Departmental Inquiry Against Govt Servant Can't Be Made A Casual Exercise: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has said that a departmental inquiry against a government servant is not to be treated as a casual exercise and the principles of natural justice are required to be observed so as to ensure not only that justice is done but is manifestly seen to be done.The Bench of Justice Yogendra Kumar Srivastava observed thus as it upheld an order of the UP State Public...

Municipality Secretary Arrested & Produced Before Kerala High Court For Repeatedly Failing To Appear In Contempt Case

Pathanamthitta Municipal Corporation Secretary Sherla Beegam was arrested and produced before the Kerala High Court on Wednesday in a contempt case for her failure to appear before the court despite being summoned several times. After she was produced, Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan asked her not to repeat this behaviour in the future and to seek an appeal or review if she was not content with...

Accused Can Be Granted Bail After Issuance Of Non-Bailable Warrant If His Absence During Summons Was Not Willful: Andhra Pradesh High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court recently granted bail to an accused on whom the non-bailable warrant was issued due to his absence during issue of summons. The court observed that the accused had no knowledge of the summons as he had changed his residence and therefore could not appear on the dates before the trial Court. The criminal Petition was filed under Section 439 of the Code...

Production Of Certificate U/S 65B(4) Evidence Act Not Necessary To Obtain Voice Sample Of Accused For Further Probe: PH High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has observed that at the stage of filing an application by the prosecution to obtain the voice sample of the accused for the purposes of further investigation, the production of a certificate under Section 65B(4) of the Evidence Act is not necessary.The Bench of Justice Avneesh Jhingan observes thus as it relied upon the ruling of Arjun Pandit Rao Khotkar...

Calcutta High Court To Consider Bail For Convicts Languishing In Jail For 14 Yrs Amid Pendency Of Their Appeals

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the Registrar (IT) of the High Court to prepare a list of appeals where the appellants are in jail for 14 years or more and list those matters before the Court for consideration of bail within 2 weeks. The direction was issued while suspending the sentence and granting bail to two accused persons who were found to have suffered inordinate...

IIT JEE Mains 2022 : Supreme Court Allows Candidates To Raise Grievances Against Reduction Of Sessions Before NTA

The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed IIT- JEE aspirants, who approached the Court challenging the notice dated March 1, 2022, issued by National Testing Agency reducing the sessions of JEE Mains 2022 from 4 to 2, to submit a representation before the concerned authorities raising their grievances.A bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud, Surya Kant and Bela Trivedi said that the Court...

Even In Absence Of Prescribed Statutory Limitation, Party Expected To Approach Court Within 'Reasonable Time': Punjab & Haryana High Court

Punjab and Haryana High Court has reiterated that in the absence of any prescribed limitation, it has to be a reasonable time within which the party aggrieved has to approach the court.The Court was dealing with a petition filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India seeking issuance of a writ of certiorari for quashing the impugned award dated 20.09.2012 wherein the termination...

Lakhimpur Kheri Case : Judge Monitoring SIT Probe Has Recommended Challenging Ashish Mishra's Bail, Supreme Court Tells UP Government

In the plea seeking cancellation of the bail granted to Ashish Mishra in the Lakhimpur Kheri case, the Supreme Court on Wednesday told the State of Uttar Pradesh that the judge appointed to monitor the Special Investigation Team has recommended that the State should file an appeal challenging it.The Court adjourned the hearing to April 4 seeking the State's response to the stand of the...

Supreme Court To Commence Full Physical Hearings From April 4 : CJI Ramana

The Supreme Court will commence full physical hearings from next Monday (April 4), said the Chief Justice of India today."Monday onwards opening we are opening full physically. Monday and Friday we'll provide advocates virtual hearing if they ask", CJI Ramana said."The Bar expresses its gratitude for this", Senior Advocate Vikas Singh, the President of the Supreme Court Bar Association, told...

Breaking: Delhi High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Details Of SC Collegium's December 2018 Meeting

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea challenging an order of Central Information Commission (CIC) denying information sought regarding the decisions taken by the Supreme Court Collegium in a meeting held on December 12, 2018.Justice Yashwant Varma passed the order after reserving it earlier this week. The Court heard Advocate Prashant Bhushan appearing for the petitioner,...

Cross-Examination Is Rule Of Essential Justice, Non-Cross-Examination Implies Statement Of Witness Has Not Been Disputed: Andhra Pradesh High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court recently reiterated the principles with regard to cross-examination as not merely being a technical rule of evidence but a rule of essential justice. Brief Facts of the case The respondents/plaintiffs are the owners of a building which was being used as a hotel in the name and style of Hotel Annapurna situated in Tirupati. The respondents/ plaintiffs...

NCLAT Order Vitiated If It Fails To Look Into A Vital Aspect On Which NCLT Had Recorded A Specific Finding : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, held that the failure of NCLAT as the first appellate authority to look into a vital aspect of the matter regarding which NCLT had already recorded a specific finding of fact, would vitiate its order. A Bench comprising Justices Hemant Gupta and V. Ramasubramanian allowed an appeal challenging the order of the NCLAT which reversed the order of the...