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Rajasthan High Court Directs State To Notify 'Custodial Death Relief Scheme' Within 3 Months
The Rajasthan High Court has directed the State Government to finalise, approve and formally notify the Rajasthan Custodian Death Relief Scheme, 2025, within three months, while issuing a series of directions to improve prison conditions across the State.A Division Bench of Chief Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal and Justice Sameer Jain issued the directions while disposing of a batch of PILs...
Karnataka High Court Sets Aside Rape Conviction After 10 Yrs, Says Absence Of Expected Injuries Creates Doubt
The Karnataka High Court has set aside a man's conviction for rape and criminal intimidation, observing that the absence of expected injuries on the survivor's body raised doubts about the alleged incident. The Court also noted that the possibility of false implication arising from political rivalry between the families could not be ruled out.A single-judge bench of Justice S...
Dual PAN Card Case | Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To Azam Khan, Son Abdullah Azam; Refuses To Suspend Conviction
With the High Court suspending their sentences and granting them bail, Azam Khan and Abdullah Azam Khan are likely to walk out of jail.
No Demolition Of Race Course Masjid Till Waqf Board's Representation Is Decided: Centre Tells Delhi High Court
The Land and Development Office informed the Delhi High Court on Thursday that it will not demolish Race Course Masjid till the time it decides Delhi Waqf Board's representation on the issue. The statement was made by CGSC Ashish Dixit before Justice Anish Dayal who was hearing a plea filed by a worshipper seeking protection of the mosque against its apprehended demolition.The mosque is...
'We're Living In RTI Age': Madras High Court Says State Can't Withhold Material Needed To Prosecute Offenders
The Madras High Court recently directed the Railway Mail Service to furnish CCTV footage to a man, who was trying to find the identity of a mischief-monger who was sending him fabricated complaints in his missing father's name. Justice GR Swaminathan observed that in this RTI age, clauses restricting the furnishing of materials could not be applied mechanically. The court added that...
Husband's Conviction For Cheque Dishonour Doesn't Automatically End Proceedings Against Wife Who Acted As Guarantor: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court has held that conviction and sentence already undergone by a husband (principal debtor) in respect of the same underlying transaction in which his wife had also issued a security cheque, as a guarantor, does not furnish a ground to her to seek quashing of proceedings under Section 138 Negotiable Instruments Act.The bench of Justice Sunil Beniwal further observed...
Allahabad High Court Sets Aside Repeated Compounding Of Building Violations To Regularise Illegal Construction
An offence can be compounded only once, Court held.
KPSC Recruitment Scam: Karnataka High Court Slams State For Failing To Continue Probe Despite SC Order Upholding SIT Constitution
The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday (October 28) pulled up the State government for failing to notify the Special Investigation Team (SIT) as a police station in the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) Veterinary Officer recruitment scam case, despite the Supreme Court having upheld the constitution of the SIT.The Court observed that the failure had left the investigation into...
P&H High Court Lays Down Formula To Calculate Amount Payable For Restoration Of Plot Resumed Over Instalment Default
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has laid down a formula for deciding what a defaulting allottee must pay when a resumption order passed for non-payment of instalments is set aside. Under the formula, the allottee pays the unpaid percentage of the allotment price, applied to the current reserve price of a similar plot, rather than only the old dues with interest and penalty.A Division Bench...
Rajasthan High Court Calls CRPF's Dismissal Of Employee For Consuming Alcohol, Misbehaving With Colleagues 'Autocratic'
The Rajasthan High Court has termed the dismissal of a CRPF employee, who was serving as a Dhobi, for consuming alcohol and misbehaving with colleagues as "shockingly disproportionate" to the misconduct and contrary to the provisions of the Central Reserve Police Force Act, 1949 (CRPF Act).“There is no charge of committing more heinous offence against the petitioner and when the petitioner...
