Rajasthan High Court
Reconsider Rape Convict Asaram's Plea For 20-Day Parole Under 1958 Rules: Rajasthan High Court Directs Committee
The Rajasthan High Court on Monday directed the District Parole Advisory Committee, Jodhpur to reconsider the application filed by self-styled godman and rape convict Asaram seeking 20-day parole under the Rajasthan Prisoners Release on Parole Rules, 1958.The bench of Justice Vijay Bishnoi and Justice Yogendra Kumar Purohit directed thus while setting aside the committee's order rejecting...
Rajasthan High Court Seeks Explanation From CJM For Sending Accused To Custody Despite HC Converting Non-Bailable Warrant To Bailable One
Observing that such gross judicial indiscipline requires strong action, the Rajasthan High Court has called for an explanation from a Chief Judicial Magistrate of Banswara for sending an accused to judicial custody despite the high court having already converted the arrest warrant against him into a bailable one.Justice Pushpendra Singh Bhat said ordinarily, the court would be extremely...
Rajasthan High Court Pulls Up Senior Advocate For Seeking ‘Instant’ Hearing For Interim Relief In Plea Seeking Quashing Of FIR
The Rajasthan High Court at Jaipur pulled up a Senior Advocate for "putting undue pressure" on the court to hear the prayer for stay of investigation in an FIR under Sections 410, 181, 198, 199, 200 of IPC against his client. Justice Birendra Kumar said said court has maintained "utmost restraint" in not initiating contempt proceedings against the senior counsel "to give him one more...
Rajasthan High Court Dismisses Former RPF Constable's Plea Against Termination, Says No Cause Of Action In Rajasthan
The Rajasthan High Court at Jaipur dismissed a writ petition filed by a former Constable of Railway Protection Force against his termination order. The single judge bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand said the petitioner responded to notice from Thakurli (Maharashtra) and the disciplinary inquiry was conducted against him at Thakurli and finally the impugned order was also passed and served...
Rajasthan High Court Junks Plea Seeking Ban On Release Of Film 'Ajmer 92' Based On 1992 'Ajmer Sex Scandal'
The Rajasthan High Court on Monday junked a petition seeking a ban on the release of the film ‘Ajmer 92’ in theatres and OTT Platforms. The plea claimed that the film was nothing but a deliberate attempt to defame the Dargah Sherif Ajmer and that its trailer contains provocative and blasphemous dialogues.The film, scheduled to be released on July 14, 2023, is based on the infamous Ajmer...
‘Equality Cannot Be Claimed In Illegality, Cannot Be Enforced By A Citizen Or Court In A Negative Manner’: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court at Jaipur has upheld the Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Ltd. (RRVPNL)'s decision to not select a candidate on the post of Junior Engineer (Electrical) in TSP (General) category as he could not produce Special TSP (Tribal Sub-Plan Area) Certificate at the time of furnishing the application form or during the verification of documents.The candidate claimed...
Rajasthan High Court Quashes Rape Case After Accused Marries 'Victim', Says Continuation Of Proceedings Would Cause Her Immense Harm
The Rajasthan High Court has quashed a rape case against a man after both the accused and the prosecutrix resolved their differences and got married.Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand said continuation of the proceedings would cause immense harm to the prosecutrix. While acknowledging that offences like rape cannot be quashed by exercising jurisdiction under Section 482 Cr.P.C. if a compromise has...
High Court Cannot Exercise Inherent Powers U/S 482 CrPC To Review Its Judgment, Embargo U/S 362 Applies: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court at Jaipur has reiterated that the inherent powers of the High Court under Section 482 of IPC cannot be invoked to alter or review the final order of a criminal court.The single judge bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand observed:“The purpose of Section 362 Cr.P.C. is that once a Court delivers a judgment or a final order disposing of a case, that judgment becomes...
Rajasthan High Court Denies Bail To Doctor Who Drove Car Inside Hospital Premises In Inebriated State
The Rajasthan High Court has rejected the bail application of a doctor, who is alleged to have caused an accident at the hospital premises by ramming into the public/patients standing there, resulting in on spot death of one person and miscarriage of a pregnant woman.Justice Kuldeep Mathur said the incidents of speeding and drunk driving are increasing day by day and are the major...
Rajasthan High Court Refuses To Interfere With Police Constable's Compulsory Retirement, Says His Acquittal In Abduction Case Not ‘Honourable’
The Rajasthan High Court dismissed a petition filed by the legal heirs of a deceased police constable against the order to compulsory retire him from service in pursuance to a departmental enquiry against him in relation to a case of abduction in which he was acquitted later.The single judge bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand observed that there is no flaw in the decision making process and...
PIL Filed In Rajasthan High Court Seeking Ban On Movie ‘Adipurush’ For Hurting Religious Sentiments, Mocking Hindu Gods
A Public Interest Litigation has been filed in the Rajasthan High Court seeking a ban on the movie 'Adipurush,' which is based on the Hindu Holy Epic Ramayana. The PIL alleges that the movie hurts religious sentiments, distorts the facts, and mocks Hindu Gods.Balmukundacharya Sharma, a resident of Jaipur has filed the PIL through Advocates Amitosh Pareek and Akshay Dutt.According to the PIL,...
Rajasthan High Court Directs State To Release Retiral Benefits Of Retired Audit Inspector Who Died Fighting For Pension, Imposes Cost
The Rajasthan High Court has ordered the release of retiral benefits to the legal representatives of a retired Audit Inspector from the Cooperative Department who died in between of his years-long battle with the State over withheld pension.A bench comprising Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand noted that the deceased had a clean service record and yet his pension was withheld citing delay in obtaining...