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Bombay High Court Stays Summons Issued Against Salman Khan On Journalist's Complaint Till May 5
The Bombay High Court on Monday granted interim relief to actor Salman Khan and stayed the summons issued by the Andheri metropolitan magistrate's court to him on a journalists' 2019 complaint alleging criminal intimidation, till May 5, 2022. Journalist Ashok Pandey had alleged that Khan had snatched his mobile phone while cycling on a Mumbai-street when some media...
Right To Be Forgotten: Karnataka High Court Directs Indian Kanoon To Mask Aggrieved Party's Name From Judgment Record
The Karnataka High Court has directed Indian Kanoon to mask the name of a woman, who has been granted mutual divorce and has subsequently remarried, if the judgment in question has to remain in the company's database. A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna while allowing the petition filed by the woman said, "It is not in dispute that the petitioner was the 2nd respondent...
Law Student Belonging To ST Community Found Dead In NLUO Girls Hostel, Suicide Suspected
A second year law student belonging to the Scheduled Tribe community was found dead in the Girls' Hostel of National Law University Odisha (NLUO), in a suspected case of death by suicide.The student hailing from Haryana was reportedly found dead in her hostel room on Monday (April 4) night following which she was rushed to the S.C.B. Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack. However, the...
MP High Court Directs Govt. Medical College To Issue Appointment Letter To Candidate Selected For Post Of Assistant Professor
The High Court of Madhya Pradesh recently directed a Government Medical College to issue appointment letter to the Petitioner, who was a successful candidate for the post of Assistant Professor in the said Institution. The case of the Petitioner was that she had appeared for the interview round for the post of Assistant Professor in a Government Medical College at District Vidisha....
Framing Of Charges | Investigation Into Offence & Elaborate Appreciation Of Evidence Discouraged, Only Prima Facie Material Significant: Delhi HC
The Delhi High Court has observed that an investigation into the offence and elaborate appreciation of evidence is not required and is rather discouraged at the stage of framing of charges and that only the material prima facie establishing a case against or in favour of the accused is what is significant.Justice Chandra Dhari Singh added that as per the requirement of Section 227 and 228 of...
Actor Sexual Assault Case: Kerala High Court Grants Bail To Co-Accused Vijeesh, Incarcerated For 5 Yrs
The Kerala High Court on Monday granted bail to the 4th accused in the sensational actor sexual assault case of 2017 where a popular Malayalam actress was abducted, wrongfully confined and sexually assaulted in a moving car. Justice P. Gopinath released the applicant on bail considering that he had served five years in jail and since other accused who had similar roles in the incident as that...
"Framing Charges Would Waste Judicial Time": Court Discharges 6 Accused Of Vandalizing During Delhi Riots, Cites Lack Of Evidence
A Delhi Court has discharged six men in a case concerning the North East Delhi riots of 2020 accused of being members of an unlawful assembly committing vandalization in city's Sonia Vihar area. Taking note of the inadequate material against the accused persons, the Court observed that it would be sheer wastage of judicial time if charges are to be framed against them. Additional Sessions...
TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee Moves Supreme Court Against Delhi HC's Refusal To Quash ED Summons
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear next week the plea filed by All India Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee and his wife challenging Delhi High Court's order refusing to quash summons issued to them by Enforcement Directorate in connection with West Bengal coal scam case.The impugned order also dismissed the plea by Banerjee's wife Rujira Banerjee assailing the complaint filed...
'Indore City Cleanest In India': Madhya Pradesh High Court Says Municipal Corporations Can Clear Scrap Material From Private Land If Owners Don't
Citing environmental concerns, the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Indore Bench recently refused to interfere with the direction of the Writ Court, whereby the landowners were directed to remove scrap material and other items from their land. The division bench of Justice Vivek Rusia and Justice A.N. Kesharwani was dealing with a writ appeal preferred by Appellants who were aggrieved by...
No Distinction Between Decree Or Awards Where Amounts Are In Foreign Currencies For Purposes Of Enforcement Of Arbitral Award: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that for the purposes of enforcement of arbitral award, no distinction can be made between decree or awards where amounts are decreed or awarded in foreign currencies on the basis of the nationality of the disputing parties.Justice Vibhu Bakhru was dealing with a plea filed by a Decree Holder under sec. 36 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 seeking...
Should Arya Samaj Temples Follow Special Marriage Act Provisions While Solemnising Marriages? Supreme Court To Consider
The Supreme Court, on Monday(April 4), agreed to hear a plea challenging a Madhya Pradesh High Court order directing Madhya Bharat Arya Pratinidhi Sabha ("Sabha"), an Arya Samaj organisation to comply with the provisions of the Special Marriage Act, 1954 ("SMA") while solemnising marriages. The High Court had further held that no one other than the competent authority under the SMA...