Justice Arindam Sinha Appointed As Acting Chief Justice Of Orissa High Court

The Centre has notified the appointment of Justice Arindam Sinha, the senior-most puisne Judge of Orissa High Court as its Acting Chief Justice with effect from January 20, 2025. The move comes as the present Chief Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh is set to retire on January 19, 2025.Justice Sinha was born on September 22, 1965. He was enrolled as an Advocate on March 11, 1991 and practised...

Madras High Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Probe Into Death Of LKG Student By Allegedly Falling Into School's Septic Tank

The Madras High Court has issued notices to the State of Tamil Nadu, the Director General of Police, the Superintendent of Police Villupuram, the Inspector at Vikkiravandi Police Station, the Inspector CB-CID, and the CBI in a plea seeking a CB CID or CBI probe into the death of an LKG student by allegedly falling into the septic tank of the private school. Justice GR Swaminathan...

Delhi HC Rejects Argument That Wife's Hospitalization Is Essential For Invoking S.498A, Says 'Narrow Interpretation' Will Silence Many Victims

The Delhi High Court has rejected a husband's argument that hospitalization of the wife is essential for establishing cruelty and harassment to her and for invoking Section 498A of Indian Penal Code, 1860. “Allowing such an argument to prevail – that hospitalization is a prerequisite for invoking Section 498A – would erode the very purpose of the provision. Section 498A of IPC was...

Availability Of Suitable Alternative Accommodation Must Be Ascertained For Just Decision In Eviction Suits: Calcutta High Court

The High Court of Calcutta in its recent judgment held that “availability of suitable alternative accommodation has to be ascertained for a just decision of a suit for eviction on the sole ground of reasonable requirement.”Justice Bibhas Ranjan De, presiding over the case, observed, “availability of the suitable alternative accommodation has to be ascertained for just decision of a suit...

Delhi High Court Rejects Janta Party's Plea Against Rule To Reserve Election Symbol Only For Recognised Political Parties

The Delhi High Court on Friday (January 17) rejected a petition filed by Janta Party challenging the Election Symbol (Reservation & Allotment) Order, 1968, on reservation of election symbol only for recognised registered political parties.A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela dismissed the plea, observing that the issue raised has...

Karnataka High Court Reserves Verdict On Former CM Yediyurappa's Plea To Quash POCSO Case

Countering the State's contention that ex-CM BS Yediyurappa 'calculatedly' filed his plea for quashing a POCSO case after the complainant's death, the BJP leader told the Karnataka High Court on Friday (January 17) that it wasn't that the complainant had told him when she was going to pass away, adding that he was not a magician. He further questioned the intervening one and half month...

Criminal Case Against Director Would Not Mean Company Is Also Involved: Punjab & Haryana HC Quashes Order Rejecting Liquor License

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has set aside the order rejecting a liquor license (L-1), observing that if a director is involved in a criminal case then it would not mean that the company is also involved. L-1 licence is granted for the wholesale supply of Indian liquor. These are granted to a Company or a society, a partnership firm or a proprietorship firm having a licensed...

Karnataka High Court Stalls Framing Of Charge Against HD Revanna Till January 30

The Karnataka High Court on Friday directed the trial court not to frame charges against Janata Dal (S) leader HD Revanna who is accused of kidnapping a woman, till January 30.A single judge, Justice M Nagaprasanna said, “Learned Senior Counsel for the petitioner submits that the matter is at the stage of hearing before charge and hearing is on. The concerned court is permitted to hear...

Arvind Kejriwal Objects To ED Seeking Adjournment In Plea Against His Bail, Calls It 'Propaganda' Amid Impending Elections

Former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday opposed before the Delhi High Court request of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to adjourn hearing in the plea against bail granted to him in the money laundering case connected to the alleged liquor policy scam.Senior Advocate Vikram Chaudhri appearing for Kejriwal opposed the request before Justice Vikas Mahajan after ED's counsel said that...

Gauhati High Court Notifies Directions To Mandate Production Of Child Abuse Victim Before Child Welfare Committee U/S 19(6) Of POCSO Act

The Gauhati High Court recently issued a Notification pursuant to the directions of the Supreme Court in In Re: Right to Privacy of Adolescents, Suo Moto Writ Petition (C) No. 3/2023 (para 35), wherein the Apex Court had observed that at grassroots level, Section 19(6) of the POCSO Act is not being implemented The Notification which shall come into effect immediately, reads as...

Failure To Disclose Information About Accomplices Can't Be Construed As 'Non-Cooperation With Investigation': Punjab & Haryana HC

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has said that "non-cooperation in investigation” must be interpreted with precision and cannot be equated with the failure of the accused to disclose information about his alleged accomplices or for facilitating the recovery of bribe money.Justice Manjari Nehru Kaul while allowing an anticipatory bail application in a corruption case, rejected the...

Kerala High Court Declines Peremptory Mandamus To Desist Authorities From Seizing Pan Masala Products At Check Posts

The Kerala High Court has dismissed a writ petition filed by a wholesale dealer of tobacco-free pan masala, 'Vimal and Shikkar Pan Masala' who sought a direction to authorities at Muthanga and Valayar Check Posts to allow the transportation of her Pan Masala from Karnataka and New Delhi to Kerala for sale.Justice C S Dias stated that merely because petitioner claims that her Pan Masala does...