Karnataka High Court Asks State To Put In Place Proper Methodology For Timely Disposal Of e-Khata Applications, Seeks Compliance Report

The Karnataka High Court has made it clear that whenever a manual khata (property document) is issued, e-khata is to be issued immediately on an application being made, otherwise, the very purpose of implementing the system of e-khata would be lost.A single judge bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj directed the Principal Secretary, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department and the...

Plea Challenging Senior Designation System: Supreme Court Asks Petition To Be Listed Before A Three-Judges Bench

A Division Bench of the Supreme Court, on Monday, directed the Registry to list the petition challenging the system of designating senior advocates before a three-judge Bench. The Court noted that the petition assails the guidelines laid down by it in relation to regulation of conferment of designation of Senior Advocates in Indira Jaising v. Supreme Court of India. Considering that the...

'Serious Crisis Will Arise For Women If Such A Man Remains Alive': UP Court Sentences Man To Death For Killing, Raping 9 Yr Old Girl

"The crime of the accused is extremely heinous in nature and is shameful for humanity, if a person with such a criminal mindset remains alive in the society, then a serious crisis will arise for women and humanity," a Court in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad district observed while sentencing a man to death for raping and killing a 9-year-old girl.Convicting the accused under sections 363, 376 AB,...

Survivors May Have Indulged In Prostitution Doesn't Give Right To Molest Them: Meghalaya High Court Upholds Conviction Of Ex-Cop

The Meghalaya High Court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of a former Meghalaya police officer on charges of molesting and raping two minors in Garo Hills, back in March 2013.A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee, and Justice Mr. Justice W. Diengdoh observed while hearing the appeal against the POCSO court observed, "Two features that stand out and go some distance in...

Breaking: Rahul Gandhi Declared Disqualified As A Member Of Lok Sabha Following His Conviction In Defamation Case

Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi was today disqualified as a Member of Lok Sabha from the date of his conviction in the criminal defamation case over his 'Modi surname' remark. A notification in this regard was issued by the Lok Sabha Secretariat today. Gandhi is an MP from Kerala's Wayanad district.The disqualification is in terms of Article 102 (1) (e) of the Constitution of India read...

Redistributed Shamlat Land Cannot Be Automatically Presumed To Be Vested In Gram Panchayats/ Municipalities: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently held that the partitioned or redistributed Shamlat Deh lands which were proposed or shown to be reserved for common purposes under the Consolidation Scheme of East Punjab Holdings (Consolidation and Prevention of Fragmentation) Act, 1948 and were held to have never come under the management and control of the Gram Panchayats/ Municipalities, do...

Liquor Policy Case: Delhi Court Reserves Order On Manish Sisodia’s Bail Plea In CBI FIR, Order Likely On March 31

A Delhi Court on Friday reserved order in Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia's bail plea in the case alleging corruption relating to excise policy for the year 2021-22.Sisodia is currently under judicial custody in the cases registered by the CBI and ED.Special Judge MK Nagpal will pronounce the order on March 31 at 4 PM in Sisodia's plea...

‘Tendency Has Developed To Make Rape Allegation With Certain Motives Against Husband or Lover’: Madhya Pradesh High Court Grants Pre-Arrest Bail To Cong MLA

The Madhya Pradesh High Court at Jabalpur recently granted anticipatory bail to Congress MLA Umang Singh Shingar in a rape case.Justice Sanjay Dwivedi observed that "Perusal of case diary, nature of allegations and submissions of counsel for both the parties, clearly reveal that at the time of developing physical relation prosecutrix was married. She is mentally sound, educated and is also...

95% Of Political Leaders Investigated By CBI & ED Are Opposition Leaders : Non-BJP Parties Tell Supreme Court

In a significant step, fourteen political parties approached the Supreme Court against the alleged use of central investigating agencies such as Enforcement Directorate and Central Bureau of Investigation in arresting opposition political leaders and other citizens exercising their fundamental right to dissent and disagree with the present Union Government. The matter which was mentioned...

High Court Directs Delhi Govt To Pay ₹3 Lakh To Minor For Loss Of Vision After Premature Birth At Public Hospital

The Delhi High Court has directed the government to release a sum of Rs. three lakh ex-gratia payment to a two-year-old who lost his vision after premature birth at Guru Gobind Singh Government Hospital."This Court observes that the newly born child has turned blind due to various unfortunate circumstances," said the court.The minor was born on June 28, 2020, as a premature child in the 29th...

Conviction Cannot Be Based Only On DNA Report When Ocular Evidence Does Not Support It: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court recently held that DNA test report cannot be solely relied on for conviction when the ocular evidence does not support it.“When the ocular evidence was not supporting, conviction ought not to have been based only on the DNA test report i.e. medical report”, the court held.A bench of Justice Vibha Kankanwadi and Justice Khobragade sitting at Aurangabad set aside a...

Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Challenging Renaming Of Aurangabad As 'Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar'; Asks Petitioner To Approach HC

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a petition challenging the renaming of the city of Aurangabad to 'Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar' stating that the matter had been seized of by the High Court of Bombay. The matter was listed before a bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice JB Pardiwala.The plea challenged the approval granted by the Union of India and...