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...

NCDRC: Medical Negligence Is Not Automatically Presumed Against The Medical Professional If The Treatment Fails

The National Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission (NCDRC) bench comprising presiding member, Dr. S.M. Kantikar allowed an appeal on account of lack of any scientific analysis and medical evidence against the appellant hospital. Two contentions were reiterated by Dr. Kantikar, firstly, if patient was in a critical condition and he could not survive even after surgery, the blame can’t...

Karnataka High Court Permits Class X Student To Take Exams Without Opting For Kannada, Dismisses Appeal Against Single Bench Order

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday dismissed the Director of Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board's appeal against an order of the Single judge bench that permitted a 10th standard student of Vidya Bharathi English School to take exams without opting for Kannada as one of the three languages. The State government has introduced Kannada Language Learning Rules, 2017. All schools,...

Central Excise Act- No Separate Notice Necessary For Recovery Of Erroneous Refund Granted: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that no separate notice under Section 11A of the Central Excise Act is necessary for the recovery of an erroneous refund granted.The division bench of Justice M. R. Shah and Justice Krishna Murari has observed that once the order originally sanctioning the refund came to be set aside, there was no question of any further notice under Section 11A of the Central...

Anushka Sharma Sales Tax Case: Bombay High Court Asks Actor To Approach Appellate Authority Under Maharashtra VAT Act

The Bombay High Court on Thursday disposed of four tax petitions filed by actor Anushka Sharma and asked her to approach the appellate authority under the Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act.A division bench of Justices Nitin Jamdar and Abhay Ahuja said that there were disputed questions of fact which would require an inquiry. Therefore Sharma should approach the Joint Commissioner Appeals, of...

Lahore High Court Strikes Down Country's Sedition Law [Section 124A Of Pakistan Penal Code]

The Lahore High Court today invalidated Section 124A of the Pakistan Penal Code [Sedition law] calling it inconsistent with the Country's Consitution, reported Pakistan Daily DawnJustice Shahid Karim of the High Court invalidated Sedition Law while dealing with a batch of petitions seeking to annul Section 124A of the PPC on the ground that the law was being by the Governments in powers...

Kerala High Court Directs Railways To Periodically Review Measures Undertaken For Enhancing Safety Of Passengers

The Kerala High Court recently directed the Indian Railways to periodically review the steps undertaken by it, to ensure the safety of passengers, especially women, on trains and in railway stations. A division bench of Justice S Manikumar and Justice Murali Purushothaman passed the order while considering a public interest litigation for improving the safety of railway passengers. The suo...

For Out Of Turn Promotion, Parity Can't Be Claimed : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of India recently held that out of turn promotions can’t be claimed as a matter of right under the Madhya Pradesh Police Regulations. A Bench of Justices MR Shah and CT Ravikumar was hearing an appeal moved by the State challenging orders of the High Court which held that the Respondent was entitled to an out of turn promotion as a matter of parity. “As...

12 Years After Arrest, Rajasthan High Court Says Jaipur Bomb Blast Convict Was Juvenile On Date Of Occurrence

The Rajasthan High Court has set aside District & Sessions Judge, Jaipur Metropolitan's order by which it had quashed Juvenile Justice Board's decision to declare Mohd Salman, who was a convict in Jaipur Bomb Blasts case of 2008, to be a juvenile on the date of occurrence. Salman and other convicts were acquitted by the court on Wednesday in a common decision on merits in their appeals ....

Supreme Court Comes Down Heavily On TN Govt For Not Complying With Order On Premature Release Of Sri Lankan Citizen

The Supreme Court of India recently pulled up the Tamil Nadu State government for not complying with an earlier direction of the Court to consider the premature release of a convicted Sri Lankan citizen, incarcerated for over 33 years. While considering the petitioner’s premature release based on a 2018 policy, the Top Court had earlier asked the State government to consider his request. In...