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Inability Of Prosecution To Establish Dead Body's Identity Not Sufficient Ground For Acquittal: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court has held that the inability of the prosecution to establish the identity of the dead-body on the basis of DNA reports is not a sufficient ground for acquittal of the accused, especially in a case where the accused was charged with murdering his own wife and where the remains of the dead-body were found buried in his residential premises.A division bench of Justices...
Coercive Measures Preventing Residents From Feeding Stray Dogs An Offence: Bombay High Court To Housing Society
"To hate the stray dogs and/or treat them with cruelty can never be an acceptable approach, from persons of civil society," the Bombay High Court observed urging a housing society to take a compassionate view over feeding of stray dogs."If the Society continues to take any coercive measures as noted by us above and by physical force, persons like the petitioner are prevented from taking care...
RFCTLARR Act - Owner Cannot Pray For Lapse Of Land Acquisition After Refusing To Accept Compensation : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held once the land owner refuses to accept the compensation offered by the Land Acquiring Body, thereafter the land owner cannot to pray for lapse of acquisition on the ground that the compensation has not been paid.The Bench comprising of Justice M.R. Shah and Justice Manoj Misra, while adjudicating an appeal filed in State of Gujarat & Ors. v Jayantibhai...
Supreme Court Allows Local Body Elections In Uttar Pradesh With OBC Quota
The Supreme Court on Monday (March 27) permitted notifications for setting up the election process for the local bodies in the State of Uttar Pradesh with OBC quota within two days. It allowed the State Election Commission to issue a notification in this regard in two days with an OBC quota in terms of a report of the Uttar Pradesh Backward Classes Commission.A a bench comprising CJI...
Object Of Jurisdiction Under Article 226 Is Enforcement, Not Establishment Of Right/ Title, Can't Decide Disputed Facts: Jammu & Kashmir High Court
Declining to display indulgence and exercising its jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution, the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently observed that the object of jurisdiction under Article 226 is the enforcement and not the establishment of right or title and hence a disputed question of fact cannot be investigated in a proceeding under Article 226 of...
Delhi High Court Issues Summons To Uddhav Thackeray, Aditya Thackeray, Sanjay Raut In Defamation Case By Shinde Faction Leader
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued summons to Maharashtra political leaders Uddhav Thackeray, Aditya Thackeray and Sanjay Raut in a defamation case filed by Eknath Shinde-faction leader Rahul Shewale.Justice Prateek Jalan issued summons in the suit filed by Shewale against certain statements made by Thackerays and Raut alleging that Eknath Shinde faction "bought the Shiv Sena symbol" for...
Umesh Pal Abduction Case: Former MP Atique Ahmad Found Guilty By Prayagraj Court, Sentenced To Life Imprisonment
Former MP and alleged Mafia Atique Ahmed, and two others have been CONVICTED in the Umesh Pal abduction Case by MP/MLA Court in Prayagraj. The Court has sentenced him to Life Imprisonment under Section 364A IPC.Seven others including Ahmed's brother Khalid Azim alias Ashraf have been acquitted in the case, he said. Both Atique and his brother have also been accused of conspiring to kill...
Person Against Whom Externment Order Is Passed Must Be Supplied 'Report' Leading To Such Decision: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has made it clear that under Section 58 of the Karnataka Police Act, the report based on which a person is to be externed must be mandatorily supplied to such person along with the notice so issued. A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed the petition filed by T Roopeshkumar @ Roopi and said “The provision makes it mandatory for grant of...
21 Yrs Have Elapsed: Kerala High Court Quashes Perjury Case Against Hostile Witness In ‘Kalluvaathukkal Liquor Tragedy' Case
The Kerala High Court recently quashed proceedings against a witness who had turned hostile in the ‘Kalluvaathukkal liquor tragedy' case. The court was of the view that since the main accused persons were convicted in the trial and the evidence of the hostile witness did not have any impact on the case, prosecuting the witness 21 years after giving evidence, would be an abuse of the...
No Maintenance Under Domestic Violence Act For "Refusal Or Neglect" To Maintain Wife: Bombay High Court
When no domestic violence is found in a domestic violence case, maintenance cannot be awarded to wife on the ground that husband refused and neglected to maintain her, the Bombay High Court held recently.Justice SG Mehare of Aurangabad bench observed that the concept of “refusal and neglect to maintain wife” given in section 125 CrPC does not exist in the Protection of Women From...
Kerala High Court Dismisses PIL Seeking Ban On Non-Therapeutic Circumcisions
The Kerala High Court recently dismissed a Public Interest Litigation filed by Non-Religious Citizens (NRC), a cultural organisation based in Kerala, seeking to declare the practice of non-therapeutic circumcision illegal. A division bench of Chief Justice S Manikumar and Justice Murali Purushothaman observed that the petitioners relied on newspaper reports to support their contentions and...
