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Writ Petition For Quashing Of FIR Can't Serve As Substitute For Availing Remedies Under BNSS: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has recently observed that a writ petition filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India seeking quashing of an FIR cannot serve as a substitute for availing remedies specifically provided under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, for securing personal liberty.Justice Sanjeev Narula made the observation while dismissing a plea moved by an accused in an...
Madras High Court Sets Aside Single Judge Order Allowing Ritual Of Devotees Rolling Over Plantain Leaves On Which Food Was Eaten By Others
The Madras High Court has set aside an order of a single judge allowing Angapradakshinam, a ritual of devotees rolling over the plantain leaves on which other devotees had consumed food. The division bench of Justice R Suresh Kumar and Justice G Arul Murugan set aside an order passed by Justice GR Swaminathan in May 2024. The court noted that whether such a practice was against the...
Andhra Pradesh High Court Lays Down Parameters For Disputing Negligence In Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Cases
A Single Judge Bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court comprising Justice A. Hari Haranadha Sarma, while dealing with an appeal contesting the sustainability of an award and decree passed by the Additional District Judge-cum-Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Ongole, laid down certain advisory parameters to be followed in Motor Vehicle Accident claims cases while disputing negligence. The...
UAPA: Delhi High Court Denies Bail To Accused Naval Kishore Kapoor, Says Terror Funding Wreaked Havoc In Kashmir
The Delhi High Court yesterday denied bail to accused Naval Kishore Kapoor in a terror funding case registered by National Investigation Agency (NIA) under UAPA.A division bench comprising Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Shalinder Kaur dismissed Kapoor's appeal challenging a trial court order denying him bail on August 19, 2019. “The present is a case of a conspiracy, therefore, it is...
'Taliban-Style Punishment': Punjab & Haryana HC Declines Pre-Arrest Bail To Man Who Paraded Victims In Public With 'I Am Thief' Placards
The Punjab & Haryana High Court refused to grant pre-arrest bail to a man who was accused of parading five people including minor girls in the market with a placard, "I am a thief, I confess my guilt" written on it.Justice Namit Kumar said, "cardboards were hanged around the neck of the victim by writing incriminating material “I am a thief, I confess my guilt”on white placards;...
Rajasthan High Court Grants Relief To Contractual Employee Who Was Given Only 2 Months Maternity Leave In 2008
While reiterating that discriminating between regular females employees and those on contractual basis, by denying complete 180 days of maternity leaves to the latter was violative of Article 14 and 21, Rajasthan High Court directed the State to pay additional salary (with interest @ 9% p.a.) of remaining period to the petitioner who was granted only 2 months' maternity leave when applied for...
Kerala High Court Allows PP Divya To Access Documents Filed In Plea For CBI Probe Into ADM Naveen Babu's Death
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday directed the Registry to provide copy of writ petition, exhibits and other documents filed by Manjusha, wife of deceased ADM Naveen Babu to PP Divya, who is allegedly accused of abetting his suicide.The single bench of Justice Kauser Edappagath passed the above order in an application filed by Divya in the writ petition filed by Manjusha seeking CBI probe...
Able-Bodied Husband Having Govt Service Statutorily Required To Maintain Wife & Children: Orissa High Court
The Orissa High Court has remarked that an able-bodied husband having government service is statutorily required to maintain his wife and children notwithstanding any marital or other dissention between them.While deciding the challenge to a maintenance order, the Single Bench of Justice Gourishankar Satapathy observed –“…fact remains that once a relationship of marriage is found to...
Only Such Subsequent Events That Completely Negate Landlord's Needs Are Decisive For Overturning Eviction Order: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has made it clear that only those subsequent events that completely negate the landlord's needs could be considered as decisive for overturning an already passed eviction order.The Court stated that generally rights and obligations of the parties are assessed based on the circumstances at the time the legal proceedings began but, there are exceptions to this general rule....
'Intolerance Of Orthodoxy A Bane Of Indian Society': Bombay HC Quotes AG Noorani, Quashes Case Against Kailash Kher For Hurting Religious Feelings In Song
Observing that 'intolerance and dissent' from the orthodoxy have been a 'bane' of the Indian society for centuries, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday quashed the criminal case initiated against Bollywood singer Kailash Kher, who was accused of hurting the religious sentiments of the Hindu community in his popular song 'Babam Bam' - a track on Lord Shiva.A division bench of Justices...
Punjab & Haryana HC Declares Punjab Govt's Notification On Resuming Ownership Rights In Rajpura's Industrial Estate Projects As Inoperative
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has declared Punjab Government's decision to “resume” ownership rights in ongoing projects in Rajpura's Industrial Estate as "inoperative."Justice Sureshwar Thakur and Justice Vikas Suri said, "there is a necessity of passing a fresh speaking decision, in accordance with law, as such both the interest of justice and equity demands, that the...
Bombay High Court Permits Man Convicted Of Electricity Theft To Travel For Haj Pilgrimage
The Bombay High Court recently permitted a man convicted for 'electricity theft' to go on Haj Pilgrimage along with his family after noting that his appeal challenging his conviction will not be taken up in the near future. Justice Abhay Waghwase permitted forty-three-year-old Rahim Khan Sandu Khan, who was convicted by a sessions court in October 2016 under section 135 of the Indian...