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Suspicion However Strong Cannot Be Ground For Conviction : Supreme Court Acquits Murder Accused
An accused cannot be convicted on the ground of suspicion, no matter how strong it is, the Supreme Court reiterated while acquitting an accused in a murder case.In this case, the accused Ram Niwas was accused of murder of one Dalip Singh. The Trial Court convicted him under Section 302 IPC which was confirmed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court.In appeal before the Apex Court, Advocate...
"Murder Not Premediated": Allahabad High Court Modifies Conviction Of Man Who Caused Death After Being Called 'Kafir'
In a judgment delivered last week, the Allahabad High Court modified the conviction of a murder accused from Section 302 IPC to Section 304 Part 1 IPC as it noted that the culpable homicide was committed without premeditation on being called a Kafir (meaning thereby the person who does not believe in religion),The bench of Justice Dr. Kaushal Jayendra Thaker and Justice Ajai Tyagi modified...
'Jai Bhim' Movie : Madras High Court Quashes Criminal Case Against Actor Suriya And Director Gnanavel Over Alleged Hurting Of Vanniyar Sentiments
The Madras High Court on Thursday quashed criminal proceedings against cine actor Suriya and director TJ Gnanavel for allegedly hurting the sentiments of the Vanniyar community in his movie Jai Bhim.Justice N Sathish Kumar allowed the petition filed by the actor and the director to quash the FIR filed by Velachery Police on a complaint by Advocate K Santhosh, president of Rudra Vanniyar Sena....
ITAT Deletes Addition On Excess Gold Belonging To Assessee's Mother
The Visakhapatnam bench of theIncome Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT)has deleted the addition of excess gold belonging to the mother of the assessee, who is staying with the assessee as the only daughter, and considered it to belong to the family members of the assessee.The two-member bench of Duvvuru R.L. Reddy (Judicial Member) and S.Balakrishnan (Accountant Member) has held that in the case...
Karnataka High Court Abolishes Anti-Corruption Bureau; Transfers Cases To Lok Ayukta
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday set aside the government notification issued in the year 2016, constituting the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) in the state and vesting with it the powers of the Karnataka Lokayukta Police to investigate corruption cases against public servants. A division bench of Justice B Veerappa and Justice K S Hemalekha while pronouncing the order on...
Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case Convict Nalini Moves Supreme Court Seeking Premature Release
S. Nalini, convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case has moved the Supreme Court seeking premature release. She has impugned the order of the Madras High Court, by which her plea for early release had been dismissed. While dismissing her plea a Division Bench of the Madras High Court comprising Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice N Mala had observed that the High...
Punjab & Haryana Bar Body Restrains 140 'Advocates' Allegedly Found With Forged & Fabricated Enrollment Certificates From Practising
The Bar Council Of Punjab and Haryana this week restrained 140 people who were practising law from appearing in any court of law after the bar body found them guilty of "possessing forged and fabricated enrolment certificates". Coincidentally, all such persons were practising and appearing before the courts in the same district (Ludhiana) of Punjab. The bar body called it a scam and a...
Supersession Of The Arbitration Clause Must Not Be Inferred Lightly: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has ruled that in view of the principle of 'when in doubt, do refer', as enunciated by the Supreme Court, if there is an arbitration agreement between the parties, which is sought to be negated by a party by citing other provisions of a contract, which requires interpretation of the contract, the Court must lean towards referring the matter to arbitration. The...
EPF Pension Case : Supreme Court Reserves Judgment On Appeals Of EPFO
The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved judgment on the appeals filed by the Employees Provident Fund Organization challenging the Kerala, Rajasthan and Delhi High Court judgments which had quashed the Employee's Pension (Amendment) Scheme, 2014.A 3-judge bench comprising Justices Uday Umesh Lalit, Aniruddha Bose and Sudhanshu Dhulia reserved judgment after 6-days of hearing.In 2018, the...
Is Prosecution For IPC Offences Barred After Case Under Section 138 NI Act?Supreme Court Refers To Larger Bench
Whether on similar set of allegations of fact, the accused can be tried for an offence under Negotiable Instruments Act which is special enactment and also for offences under Indian Penal Code unaffected by the prior conviction or acquittal? The Supreme Court has referred this question to a larger bench.The bench comprising Justices S. Abdul Nazeer and JK Maheshwari was considering a...
Jurisdiction Of Competition Commission Not Excluded Merely Because Actionable Info Relates To A Patent: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that the jurisdiction of Competition Commission of India is not ousted merely because the information on which it seeks to initiate an enquiry relates to a patent.A single bench of Justice Yashwant Varma held that so long as the CCI is duly and statutorily empowered to deal with all information which it may receive with respect to actions that may (i)...