Gang Rape Convict Who Underwent Over 20 Years Of Imprisonment Granted Bail By Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court last week granted bail to one 'Collector' who underwent over 20 yrs in jail after being convicted for the offence of Gang Rape. It was the convict's primary submission that since he has already undergone over 20 years of imprisonment and thus, in view of SC's ruling in the case of Saudan Singh Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh (Crl.Appeal No.308/ 2022), he is entitled to...

BREAKING| Plea Seeking SIT Probe Into Agnipath Protests Violence Mentioned Before Supreme Court

The petition filed seeking an SIT probe into the violence during the Agnipath protests was mentioned before the Supreme Court today.Advocate Vishal Tiwari, the petitioner, mentioned the petition for urgent listing before a vacation bench comprising Justices CT Ravikumar and Sudhanshu Dhulia. Tiwari said that violent protests are going in the country."The matter must be placed before the...

BREAKING | Anis Khan Death: Calcutta High Court Refuses To Transfer Probe To CBI, State Constituted SIT Ordered To File Chargesheet

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday refused to transfer to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) the investigation into the death of student activist Anis Khan. Anish Khan was found dead at his home in Amta block in Howrah district in the early hours of Saturday, February 19, 2022 under mysterious circumstances.The Court had earlier taken suo moto cognisance of the case after terming...

DV Act | Court Can Strike Off Defence For Willful Non-Compliance With Order For Interim Maintenance: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has ruled that a Court can strike off the defence of the defaulter if they deliberately or willfully refuse to comply with its order directing payment of interim maintenance under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act (DV Act). Justice Kauser Edappagath held so after observing that in Rajnesh v. Neha & Anr, the Supreme Court had upheld the power of the...

Judicial Appointments Should Be Expedited, Says Justice Sayed; Justice Shinde Urges Lawyers To Not Refuse Judgeship Offers

Unless judicial appointments are expedited, the entire system may crumble, Justice AA Sayed said about vacancies in the judiciary coupled with a mounting pendency of cases. Take the example of Bombay High Court, one of the largest constitutional courts in the country. There is a 40% vacancy of presiding officers. Despite a sanctioned strength of 94 judges, by the end of this...

IBC Cases Weekly Round Up: June 13 To 19 June, 2022

Issuance Of Post Dated Cheques Is Not An Unqualified Admission Of Debt, NCLT Allahabad Dismisses Section 7 ApplicationCase Title: N.C. Goel & Maya Goel v Piyush Infrastructure India Private Limited Case No.: CP (IB) No.453/ALD/2019 The National Company Law Tribunal ("NCLT"), Allahabad Bench, comprising of Shri Rajasekhar V.K. (Judicial Member) and Shri Virendra Kumar...

Courts Should Allow Parties To Let In Oral And Documentary Evidence In Guardianship Matters: Madras High Court

While allowing an appeal by a father seeking custody of his minor child, the Madras High Court bench of Justice M.Duraiswamy and Justice Sunder Mohan, observed that the order of the single judge was passed without affording an opportunity to the parties to let in oral and documentary evidence."It is settled law that while deciding the Original Petition to appoint the guardian the courts...

'To Ensure Transparency In Allotment': Punjab & Haryana High Court Approves Auction Policy Providing Non-Disclosure Of Reserved Price

The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently upheld the auction policy of Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran, Panchkula which provided for non-disclosure of the reserved price. The bench comprising Justice Amol Rattan Singh and Lalit Batra held that the reserved price was not disclosed for confidential reasons and to ensure transparency process of allotment via e-auction. As regards...

CrPC Section 220 - How To Decide If Two Or More Acts Form "Same Transaction" For Joint Trial? Supreme Court Explains

The Supreme Court, on Thursday, reiterated that whether two or more acts constitute the same transaction for the purpose of being tried together under Section 220 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Cr.P.C), is purely a question of fact. The reasonable determination of the same would however depend on elements like proximity of time, unity or proximity of place, continuity of action...

Delhi High Court Grants Time To DMRC For Payment Of Outstanding Amount Of Arbitral Award To DAMEPL Till August 5

The Delhi High Court on Monday granted time to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to ensure payment of the outstanding decreetal amount to Reliance Infrastructure-promoted Delhi Airport Metro Express Pvt Ltd (DAMEPL) on or before August 5.The development came in connection with the plea filed by DAMEPL seeking enforcement of the arbitration award dated May 11, 2017. The High Court on March...

KSRTC Employees Complain Of Working Over 8 Hours: Kerala High Court Seeks Explanation On Fixing Schedule

The Kerala High Court on Friday asked Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) to produce a foolproof mechanism it uses to schedule its trips after a plea complained of employees being forced to work more than eight hours.Justice Devan Ramachandran directed the KSRTC to revert back with proper instruction on the same before going into the merits of the case. "Before I go into the merits...

PlL In Supreme Court Seeks To Direct Centre To Reconsider Agnipath Recruitment Scheme

An advocate has filed a writ in Supreme Court seeking issuance of directions to the Centre to reconsider its "Agnipath" recruitment scheme for armed forces.Preferred by Advocate Harsh Ajay Singh, the writ states that the announcement of the Scheme has caused nation-wide protest in Bihar, UP, Telangana, Haryana, Uttarakhand, West Bengal and various other states due to the short- term duration...