Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To MP Azam Khan In Case Over His Alleged Remarks Against RSS, BJP

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday granted bail to the Senior Samajwadi Party leader and a Member Of Parliament, Azam Khan in connection with a case registered against him for allegedly making derogatory statements against BJP, RSS by way of misusing his official letterhead and seal as a UP Minister.Noting that Khan has been in jail since February 2020, a charge-sheet has been submitted...

Employee In Transferable Job Has No Vested Right To Remain Posted At One Place, Courts Should Not Readily Interfere With Transfer Order: Delhi HC

Emphasizing that an employee in a transferable job has no vested right to remain posted at one place, the Delhi High Court has said that Courts should not readily interfere with the transfer order which is made in the public interest and for administrative reasons, unless the transfer order is made in violation of any mandatory statutory rule or on the ground of mala fide.A division...

Calcutta HC Seeks Personal Appearance Of Doctor On The Basis Of Whose Medial Certificate Former Advisor Of WBSSC Had Declined Appearance In Teacher Recruitment Scam Case

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday sought the personal appearance of a doctor on the basis of whose medical certificate the former advisor of the West Bengal Central School Service Commission Prof. Santi Prasad Sinha had sought the Court's leave to not appear before it despite a prior direction to this effect. The Court was adjudicating upon a plea alleging illegal appointment of...

First Version Of The Story Reliable; Exaggeration May Occur With Passage of Time: Gujarat High Court

"In normal circumstances, we believe that, the first version is showing the true story of the complaint. If the version is changed at the time of deposition, it means there may be exaggeration in the version by passage of time," the Gujarat High Court has opined in connection with a challenge to the acquittal order of the Sessions Court. It was the Complainant's case that...

Supreme Court To Commemorate First Ever 'International Day Of Women Judges' On 10 March, 2022

The Supreme Court will commemorate the first ever 'International Day of Women Judges' tomorrow(March 10). The special programme organised by Supreme Court Registry, shall be held on 10 March, 2022 through online mode.The event is organised in furtherance of a United Nations General Assembly resolution which had resolved on 28 April, 2021 to proclaim 10 March of each year as the 'International...

Section 34 IPC: Immaterial Whether Accused Used Weapon Or Caused Injury If 'Common Intention' To Kill Deceased Is Established: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that once it is established that all the accused came at the place of incident with a common intention to kill the deceased, it is immaterial whether any of the accused who shared the common intention had used any weapon or not and/or any of them caused any injury on the deceased.In this case, the Trial Court held all the accused guilty for the offences punishable...

"Follow Natural Justice Principles Contemplated U/S 75(4) CGST/ UPGST Act": Allahabad HC Directs UP Assessing Authorities

The Allahabad High Court has directed the Proper Officers/Assessing Authorities in the State of Uttar Pradesh to follow the principles of natural justice as contemplated under Section 75(4) of the Central Goods and Services Tax, 2017/ U.P. Goods and Services Tax, 2017.The Bench of Justice Surya Prakash Kesarwani and Justice Jayant Banerji observed thus in a Tax Writ filed by Bharat Mint...

'Merger Construed Erroneously' : Goa Congress Chief Moves Supreme Court Against HC Upholding Speaker's Decision To Not Disqualify 10 MLAs Who Joined BJP

Goa Congress Chief Girish Chodankar has moved the Supreme Court of India challenging the Bombay High Court's order upholding order passed by the Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly dismissing his petition seeking disqualification of 12 Goa MLAs who had defected to the BJP in 2019The special leave petition has argued that the High Court has committed a grave error in upholding the order of...

Himachal Pradesh State Legal Services Authority To Organise National Lok Adalat On 12th March

A National Lok Adalat shall be organised in all the Courts in the State of Himachal Pradesh on 12th March 2022. The press note released by Himachal Pradesh State Legal Services Authority states that for the purpose of settlement before National Lok Adalat, so far, 32,526 matters have been identified out of which 10,664 are Pre-Litigation matters, 21,862 are Post-Litigation matters. "These...

S.409 IPC| Prosecution Must Prove Accused Committed Criminal Breach Of Trust Qua Property Entrusted In "Capacity Of Public Servant": Himachal Pradesh HC

"With a view to constitute an offence under S. 409 IPC, prosecution is required to prove that the accused was entrusted with property in the capacity of a public servant and he committed criminal breach of trust qua that property," the Himachal Pradesh High Court has held. The remarks were made by Justice Sandeep Sharma while adjudicating upon an appeal filed by one Shyam Lal, serving as...

Supreme Court Upholds Karnataka High Court's Order Of Allowing BMRCL To Cut 577 Trees

The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Karnataka High Court's order of Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) to act on the expert committee report which had recommended retaining of . onsite 44 trees, translocating 212 trees and cutting 577 trees are to be cut for laying metro lines.The bench of Justice DY Chandrachud, Surya Kant and Vikram Nath was considering SLP preferred...

Excavation Of Ordinary Earth For Construction Of Building Purposes Would Not Attract Levy Of Royalty And Penalty Under The Provisions Of The MLR Code, 1966: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court, through a bench of Justices S. J. Kathawalla and Milind N. Jadhav, noted that the Supreme Court had enunciated in clear and unambiguous terms that excavation of ordinary earth for construction of building purposes / development would not attract levy of royalty and penalty under the provisions of Section 48(7) of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966 ("MLR...