Lawrence Bishnoi Interview: Dismissed DSP Moves High Court, Says 'Made Scapegoat' By Punjab Government

The Punjab and Haryana High Court today (January 16) issued notice on a plea filed by dismissed Punjab DSP Gursher Singh Sandhu, whose services were terminated in connection with an FIR lodged for facilitating Lawrence Bishnoi interview from jail.Justice Jagmohan Bansal while issuing notice to Punjab Government and other authorities deferred the matter for February 20.Sandhu contended that he...

[Custody Battle] Father's Consent For Renewing Child's Passport Not Required If Mother Files Declaration As Per Passport Rules: MP High Court

The Jabalpur Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court directed that the Regional Passport Office, Bhopal to renew the passports of the minor daughters of actor Nitish Bharadwaj while holding that the passport of minor children can be renewed without father's consent if there is no prohibitory order from any competent court.Justice Vinay Saraf referred to the Passport Rules wherein declaration in...

Medical Evidence Of Hymen Being Intact By Itself Not Sufficient To Hold That There Was No Penetrative Sexual Assault Or Coitus: Kerala HC

The Kerala High Court has said that medical evidence showing that hymen is intact by itself would not prove that there was no penetrative sexual assault or coitus.Justice A. Badharudeen thus dismissed a criminal revision petition of the petitioner on finding that the prosecution has made out a prima facie case that he kidnapped the minor child with intent to sexually assault her. Court...

Allahabad High Court Extends Stay On Mohammed Zubair's Arrest Till January 27 In Yati Narsinghanand 'X' Post Case

Today, the Allahabad High Court extended the stay on the arrest of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair until January 27 in connection with an FIR against him over his alleged X Post 'X' (formerly Twitter) on Yati Narsinghanand. A bench of Justice Siddhartha Varma and Justice Yogendra Kumar Srivastava extended the relief as it allowed the State Government to verify the averments and...

Calcutta High Court Dismisses PIL Seeking Regulations Over Coaching Centres In West Bengal, Directs Party To Approach State Authorities

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking to regulate the functioning of coaching centres in West Bengal and for the imposition of guidelines framed by the government of India. The court instead directed the petitioners, who were a registered body, to first approach the state authorities seeking implementation of the guidelines, and for the state...

Wayanad Landslides: Kerala High Court Says Grant Of Compensation A Policy Decision, Survivors Can't Contest Its Adequacy

The Kerala High Court today (January 16) expressed disinclination towards a resident's plea to enhance the compensation announced by the State government to rehabilitate the survivors of the deadly landslides that hit the hilly areas of Wayanad last year.The State has announced a housing township or compensation capped at Rs. 15 lakh. Moreover, after resettlement, the survivors will continue...

Arbitrator's Order Determining Substantive Rights Of Parties Constitutes “Award”, Amenable To Challenge U/S 34 Of Arbitration Act: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court division bench of Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Shalinder Kaur has held that orders passed by the Arbitrator during the pendency of Arbitral proceedings, which finally determines any substantive rights of the parties, constitutes an interim Arbitral Award, and can be challenged under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act,...

Can't Change Law Just Because It Is Prajwal Revanna: Karnataka HC Orally Says In His Plea For Production Of Electronic Evidence In Rape Case

"Just because it is Prajwal Revanna law cannot be changed", said the Karnataka High Court orally on Thursday (January 16) while hearing the former JD (S) leader's plea, who is booked in a rape and sexual assault case, for production of documents and Electronic Evidence collected by prosecution from his driver's phone. The court said this after noting that he wanted the entire data from...

Irregularity & Curable Defect Cannot Be Grounds For Dismissal Of Application U/S 34 Of Arbitration Act: J&K High Court

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court Bench of Justice Sanjeev Kumar and Justice Puneet Gupta held that the failure of the Chief Engineer to sign the pleadings, which were signed by the Garrison Engineer would only be an irregularity and a curable defect and would not entail dismissal of the application filed under Section 34 of the Arbitration Act without providing...

Bengaluru Potholes: Karnataka High Court Asks BBMP If 'White Topping' Of Roads Is Scientifically Proper

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday directed the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to respond on whether white topping of roads is scientifically proper.A division bench of Chief Justice N V Anajaria and Justice M I Arun raised the query while hearing a petition filed in the year 2015 by Vijayan Menon, praying for directions for filling up of potholes on major roads and arterial roads...

S.149 IT Act | Additions Made During Reassessment Don't Validate Proceedings Initiated For Income Escapement Below ₹50 Lakh Threshold: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has held that the benchmark of minimum Rs. 50 lakh income escapement prescribed under Section 149 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 must be met at the very initiation of reassessment proceedings. A division bench of Justices Yashwant Varma and Dharmesh Sharma observed, “Additions ultimately made in the course of reassessment would not validate the initiation...

Consolidation Of Suits Not Provided In CPC, Joint Trial Depends On Equity, Justice, Convenience And Necessity: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court (on January 14), while refusing to order a joint trial of suits, observed that the Civil Procedure Code does not specifically provide for consolidation of suits. Instead, its necessity is governed by equity, justice, convenience and necessity. Further, the Court may consider the principle of prejudice while ordering a joint trial.“The Civil Procedure Code does...