Person Outside India Can File Anticipatory Bail Application; But Before Final Hearing, Accused Must Be In India : Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has held that Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure has no restrictive mandate that a person outside India cannot file an application seeking anticipatory bail. The only limitation is that prior to the final hearing, the applicant must be inside the country to enable the court to impose and enforce conditions contemplated under the statutory...

Midnight Hearing At Judge's Residence : Madras High Court Restrains AIADMK General Council From Passing Any Resolution

The Madras High Court conducted a midnight hearing to decide upon the appeals preferred by M Shanmugham, AIADMK's general council member against the single judge order passed earlier in the day where the single judge refused to restrain the party from making any amendments to its bye-laws. The appeals were heard by Justice Sunder Mohan and Justice Duraiswamy at the former's residence. The...

Maharashtra Political Crisis : Plea In Supreme Court Seeks To Ban MLAs Who Defect Or Resign From Elections For 5 Years

Amidst the political crisis unfolding in Maharashtra, an application has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking to restrain the MLAs who are disqualified or have resigned from contesting elections upto five years from the date of their resignation or disqualification.The relief has been sought in a new application filed in a pending writ petition preferred by Congress Leader Jaya Thakur...

NLSIU Alumni Condemn Administration For Punishing Student Facilitators Who Shared Survivor's Sexual Harassment Experience On Her Request

The alumni of the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) have issued a statement condemning the university administration for initiating disciplinary proceedings against two female student facilitators appointed under its Code to Combat Sexual Harassment (SHARIC) for narrating a survivor's experience of sexual harassment by a current student of NLSIU. According to the statement...

CPC| Order For Rateable Distribution Of Property Among Various Decree Holders Bars Them From Setting-Off Their Individual Debt: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently ruled that under the Code of Civil Procedure (CPC), when there is an order of rateable distribution for a property in favour of separate decree holders, one of them cannot claim to set-off their entire debt from the sale proceeds.A Division Bench of Justice Anil K. Narendran and Justice P.G Ajithkumar held that in a case where rateable distribution is ordered by...

Courts This Week- A Weekly Round Of Important Legal Developments In The Country [Episode-121]

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Patna High Court Invites Bids To Buy iPhone 13 Pro (256GB) For Its Judges

The Patna High Court has issued a tender notice inviting bids for supply of Apple iPhone 13 Pro (256 GB) for all High Court judges."Sealed quotations are invited from the reputed firms/authorized dealers/suppliers/service providers for supply of Apple iPhone 13 Pro(256GB) for the Hon'ble Judges of this Court", the tender notice stated.The following are the tender conditions :- The rate quoted...

Karnataka HC To Hear Objection To Maintainability of Petition Filed By Google India On July 8

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday said it would on July 8, hear the application filed by Alliance of Digital India Foundation questioning the maintainability of the petition filed by Google India Pvt Ltd seeking to restrain the Competition Commission of India (CCI) from divulging confidential information of the company to the complainant Alliance Of Digital India Foundation. A...

"Don't Offer Gifts To Visiting High Court Judges" : Chief Justice Of J&K&L HC To Judicial Officers

In an interesting development, Justice Pankaj Mithal, Chief Justice of the High Court of J&K and Ladakh has today issued circular restricting judicial officers of the subordinate courts from receiving, seeing off, arranging trips, hotels, food or offering gifts to visiting Chief Justice/High Court Judges. Judicial officers have been restricted from receiving, seeing off or visiting...

A Party Is Not Entitled To Invoke The Arbitration Clause After Signing The Discharge Voucher Without Any Protest Or Demur: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has ruled that a party is not entitled to invoke the arbitration clause after it had signed the discharge voucher without any protest or demur, since no arbitrable dispute could be said to subsist. The Single Bench of Chief Justice Aravind Kumar held that an application for referring the dispute to arbitration could not be entertained merely on the ground that...

Any Hindrance To Medical Workers Qualify As Violence: Kerala High Court Denies Pre-Arrest Bail To Man Accused Of Obstructing Doctor

The Court added that by granting pre-arrest bail in a non-bailable offence, the court is converting a non-bailable offence into a bailable offence.

The Writ Not Maintainable Against An Order Of The Arbitrator Dismissing An Application For Interrogatories: Himachal Pradesh High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that a writ petition would be non-maintainable against an order of the arbitrator dismissing the application for interrogatories. The Single Bench of Justice Satyen Vaidya held that the arbitration act is a complete code in itself and prohibits judicial interference except where so provided under the Act. The Court held that...