Been In Jail For 5 Yrs, Booked Under UAPA Over 'Innocuous Messages': Khalid Saifi To Delhi High Court For Bail In Delhi Riots Case

United Against Hate founder Khalid Saifi, accused in the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case, on Tuesday asked the Delhi High Court to consider if UAPA charge invoked against him over "innocuous messages" can be a reason for denying him bail or even prosecuting him in the FIR.While canvassing its case, the Delhi Police had relied on some allegedly incriminatory messages exchanged between Saifi...

Kerala High Court Lifts Suspension Of Website Of Lending Service Provider 'Olyv'

The High Court of Kerala has lifted the blocking of the website 'olyv.in', which is a Lending Service Provider (LSP). The website was deactivated following a communication issued by the Kerala Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (Kerala Police) invoking powers under Section 79(3)(b) of the Information Technology Act, 2000 to the domain service provider. The Kerala Police issued the...

Don't Forget That Time Is Valuable: Madhya Pradesh HC In PIL Against Display Of Long Advertisements In Movie Theatres

In a PIL claiming inconvenience caused to movie-goers due to display of long advertisements before the start of movies, the Gwalior bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court observed that while it is for the Centre to take a call on the issue however "one can not forget that Time is a valuable Resource". While it did not enter into the issue, the court disposed of the plea observing that it...

FDs, Jewels Are Property Under Senior Citizens Act: Madras HC Allows Mother's Plea For Return Of Assets After Daughter Fails To Pay Maintainance

The Madras High Court recently observed that fixed deposits in Banks, jewels, etc would come within the definition of “property” under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act 2007. The court thus noted that a complaint under Section 23 of the Act was maintainable when the daughter failed to maintain the mother after having fixed deposits transferred in...

Clear Evaluation Criterion Known In Advance By Aspirants Crucial To Maintaining Integrity Of Exams: Kerala HC Pulls Up PSC For Last-Minute Change

The Kerala High Court held that Public Service Commission (PSC) cannot arbitrarily prescribe minimum mark criteria for each compartment of a single examination, after the written examination is over without informing the candidates in advance.The Court was considering whether PSC was justified to prescribe minimum marks for each compartment of a single examination after the examination was...

Non Supply Of 'Grounds Of Arrest' Either In Arrest Memo Or Separately To Accused Illegal: Delhi High Court In Abetment Of Suicide Case

The Delhi High Court declared the arrest of a man as illegal, in an abetment of suicide case, after noting that neither “grounds of arrest” column was there in the arrest memo nor the grounds were separately served upon him at the time of his arrest.Justice Vikas Mahajan said that the arrest stood vitiated as the grounds of arrest in terms of Section 50 of CrPC read with Article 22(1) of...

Convicted Prisoner Too Has Right To Marry: Madras High Court While Granting Emergency Leave To Life Convict

Noting that a convicted prisoner has a right to marry, the Madras High Court recently granted emergency leave to a prisoner for 15 days with the necessary escort for his marriage. The court passed the orders on January 3rd, 2025, enabling the prisoner to solemnize his marriage that was to take place on January 15, 2025. "We need not look for precedents in support of the proposition that...

Delhi High Court Grants Bail To Wrestler Sushil Kumar In Sagar Dhankar Murder Case

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted regular bail to wrestler Sushil Kumar in relation to the case of murder of 27-year-old former junior national wrestling champion Sagar Dhankar in May 2021.Justice Sanjeev Narula passed the order granting bail to Kumar, who has been lodged in Tihar jail in the case. The Court has granted bail to Kumar on a bail bond of Rs. 50,000 and two sureties of...

'No Evidence': Karnataka HC Rejects BMTC's Claim That It Lost 13 Days Revenue As Bus Was In Repair After Accident, Refuses To Enhance Compensation

The Karnataka High Court has dismissed an appeal by Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) seeking enhancement of compensation granted by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal towards damages for a bus involved in a road accident. The court dismissed the plea after noting that the BMTC could not produce cogent evidence to prove that the bus was kept idle for 13 days, for carrying...

No Hearing Given: Rajasthan HC Quashes Trial Court Order Making Adverse Remarks Against Circle Officer For Alleged Negligence In Probe

The Jaipur bench of the Rajasthan High Court set aside a trial court order which made adverse remarks against the concerned circle officer and where the DGP was directed to initiate disciplinary proceedings against the officer for alleged negligence committed during the investigation of a case.In doing so the court noted that the petitioner-circle officer was not the Investigating Officer in...

CGST Act | SCN Issued On Online Portal Needs To Contain Digital Signature Of Competent Authority To Be Valid: Telangana High Court Clarifies

The Telangana High Court has clarified that show-cause notices issued on the online portal under Chapter XVII of the GST Rules under the category 'demand and recovery' mandatorily need to contain the appropriate officer's digital signature. The order was passed by the Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Renuka Yara in a batch of 160 writ petitions filed by...

Legislature Must Relax Rigid Conditions U/S 45 PMLA To Allow Room For Bail Determination On Case-By-Case Basis: Chhattisgarh HC

In a significant observation, the Chhattisgarh High Court has said that in the interest of upholding the fundamental rights of the citizens, the legislature must relax the 'rigid' twin conditions under Section 45 of Prevention of Money Laundering Act to provide 'wiggle room' to the courts to determine bail on a more case-to-case basis. “This would prevent minor bail cases reaching...