Lakhimpur Kheri Case: Supreme Court Allows Accused, One Family Member Of Each Victim/Complainant To Attend Trial Proceedings

With a view to ensure that trial in the Lakhimpur Kheri case goes on smoothly, the Supreme Court of India has allowed the accused and one family member of each victim along with their lawyers to attend the court proceedings. "To ensure that trial proceedings can run smoothly and no impediment is caused by anyone, it is directed that the accused persons and one family member of...

Murder Case Against MoS Ajay Mishra: Allahabad HC Permits Revisionist's Legal Heirs To Participate In State's Appeal Against Acquittal

The Allahabad High Court on Monday allowed the legal heirs of Santosh Gupta (now dead), who was the complainant in the Prabhat Gupta Murder case of 2000 in which the Union Minister Ajay Mishra 'Teni' is the prime accused, to participate, as 'Victims', in the State's appeal moved before the High Court challenging Teni's acquittal.The bench of Justice Attau Rahman Masoodi and Justice Om...

Karnataka High Court Quashes Order Directing ACB To Probe Denial Of Information Under RTI Act, Says PIO Not Supposed To 'Create' Information

The Karnataka High Court has observed that under provisions of the Right To Information Act, only such information that is available and existing and held by the public authority can be provided. The Public Information Officer is not supposed to create information that is not a part of record nor he is obliged to furnish information that is not accessible and available in his office, said...

Bombay High Court Stays Notices For Demolition Within Precincts of Vishalgad Fort, Petitioners Allege Religious Discrimination

The Bombay High Court has stayed the demolition notices issued to over 100 tenements around the famous Vishalgad Fort in Kolhapur till March 10 and asked if there is a policy to deal with old settlements within a protected monument.“What is your policy?,” Justice Gautam Patel, who heads a division bench, asked after the petitioner’s counsel Pradnya Talekar submitted that some of...

Indian Association For The Cultivation Of Science (IACS) Is A 'State' U/Article 12 : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court held that the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science [IACS] is a "State” within the meaning of Article 12 of the Constitution of India.The bench of Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and Hrishikesh Roy set aside a Calcutta High Court judgment that had held otherwise while dismissing a writ petition filed against IACS.In this case, the writ petitioners, who are the...

Karnataka HC Sets Aside Single Bench Direction For Repeat Test Of NLSIU Student Alleging Technical Glitch In Online MBL Exam

The Karnataka High Court has set aside an order passed by a single judge bench of the court directing the National Law School of India University, (NLSIU) to conduct re-examination in the Corporate Law paper of Formative – I Assessment, for one student out of 708 students who took the exam.A Division bench of Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale and Justice Ashok S Kinagi allowed the appeal filed...

Delhi Liquor ‘Scam’: Court Denies Bail To Vijay Nair, 4 Others In Money Laundering Case

A Delhi Court on Thursday denied bail to Aam Aadmi Party communications-in-charge Vijay Nair and four others in a money laundering case being probed by Enforcement Directorate (ED) in relation to Delhi government's excise policy.Special Judge MK Nagpal of Rouse Avenue Courts also denied bail to Sharath Reddy, Abhishek Boinpally, Benoy Babu and Sameer Mahendru.Copy of the order is...

'Litigants Going To Any Extent To Mislead Court': Allahabad HC Imposes ₹1 Lakh Cost On Govt Teacher For Filing PIL Suppressing Material Facts

Observing that nowadays litigants can go to any extent to mislead the court, the Allahabad High Court recently imposed a ₹1 lakh cost on a Government Teacher who filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea by suppressing material facts.The bench of the then Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal and Justice J. J. Munir further observed that in the post-Independence period, materialism has...

Delhi High Court Asks MEA To Seek Information From Abu Dhabi Authorities About Status Of 'Jailed' Software Engineer

The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice on a father’s plea seeking information about his son who is stated to have been jailed in United Arab EmiratesJustice Prathiba M Singh asked the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to obtain all relevant information relating to the person from the authorities in Abu Dhabi. It is the case of Zakir Hussain, 54, that despite repeated efforts made...

Shiv Sena Rift : Should "Nabam Rebia" Decision Be Reconsidered By Larger Bench? Supreme Court Constitution Bench Reserves Judgment

A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday reserved judgment on whether the judgment delivered by a 5-judge bench in the case Nabam Rebia vs Deputy Speaker (2016) should be reconsidered by a larger bench.A 5-judge bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud was hearing a bunch of petitions relating to the political developments in Maharashtra, which resulted in a change of...

Bigamy Violation Of CISF Rules But Not Heinous Enough To Warrant Dismissal From Service: Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court recently upheld an order of the single judge which had set aside the dismissal of a CISF personnel who was dismissed from the service on the ground that he contracted a second marriage during the subsistence of his first marriage. While dismissing the appeal filed by Union of India, the division bench of the Chief Justice (Acting) N. Kotiswar Singh and...

Senior Designation: Supreme Court To Commence Hearing Of Plea Seeking Reforms On 22nd February, 2023

On Thursday, the Supreme Court indicated that it is to commence with the hearing of the petition filed by Senior Advocate Indira Jaising seeking reforms in the process of designation of Senior Advocate on Wednesday (22nd Feb, 2023). The Apex Court has directed the petition to be listed as the first item on the Wednesday Board.“List on Wednesday as the first item.”A Bench comprising...