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Probation Of Offenders Act | Orissa HC Releases Man Accused Of Deceitfully Having Sex, Causing Miscarriage Of Minor In 1991
The Orissa High Court has upheld the order of conviction and sentence passed against a man, who was held guilty of having sex with a minor girl by deceitfully inducing her to believe that he was her lawfully married husband and thereafter, causing miscarriage by administering pills.The Single Bench of Justice Biraja Prasanna Satapathy, however, released him under the provisions of Probation...
Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea To Fill Vacancies In Special Juvenile Police Units
The Delhi High Court has issued notice on a plea for filling up of vacant posts in all Special Juvenile Police Units (SJPUs) in every district in consonance under Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela sought response of the Lieutenant Governor and Delhi Police and listed...
Karnataka High Court Defers Order On Plea To Stay Notification Appointing State CIC, Information Commissioners
The Karnataka High Court on Monday (February 24) deferred passing its order on an interim prayer seeking a stay on the operation of a January 30 State government notification appointing State Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners, till March 5. Justice R Devdas while pronouncing the order said, "Consideration of prayer for grant of interim relief is put off till matter...
Delhi High Court Asks NIA Court To Expeditiously Decide MP Engineer Rashid's Bail Plea In UAPA Case
The Delhi High Court on Monday (February 24) asked a National Investigation Agency (NIA) Court to decide expeditiously the bail plea filed by Jammu and Kashmir MP Rashid Engineer in a terror funding case registered under UAPA."The ASJ-03, Patiala House Court is requested to dispose of the bail application of the petitioner expeditiously,” Justice Vikas Mahajan said. Rashid's counsel...
Kerala High Court Allows Institution Of Fresh Suit Over Litigant's Claim That Proper Relief Could Not Be Sought Due To Wrong Legal Advice
The Kerala High Court recently allowed a petitioner to withdraw a suit which was at the appellate stage upon seeing that proper reliefs were not incorporated in the original suit.The petitioner had filed a suit seeking a declaration of easement right of prescription over a property and for consequential injunction against the defendants. The trial court dismissed the suit saying that she...
Retail Shop Owner Not Vicariously Liable For Substandard Product Of Company: Karnataka High Court Quashes Case Under Insecticides Act
The Karnataka High Court has quashed proceedings initiated against two retail shop/showroom owners under the Insecticides Act, charged after the jurisdictional Agricultural Officer had seized substandard insecticides manufactured by a Company, from the shops of the two men. Justice S Vishwajith Shetty allowed the petition filed by Devanand Patil and another and said “Petitioners being...
Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: February 17 - February 23, 2025
Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 61 To 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 68 NOMINAL INDEX M/s. Ideaforge Technology Limited v. The State of Tamil Nadu, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 61 Suo Motu v Union of India, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 62 V. R. Krishnakumar v. Commissioner of Police and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 63 K. Shrish v The Controller Of Examination, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 64 M/s Janpriya Builders v....
Karnataka High Court Permits Protest Rally In Mysore Football Ground, Asks Police To Relax Prohibitory Order In The Area
The Karnataka High Court on Monday (February 24) permitted the Rashtriya Suraksha Janndolan Samithi, Mysore to hold a peaceful march/rally–'Mysore Chalo' inside the football ground in the city, to protest against the recent stone-pelting incident in front of Udayagiri Police Station.In doing so the court asked the Mysore Police Commissioner to pass orders relaxing Section 144 CrPC order in...
Kerala High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To Lawyer And Congress Leader Laly Vincent In CSR Scam Case
The Kerala High Court has allowed the anticipatory bail plea of Congress leader and lawyer Laly Vincent who is arrayed as an accused in the CSR scam case.Ananthu Krishnan is the prime accused in the scam, who transferred ₹47,74,500 to Vincent's bank account over a period of four years. Seeking bail, Vincent claimed that the amount was paid in exchange for her giving legal advice...
PIL In Telangana High Court Alleges State-Run Hospital Refused To Admit Homeless Lady Without Aadhaar Card, State Claims Otherwise
While hearing a PIL challenging the actions of Osmania General Hospital for allegedly refusing to treat a patient who failed to produce her Aadhaar card, the Telangana High Court on Monday (February 24) orally questioned the state as to how this was permissible. During the hearing the counsel on behalf of the petitioner submitted before a division bench of Acting Chief Justice Sujoy Paul...
Madras High Court Paves Way For Shivaratri Celebration At Isha Foundation, Dismisses Plea Alleging Violation Of Pollution Norms
The Madras High Court, on Monday, dismissed a plea seeking directions to the authorities to desist from issuing permission to conduct Maha Shivaratri celebrations at Isha Foundation in light of violations of pollution norms in previous celebrations. By doing so, the bench also allowed Isha to go ahead with its Mahasivarathri celebrations.The bench of Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice K...