Rajasthan HC Cancels Air Force Personnel's Anticipatory Bail Due To Misrepresentation, Hiding True Facts Like Grievous Injury Caused To Victim

The Jodhpur bench of the Rajasthan High Court cancelled the anticipatory bail of an Air Force personnel on the grounds that he allegedly misrepresented and hid material true facts when he argued his anticipatory bail which was eventually granted last year. Justice Farjand Ali observed that during the proceedings of anticipatory bail, the counsel appearing for the accused had only mentioned...

Kerala HC Stays Proceedings By Police Asking Malayalam Newspaper To Disclose Source On Report About Alleged Data Leak Of PSC Applicants

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (December 31) stayed further proceedings in connection to notices issued by the police's Crime Branch to Malayalam language newspaper Madhyamam Daily asking it to reveal how it accessed a note by the Kerala Public Service Commission (KPSC) which is stated to have said that the name and password of several PSC applicants were available on the dark web.Madhyamam...

No Requirement To Establish Death Was Due To Wrongful Act Of Vehicle Owner In Claim U/S 163A Of Motor Vehicles Act: Sikkim High Court

The Sikkim High Court recently dismissed an appeal filed by an insurance company contending that the accident was the result of vis major and beyond human control and therefore the said company is not liable to pay the compensation to the claimant, on the ground that in a claim for compensation under of Section 163A(1) of the said Act the claimant is not required to plead or establish that...

Sole Financial Creditor Can't Entertain Request For One-Time Settlement Once CIRP Proceedings Have Commenced: Telangana High Court

Telangana High Court has dismissed a Writ petition filed by Mandava Holdings Private Limited challenging the rejection of the one-time settlement (OTS) proposal offer made to PTC India Financial Services Limited so as to stop CIRPC proceedings without considering the RBI framework for compromise settlement and technical write-offs.The petitioner contended that PTC India Financial Services...

'Free-Willed' Wife Meeting Civil Society Members Sans Forming An Illegal Relation Isn't Cruelty Against Husband: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court has observed that a 'free-willed' wife's acts of travelling alone or interacting with members of civil society without engaging in any illegal or immoral relationships cannot be considered an act of cruelty against her husband. A bench of Justice Saumitra Dayal Singh and Justice Donadi Ramesh, however, added that a wife's conduct of only seeking to keep alive a...

Telangana High Court Acquits Rape Convict After Noting That Minor Girl's Testimony Appeared To Be Tutored

While acquitting a man who was convicted by the trial court for raping a minor girl after taking note of her, the Telangana High Court observed that the evidence of the child witness in the present case appeared to be tutored who could have been easily influenced by the elders in her family. Justice K. Surender in his order said, "The evidence of a child witness can easily be influenced...

Employer Can't Deduct Excess Amount From Retiral Benefits Paid To Employee On Erroneous Fixation Of Pay Scale : Calcutta High Court

A division bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising of Justice Harish Tandon & Justice Prasenjit Biswas held that the employer cannot deduct or adjust the excess amount paid to the employee on erroneous fixation of pay scale from the retiral benefits. Background Facts The respondent employee was appointed as a lecturer in Ramkrishna Mission Shilpapitha, Belgharia, Kolkata...

Delhi High Court Monthly Digest: December 2024 [Citations 1305 - 1394]

Citations 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 1305 to 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 1394NOMINAL INDEXDELHIVERY LIMITED versus STERNE INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 1305 Panchhi Petha Store vs. Union Of India & Ors 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 1306 OVINGTON FINANCE PVT. LTD. versus BINDIYA NAGAR 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 1307 HCL Infosystems Ltd. v. Commissioner Of State Tax & Anr. 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 1308 SHRI KR...

S. 138 NI Act | Complainant Can't Be Left Remediless Merely Because He Filed 'Premature' Complaint For Cheque Dishonour: Rajasthan HC

The Rajasthan High Court reiterated that where the complaint of cheque bouncing was filed before the expiry of stipulated timeline of 15 days under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, the court could not take cognizance of such compliant. However, the court while referring to Supreme Court decisions on the issue said that, in such case, the holder could register a second complaint...

Injuries Insufficient To Cause Death: Gujarat HC Grants Bail To Police Officers Convicted For Murder Of A Boy At An Observation Home

The Gujarat High Court suspended the sentence and granted regular bail to three police officers convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment after being booked for the murder of an 18-year-old boy stated to have been belonging to the Scheduled Caste, in an observation home where he had been kept in 2020. In doing so, the Court relied on the post-mortem report and the cross-examination of...

Associate Professors Of Institutes Of Technology Not Experts Recognized Under Information And Technology Act: Allahabad High Court

While dealing with dispute regarding appointment on various posts in U.P. Jal Nigam, the Allahabad High Court has held that Associate Professors of Institutes of Technology are not experts recognized under the Information and Technology Act, 2000 for the purposes of examination of electronic evidence.Justice Ajit Kumar held,“expert opinions that were sought from the Associate Professors...

Longevity Of Service Cannot Be Sole Reason For Claiming Regularisation: Kerala HC

Kerala High Court: A single bench of Justice Harisankar V. Menon dismissed petitions by Cochin Port Trust firemen seeking regularisation and pay parity with permanent firemen. The court observed that the firemen were engaged only as Leave Reserve Pool (LRP) workers and were not entitled to regularisation or equal pay. Relying on Secretary, State of Karnataka v. Umadevi (3) [(2006) 4 SCC...