Annoying Someone By Words, Deeds Or Conduct Which May Provoke Him/Her To Commit Suicide Is Abetment: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has observed that if someone keeps on irritating or annoying the deceased by words, deeds, or conduct, which may provoke or encourage the deceased to commit suicide, it would amount to abetment.The Bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar Singh observed thus while rejecting the bail application filed by one Muraj who has been booked under Section 306 of IPC as he has been accused...

Allahabad High Court Imposes ₹10K Cost On Woman Who Filed FIR On 'False' Rape Charges Against Husband Before Marrying him

The Allahabad High Court recently quashed an FIR lodged pursuant to the false allegations of rape made by a woman (who later on, got married to the accused) as the Court found that the lodging of an FIR was a way to build pressure upon the petitioners so as to get her marriage solemnized."The justice delivery system which includes the investigating agency as also the Courts cannot be made...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Round Up: April 18 - April 24, 2022

Nominal Index: Rajkumar And The State Of Karnataka 2022 Livelaw (Kar) 122 WE CARE CHARITABLE TRUST v. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 123 Lakshmikanta and Other v. State of Karnataka, 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 124 Ms Padmavathi Subramaniyan v The Ministry Of Civil Aviation 2022 Livelaw (Kar) 125 Dr. UMESH P.G v. CENTRAL COUNCIL OF INDIAN MEDICINE 2022 LiveLaw...

Delhi High Court Weekly Round Up: April 18 To April 23, 2022

CITATIONS 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 333 TO 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 360NOMINAL INDEXCase Title: Asifa v. State of NCT of Delhi 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 333Case Title: RISHU AGGARWAL v. MOHIT GOYAL 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 334Case Title: Neha Pudil v. Union of India & Ors. 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 335Title: SNAPDEAL PRIVATE LIMITED v. GODADDYCOM LLC AND ORS. 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 336Case Title: LIVING MEDIA INDIA LIMITED...

Police Officer Can Suo Motu Make Further Investigation In Cognizable Cases, Magistrate's Permission Not Required: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court recently observed that police have unfettered powers of investigation and such investigation can continue even after the charge sheet has been filed under Section 173 (2) CrPC and cognizance has been taken thereon. "...A Police Officer can suo motu make further investigations in cognizable cases...No permission of the Magistrate is required for carrying out...

Won't Demolish House Without Following Due Process Of Law, MP Govt Tells HC On Plea Of Wife Of Khargone Riots Accused

The High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Indore Bench, recently received assurance from the State of Madhya Pradesh that the authorities won't proceed with demolition of House of the Petitioner, whose husband was accused in the Khargone riots case, without following due process of law. The Petitioner was allegedly being threatened by the State with an ultimatum of razing down her house because...

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up: April 18 To April 24, 2022

Supreme Court Judgements 1. Victim Has The Right To Be Heard At Every Stage From Investigation To Culmination Of Trial In Appeal/Revision : Supreme Court Case Title: Jagjeet Singh And Ors. v. Ashish Mishra @ Monu And Anr. Criminal Appeal No. 632 of 2022] Citation : 2022 LiveLaw (SC) 376 The Supreme Court has held that a 'victim' as defined under Section 2(wa) of...

Employers Can't Dispute Employees' Date Of Birth At Fag End Of Their Service : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that the rule that employees cannot raise a dispute relating to date of birth at the fag end of their service is equally applicable to employers as well.A bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud and Aniruddha Bose set aside the decision of Hindustan Copper Ltd, a Public Sector Undertaking, to reduce the VRS benefits to an employee by altering his date of...

Supreme Court Asks BCI To Examine Amicus Suggestion To Provide Incentives To Senior Lawyers To Induct Newly Enrolled Advocates

The Supreme Court, on Thursday, asked the Bar Council of India (BCI), to consider the suggestions of the Amicus Curiae to provide incentives to Advocates who take in young lawyers as their juniors.Apart from this, the Bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and M.M. Sundresh also requested the High Court Judges to engage young lawyers as law clerks. It noted - "BCI has constituted a...

'Peaceful Agitation Citizen's Fundamental Right': Mumbai Court Acquits 5 Women Who Protested For Water Supply

A Mumbai court has recently held that peaceful agitation is the Fundamental Right of every citizen and acquitted five women accused of unlawfully assembling to protest against no water supply in their area. Metropolitan Magistrate R. S. Pajankar of 52nd Court, Kurla, Mumbai observed that in a democratic country peaceful protest is a fundamental right of the citizens "All ladies...

Madras HC's Case Clearance Rate 109% For 2021; Tamil Nadu Judiciary Top Performer In Case Disposal : Justice Ramasubramanian

Justice V Ramasubramanian, Judge Supreme Court of India, on Saturday spoke at an event organised at the Madras High Court to lay the foundation stone for Administrative Block of Madras High Court and inaugurate Court buildings located in Namakkal and Villupuram Districts.In his address, Justice Ramasburamanian lauded the Madras High Court, his parent High Court, for its high case...

Are Prosecutors Given Incentives For Securing Death Penalty? Supreme Court Asks MP Govt

The Supreme Court, on Friday asked the State of Madhya Pradesh to place on record whether it has adopted any policy to grant incentivises and increments to the Public Prosecution based on the volume of their cases wherein death sentence is awarded. On 29.03.2022, while hearing an application seeking permission for mitigation investigators to interview the petitioner in prison, a...