Subjecting Citizen To Police Scrutiny, Verification Of Personal Docs Without Any Reason Serious Invasion Of Right To Privacy: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that subjecting a citizen to police scrutiny including verification of personal documents for no good reason would entail a serious invasion of his right to privacy. Justice Asha Menon made the observation while dealing with a plea filed by a complainant seeking directions on the Delhi Police to make enquiry for correct identification of private person,...

Madras High Court Orders CBI Probe Against Retired IPS Officer For Allegedly Colluding With Idol Smugglers

The Madras High Court on Friday directed Central Bureau of Investigation to probe into the allegations levelled against retired IPS Officer AG Ponn Manickavel for his alleged collusion with idol smugglers. The orders were issued by Justice G Jayachandran in a plea moved by a former Deputy Superintendent of Police Kader Batcha. Batcha contended that he was falsely implicated by Manickavel in...

Article 19(1)(e) Not Available To Foreigners: Gujarat High Court Refuses To Interfere With Order For Deportation Of Pakistani National

The Gujarat High Court has recently dismissed the writ petition of a Pakistani citizen challenging the decision of the Superintendent of Police which directed him to leave India within 24 hours of receipt of the notice. Justice AS Supehia also reiterated: "In the present case, indubitably, the petitioner is a Pakistan citizen and as per the law enunciated by the Apex Court, he...

Article 227 Confers Supervisory Jurisdiction, High Court Cannot Consider Such Submissions That Were Not Raised Before Court Below: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has reiterated that Article 227 of the Indian Constitution does not confer appellate jurisdiction on the High Court. An implicit corollary is that the manner of exercise of its jurisdiction by the court or forum below cannot be gauged on the basis of submissions which were never advanced before it.A single judge bench of Justice Hari Shankar observed that the power...

Breaking: Delhi Court Denies Interim Bail To Sharjeel Imam In Sedition Case

A Delhi Court on Saturday denied interim bail to Sharjeel Imam in FIR 22/2020 relating to the alleged inflammatory speeches made by him in Aligarh Muslim University and Jamia area in Delhi against the Citizenship Amendment Act.The interim bail plea was moved by Sharjeel Imam in an FIR against him involving the offence of Sedition under sec. 124A of Indian Penal Code, in view of recent Apex...

NDPS Act | Violation Of Standing Orders During Contraband Sampling Leads To Adverse Inference Against Prosecution: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court recently observed that Standing Orders with respect to sampling and seizure under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 cannot be flouted and in the absence of substantial compliance of the Standing Orders, adverse inference has to be drawn against the prosecution. The observation came in a case pertaining to recovery of 214 kgs Ganja in...

500 Supreme Court Judgments of 2022 FULL SET (Citations 1 - 500)

500 Supreme Court Judgments of 2022 (Citations 1 to 100) [PART-I]500 Supreme Court Judgments of 2022 (Citations 101 - 200) [PART II]500 Supreme Court Judgments of 2022 (Citations 201 - 300) [PART III500 Supreme Court Judgments of 2022 (Citations 301 - 400) [PART IV] 500 Supreme Court Judgments of 2022 (Citations 401 - 500) [PART...

Kerala Public Buildings Act | Secretary Of Panchayat Empowered To Act As Estate Officer: High Court

The Kerala High Court on Friday held that the Secretary of a Grama Panchayat is empowered to act as Estate Officer under the Kerala Public Buildings (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1968. Justice N. Nagaresh accordingly dismissed a petition alleging that the occupants of a shopping complex were not afforded an opportunity of hearing before the Estate Officer before they were served...

Delhi High Court Awards ₹30 Lakh Damages To Hungarian Company In Trademark Infringement Suit Over 'HELL' Energy Drink

The Delhi High Court on Thursday decreed a trademark infringement suit in favour of Hungarian company seeking protection of its trademark 'HELL' used for energy drinks. The court also directed the Defendants to pay a sum of Rs.30 lakh to the Plaintiff as costs and damages. The grievance of the Plaintiff was that the Defendants were using the mark 'HELLxxx' in respect of energy drinks. It...

[Matrimonial Dispute] If Left Unchecked, False Implication Of Husband's Relatives Would Result In Misuse Of Process Of Law: Telangana HC

Taking a serious view of the trend of false implication of the relatives of the husband in matrimonial disputes, the Telangana High Court recently observed that, the false implication of the relatives of the husband in matrimonial disputes based on general and omnibus allegations, if left unchecked would result in misuse of the process of law.With this, the bench of Justice A. Santosh...

Individual/Organization Seeking To Provide Legal Aid To Victim Can't Be Denied Meeting But They Shouldn't Create Law & Order Situation: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has observed that any individual or organization cannot be denied meeting with victim for providing necessary legal aid and assistance, if so required by the victim, to ensure delivery of justice and fair trial. Justice Anoop Kumar Mendiratta added that the said proposition however comes with a caution that such meetings must not be used inappropriately for creating any...

In The Absence Of Judicial Review, People's Faith In Constitution Would Have Diminished : CJI NV Ramana

While delivering the inaugural speech at the Justice S.B. Sinha Memorial Lecture on 'Life of a Judge', Chief Justice of India, N.V. Ramana observed that in absence of judicial review, people's faith in the Constitution of India would have diminished."One gets to hear that judges, being unelected, should not get into legislative and executive arenas. But this ignores the...