Subsequent Bail Pleas Arising Out Of Same FIR Should Be Listed Before Roster Judge: Madras Hight Court Clarifies

While answering a reference made by a single judge, a division bench of the Madras High Court has clarified that all successive bail applications/anticipatory bail applications arising out of the same FIR/Crime Number shall be listed before the judge holding the roster.On February 21, Justice Sunder Mohan had referred to a larger bench the issue on whether subsequent bail applications filed...

Saket Gokhale Moves Delhi High Court Seeking Recall Of Order Asking Him To Apologize, Compensate Lakshmi Puri For Defamation

The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice on an application filed by Trinamool Congress MP Saket Gokhale in relation to a ruling asking him to put an apology on social media and pay Rs. 50 lakh damages to Lakshmi Puri, former Indian Assistant Secretary-General to the United Nations, in her defamation suit against him.Gokhale has sought recall of an order passed by a coordinate bench on...

Male Teacher's Privacy Not Affected In Sending His Photo As Attendance Proof, Solution Needed To Protect Female Teachers: Madhya Pradesh HC

While hearing an appeal against photograph-based attendance rule for teachers and students in government schools in Vidisha district, the Gwalior Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court said that the privacy of a male teacher is not affected in sending his photograph as a proof of attendance.However, the Court expressed concern over the privacy of female staff and girl students and suggested the...

Original Side Rules On Accepting Counterclaim & Reply Need Amending Due To Rigidity Of S.18 Of Commercial Courts Act: Calcutta HC Frames Guidelines

The Calcutta High Court has held that the court's original side rules on accepting of plaint and counterclaim need to be amended due to the rigidity of Section 18 of the Commercial Courts act. In doing so, the bench of Justices Soumen Sen and Biswaroop Chowdhury also framed guidelines for the same till the amended rules were implemented. The Court held: In view of the stringent provisions in...

“Little Or No Progress Made”: Meghalaya HC Displeased With State Over Delay In Resolving Crematoria Facility For Indigenous Communities

The Meghalaya High Court on Tuesday (March 4) expressed its displeasure regarding the progress made by the State Government in a PIL concerning setting up of crematoria to cremate the indigenous Khasi, Jaintia and Hindu persons.“Their rights and rituals accompanying the funeral are different but the procedure for disposing of the dead body is the same, by cremation. The indigenous Khasi...

Modi-Trump Cartoon | Madras High Court Directs Centre To Lift Ban On Website Of Tamil Weekly Ananda Vikatan

The Madras High Court has directed the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to lift the ban imposed on the website of Tamil weekly “Ananda Vikatan” for its cartoon on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump. Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy directed the government to lift the ban on the website and asked the magazine to temporarily take down the page containing...

'Don't Want Bangladesh-Like Situation': Calcutta High Court Directs State To Manage Student Unrest Amidst Violent Clashes At Jadavpur University

The Calcutta High Court has expressed concern over the recent unrest that took place at Jadavpur University due to clashes between protesting students and Education Minister Bratya Basu's convoy. Justice Tirthankar Ghosh expressed concerns over the issue being caused either by an intelligence failure by the police or by the defiance of such intelligence reports by the minister. He directed...

Drug Mafia's 'Poisonous Fangs' Have Reached School Kids: Kerala HC Affirms Bail Cancellation Of NDPS Accused Who Indulged In Another Case

The Kerala High Court refused to interfere with the order of Special Court cancelling the bail of an accused under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS) who got involved in another NDPS case while on bail.Justice V. G. Arun remarked that the drugs have reached to the school going children. The Court observed that if a person accused of offences under NDPS Act who...

Allahabad High Court Junks PIL Against Sale Of 'Shankar Parwati Chhap Beedi' For Hurting Religious Feelings

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea seeking a direction against the marketing and sale of a 'Beedi' brand in the name and style of 'Shankar Parwati Chhap' along with the Logo. A bench of Chief Justice Arun Bhansali and Justice Kshitij Shailendra dismissed the PIL plea, leaving it open to the petitioner, Adarsh Kumar, to take...

Calcutta High Court Calls For State's Report On Jadavpur Univ Campus Unrest Involving Education Minister's Convoy, Questions Police Inaction

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday questioned the police over its inability to act during violent clashes which took place between Education Minister Bratya Basu's convoy and protesting students from Jadavpur University.Reportedly, the clashes left several students injured, one of whom was also seen being crushed under the Education Minister's convoy vehicle during the melee. The...

Negotiable Instruments Act | Complainant Can Prefer Appeal Against Acquittal Order Before Sessions Court: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has said that a complainant in a case under the Negotiable Instruments Act, can file an appeal against an acquittal order before the Sessions Court and need not approach the high court. In doing so the court set aside a sessions court order which had dismissed the complainant's appeal against an acquittal order as not maintainable and had asked the complainant to file...

Not An Isolated Incident But "Well-Orchestrated Racket": Rajasthan High Court Denies Bail To Eight Accused In Teacher Paper Leak Case

The Rajasthan High Court denied bail to all eight accused charged under IPC, Rajasthan Public Examination (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 1992 and the Rajasthan Public Examination (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Act, 2022 in relation to paper leak of the examination for recruitment for Grade II Teachers. Justice Farjand Ali observed that the present case was not an isolated instance...