Mere Delay In Filing FIR Not Fatal In Motor Accident Claims If Adequate Explanation Is Offered: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court recently directed the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal to consider the claim petition filed by a motor accident victim, even though there was a delay of about 1 month in reporting the matter to the Police.The direction was passed in a First Appeal filed under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act 1988 challenging dismissal of the claim petition. Attention was drawn to...

Supreme Court Designates 51 Former High Court Judges As Senior Advocates

The Supreme Court of India has designated 51 former Chief Justices/Judges of High Court, as Senior Advocates. Following are the former Chief Justices/Judges who have been designated as Senior Advocates, with their parent High Court:1. Hariprasad A. - Kerala2. Bhushan P Dharmadhikari - Bombay3. Dr. K. Bhakthavatsala - Karnataka4. Pankaj Naqvi - Allahabad5. Lok Pal Singh - Uttarakhand6....

Karnataka High Court Grants Bail To PT Teacher Charged Under POCSO Act For Misbehaving With Student

The Karnataka High Court recently granted bail to a PT Teacher accused of misbehaving with a student studying in the 10th standard of the school and charged under section 8 and 12 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. A single judge bench of Justice H.P. Sandesh allowed the petition filed by N.R. Sugandaraju, aged about 55 years.It is alleged by the prosecution...

Pet Shops Domesticating Animals In Unhygienic Conditions Leading To Unnecessary Suffering: PIL Filed In Delhi High Court, Notice Issued

The Delhi High Court has issued notice on a public interest litigation seeking directions for regulation of pet shops, alleged to be running sans any license and in contravention of statutory laws in the national capital.A Division Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Sachin Datta has directed the Delhi government to file a comprehensive affidavit in the matter, within...

High Court Seeks Response From Delhi Govt Over Inadequate Staff, Infrastructure At State Run Schools

The Delhi High Court has issued notice on a public interest litigation pointing out deficiencies, both of infrastructure and in staff, at the government-run schools in the national capital.A Division Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Sachin Datta has directed the Delhi government to file a status report in this regard and apprise the Court of the proposed steps...

Supreme Court Deprecates Judicial Officer For Not Releasing Accused Despite Order Granting Bail

The Supreme Court recently deprecated the act of a judicial officer who refused to release an accused against whom FIR was registered u/s 498A, 304B of IPC and section 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act despite Court's order of directing his release.The Judicial Officer refused to release the accused on the pretext that while the order mentions the charges under Sections 304B and 498A, IPC it...

Gujarat High Court Permits Provisional Appointment Of Person Claiming Scheduled Tribe Quota Pending Scrutiny Of Caste Certificate

The Gujarat High Court has permitted a person claiming to be from the Scheduled Tribe community, to be provisionally appointed to the post of Sales Tax Inspector Class III, pending scrutiny of the caste certificate produced by him.Justice Biren Vaishnav directed that such an appointment will be subjected to the result of the Scrutiny Committee. If the certificate produced by the Petitioner...

Rajasthan High Courts Sets Aside Murder Conviction On Finding Inconsistency Between Ocular & Medical Evidence

On finding a contradiction between the eye-witness testimony and the medical evidence, the Jodhpur Bench of the Rajasthan High Court set aside the conviction under Section 302 IPC (Murder). Instead, it convicted the accused in Section 323 IPC (Voluntarily causing hurt).A Division Bench of Justices Sandeep Mehta and Vinod Kumar Bharwani relied on Dunga Ram v. the State of Rajasthan and Jugut...

Supreme Court Monthly Digest With Nominal And Subject/Statute Wise Index-January 2022 [Missing Part]

Also Read: Supreme Court Monthly Digest February 2022 Supreme Court Monthly Digest March 2022 Supreme Court Monthly Digest April 2022 Act of God - Meaning - When nothing of any external natural force had been in operation in a violent or sudden manner, the event of the fire in question could be referable to anything but to an act of God in legal parlance. (Para 53-55) State...

Protestors In Anti-CAA Agitation Want To Be A Part Of India, Did Not Terrorize Or Threaten Sovereignty: Umar Khalid Argues For Bail In Delhi HC

Seeking bail in the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case, student activist Umar Khalid on Monday argued before the Delhi High Court that the main aim of citizens protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act was to retain the unity and integrity of India.He submitted that the protestors wish to be a part of the country and were opposing an allegedly discriminatory criteria of granting/...

Minimum 7 Days Time Has To Be Granted To The Taxpayer To File Reply To The Show Cause Notice: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court Bench of Justice Manmohan and Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma has held that under Section 148A(b) of the Income Tax Act, a minimum time of seven days has to be granted to the assessee to file reply to the show cause notice.The petitioner/assessee has challenged the Notice issued under Section 148A(b) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 and the consequential order issued...

Gyanvapi Mosque Case: Varanasi Court To Decide On The Course Of Action Of Hearing Tomorrow

While hearing the Kashi Vishwanath Temple-Gyanvapi Mosque dispute case, a Varanasi court today reserved its order on the limited question as to whether it should decide on Order 7 Rule 11 CPC application filed by the Anjuman Committee first or to take into account the commission survey report (of the Mosque premises) and invite objections to it. District and Sessions Judge Dr. Ajay...