, without sanction of law.The high court thus directed the LDA to restore the "possession of the shop" to the petitioner "forthwith". Petitioner owned a shop in Sahara Bazar, Vibhuti Khand, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow which was leased to...

PIL Before Kerala High Court Seeks Peaceful Resolution Of Human-Wildlife Conflicts, Implementation Of CAG Recommendations

A public interest litigation (PIL) has been moved before the Kerala High Court by wildlife activist Angels Nair praying for peaceful resolution of wildlife conflicts in the State.The PIL also prays for the implementation of the recommendations dated 31.03.2022 made by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) regarding preventive and mitigative measures in respect of Human Wildlife...

Madras High Court Orders Police Protection For Theatres Screening Vijay Deverakonda's 'Kingdom' Movie

Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu Police to provide protection to movie-theatres screening the Vijay Devarakonda starrer “Kingdom”. The direction assumes significance amid backlash from Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) party chief Seeman, who took offence to the manner in which the Tamil Ellam issue is allegedly portrayed in the movie. Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy observed...

Telangana High Court Deprecates Regularization Of 'Unscrupulous' Illegal Structures; Denies Power Supply Without Occupancy Certificate

The Telangana High Court recently denied power supply to a property owner who had not filed occupany certificate but had relied on previous orders where court had directed the authorities to release power to concerned party on undertaking to produce the certificate from the Municipal Corporation within a prescribed period.Stating that this is a case of "misuse" of liberty given to parties,...

Beas River Tragedy | HP High Court Upholds Criminal Negligence Charges Against Faculty Members Over Death Of Students On College Trip

The Himachal Pradesh High Court dismissed a revision petition filed by the faculty members of VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology, over the death of several students on a college trip in the Beas River tragedy, holding that the faculty members were fully aware that the students were likely to die, yet they did not stop the students from entering the riverbed.The...

Article 243-ZE | Allahabad High Court Raps UP Govt, State Election Commission For Not Conducting Polls To Committee For Metropolitan Planning

Recently, the Allahabad High Court pulled up the U.P. Government and the State Election Commission over non-holding of elections to the Committee for Metropolitan Planning despite the mandate of Article 243-ZE of the Constitution of India.The bench of Justice Saral Srivastava and Justice Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal issued following directions,“the State Election Commissioner is directed to issue...

Punjab Govt Moves High Court Against Bhakra Dam Management's Alleged Extra Water Allocation To Haryana

The Punjab Government has moved the Punjab & Haryana High Court challenging the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB)'s decision taken in April to allocate alleged extra water share to Haryana.A bench of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sanjiv Berry was hearing the matter.AG Punjab Maninderjit Singh Bedi sought quashing of minutes of Technical Committee Meeting took place on April 23...

Allahabad High Court Slams UP Govt For 'Vexatious' Dowry Death Appeal, Orders ₹2 Lakh Compensation To Honourably Acquitted Man

The Allahabad High Court recently ordered compensation of Rs. 2 lakhs to a man, who after being honourably acquitted by the Court in a dowry death case was made to face “vexatious criminal prosecution” in State's appeal.The bench of Justice Siddharth and Justice Avnish Saxena observed,“we are of staunch view that the State before issuing direction to public prosecutor to present this...

'No Distinction Between Online Movie Ticket Booking & Offline Ticket Booking For Entertainment Tax Purposes': Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has upheld the constitutional validity of the seventh proviso inserted into Section 2(b) of the Maharashtra Entertainments Duty Act, which brings within its ambit the additional amount charged by cinema proprietors for online booking of movie tickets. It observed that the activity of online booking is not different from an offline booking and can be taxed under Entry 62...