Karnataka High Court Denies Bail To Youth Accused Of Sharing Military Base Photos With Pakistan ISI

The Karnataka High Court has dismissed the bail petition filed by a 24-year-old, accused of sharing photographs of important places like Naval Base Army area with Pakistan ISI. A single judge bench of Justice K Natrajan while dismissing the plea filed by Jeetendar Singh said,"The possibility of Pakistan may target India by using missiles over those places are not ruled out....

Candidates Should Not Be Allowed To Contest From More The One Seat : Plea In Supreme Court Challenges RP Act Provisions

The Supreme Court, on Monday, issued notice in a plea challenging the constitutional validity of Section 33 and Section 70 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951; provisions which permit candidates to contest elections for Parliament and State Assemblies from two constituencies. To be precise, the petition seeks relief in the nature of repeal of the said provisions which...

Actor Assault Case: Kerala High Court Directs Crime Branch To Wind Up Further Investigation By 22nd July

The Kerala High Court on Monday disposed of the plea filed by the prosecution seeking 3 more weeks' time to conclude further investigation in the 2017 Actor Assault Case.Justice Kauser Edappagath denied this request of the Crime Branch, but considering the submission made by the Director General of Prosecution, granted time till 22.07.2022 to submit the Final Report. Initially, the Court...

Bombay High Court To Hear Actor Suniel Shetty's Plea For Quashing Criminal Trespass Complaint By International Cuisines Restaurant Next Month

Actor Suniel Shetty has approached the Bombay High Court to quash a case of mischief, and wrongful restraint against him in a 2013 dispute regarding his father's property in Girgaon, Mumbai.The complainant, "International Cuisines" claimed that they were Shetty's father's tenants and illegally thrown out of the premises by Suniel Shetty and five others on May 30, 2013.The cash counter was...

MSc Nursing Admissions | AIIMS Can't Prescribe Eligibility Criteria That Nullifies Recognition Granted By Indian Nursing Council: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that there is no rational basis behind the classification created by AIIMS among candidates aspiring for admission into its M.Sc. (Nursing) course, merely on the basis of the mode of learning their graduate course. It noted that the degrees of candidates who have undertaken B.Sc. (Post Basic) through distance mode are recognized by UGC as well as...

'Domestic Incident Report' (DIR) Not Mandatory For Adjudicating Matters U/S 12 Of Domestic Violence Act 2005: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court has recently observed that a Magistrate can take cognizance of the complaint or application filed by the aggrieved person and issue notice to the respondent under Section 12 of the D.V. Act even in the absence of a Domestic Incident Report (DIR).The bench of Justice Rajeev Singh referred to the recent ruling of the Supreme Court in the case of Prabha Tyagi vs Kamlesh...

Centre Introduces Family Courts (Amendment) Bill, 2022 In Lok Sabha

Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday introduced the Family Courts (Amendment) Bill, 2022 in the Lok Sabha, to overcome the issue of lack of jurisdiction of Family Courts in the States of Himachal Pradesh and Nagaland.Though the Government of Nagaland established two Family Courts in September 2008 and the Government of Himachal Pradesh established three Family Courts in February 2019, the same...

Registry Not To Accept Hard Copies Of Illegible Documents: Kerala High Court Warns Of Disciplinary Action

The Kerala High Court last week cautioned its Registry of disciplinary action if it cleared any document or file that was illegible or if the words are not printed in sufficiently large font. Justice Amit Rawal held so while considering a petition where the font used in a document was as small as '8'. The Judge found that the document was illegible and that the Registry should not have...

Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple: Supreme Court Extends Time For Special Audit Till August 31

The Supreme Court on Monday extended time till August 31, 2022 for completion of the special audit of 25 years for the iconic Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple at Thiruvananthapuram, which was ordered by the Court in 2020.A Bench comprising Justices UU Lalit, Ravindra Bhat and Sudhanshu Dhulia granted the extension after applications were filed by the Administrative Committee and the...

Multiplicity Of Proceedings Not In Larger Public Interest : Supreme Court Directs Clubbing Of FIRs State-Wise Against An Accused

The Supreme Court, in a recent order, directed State-wise clubbing of the FIRs filed against an accused in different states.We are of the opinion that multiplicity of the proceedings will not be in the larger public interest, the bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar and JB Pardiwala observed.One Abhishek Singh had approached the Apex Court by filing a writ petition seeking clubbing of all...

Orissa High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 11 To July 17, 2022

Nominal Index: 1. State of Odisha & Ors. v. Radhakanta Tripathy & Anr., 2022 LiveLaw (Ori) 109 2. Gobardhan Gadaba @ Gadava v. State of Odisha, 2022 LiveLaw (Ori) 110 3. Naba Krishna Mahapatra v. State of Odisha & Ors., 2022 LiveLaw (Ori) 111 4. Kishore Bira v. State of Odisha, 2022 LiveLaw (Ori) 112 5. M/s. Patel Brothers & Co., Sambalpur v. State of...

Temporary Employees Also Protected Under Article 311 Of Constitution, Cannot Be Terminated Without Conducting Proper Enquiry: J&K&L High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court today ruled that a temporary employee also stands protected under the provisions of Article 311 of the Constitution of India and cannot be terminated without conducting proper enquiry. Since no enquiry was held against the petitioner in this case, nor he was given an opportunity of being heard, hence a bench comprising Justice Mohan Lal held...