RTI Act | Right To 'Inspection Of Work' Of Any Public Authority U/S 2(j) Does Not Include 'Inspection Of Property': Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that the words "inspection of work" under Section 2(j) of the Right To Information (RTI) Act, 2005 does not include "inspection of property" under its ambit.Section 2(j) stipulates that right to information means the right to information accessible under the Act which is held by or under the control of any public authority and includes the right to-- (i)...

Supreme Court Remands Appeal In 1964 Suit To High Court For Fresh Decision After 16 Years

The Supreme Court recently remanded to the Allahabad High Court an appeal arising out a suit filed in 1964 in a property dispute. The second appeal in the suit was filed before the High Court in 1975. The High Court decided the second appeal in 2006, after 31 years.The appeal against the High Court judgment was filed before the Supreme Court in 2006. After 16 years, the Supreme Court has...

Actor Vijay's BMW Entry Tax Case: Madras High Court Rules Penalty For Non-Payment To Be Calculated From Date Of Order For Payment, Not Date Of Import

Madras High Court on Friday disposed of a writ petition filed actor Vijay challenging the order of Commercial Tax Department directing the actor to pay penalty for non-payment of entry tax for a BMW X5 luxury car imported by him from the United States in 2005. The bench of Justice R Suresh Kumar directed that the penalty for non-payment of entry tax could be levied only from 29th January,...

FIR For Cognizable Offences Must Be Registered Before Conducting Investigation/ Raid: Karnataka High Court Quashes Case Against Dance Bar

The Karnataka High Court has said that registration of a First Information Report (FIR) invoking cognizable offences after conducting the raid on a dance bar is not permissible in law. A single judge bench of Justice Hemant Chandangoudar quashed the proceedings initiated against P.N.Chandrashekar, partner of Brigade Blues Bar and Restaurant and other employees. The bench relied on...

Can't Interfere With Discretionary Order Condoning Delay In Supervisory Jurisdiction U/Art 227 Unless There Is Total Non-Application Of Mind: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has held that the supervisory jurisdiction of High Courts under Article 227 of the Constitution does not ordinarily warrant interference with the discretionary exercise of power by trial courts in condoning delay. A single bench of Justice C. Hari Shankar observed, "It is only where, therefore, there is complete non-application of mind in condoning delay which...

Kerala High Court Grants Bail To Actor Sreejith Ravi In POCSO Case With Conditions

The Kerala High Court on Friday granted bail to Malayalam actor Sreejith Ravi in a POCSO case registered against him for allegedly exhibiting nudity in front of children.After perusing the records and medical certificates, and having regard to the fact that he has been in custody since last week, Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas allowed the bail application noting that his continued detention was...

[Gyanvapi] Historical Wrong Can Be Adjudicated By Court Of Present Regime: Lord Vishweshwar's Next Friend Argues In Allahabad HC

In the ongoing hearing before the Allahabad High Court in connection with the Kashi Vishwanath temple-Gyanvapi mosque dispute, the next friend of Lord Vishweshwar and one of the contesting respondents in the case on Wednesday argued that if a historical wrong has been done by the previous sovereign regime, the matter can be adjudicated by the Municipal Court of the present sovereign...

If Tender Conditions/ Award Of Contract Is In Public Interest, Court Can't Interfere Even If Procedural Aberration/ Error In Assessment Made Out: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has reiterated that while exercising the power of judicial review in matters relating to tenders conditions or award of contracts, Courts must be slow in interfering with the decisions, unless they are perverse. "If the decision relating to terms or award of contract is bona fide and in public interest, Courts shall not exercise its power of judicial review...

Failure Of Relationship Is No Ground For FIR For Repeated Rape When Woman Had Been Willingly Living With Man For Years : Supreme Court

Remarking that where a woman has willingly been staying with a man and had a relationship with him, and if the relationship is not working out now, the same cannot be a ground for lodging an FIR for the offence of committing rape repeatedly on the same woman (Section 376(2)(n)), the Supreme Court on Thursday granted pre-arrest bail to the man accused of rape for failing to fulfill promise...

Order XII Rule 6 CPC | Application For Judgment On Admission Can't Be Disposed Of In Laconic Fashion, Reasoning In Order Must: Delhi High Court

"An application under Order XII rule 6 cannot be disposed of in such a laconic fashion. There has to be some modicum of reasoning in the order, meeting the grounds in the application," the Delhi High Court has observed. Order XII Rule 6 of Code of Civil Procedure states that where admissions of fact have been made either in the pleading or otherwise, whether orally or in writing, the Court may...

Senior Journalist Approaches Kerala High Court Against Conferring IPS Cadre To A Retired Police Superintendent With Alleged Criminal Background

Senior Journalist G. Vipinan has approached the Kerala High Court challenging the steps taken to confer Indian Police Service (IPS), Kerala Cadre, to Abdul Rasheed, retired Superintendent of Police, without considering his alleged criminal background. The petitioner is alleging that it is in violation of the Supreme Court decision in State of M.P and ors. v. Praves Khan.According to the...

"Machines, Protective Gears Not Being Used For Cleaning Of Drains In Prayagraj": Allahabad High Court 'Summons' DM

Taking note of the photographs depicting that no protective gears have been provided to the workers and they were still waist deep under the water for cleaning drains in the city of Prayagraj, the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday summoned the District Magistrate and Nagar Ayukt, Prayagraj.Essentially, the Bench of Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal and Justice J. J. Munir was dealing with a suo moto...