Anticipatory Bail Plea Not Maintainable If Accused Is Already In Custody In Another Criminal Case: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has recently observed that the anticipatory bail application of an accused is not maintainable if he is in jail in connection with another criminal case for similar or different offences. The bench of Justice Samit Gopal concluded thus while relying upon the Rajasthan High Court's ruling in the case of Sunil Kallani vs. State of Rajasthan Through Public...

'Time Has Come To Stop Backdoor Entries': Rajasthan High Court Imposes ₹25 Lakh Cost On Daswani Dental College, Refuses To Regularise Admissions

The Jaipur bench of Rajasthan High Court recently declined to regularise the admissions of the postgraduate dental students, who were admitted by a Kota college in 2017 without even having secured the admissions through the NEET PG process.The division bench of Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand, however, said the candidates would be at liberty to proceed against...

Rajasthan HC Issues Notice To State Assembly Speaker CP Joshi In PIL Filed Over Resignation Of Congress MLAs

The Rajasthan High Court today issued a notice to the Rajasthan assembly Speaker, CP Joshi on a PIL plea filed before it pertaining to Speaker's inaction in taking a decision on the resignation submitted by 91 congress MLAs before him in September this year.The bench of Justice M. M. Shrivastava and Justice Vinod Kumar Baharwani issued the notice on a petition filed by the deputy leader of...

Immature Act Of Uncontrolled Emotions: Rajasthan HC Quashes POCSO Case Against Minor's Lover

The Rajasthan High Court has quashed the FIR registered against a 22-year old man under Section 376 of the IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the POCSO Act for impregnating a 16-year old girl, leading to delivery of a child.A single bench of Justice Dinesh Mehta noted that the minor and the accused were lovers and the sexual acts were consensual in nature. It observed,"This Court cannot and does...

Rajasthan HC Orders Per-emptory Cost In Paramour's Habeas Corpus Petition

The Rajasthan High Court recently directed a parmour, seeking the release of his partner from the alleged illegal custody of her mother, to deposit Rs. 50,000 as per-emptory cost.Dinesh Chaudhary claimed that he came in touch with the detenu, a married woman, via Instagram. He claimed that the detenu was unhappy in her marriage and therefore, went away with him to Desuri and prepared...