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...

Investigation Can't Linger For Years Keeping Investors In Lurch: Bombay HC Pulls Up Mumbai Police's EOW Over Delay In Finishing Fraud Probe

Pulling up Mumbai Police's Economic Offences Wing (EOW) for the delay caused in properly investigating a "fraud" case under the Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depositors (In Financial Establishments) Act, the Bombay High Court recently observed that investigations in a criminal case cannot be permitted to linger on for years, keeping investors in the lurch.A division bench of...

Suppression Of Pending Criminal Cases Raises Concerns About Candidate's Integrity: Orissa HC Upholds Cancellation Of Employee's Appointment

The Orissa High Court has held that notwithstanding the result, suppression of pending criminal cases per se raises concerns about a candidate's integrity and after withholding such vital information, a person cannot claim an unfettered right to seek appointment.While denying relief to the petitioner aggrieved of cancellation of his candidature, Dr. Justice Sanjeeb Kumar Panigrahi held...

Delhi High Court Annual Digest 2024 [Part I]

Citations 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 1 to 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 400Goodwill Acquired After 'Terminus Ad Quem' Inconsequential: Delhi HC Declines Interim Relief To 'Khadi' In Trademark Infringement SuitTitle: KHADI AND VILLAGE INDUSTRIES COMMISSION v. GIRDHAR INDUSTRIES AND ANR.Citation: 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 1The Delhi High Court has refused to pass interlocutory injunction order against two entities...

Prevention Of Animal Cruelty Act Needs To Be Scrupulously Implemented: Tripura High Court

The Tripura High Court recently remarked that the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, Rules framed thereunder and the guidelines issued from time to time by the statutory authorities do need to be observed scrupulously at all levels by the concerned State authorities.The division bench of the Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice Biswajit Palit directed the State authorities...

Relationship Between 'Jija' & 'Sali' Is Immoral But Rape Offence Not Attracted If Woman Is A Major: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has recently observed that a relationship between brother-in-law and sister-in-law (jija and sali) is immoral; however, if the woman is a major, the said relationship doesn't attract the offence of rape. A bench of Justice Sameer Jain observed thus while granting bail to an accused (Jija) who was booked under Sections 366, 376, 506 IPC on the allegation that...

Install CCTV Cameras In All Police Stations By March 31, Strictly Follow SOP On Dealing With Members Of Armed Forces: Orissa HC Tells Police

The Orissa High Court, while dealing with a suo moto PIL, has recently ordered the Government and the police authorities to install CCTV cameras in all police stations as well as police outposts across the State by the end of March, 2025. After perusing the status report submitted by a senior police officer, the Division Bench of Chief Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh and Justice Savitri...

Charitable Society Looking After Socio-Economic And Welfare Matters Of Ex-Servicemen, Their Families Can Levy Service Tax: Kerala HC

The Kerala High Court stated that services by charitable society who look after socio-economic and welfare matters of ex-serviceman and their families is liable to service tax. The Division Bench of Justices A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar and Easwaran S. observed that “for an association like the assessee, the embarking on a transaction that is designed to earn income for its members,...