BREAKING| Parliament Passes Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill 2022 Allowing Collection Of Prisoners' Biometrics

The Rajya Sabha today passed the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022 which enables investigating officers to collect the biometric details of prisoners. The Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha on Monday, April 4.The Bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha by a voice-vote. An opposition proposal to refer the Bill to a select committee was defeated in vote.The Bill proposes to allow Police...

Forcible Dispossession Of Private Property Of A Person Without Following Due Process Of Law, Is Violative Of Both Human & Constitutional Right: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that forcible dispossession of private property of a person without following due process of law, is violative of both their human right and constitutional right.Sukh Dutt Ratra and Bhagat Ram claim to be owners of land which was utilized for the construction of the 'Narag Fagla Road' in 1972-73. They filed a writ petition before the High Court of Himachal Pradesh...

"Ingenuity Of Lawyers" : Supreme Court On 60 Cases Between Husband & Wife In Matrimonial Dispute

"The ingenuity of the lawyers has to be marked, 60 cases between a husband and a wife!" the Supreme Court of India remarked on Wednesday while hearing a case of matrimonial discord.The remark came from Justice Hima Kohli, after the counsel appearing for petitioner informed a Bench headed by the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana that 60 cases have been filed by the husband and wife in 30 years...

Twenty20 Worker's Murder: Kerala High Court Grants Bail To Four Accused

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday allowed the appeal moved by four CPM leaders accused in the murder of Twenty20 worker, C.K. Deepu, thereby granting them bail and setting them at liberty. Justice Kauser Edappagath released the accused citing that their further detention seemed unnecessary considering that they had no criminal antecedents and since they had not used any weapon. "Considering...

"NOC Given By Complainant & Fact That She Turned Hostile Does Not Waive Off Offence Alleged": Delhi High Court Refuses To Quash Rape FIR

The Delhi High Court has refused to quash an FIR registered with the allegations of rape, observing that the NOC given by the complainant and the fact that she had turned hostile does not waive off the offence as alleged by the her. Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar added that by simply entering into a compromise, charges cannot be said to have been mitigated or that the allegations leveled by...

K-Rail SilverLine| Laying Of Survey Stones For SIA, Not Acquisition;Won't Affect Land Owner's Rights : Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday remarked that it has inputs that assure that none of the properties marked by the survey stones in furtherance of the State's K-Rail Silver Line project will be subject to any restrictions whatsoever. When the counsel for the petitioner raised apprehension that the laying of survey stones will affect the landowners' rights, Justice Devan Ramachandran...

Liquor Prohibition: Patna High Court Reprimands Income Tax Department For Not Confiscating Liquor Syndicate's Property

Patna High Court on Monday strongly reprimanded the Income Tax Department in the case relating to recovery of large quantity liquor in the state, despite the prohibition law in Bihar. Justice Sandeep Kumar orally remarked, "Where does the money come from with the liquor syndicate? Who will investigate this?" The Bench was hearing the anticipatory bail plea of one Gangaram. The...

Breaking: Mumbai Special Court Remands Anil Deshmukh To CBI Custody Till April 11

The Special CBI court on Wednesday remanded former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in CBI's custody till April 11, in a case relating to corruption in police transfers and postings. Special Judge VC Barde passed the order after the CBI sought Deshmukh's custody for a period of 10 days. While CBI said they wanted to take the accused to Delhi, Deshmukh and his lawyer Aniket...

Amalgamation Doesn't Wind Up Company; Income Tax Notice Not Invalid Merely Because It Was Sent To Amalgamating Company : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, held that whether corporate death of amalgamating entity upon amalgamation per se invalidates an assessment order issued under the Income Tax Act, 1961 cannot be determined on a bare application of Section 481 of the Companies Act, 1956 or its equivalent in the 2013 Act, which deals with the dissolution of the said company. The Apex Court stated that the...

Madras High Court Issues Notice On Composer Ilaiyaraaja's Plea Over Copyright Infringement

Renowned composer Ilaiyaraaja has moved the Madras High Court challenging a single judge order, granting injunction in favour of India Records Manufacturing Company against him and others over select music from 30 South Indian films.When the matter came up for hearing on Tuesday, the bench of Justices M. Duraiswamy and T.V Tamilselvi ordered notice to the respondents.According to Ilaiyaraaja,...

Votes Not Invalid Merely Because They Were Cast On Ballot Papers From Another Constituency : Karnataka High Court

In a peculiar case, the Karnataka High Court recently allowed counting of ballot papers that belonged to another constituency after finding that there was "irrefutable evidence" to show that they were utilized for election in the constituency to which the parties before the Court belonged.The dispute pertained to elections to Karle Grama Panchayat. The Petitioner had obtained 232 votes and...

Madras High Court Stays Single Judge's Order For Closure Of TASMAC Bars

The Madras High Court has ordered an interim stay of the order passed by Single Judge for closure of 'bars' attached to the TASMAC (Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation) Shops.The bench of Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice D Bharatha Chakravarthy said,"There shall be an order of interim stay of the impugned order passed by the learned Single Judge in regard to the running of...