'Constitution Of India Doesn't Put A Price Tag On Liberty': Allahabad HC Cautions Trial Courts Against Putting Onerous Surety Conditions In Bail Matters

The Allahabad High Court recently cautioned the Trial Court against putting onerous surety conditions in bail matters which have no connection with the socio-economic status of the prisoner as it noted that the same would negate the order granting bail, and undermine the fundamental right of liberty of the prisoner guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution. Stressing that the...

In Suit For Possession, Prior Possession Becomes Relevant When Both Parties Fail To Establish Title : Supreme Court

In a suit for possession, if both parties have not established title, then the party who proved prior possession will succeed, held the Supreme Court recently. Such right of the person who had prior possession will hold good against the whole world except the person who has the title over the property.In this regard, the Court applied the maxim "Possessio contra omnes valet praeter eur cui...

Mumbai Gets Heavy Monsoon, Better Tech For Rehabilitation Of 100 Yrs Old Storm Water Drains Can't Be Avoided Merely Due To Extra Cost: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court recently held that use of best possible technology to rehabilitate 100 years old storm water arch drains in Mumbai is of paramount importance as Mumbai receives heavy monsoon every year.A division bench of acting Chief Justice SV Gangapurwala and Justice Sandeep V Marne added that merely because the better technology involves extra cost compared to other...

Gujarat High Court Launches Dedicated Section For Gujarati Translations Of Supreme Court Orders, Judgments On Official Website

A dedicated section has been created on the Gujarat High Court Website for publishing Gujarati-translated versions of orders and judgments of the Supreme Court.This was done based on the guidance from the AI-Assisted Legal Translation Advisory Committee of the Supreme Court and per the directions and approval of the Acting Chief Justice A. J. Desai and the Judges of the I. T. Committee &...

Calcutta High Court Orders Premature Release Of Life Convicts In Absence Of Presiding Judge's Opinion U/S 432 CrPC

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed the State Government to release two life convicts who were languishing in jail for 18 years, on premature release, after the same was denied by the government on the ground that it did not receive the opinion of the Presiding Judge of the court before or by which the conviction was held.The single judge bench of Justice Bibek Chaudhuri observed...

Orissa High Court Will Have Its Own Database With Judgments From 1948 Onwards: Justice Subhasis Talapatra

Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court Dr. Justice S. Muralidhar on Wednesday launched ‘free Wi-Fi facility’ and ‘e-Inspection facility’ for the members of the High Court Bar Association in presence of the Judges of the High Court, the Advocate General, newly elected President and office bearers of the High Court Bar Association. While speaking on the occasion, Justice...

Section 52 TP Act -Alienation Of Suit Property Pendente Lite Not Invalid; But It'll Be Subject To Rights Of Litigants : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has observed that the principle of "lis pendens" is based on "justice, equity and good conscience" and the same will apply even in a case where the provisions of Section 52 of the Transfer of Property Act is not applicable in the strict sense.A bench comprising Justices BR Gavai and CT Ravikumar explained that though the doctrine of "lis pendens" will not invalidate the...

DMRC’s Salaries, O&M Expenses Not To Be Attached In Case Of Failure To Pay Unpaid Dues To Reliance Infra: Delhi High Court Clarifies

The Delhi High Court has clarified that the salaries and other Operation & Maintenance (O&M) expenses to be borne by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation will not be attached in case of its failure to pay dues to Reliance Infra-owned Delhi Airport Metro Express Private Limited (DAMEPL) under the 2017 arbitral award. Justice Yashwant Varma was hearing a petition moved by DMRC seeking review of...

Maharashtra Govt To Allot 30 Acres Land In Bandra East For New Bombay High Court Building

The Maharashtra Government informed the Bombay High Court that it will allot 30.16 acres of land for construction of the High Court Complex in Bandra East.Advocate General Birendra Saraf said that the Public Works Department has agreed to surrender the land for a new High Court Complex. The process of formal reservation and GR will follow.The complex would have central tribunals, chambers...

Justice T S Sivagnanam Appointed Acting Chief Justice Of Calcutta High Court

The Central Government has notified the appointment of Justice T. S. Sivagnanam, the senior most judge of the Calcutta High Court, as its Acting Chief Justice with effect from March 31, 2023. Justice Sivagnanam will take charge as the Acting Chief Justice consequent to the retirement of the sitting Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava. The notification dated March 30, 2023 issued by...

Bail Can Be Granted In NDPS Cases On Ground Of Undue Delay In Trial Despite Stringent Conditions In Section 37 : Supreme Court

In a pathbreaking judgment on bail jurisprudence, the Supreme Court has held that undue delay in trial can be a ground to grant bail to an accused, despite the rigours of Section 37 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 1985.A division bench of Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Dipankar Datta, while granting bail to an undertrial prisoner arrested seven years ago for...

'He Was Trained To Defend Country, Not Mercilessly Butcher Citizens': Court Awards Death Sentence To Former Army Man For Murdering Six In Haryana

A former Army Officer has been sentenced to death by an Additional Sessions Court in Haryana's Palwal for murdering six people in 2018. The convict, Naresh Dhankar, was found guilty and convicted under Sections 302, 307, 332, 353, and 186 of the Indian Penal Code. Dhankar brutally killed six people in one night, using an iron pipe to repeatedly inflict blows that resulted in fatal...