Institutions That Can't Pay Long Outstanding Salaries For Years Draws Attention To Its Right To Continue As An Employer: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that an institution which cannot pay its long outstanding salaries for years, which are statutorily due, draws attention to its financial stability and its right to continue as an employer.A division bench comprising of Justice Najmi Waziri and Justice Vikas Mahajan was of the opinion that it is for the State Government to look into the matter and ensure that...

Tendency To File Cases Of Outraging Woman's Modesty In Disputes Between Neighbours To Settle Scores Needs To Be Curbed: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that the tendency of filing cases of outraging modesty of a woman under Section 354 and 509 of Indian Penal Code, in the disputes between neighbours to settle scores needs to be curbed.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma made the observation while quashing an FIR registered under sec. 354, 452, 506, 509, 354B and 34 of Indian Penal Code.The complainant had stated...

Actor Mohanlal To Face Trial Before Kerala Court In Ivory Possession Case

Malayalam actor Mohanlal will now have to face trial in a wildlife crime case booked against him after a trial court in Kerala dismissed the State's plea to withdraw the prosecution proceedings on Thursday. The actor was booked for illegal possession of two pairs of ivory after the Income Tax Department recovered illegal ivory from his Kochi residence in a raid in June 2012. A case...

Madras High Court Quarterly Digest: January To March 2022 [Citations: 1 - 134]

CITATIONS 2022 LiveLaw (Mad) 1 to 2022 LiveLaw (Mad) 134Monthly DigestsMadras High Court Monthly Digest: January 2022 [Citations 1 - 37] Madras High Court Monthly Digest: February 2022 [Citations 38 - 79]Madras High Court Monthly Digest: March 2022 [Citation 80-134]Nominal IndexM/s.The Kancheepuram Reading Room and Tennis Club, Represented by its Secretary v. The Director-General of Police...

NHAI Best Judge To Decide Which Land To Acquire: Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Against Land Acquisition For Widening NH-161

So far as construction of new highways and widening, development and maintenance of existing highways is concerned, the Supreme Court has observed that "the National Highways Authority of India can be said to be best judge to decide which land to be acquired and which not to be acquired for the purpose of construction of the Highways".The bench of Justices M. R. Shah and Aniruddha Bose...

Last Seen Theory Must Be Proximate With Time Of Death: Bombay High Court Acquits Two Accused Of Murdering Deranged Man Mistaking Him For Demon

The Bombay High Court has held that the "last seen theory," whereby the accused is the last person spotted with the victim, is not enough to hold him guilty of the crime in the absence of a correlation with the time of the victim's demise. The prosecution must establish the time when the deceased was last seen with the accused and the time of death, the court added. "Unless there...

Advertising Vacancy In Newspaper Having Less Circulation Violates Fundamental Rights Of Prospective Candidates: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has observed that failure to properly advertise vacant posts is a violation of the fundamental right of the prospective/potential candidates and is also unfair to such candidates. The Bench of Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal and Justice J. J. Munir issued this order.Essentially, one Ravi Pratap Mishra had moved before the single judge stating that he was appointed as a...

POCSO Act | Bar U/S 33(5) To Recall Minor Victim Not Applicable After Her Attaining Majority: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that on the child attaining 18 years of age, the rigor under Section 33(5) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 Act gets diluted and sequentially, will not become a bar for seeking recalling and further cross-examination of the victim under Section 311 of the CrPC on an application made by the accused. A single judge bench...

Allahabad HC Dismisses Plea Of Judicial Officers Having Less Than 3 Years Of Service To Appear For UPHJS Eligibility Test 2020

The Allahabad High Court recently dismissed a petition filed by UP Judicial Services Association along with some of the judicial officers (having less than 3 years of experience as of December 31, 2021) seeking a direction allowing them to appear for the suitability test 2020 for promotion to UP Higher Judicial Services.The Bench of Justice Rajesh Singh Chauhan and Justice Subhash...

Justices SS Shinde & Milind Jadhav Of Bombay High Court Sit Till Late On Second Consecutive Day, Hear 215 Cases

For second consecutive day, a division bench of the Bombay High Court comprising Justices SS Shinde and MN Jadhav sat till late to clear its board.The bench sat till 8.30 pm on Friday, hearing various criminal cases. It heard over 215 out of the 265 cases listed before it. Yesterday, the bench heard 190 cases.The cases it heard on Friday included letters sent by prison inmates seeking...

Woman Cyclist Alleges 'Inappropriate Behaviour' By India Sprint Team Coach: NHRC Takes Suo Motu Cognisance

The National Human Rights Commission on Friday took suo motu cognizance of a media report wherein a top Indian woman cyclist has accused the national sprint team chief coach R K Sharma of "inappropriate behaviour" during a camp in Slovenia. According to reports, the complaint was submitted in an email sent to the Sports Authority of India (SAI). The complainant was "immediately" brought back...

High Court Transfers Abhishek Banerjee's Defamation Suit Against Suvendu Adhikari To Kolkata From Diamond Harbour

The Calcutta High Court on Friday ordered the transfer of a defamation suit filed by Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee against BJP MLA and Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari from a Court in Diamond Harbour, South 24-Parganas to a City Civil Court in Calcutta. Adhikari had moved an application under Section 24 of the Code of...