Unbecoming Of A Person Donning Silk To Address Court This Way: MP High Court Calls For 'Strictest' Action Against Senior Counsel

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday voiced its disapproval to an attempt made by Senior Advocate Mrigendra Singh to call for the recusal of the presiding judge (Justice Atul Shridharan) saying that he should rescue himself because of an apparent bias on the Judge's part.In response to the call made by the Senior advocate, the Bench observed that the designation of any Advocate as...

Gujarat High Court Declines Anticipatory Bail To Man Accused Of Forcefully Converting Religion Of 100 Hindus

The Gujarat High Court has rejected anticipatory bail to a man accused of forcefully converting religion of 37 Hindu families and 100 Hindus. It was also alleged that the Applicant lured them by offering financial assistance and converted a house constructed with Government funds to a place of worship — Ibadatgaah."Prima facie from the record produced by the prosecution, it appears...

Trial Courts Cannot Impose Life Imprisonment Till Death Or Without Remission Except In Rape Cases: Calcutta High Court

In a significant ruling, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday issued a directive to trial courts in West Bengal stipulating that a sentence of life imprisonment till death, without any scope of remission, can only be passed in rape cases. A Bench comprising Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Bivas Pattanayak observed that such a sentence of life imprisonment till one's death can only be...

Khalid Saifi Denied Bail In Delhi Riots Larger Conspiracy Case

A Delhi Court on Friday denied bail to United Against Hate member Khalid Saifi in connection with in connection with a case alleging larger conspiracy into the Delhi riots of 2020, involving charges under Indian Penal Code and UAPA.Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat pronounced the order after hearing Senior Advocate Rebecca John and Special Public Prosecutor Amit Prasad. What did...

SCAORA Announces Election Results For Term 2022-2024, Adv Manoj Mishra Elected As President

The Supreme Court Advocates On Record Association on Friday announced the results for its elections for the term 2022-2024, electing Advocate Manoj K Mishra as its President. Advocate Mishra has been elected as the president with a total of 368 votes.Advocate Snehasish Mukherjee has been elected as the Vice President with 368 votes and Advocate Devvrat has been elected as the Hony Secretary...

Allahabad High Court Sets Out "Exceptions" Where Writ Petition Can Be Maintained Against Orders Passed In Mutation Proceedings

The Allahabad High Court recently set out the exceptions under which a writ petition may be entertained against orders passed in mutation proceedings.Fundamentally, mutation proceedings are summary in nature and are drawn on the basis of possession. Such proceedings do not decide any question of title of the parties over the land involved, in the sense that they neither extinguish nor create...

Mere Plea Of 'Inconvenience' Not A Ground To Challenge Constitutional Validity Of A Legislation : Supreme Court

Mere plea of inconvenience is not enough to assail constitutional validity of a legislation, the Supreme Court observed while upholding the 2020 amendments made to the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act 2010.The court observed that there is presumption that the Parliament understands and reacts to the needs of its own people as per the exigencies and experience gained in the implementation...

Kerala High Court Bids Farewell To Justices Sunil Thomas & K. Haripal

The Kerala High Court on Friday bid farewell to two of its judges - Justices Sunil Thomas and K Haripal, before parting for summer vacation. A reference was organized in the court of the Chief Justice for their farewell and the event was live-streamed on YouTube.The farewell commenced with Advocate General Gopalakrishna Kurup K addressing the gathering. He pointed out that the scheduled dates...

Karnataka High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Removal Of Alleged Anomalies In Centre's 'OROP Policy'

The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition filed seeking directions to the Union Government to implement the recommendation of one-man judicial committee resolving anomalies in the implementation of One Rank One Pension (OROP) to all the pension drawing persons as on July 1, 2014. A division bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice S R Krishna Kumar dismissed the...

Inadequate Sentence Cannot Be Imposed Merely Because Long Period Has Lapsed By The Time Criminal Appeal Is Decided: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that merely because a long period has lapsed by the time the appeal is decided cannot be a ground to award the punishment which is disproportionate and inadequate.The bench comprising Justices MR Shah and BV Nagarathna observed that it has come across a number of judgments of different High Courts in which the criminal appeals are disposed of in a cursory manner and...

'For Award To Become Binding, It Should Be Passed In Compliance With Principles Of Natural Justice': Madhya Pradesh High Court

Setting aside an ex-parte award, the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Indore Bench recently held that an award by labour court becomes binding only when it is passed in compliance with the principles of natural justice. Relying on the decision of the Apex Court in Haryana Suraj Malting Limited vs. Phoolchand, Justice Anil Verma observed- Merely because an award had become enforceable,...

Punjab And Haryana High Court Upholds Haryana Govt's Decision To Release Gurmeet Singh On Furlough For 21 Days

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday upheld the move of the Haryana Government to release Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh on Furlough (for a period of three weeks from February 7 to February 27).Essentially, the Bench of Justice Raj Beer Singh was dealing with a petition moved before the High Court challenging the Government's decision to release Gurmeet Singh on...