Delhi Higher Judicial Services: High Court Rejects Plea Seeking Appointment Against Unfilled SC/ST Reserved Vacancies

The Delhi High Court has dismissed a candidate's plea seeking appointment as a judicial officer against the unfilled vacancies which were reserved for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes candidates in the Delhi Higher Judicial Service Examination - 2022.A division bench of Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice Amit Mahajan observed that the petitioner candidate does not have any indefeasible...

'Last Seen' Circumstance Cannot Be Sole Basis For Conviction : Supreme Court Acquits Murder Accused

The court should not convict an accused only on the basis of the “last seen” circumstance, the Supreme Court observed while setting aside concurrent conviction of murder accused.The bench of Justices S. Ravindra Bhat and P S Narasimha observed that the “last seen” doctrine has limited application, where the time lag between the time the deceased was seen last with the accused, and...

Munsiff Magistrate Trainee Not A Judicial Officer, Not Barred For Appointment As District Judge After Seeking Permission: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court on Thursday held that where a person had not been a judicial officer either on the date of submission of application for appointment as the District Judge, or on the date of his appointment as such, and he had only been a Munsiff-Magistrate trainee, the same would not be a bar for his appointment to the post of District Judge. Justice Anu Sivaraman passed the above order...

A Person Cannot Be Deemed To Be In Service When First Dismissal Order Is In Force: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court Bench comprising Justices Krishna Murari and Bela M Trivedi has held that when the first dismissal order against a person in service is in force, irrespective of all pending litigations or his age of superannuation, he cannot be deemed to be continuing in service. Factual background of the Civil Appeal including its Judicial HistoryThe brief facts of the appeal goes that...

Allahabad High Court Denies Anticipatory Bail To Man Accused Of Luring 90 Hindus To Convert To Christianity

The Allahabad High Court last week denied anticipatory bail to a man accused of luring 90 Hindus to convert to Christianity by putting them under undue influence, coercion by playing fraud, and promise of easy money, etc. Stressing that anticipatory bail is an extraordinary remedy to be exercised in suitable cases only, the bench of Justice Jyotsna Sharma denied the relief as it did...

'Wikipedia Not Completely Dependable' : Supreme Court Cautions Courts & Adjudicating Authorities

In a judgment delivered today, the Supreme Court cautioned the courts and adjudicating authorities against use of 'wikipedia' for legal dispute resolution.These sources, despite being a treasure trove of knowledge, are based on a crowd­sourced and user­generated editing model that is not completely dependable in terms of academic veracity and can promote misleading...

Electricity Dept Has No Business To Check Property Ownership Of Consumer: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently held that where a civil dispute is pending before the Civil Court, the Electricity Department ought to be circumspect in entertaining a complaint, unless there is gross violation of provisions of the Act.Justice Amit Rawal passed the above order in a petition that was filed challenging the communication issued by the Electricity Board to the petitioner, asking...

Kerala High Court Seeks Report On Action Taken Against Devaswom Guard Who Misbehaved With Pilgrims At Sabarimala

The Kerala High Court on Monday said that action must be taken against the Devaswom guard who recently misbehaved with the devotees at Sabarimala. The division bench of Justice Anil K. Narendran and Justice P. G. Ajithkumar after perusing the report filed by the Special Commissioner, Sabarimala on the incident and viewing a video recording, observed that: …the body language...

No Public Interest: Bombay High Court Dismisses PIL Seeking Culpable Homicide Charge Against Anahita Pandole In Cyrus Mistry Accident Case

Bombay High Court dismissed with cost, a PIL seeking culpable homicide charges against Dr. Anahita Pandole for allegedly causing the death of businessman Cyrus Mistry and his friend Jehangir in a vehicular accident in September 2022. A division bench of acting Chief Justice S. V. Gangapurwala and Justice Sandeep V. Marne observed that there is no public interest in the PIL. Further,...

Delhi High Court Upholds Recovery Of Compensation From Underage Driver’s Father In Road Accident Case

The Delhi High Court has dismissed an appeal challenging the grant of recovery rights to an insurer against the registered owner of the car whose son was involved in a road accident leading to the death of a 42 year old man in 2013.Justice Rekha Palli said the 42-year-old man lost his life only because the minor's father did not take appropriate steps to ensure that his vehicle is driven only...

Absconder/Proclaimed Offender Not Entitled To Anticipatory Bail: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has reiterated that a person against whom a warrant has been issued and, is absconding or concealing himself in order to avoid execution of warrants and proceedings under Section 82 of the Code have been initiated against him, is not entitled to the relief of anticipatory bail. The bench of Justice Manju Rani Chauhan observed thus while denying anticipatory...

'Hisab Kitab' Remark Case| Allahabad High Court Reserves Verdict In MLA Abbas Ansari's Plea For Quashing Proceedings

The Allahabad High Court today reserved its verdict in criminal proceedings quashing the plea filed by Mau Sadar MLA Abbas Ansari, the son of jailed politician Mukhtar Ansari in connection with the Hisab-Kitab Remark case.The bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh reserved the verdict today after hearing arguments of counsels for Ansari and the State Government.The case against Ansari pertains to...