Married Man Lures Young Girl To Elope: Gujarat High Court Directs Him To Reimburse 50% Expenses Incurred By Police In Tracing Them

The Gujarat High Court recently asked a man to reimburse 50% expenses incurred by the Police department in tracing a girl he had lured to elope, despite being married himself.The Bench comprising Justice Sonia Gokani and Justice Mauna Bhatt observed,"We need to particularly record that here is a case where the respondent no.4 knowing fully well his own marital status, has lured the girl...

Will Discuss Issues Related To Judicial Infrastructure In Upcoming Conference Of CJs & CMs : CJI NV Ramana

The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned for a week a PIL filed by Advocate ML Sharma seeking directions to Centre and States to provide complete court infrastructure for District Court/ subordinate courts.A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justice Krishna Murari and Justice Hima Kohli observed that the issue regarding judicial infrastructure has been taken up and the issue...

[Bulk Diesel Prices] Kerala High Court Reserves Order In Appeals Challenging Interim Order In Favour Of KSRTC

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday reserved its order on the appeals moved by state-owned oil marketing companies (OMC) challenging the interim order issued in favour of Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) wherein the OMCs have been directed to levy the price of High Speed Diesel (HSD) at par with the price available at retail pumps temporarily.A vacation bench of Justice C.S Dias...

Supreme Court Affirms High Court's Order Refusing MBBS Admission To Candidate Having 80% Disability

The Supreme Court recently affirmed Kerala High Court's order of refusing to grant admission to a candidate who is having 80% disability. The bench of Justices MR Shah and BV Nagarathna while upholding High Court's order said, "Having heard the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respective parties and considering the opinion given by the Medical Board that the petitioner...

AIIMS Nurses Union Strike: Delhi High Court Directs Workers Including Nursing Officers To Immediately Rejoin Work

In an urgent plea moved by All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) over the strike by AIIMS Nurses Union, the Delhi High Court has directed the Union to ensure that it's workers including nursing officers immediately rejoin work forthwith pending further orders passed in the matter. Justice Yashwant Varma was hearing the plea moved by AIIMS after the Nurses Union decided to go on...

Madras High Court Directs TASMAC To Implement Buy-Back Scheme To Clear Waste Bottles In Nilgiris

The Madras High Court on Monday directed the TASMAC Managing Director to implement the buy-back proposal in the Nilgiris region. The bench of Justice V Bharatidasan and Justice N Sathish Kumar was considering a batch of pleas for protection of the Western Ghats area. The court further stated that it plans to implement this proposal in all the hills stations of the state including...

Prosecution Under UP Gangsters Act Permissible Even In Case Of A Single FIR/Charge-sheet for Anti-Social Activities: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that there can be prosecution against a person under Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986, even in case of a single offence/FIR/charge sheet for any of the anti-social activities mentioned in section 2(b) of the Act.In this case, the Allahabad High Court had refused to quash the proceedings against the accused under Uttar...

'Misconceived': Karnataka High Court Dismisses PIL Seeking Direction To Not Conduct 2023 Assembly Elections In State

Observing that the petition is misconceived, the Karnataka High Court dismissed a public interest litigation filed by one Murali Krishna Brahmandam seeking directions to the State and Chief Election Commissioner to not conduct the 2023 Assembly election in the state, but to directly elect people's representatives from all political parties as petitioner will elaborate. A division bench...

Convenience Of Informant/Victim As Well As Of Accused, Prosecution Has To Be Seen Before Transferring Criminal Case: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court has observed that before taking any decision regarding the transfer of a criminal case, not only the convenience of the applicant/ complainant/ informant/ victim is to be taken into consideration, but the convenience of the accused and prosecution is also to be taken into consideration.To observe thus, the Bench of Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery also relied upon...

Panchayath/Municipality Which Claims That A Land Was Voluntarily Surrendered Has Burden To Prove It : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that the burden to prove that there was a voluntary surrender of land is on the panchayat/municipality which raises such a claim.In this case, the owners of the land in dispute measuring 1.7078 hectares situated within the territorial limits of Sulthan Bhathery Grama Panchayat (later on declared a Municipality) had approached the High Court of Kerala claiming that...

PM Cares Trust Comprise Constitutional Functionaries, Can't Run A Private Show: Sr Adv Shyam Divan Argues In Delhi High Court

Senior Advocate Shyam Divan today told the Delhi High Court that the Prime Minister and various Ministers of the cabinet, being constitutional functionaries, cannot be allowed to run a "private show" in the name of PM CARES Fund.The development comes in the plea seeking declaration that the Fund is "State" under Article 12 of the Constitution. This comes after the Prime Minister's...

'Not Fair & Impartial' : Supreme Court Slams Police Probe In Unnao Custodial Death Case; Orders Further Investigation By IG Level Officer

Observing that fair and impartial investigation has not been carried out in the case relating to the alleged custodial death of Mohd.Faisal in a police station in Unnao District in the State of Uttar Pradesh, the Supreme Court has ordered further investigation into the matter by a senior officer.The Court noted that none of the police officers who are made witnesses in the case have supported...