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Acquittal Appeals | Appellate Court Shouldn't Give Fresh Reasonings If Reasoning Of Court Below Is Just: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has observed that in acquittal appeals, the appellate Court is not required to rewrite the judgment or to give fresh reasonings when the reasons assigned by the Court below are found to be just and proper.The bench of Justice Dr. Kaushal Jayendra Thaker and Justice Ajai Tyagi further observed that while exercising appellate powers, even if two reasonable...
PIL Filed In Kerala High Court Against Ernakulam District Collector Over Delay In Declaring Holiday For Schools Amid Heavy Rains
A Public Interest Litigation was filed before the Kerala High Court against the delayed decision of the District Collector, Ernakulam, to declare holiday for the Schools and Colleges in the District due to heavy rainfall. It also sought a directive to frame proper guidelines on declaring holidays to the Schools and Colleges.The PIL has been filed by Advocate MR Danil, a lawyer practising at...
Unitech Case : Advocate Apologizes & Undertakes To Refund Money Collected From Homebuyers For Giving Hearing Updates; Supreme Court Drops Proceedings
The Supreme Court, on Thursday, accepted the unconditional apology of an advocate in the Unitech matter, who had allegedly collected money from the homebuyers for uploading the update of the Court proceedings. On 27.07.2022, the Apex Court had issued him a show cause notice and asked him to file an affidavit providing details of the money he had collected. On Thursday, the Counsel...
Paltry Remuneration, Insufficient Support Staff For Committee Set Up For Publishing Ambedkar's Works: Bombay High Court Expresses Displeasure
The Bombay High Court remarked that the honorarium and allowances granted to non-official members of committee overseeing publication of the works of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar was not sufficient. "Honorarium must be honorarium. We accept they may not ask for more but is it not the duty of the govt that it pays amount commensurate of their status, knowledge and services being...
Supreme Court Monthly Digest July 2022 (Citations 560 - 646)
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996; Section 11 - Even if an aspect with regard to 'accord and satisfaction' of the claims may/can be considered by the Court at the stage of deciding Section 11 application, it is always advisable and appropriate that in cases of debatable and disputable facts, good reasonably arguable case, the same should be left to the Arbitral Tribunal. (Para...
Remarks Against Judiciary : Madras High Court Issues Second Contempt Notice Against Savukku Shankar
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has again issued notice to Youtuber/Commentator for his remarks against the Indian Judiciary in a recent Youtube interview where he made the below remark:"The entire higher judiciary is riddled with corruption"When the matter came up before the bench of Justice GR Swaminathan and Justice B Pugalendhi today, the court issued notice to Savukku Shankar...
Plea To Trace Army Officer Who Went Missing From Pakistan Border In '97 : Supreme Court Asks Centre To Inform Mother Of Steps Taken
The Supreme Court, on Thursday, asked the Union Government to follow up on the steps taken by the concerned authorities to trace the whereabouts of Capt. Sanjit Bhattacharjee, an Indian army officer who went missing from Indo-Pak border 25 years ago, and apprise his 83-year old mother about the same, on a quarterly basis.The Court was hearing a writ petition filed by the mother of the...
Plea In Rajasthan High Court Challenges "Belated" IOCL Notification Mandating CLAT Clearance For Law Officer Appointment
A plea has been filed before the Rajasthan High Court challenging the "belated" notification issued by Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. requiring applicants to clear CLAT for applying to the post of Law Officer (Grade A) and Senior Law Officer (Grade A1).The plea filed by law graduate and Company Secretary Pratibha Khandelwal states that the impugned notice for recruitment was issued on July 21,...
Kerala High Court Issues Notice On PIL Challenging Arrests For "Black Flag" Protests Against Chief Minister
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday sought answers from the State Government in a Public Interest Litigation filed challenging the arrest and detention of persons who protested against the Chief Minister by waving black flags.A Division Bench consisting of Chief Justice S. Manikumar and Justice Shaji P Chaly has issued notice to the Kerala Government and the District Police Complaint Authority...
Allahabad High Court Orders Declaration Of 3 LLM Students' Results Withheld By BBD University Over Non Payment Of Fee
The Allahabad High Court has directed the Babu Banarasi Das University in Lucknow to declare the results of 3 LLM students that were withheld by the University administration over non-payment of fee.The Bench of Justice Pankaj Bhatia was essentially hearing the plea filed by Ravi Sarthi and 2 others who are pursuing their Masters of Law Degree with specialization in Criminal and Security...
S. 313 CrPC - All Adverse Evidences Should Be Put As Questions; Avoid Bundling Circumstances Together With Only Single Opportunity To Explain : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that while examining an accused under Section 313 CrPC, all the adverse evidences has to put in the form of questions so as to give an opportunity to the accused to articulate his defence and give his explanation."If all the circumstances are bundled together and a single opportunity is provided to the accused to explain himself, he may not ...