Calcutta High Court Orders DLSA & SALSA To Process Compensation Within 2 Weeks For Victims, Kin In 5 Recent Rape Cases

The Calcutta High Court on Monday directed the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) and the State Legal Services Authority (SALSA) to expeditiously decide a representation seeking compensation for the victims and their family members pertaining to the 5 recent rape cases that have been reported in various districts of West Bengal last month.The direction was issued while adjudicating upon...

Kerala High Court Monthly Digest: April 2022 [Citations:155- 200]

Nominal IndexUdaya Sounds v. Principal Commissioner of Income Tax & Ors., 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 155K.A John & Anr v. State of Kerala & Ors., 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 156 Nisha Haneefa v. Abdul Latheef & Ors., 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 157 Leelamma Eapen v. District Magistrate & Ors, 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 158 Vijayakumar v State of Kerala, 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 159Beksy A v. District...

COVID-19: High Court Seeks Delhi Govt's Stand On Compensation Policy For On Duty Deaths In Hospitals/ Non-Requisitioned Nursing Homes

The Delhi High Court has recently sought the stand of the Delhi Government about the policy framed by it regarding the compensation payable to doctors, nurses, security staff, sanitation staff, paramedical staff and other attendant staff, who were working with private or public hospitals or running private nursing homes that were not requisitioned for treatment and who died during the...

Condonation Of Delay | Indolence Beyond A Point Results In Forfeiture Of Right To Secure Justice: Delhi High Court

In the context of condonation of delay, the Delhi High Court has observed that indolence, beyond a point, results in forfeiture of the right to secure justice.Justice C Hari Shankar dismissed the appeal challenging the impugned order dated 30th November, 2015, which was initially challenged before the High Court after nearly three years in 2018. The Court said that there was no explanation as...

Wrongful Availment Of ITC: Chhattisgarh High Court Refuses Bail

The Chhattisgarh High Court bench headed by Chief Justice Arup Kumar Goswami and Justice Gautam Chourdiya has refused to grant bail to a person allegedly involved in availment of fraudulent Input Tax Credit (ITC).The appellants created several fictitious and physically non-existent trading company firms in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and Maharashtra,...

Plea To Postpone Haryana JS (Mains) Exam Due To Clash With MP Civil Judge (Pre) Exam : Supreme Court To Hear On May 4

The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the writ petition seeking postponement of Mains Examination of Haryana Civil Service (Judicial Branch)- 2021 in view of its clash with the date announced for conducting the Preliminary Exam of Madhya Pradesh Civil Judge, Junior Division (Entry Level) Exam-2021 for May 4, 2022.The bench of Justices Vineet Saran and JK Maheshwari in their order said,...

Moynaguri Sexual Assault: PIL In Calcutta High Court Seeks CBI Probe After Minor Victim Sets Herself Ablaze Over Threat To Withdraw Complaint, Dies

A renewed prayer for a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been made before the Calcutta High Court on Monday with regards to an incident of attempted rape that took place at Moynaguri in West Bengal last month, in light of the fact that the minor victim had succumbed to her injuries. The minor victim girl who had set herself ablaze following a threat to withdraw a...

Mere Involvement In Other Cases Can't Be Sole Basis To Confine Accused In Perpetuity, Case To Be Considered On Its Own Merits: Punjab & Haryana HC

Punjab and Haryana High Court on April 27, 2022, while dealing with a petition for seeking concession of regular bail in FIR registered under provisions of IPC and the Arms Act, held that taking into consideration, the role of the petitioner, the alleged recovery and the stage of investigation along with the period of actual custodial detention already undergone, it is appropriate to...

Delhi High Court Extends Interim Order Allowing Reopening Of Masjid In Nizamuddin Markaz Till October 14

The Delhi High Court on Monday allowed reopening of five floors, including Ground floor as well as four floors, of the masjid premises in Nizamuddin Markaz till October 14. Justice Jasmeet Singh extended the operation of the interim order dated April 1, 2022 wherein the mosque was allowed to reopen for offering of prayers during the Ramzan month.The said interim order shall continue to remain...

Delhi High Court Seeks Centre's Response In Plea For "Uniform Syllabus" In CBSE, ICSE & All State Board Schools

The Delhi High Court has issued notice on a plea filed by BJP leader and Advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, seeking uniformity in the syllabus and curriculum perused by school going students, across all boards including CBSE, ICSE and State Boards.A Division Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Navin Chawla has directed the Central government to file its response in...

Re-Agitation Of Same Issue Is Gross Abuse Of Court Process: Delhi HC Imposes 10K Cost On Litigant Seeking Transfer Of Investigation To CBI

The Delhi High Court has imposed a cost of Rs. 10,000 on a litigant seeking transfer of investigation to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) despite a similar plea being dismissed as withdrawn by the Court on earlier occasion.Justice Anoop Kumar Mendiratta was dealing with a plea seeking transfer of investigation of FIR to C.B.I. A similar criminal writ petition with identical prayer...

Rajasthan High Court Monthly Digest: April 2022 [Citations: 115 - 153]

Nominal Index Pratap Singh Shekhawat v. State of Rajasthan & Ors. 2022 LiveLaw (Raj) 115 Suo Moto, Rajasthan High Court, Jaipur Bench v. Anand Singh 2022 LiveLaw (Raj) 116 Laxman v. State Of Rajasthan & Ors. 2022 LiveLaw (Raj) 117 State, Through PP v. Atmaram & Ors. 2022 LiveLaw (Raj) 118 Anshul Sharma v. State of Rajasthan & Ors. 2022 LiveLaw (Raj)...