Rajasthan High Court Gets Husband-Wife Duo As Judges

Today, the Acting Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court, Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava administered the oath to two new judges, namely Justice Shubha Mehta and Justice Kuldeep Mathur.The swearing-in ceremony is noteworthy because this is the first time in the history of the Rajasthan High Court that a husband-wife duo will be sitting at the High Court at the same time. Notably,...

Explainer : Which Is The 'Appropriate Government' To Grant Suspension, Remission And Commutation Of Sentences Under Section 432/433 CrPC?

Recently, the Supreme Court reiterated that the Governor has the power under Article 161 to remit/commute/pardon sentences imposed under Section 320 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. A three-judge Bench of the Apex Court was considering the issue appertain to remission of sentence, against the backdrop of the Tamil Nadu Governor forwarding the recommendation of the State Cabinet approving...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: May 30 To June 5, 2022

Nominal Index: Sangeeta Gadagin v. State Of Karnataka, & C/W Matters, 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 175 Vikram Vincent v. State of Karnataka, 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 176 Prakash Sharma S/O Mehdi Sharma v. State By Marathahalli Police Station, 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 177 SATHISH K and others v State of Karnataka, 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 178 The Bangalore Development Authority and Others...

IPR Suits Below Rs. 3 Lakhs Threshold To Be Listed First Before District Judge (Commercial) To Determine Whether Valuation Is Deliberately Undervalued: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has held that in a case where a plaintiff values an IPR suit in the city district courts below the threshold of Rs.3 lakhs, such suits would be listed before the District Judge (Commercial) first in order to determine as to whether the valuation is arbitrarily whimsical or deliberately undervalued.Justice Pratibha M Singh added that it would be mandatory for IPR suits to...

Police Post Not A Place Where Public Servants Are To Be Attacked With Fire Arms, Dandas Or By Pelting Stones On Them: Delhi High Court

While denying bail to a man accused of attacking a Police Post and firing at the police officials from an illegal weapon, the Delhi High Court has observed that the Police Post is not a place where the public servants are supposed to be attacked with fire-arms, Dandas and Lathis or by pelting stones on them.Justice Talwant Singh was of the prima facie view that the FSL report showed that the...

Concealment Of Material Facts By Insurance Company, NCDRC Imposes Costs

A bench comprising Justice C. Viswanath, Presiding Member and Ram Surat Ram Maurya, Member, has observed that the Insurance Company deliberately tried to conceal the separate report submitted by the Surveyor regarding cause of fire and did not file the same along with the Appeal. The bench noted that, there is clear concealment of material fact on the part of the Insurance...

Section 102 (3) CrPC | Non-Reporting Of Bank Account Seizure Forthwith To Magistrate Doesn't Make Seizure Illegal: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court has observed that non-reporting of the seizure of a bank account (seized by police under Section 102 CrPC) forthwith to the magistrate concerned doesn't render such seizure ipsofact illegal.The Bench of Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Saroj Yadav observed thus as it relied upon and agreed with Allahabad High Court's order in the case of Amit Singh v. State Of U.P. And...

'Stipulations In Advertisement Are Exclusive Domain Of Authority': Gujarat High Court Refuses To Permit a Rajasthan Civil JudgeTo Apply For Gujarat Civil Judge Post

Citing the limited scope of judicial review with Courts to interfere with stipulations in recruitment advertisements which is the exclusive domain of the executive authority, the Gujarat High Court has dismissed the petition filed by a Civil Judge from Rajasthan seeking the appointment to the post of Civil Judge in GujaratThe Petitioner herein a native of State of Gujarat had applied...

Calcutta High Court Weekly Round Up: May 30 To June 5, 2022

Nominal Index [2022 LiveLaw (Cal) 216 To 2022 LiveLaw (Cal) 224]Sri Anish Loharuka v. The State of West Bengal 2022 LiveLaw (Cal) 216Hafija Laskar v. The State of West Bengal and others 2022 LiveLaw (Cal) 217Susmita Saha Dutta v. Avishek Bandyopadhyay 2022 LiveLaw (Cal) 218Yes Bank Limited v. Malati Saha 2022 LiveLaw (Cal) 219Sulogna Chowdhury v. State of West Bengal & Ors 2022...

The Accused Is Entitled To Statutory Bail U/S 167(2) CrPC If Charge Sheet Is Not Final Due To Incomplete Investigation U/S 173(2) CrPC: Telangana High Court

In a recent case, the Telangana High Court ruled that accused under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 is entitled to statutory bail under Section 167(2) of CrPC if the charge sheet is not submitted in terms of Section 173(2) of the Cr.P.C without completion of investigation. Justice K. Lakshman held that: "At the cost of repetition, this Court holds that the complaint...

Andhra Pradesh High Court Allows Habeas Corpus Petition Of A Husband In An Inter-Religious Marriage To Set His Wife At Liberty

The Andhra Pradesh High Court recently allowed the writ petition filed by the petitioner seeking a direction to police officials to secure the presence of petitioner's wife before the Court and set her at liberty. The facts of the case were that an inter-religious marriage was performed between the petitioner and detenu as per the rites and customs of Christian religion against the...

Tax Cases Weekly Round-Up: 29 May To 4 June, 2022

Karnataka High CourtJust Because The Ratio For Payment Of Service Tax Not Adhered To, Assessee Not Liable To Pay Double Tax As Penalty: Karnataka High Court Case Title: The Vice Chairman Settlement Commission & Anr. versus M/s Zyeta Interiors Pvt. Ltd & Anr. The Karnataka High Court has ruled that merely because the ratio in which service tax was required to be paid by...