Evidentiary Value Of Extra-Judicial Confession Also Depends On Person To Whom It Is Made: Supreme Court

Highlighting the evidentiary value and the circumstances under which extra-judicial confessions can be accepted, the Supreme Court recently acquitted a man who was convicted of double murders under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code.“Hence, the prosecution’s case about extra¬judicial confession does not inspire confidence at all. Moreover, there are no other circumstances brought...

Classrooms Of Sealed School Run By Azam Khan's Trust Will Be Opened For Exams: UP Govt Submits In Allahabad High Court

The Uttar Pradesh Government has submitted before the Allahabad High Court that it will open the classrooms of the Rampur Public School (sealed by the State Government on Tuesday) run by Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan's Jauhar Trust for internal examination of students.The submission was made before the bench of Justice Surya Prakash Kesarwani and Justice Anish Kumar Gupta on a plea moved...

Will Take Decision on Revising Enrollment Fee After Meeting of State Bar Councils For Unifying Fees: Bar Council of Kerala Informs High Court

The Bar Council of Kerala on Thursday informed the High Court that the matter of revising the enrollment fee was being considered by it and that the Bar Council of India had convened a meeting of all state bar councils, on the direction of the Supreme Court, for fixing a uniform fee for enrollment across India. A division bench comprising Justice A Muhamed Mustaque and Justice Shoba Annamma...

RSS Route March: Tamil Nadu Govt Files New Petition Against Madras HC Order; Supreme Court Adjourns Hearing To March 27

In the dispute related to the route marches proposed by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in Tamil Nadu, the State Government informed the Supreme Court on Friday that it has filed a new special leave petition against the original order passed by the Madras High Court single bench on September 22, 2022, which allowed the organisation to hold processions.The State has come before the...

Delhi High Court Asks Centre, RBI To Respond To Subramanian Swamy’s Plea For Probe Into Transfer Of Yes Bank’s Stressed Assets To JC Flowers ARC

The Delhi High Court on Friday asked Union of India, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to respond to former Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy’s PIL seeking investigation by a committee of experts into the transfer of Yes Bank's stressed assets to J.C. Flowers Asset Reconstruction Company.A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and...

IOs, Public Prosecutors Can’t Casually Seek Extension Of Time For Completing Probe In NDPS Cases, Requisite Training Be Imparted: Kerala High Court

Observing that investigating officers and public prosecutors in many cases are showing laxity in properly framing and submitting petitions under Section 36A (4) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, the Kerala High Court has asked the Director General of Prosecution and Director General of Police to take appropriate action for imparting requisite training and...

Confusion In Relation To The Service Of Intimation Through Email: ITAT Condones Delay Of 9 Years

The Amritsar Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) ruled that there was significant ambiguity regarding the service of notice under Section 143(1) to the assessee via email.The two-member bench of Anikesh Banerjee (Judicial Member) and Dr. M. L. Meena (Accountant Member) has observed that there has been a delay of 9 years, which is a huge delay for adjudicating the appeal by...

[SCBA Land Allotment] Supreme Court Says Can't Use Judicial Powers To Expand Our Own Institution, Expresses Inclination To Take Up With Govt On Administrative Side

The Supreme Court today expressed its disinclination to pass judicial orders for converting a land measuring 1.33 acres, that was allotted to the Supreme Court, into chamber blocks for lawyers. The bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice SK Kaul and Justice PV Narasimha however expressed its inclination to take up the issue with the government on administrative side.CJI said that...

Police Escort Charges Meant To Prevent Person On Bail From Absconding But It Can't Be So Exorbitant To Virtually Curtail Relief: Punjab & Haryana HC

The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently asked the Haryana government not to levy excessive or exorbitant charges for Police escorts while releasing a Convict on interim bail. The Convict-Appellant, in this case, had initially moved the High Court seeking temporary bail for a period of four weeks because of his wife being 32 weeks and 6 days into pregnancy with a due date in early March...

Advocate Protection Bill Tabled In Rajasthan Assembly, State Advocates Call For Certain Amendments

The Rajasthan State Government on Thursday introduced the Advocates Protection Bill in the legislative assembly prompting the State Bar Council to write to the Chief Minister of the State seeking certain amendments to the bill. The bill aims to provide for the prevention of offences of assault, grievous hurt, criminal force, and criminal intimidation against the advocates and damage...

‘We Are Not Lawmakers, It’s People’s Choice’: Delhi High Court Refuses To Entertain PIL Seeking Compulsory Voting In Elections

The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to entertain a public interest litigation moved by Advocate and BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay for compulsory voting in the Parliament and State Assembly elections for increase in voter turnout and political participation.A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad said that voting is a right and the choice...

Once Magistrate Seeks Preliminary Report On Allegations Made In Application U/S 156(3) CrPC, Police Cannot Straightaway Lodge FIR: Jammu & Kashmir HC

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently observed that when a Magistrate directs a preliminary enquiry under Section 156(3) CrPC and the police without reporting back to the Magistrate straightway goes on to file an FIR without any direction thereto, the same amounts to usurpation of the powers of the Magistrate.The observations were made by Justice Sanjay Dhar while hearing a plea...