An Adjudication Is Conclusive With Respect To Incidental/Connected Subject Matter Of The Litigation: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has held that the rule of res judicata prevents the parties to a judicial determination from litigating the same question again. "An adjudication is conclusive and final not only a to the actual matters determined but also to every other matter that is incidental or essentially connected with the subject matter of the litigation and every matter coming within...

Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case: Madras High Court Asks If Governor Sent Files Of All Convicts To President Or Perarivalan's Alone

The Madras High Court on Wednesday directed the Tamil Nadu government to find whether recommendations to release all the prisoners in Rajiv Gandhi Assassination case was forwarded by the Governor to the President or if it was AG Perarivalan's case alone that was referred.The court was considering the application filed by the petitioner S. Nalini, convicted for the assassination of former...

PAN-Aadhaar Linking Can Be Done Till March 31, 2023 On Payment Of Late Fee : Finance Ministry

A penalty up to Rupees 1000 will be payable for late linking of PAN-Aadhaar after March 31, 2022.

Absence Of Abrasion Of 12-Yr-Old Girl's Teeth Marks On Body Of Accused Is Of No Consequence: HP High Court Upholds POCSO Conviction

While upholding the conviction of a man under the POCSO Act for sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl, the Himachal Pradesh High Court on Tuesday observed that it is not necessary that every bite, that too of a child of 12 years old who is trying to rescue herself from the clutches of 37 years old person, would cause injury, abrasion or teeth marks on the body of the accused.Under...

Bombay High Court Lashes Out At Hoteliers For Seeking Reduction Of Liquor License Fees Citing COVID; Dismisses Plea With One Lakh Each Cost

The Bombay High Court has dismissed a bunch of petitions seeking concessions on license renewal fees for vending foreign liquor calling them "at best, worthless from start to finish and, at worst, thoroughly irresponsible." In a judgement on Tuesday, a division bench of Justices Gautam Patel and Madhav Jamdar, called the arguments made on behalf of the petitioners as that of...

News Report Claiming Devotees Made To Wash Feet Of 12 Brahmins At Temple False: Kerala HC Drops Suo Motu Case

The Court noted that the long-standing ritual was performed by the tanthri of the temple, who washes the feet of 12 priests.

Lok Sabha Clears Bill To Merge Three Municipal Corporations In Delhi

The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Delhi Municipal Corporation Amendment Bill, 2022, which seeks to merge three municipal corporations in the national capital.The Bill introduced by Home Minister Amit Shah seeks to amend the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 and unify South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC), North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) and East Delhi Municipal...

High Drama In Calcutta HC As Single Judge Objects To Division Bench Direction To Accept Document In "Sealed Cover"

Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay of the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday passed a scathing order against the observations made by a Division Bench in a case pertaining to the alleged irregularities in the appointment of 'Group-D' (non-teaching staff) in sponsored Secondary and Higher Secondary schools under the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) on the purported recommendation by...

'She Was In School Uniform': Madras High Court Confirms Conviction Under POCSO Act, Commutes Life Sentence Of Three

Madras High Court has commuted the life sentence of three accused including a pastor involved in the acts of kidnapping, marrying and sexually assaulting a Class X Student.Justices P.N Prakash and A. A Nakkiran observed that the conviction of the appellant-accused stand confirmed along with other substantive sentences though the life sentences under POCSO Act can be reduced to a fixed term...

Motor Accident Leaves 5 Year Old Child Paralysed : Supreme Court Enhances Compensation To Rs 50 Lakh

The Supreme Court has enhanced the compensation payable to over Rupees 50 Lakhs in a motor accident case where a person has been rendered paralysed for life after he met with an accident as a 5 year old boy in 2010."The mental and physical loss cannot be computed in terms of money but there is no other way to compensate the victim except by payment of just compensation", the Bench observed...

Recommendations To 230 High Court Vacancies Yet To Be Received From HC Collegiums: Law Ministry

The Ministry of Law and Justice recently informed Lok Sabha that against 405 vacancies in High Courts, 175 proposals are at various stages of processing between the Government and the Supreme Court Collegium. It was also informed that recommendations from High Court Collegiums are yet to be received in respect of 230 vacancies in High Courts. It was stated that the...

Can't Convict Co-Accused If Main Accused Is Acquitted After Examination Of Same Set Of Witnesses For Same Allegation: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court has observed that considering the testimony of witnesses if one accused is acquitted, no criminal proceeding can be sustained against co-accused on the same set of witnesses with the same allegation/case.The Bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Gupta observed thus as it quashed Section 364-A [Kidnapping for ransom] r/w Section 34 IPC charges against one Anant Mishra while...