Breach Of Compulsory Service Bond: Madras High Court Orders Doctor To Either Serve For 2 Yrs Or Pay ₹50 Lakh As Damages

The Madras High Court recently directed a doctor, who was in violation of his compulsory service bond executed for a period of 10 years, to either serve a bond period of two years or pay an amount of Rs. 50 lakh in breach thereof. The court thus set aside the impugned order passed by the Dean of Tirunelveli Medical College wherein the college had called upon the young Doctor to pay a sum of Rs....

Scholarship Amount To Be Directly Remitted To College Management's Bank Account For Students With A Larger Family Income: Kerala High Court To Govt

The Kerala High Court recently asked the State to remit the Scholarship amount to the students with an Annual Family Income below Rs.2,50,000/- into their designated accounts and to ensure that this amount is paid by them into the accounts of the Colleges/Managements within a one week or so.Justice Devan Ramachandran also clarified that the amount shall be directly remitted to the account of...

Subsequent SC Decisions Which Have Considered & Distinguished Earlier Judgments Binding On High Courts : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that its subsequent decisions which have considered and distinguished the earlier decisions are binding on High Courts.Not following the binding precedents of this Court by the High Court is contrary to Article 141 of the Constitution of India, the bench comprising Justices MR Shah and BV Nagarathna said.In this case, the High Court of Karnataka set aside the...

Employee's Termination Without Departmental Inquiry Based On Incomplete & Non-Specific Show Cause Notice Violative Of S.25G Of ID Act: Gujarat HC

The Gujarat High Court has recently observed that in case of an incomplete show cause notice, to which the respondent workman had no occasion to file his response as expected by the employer, inquiry by issuing specific charge sheet is necessary.Justice AY Kogje thereby held that when the show cause notice /charge was not specific enough for the workman to respond, termination without...

498-A IPC Report Can't Be Used As Weapon To Teach Lesson To In-Laws To Settle Scores With Husband: Chhattisgarh HC

The Chhattisgarh High Court recently observed that the report u/s 498-A IPC cannot be used as a weapon to teach a lesson to the entire family of the husband to settle a matrimonial score with the husband.The bench of Justice Goutam Bhaduri and Justice Rajani Dubey observed thus while granting a decree of divorce to the husband after noting that there was an irretrievable break-down of...

Actor Assault Case: Dileep Files Objection Against Prosecution's Plea Seeking Extension Of Time To Complete Further Investigation

Actor Dileep has filed an objection before the Kerala High Court, against the plea moved by Crime Branch seeking more time to complete further investigation in the 2017 sexual assault case. The objection filed through Advocate Philip T. Varghese has alleged that the ongoing probe is a sham investigation designed to ensure that the judicial officer who recorded the evidence of the witnesses...

Omission In Framing Of Charge Not Fatal By Itself Unless Prejudice Caused To Accused: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently imposed a penalty upon a company for allotting shares in violation of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 and opined that though the charge was not separately framed under Section 24(2), the penalty was imposed by the authority keeping in mind the ingredients of the section. The bench of Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy thus...

Lakhimpur Kheri Violence: Allahabad High Court Reserves Judgment On Bail Plea Of Ashish Mishra

The Allahabad High Court on Friday reserved its judgment on the bail plea of the Union Minister's Son, Ashish Mishra, who is a prime accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri Violence case.Mishra is facing a case of Murder for an incident that took place on October 3, 2021, when four protesting farmers were killed after they were mowed down by an SUV, in which Mishra was allegedly sitting.Having heard...

"Non-Filling Up Of Judicial Vacancies Major Reason For Pendency" : CJI Ramana Responds To Law Minister

Responding to the concerns expressed by Union Minister for Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju regarding the huge case backlogs in the country, Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Saturday reiterated that the non-filling up of judicial vacancies was the major reason for the pendency of cases in the country.The Law Minister and the Chief Justice were attending the All India Legal Services...

Allahabad High Court Raps UP Cops For Razing Residential House Sans Registration Of Execution Case, Seeks SP's Presence

The Allahabad High Court recently rapped Uttar Pradesh Police officials for providing assistance in demolishing a residential house without any execution case having been registered for the execution of the decree.Following this, the Bench of Justice Salil Kumar Rai sought the personal presence of the Superintendent of Police and the erring officials in the court on July 22, 2022, along...

"3.5 Lakh Undertrial Prisoners" : Law Minister Appeals For Efforts To Release Maximum Undertrials

Union Minister for Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju has made an appeal to the State Legal Services Authorities to take efforts so that maximum undertrial prisoners can be relased by August 15, 2022, on the day of the 75th year of independence of India."I appeal to all the State Legal Services Authorities to further intensify their efforts to provide legal counsel/aid to the under-trial prisoners...

Margin Of Error In Determining Age By Radiological/ Ossification Test Is Two Years On Either Side: Telangana High Court Overturns POCSO Conviction

Recently, the Telangana High Court overturned the POCSO conviction as the age of the victim girl could be above 18 years of age on applying the margin of error to the age determined by doctor on radiological/ossification examination. Brief Facts of the Case The appeal was filed questioning the conviction of appellant for the offences under Section 5(1) r/w Section 6 (punishment...