Appropriate To Shift Sukash Chandrashekhar & Wife From Tihar Jail To Allay Apprehensions Of Life Threat : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Friday observed that it will be appropriate to transfer alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar and his wife Leena Paulose from Tihar Jail to allay the apprehensions raised by them regarding danger to life from jail officials.The Court has asked the Center to take an appropriate decision with regards to the jail where Chandrashekhar could be transferred to. Adjourning...

Centre Makes Rules To Allow Aadhaar-Electoral Roll Linking

The Union Ministry of Law and Justice has notified rules for allowing existing voters to use their Aadhaar number to authenticate the entry in the electoral roll.The Registration of Electors (Amendment) Rules, 2022, made by the Central Government in exercise of powers under Section 28 of the Representation of the People Act, after consulting the Election Commission of India, has a...

Anticipatory Bail Can Be Denied Solely For The Reason That Party Tried To Mislead Court: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently upheld a trial court's order denying anticipatory bail to an accused, solely on the ground that he had tried to mislead the Court by concealing facts regarding dismissal of his earlier plea.The bench comprising Justice Pankaj Jain observed,"The law is well settled that where a process is "ex debito justitiae" the Court would refuse to exercise...

'Human Tendency To Wait For Missing Person': Gujarat High Court Says Suit For Declaring Child Missing Since 1984 Dead Not Barred By Limitation

The Gujarat High Court has recently explained it is a human tendency to wait for the returning of a missing family member for many years and therefore, in a suit for declaration for the death of such person, it cannot be said that the suit is barred by limitation. The Appellant-Original Plaintiff had filed a suit for a declaration that his son was missing since 31.01.1984 and could not...

Gift Deed Not Effective When Possession Not Handed Over; Can Be Cancelled : Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently upheld the cancellation of a gift deed after noting that the possession was not handed over and that the deed was not acted upon by the parties. Hence, the High Court agreed with the trial court's decree dismising a suit seeking cancellation of the gift deed. The bench of Justice AA Nakkiran agreed with the finding of the court below that the possession was...

500 Supreme Court Judgments of 2022 (Citations 101 - 200)

See Also: 500 Supreme Court Judgments of 2022 [Citations 1 to 100] Rent Control Laws - Jurisdiction of civil courts are excluded from landlord-tenant disputes when they are specifically covered by the provisions of the State Rent Acts, which are given an overriding effect over other laws. (Para 20) Subhash Chander v. Bharat Petroleum Corporation, 2022 LiveLaw (SC)...

Can't Issue Writ Of Habeas Corpus In Child Custody Matters Between Husband & Wife: Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court has declined to issue the writ of habeas corpus in favour of a woman who claimed custody of her minor child from her husband. A Division Bench of Justices Sangam Kumar Sahoo and Murahari Sri Raman widely noted the observations made by the Apex Court in Tejaswini Gaud & Ors. v. Shekhar Jagdish Prasad Tewari & Ors., while discouraging issuance of habeas...

Kerala High Court Orders Postmortem & DNA Test Of Seafarer Found In Tunisian Waters After Family Suspects Homicide

The Kerala High Court on Friday approved the request for a post-mortem and DNA test of the Indian seafarer whose body was found in Tunisian waters after his family raised suspicions of homicide in his death. Justice V.G. Arun also suo moto impleaded the Director General of Police in the plea moved by the father of the 27-year-old seaman who went missing from his vessel. "I find the request...

BREAKING| Delhi Court Denies Bail To GNCTD Minister Satyendar Jain In PMLA Case

A Delhi Court on Saturday denied bail to Satyendar Jain, a cabinet minister of the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi, in connection with a money laundering case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate.Special Judge Geetanjali Goel dismissed the bail plea moved by Jain after reserving orders on the same earlier this week.In the 81 pages order, the Judge observed that as...

Agnipath Protests : PIL In Supreme Court Seeks SIT Probe Into Mass Violence & Damages To Public Properties

A Public Interst Litigation (PIL) petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking the setting up of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to enquire into mass violence and damage to public properties, including that of railways, during the widespread protests against the Centre's "Agnipath" recruitment scheme for armed forces.The PIL has been filed by Advocate Vishal Tiwari. The petitioner...

Magistrate Bound To Dispose Applications U/S 12 Domestic Violence Act Within 60 Days From First Hearing Date: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has said that an application filed under section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, should be decided by the Magistrate within two months (sixty days) from the date of its presentation. A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna, while allowing a petition filed by one Rajamma H, directed the Metropolitan Magistrate at Bangalore...

Undertrial Also Barred From Voting As Per Section 62(5) RP Act; Allowing Prisoners To Vote Doesn't Strengthen Democracy : Bombay High Court

In the order refusing relief to NCP leaders Nawab Malik and Anil Deshmukh, the Bombay High Court held that the bar under Section 62(5) of the Representation of the People Act 1951 against allowing a prisoner to vote is applicable to an undertrial as well and not just to a convict."If a full play is given to the provisions contained in section 2(d) and Section 62(5) of the RP Act 1951,...