Kerala Court Sentences 48 Year-Old-Man Accused To 20 Years Imprisonment For Sexually Assaulting Minor Boy

The Fast Track Special Court (POCSO) at Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday, sentenced a 48-year-old man to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of 20 years, and imposed a fine of Rs. 60,000/- on him for sexually assaulting a 11 year old boy in the year 2020. "Sexual abuse or sexual harassment is never contained to a present moment. It lingers across a person’s lifetime and has...

Absolutely No Pressure From Executive To Judges: CJI DY Chandrachud

On Saturday, the Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud, participated as a speaker at the India Today Conclave on ‘Justice in the Balance: My idea of India and the importance of separation of powers in a democracy’. He particularly engaged in discussions on Constitutional democracy. This is the first time a sitting Chief Justice of India has agreed to take live question in the...

Gauhati High Court Seeks ATR On Alleged Illegal Encroachments In Tipam Hills

The Gauhati High Court on Thursday, in a suo motu PIL, directed the authorities to submit a report and action taken with regard to the allegation of illegal encroachment of historic Tipam hill. The suo motu PIL was registered by the court in 2018 on the basis of a letter written by Late Nilay Dutta, Senior Advocate highlighting a report of the Assamese newspaper ‘Niyomiya...

Gauhati High Court Allows Declared Foreigner's Request For Extension Of Time To Register With Foreigners’ Regional Registration Office

The Gauhati High Court on Friday allowed the request of a declared ‘foreigner’, who had entered the State of Assam between the period 1966 and 1971, to extend the period for registering himself with the Foreigners’ Regional Registration Office (FRRO).The division bench of Justice Achintya Malla Bujor Barua and Justice Robin Phukan granted one month's time to Sakat Ali, observing, “In...

Supreme Court Agrees Hear On March 24, The Plea Challenging Renaming Of Aurangabad To 'Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar'

A plea challenging the renaming of the city of Aurangabad to 'Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar' has been filed in the Supreme Court of India. The plea was mentioned by Advocate Fuzail Ayyubi before a bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice JB Pardiwala. The plea challenges the approval granted by the Union of India and the State of Maharashtra to the letter of...

CM Eknath Shinde Has No Power To Interfere With Decision Of In-Charge Minister On Subject Matter Assigned: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court recently held that the Chief Minister of Maharashtra does not have independent powers to interfere with the subject assigned to another Minister.Justice Vinay Joshi and Justice Valmiki SA Menezes of the Nagpur bench quashed CM’s order staying the recruitment process of the Chandrapur District Central Co-operative Bank observing that the subject fell under the authority...

‘Can’t Allow Third Party To Challenge Bail Order’: Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Bail To Videocon Chairman Venugopal Dhoot

While noting that a third party could not be allowed to intervene into somebody's application for bail, the Supreme Court of India refused to entertain Ghanshyam Upadhyay's challenge to Bombay High Court's order granting interim bail to Videocon Group Chairman Venugopal Dhoot. The bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice JB Pardiwala expressed its...

“Confession” And “Statement” Under Section 164 CrPC- Questions & Answers By Justice V. Ramkumar [Part-II]

Q.6 Can an accused on his own accord make a confession without being sponsored by the Police ?Ans. Yes. An accused himself can appear before a Judicial Magistrate for recording his confession. Such accused person is free to make a voluntary confession before the Magistrate and he need not be sponsored by the Police unlike in the case of a witness or victim. This is a Judge-made law. The...

Patna High Court Says Most Law Colleges In State Lack Requisite Infra, Qualified Teachers; Seeks Reply From Chancellors

A division bench of the Patna High Court comprising Acting Chief Justice CS Singh and Justice Madhuresh Prasad has directed the Chancellor of all State Universities in Bihar to file an affidavit outlining what steps have been taken so far to streamline legal education in the State. The court passed the above order after having gone through several materials brought on record...

‘Every PIL Is Not Bonafide’: Supreme Court Dismisses PIL Seeking Mechanism To Get Copies Of Petitions From Registry

In a PIL filed against the Supreme Court Registry because a party was not provided with the copy of petitions challenging the religious conversion laws, the Supreme Court bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice JB Pardiwala, reprimanded the party stating that every PIL was not a bona fide PIL.The counsel for petitioner argued that there was no mechanism in place...

[Departmental Action] Court Testing Vires Of Punishment Order Is Not Appellate Authority, Can Only Test Decision Making Process: Patna High Court

A bench comprising Justice Anil Kumar Sinha of the Patna High Court has recently ruled that while examining the legality of a punishment order in a departmental enquiry, the Court should focus on identifying flaws in the decision-making process, rather than sitting upon the decision itself as an Appellate Authority. In this case, the writ application was preferred against an order...

Some Leeway To Condone Delay In Cases Of Govt Cannot Be Construed As Absolute License To Flout Law: Himachal Pradesh High Court

Dismissing an application seeking condonation of delay filed by the Himachal Pradesh government, the High Court on Friday observed that the law has equal balance for all and though some leeway is permissible in the case of government but that cannot be construed as an absolute license to flout the law at whims. The application was filed alongside an appeal in terms of which the...