"Accused Can't Be Convicted Merely Because Co-Accused Pleaded Guilty": Delhi Court Acquits Trilochan Singh In 2005 Satyam-Liberty Cinema Blast Case

A Delhi Court has acquitted one Trilochan Singh in connection with a case pertaining to two blasts at Liberty Cinema and Satyam Cinema that rocked the national capital in the year 2005. The Court observed that the prosecution miserably failed to prove its case or that Singh was a member of banned terrorist organisation Babbar Khalsa International. It further added that merely because...

Meghalaya High Court Quashes POCSO Case Noting That Minor 'Victim' Gave Birth To Child While Living With Accused As His Wife

"In the context of consensual or voluntary sexual intercourse, and more so if the girl is underage while the boy would be above the age of 18 and also if it is confirmed that they are living as husband and wife and the wife perhaps having given birth to a child, the issue becomes more complex" : Meghalaya High Court

Age Criteria Of 6 Years For Class 1 Admissions Doesn't Violate RTE Act : Kendriya Vidyalaya Sanghathan Tells Delhi High Court

The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan has told the Delhi High Court that the age criteria for admission in class 1 should be in consonance with the National Education Policy 2020 as it is a settled law that the Executive has the competence to decide how a policy should be shaped or implemented.It has further told the High Court that the prescription of minimum age of 6 years for Class 1 admission...

Uttarakhand HC Directs Public Service Commission To Declare Result Of Candidate Who Deposited Late Fees, Provisionally Appeared In Mains Exam

Uttarakhand High Court has directed the State's Public Service Commission to declare the result of the recruitment process to the Assistant Conservator of Forest by deeming the petitioner who provisionally appeared in the mains exam as a qualified candidate.The first bench of Acting Chief Justice Sanjaya Kumar Mishra and Justice Ramesh Chandra Khulbe relied on an interim order of the...

Persons Who Purchased A Portion Of Paddy Land After Commencement Of Act Can't Reclaim It For Residential Use: Kerala High Court Overrules Earlier Precedent

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday held that owners of a portion of a paddy field who purchased it after the enactment of Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland Act, 2008 are not entitled to reclaim it for the purpose of residential use. As such, a Full Bench of Chief Justice S. Manikumar, Justice Shaji P Chaly and Justice Sathish Ninan overturned the Division Bench decision in...

Ex-IAS Couple Money Laundering Case: Madhya Pradesh High Court Orders Status Quo On ED's Order Attaching Two Disputed Properties

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, Jabalpur, has ordered status quo on an attachment order issued by the Enforcement Directorate for attachment of properties, purported "proceeds of crime" in a money laundering case registered against ex-IAS couple late Arvind Joshi and Tinu Joshi in 2010.The whole controversy is related to the criminal investigation conducted by ED against the Joshis (IAS Couple...

Gratuity Can Be Forfeited If Employee Terminated For Causing Damage To Employer's Property, Forfeiture Not To Exceed Extent Of Loss: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has observed that any employer can forfeit the gratuity of an employee if the employee is terminated for any act or omission or negligence causing any damage or loss to the property belonging to the employer. Justice Pratibha M Singh however added that such forfeiture can only be to the extent of the damage or loss caused, and not beyond that.The Court was dealing with...

Supreme Court Sets April 30 Deadline For Centre To Decide Death Row Convict Balwant Singh Rajoana's Mercy Petition

The Supreme Court has directed the Central Government to take a call by April 30 with respect to the mercy petition of death row convict Balwant Singh, who has been in jail for over 26 years for the assassination of killing former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh.The bench of Justices UU Lalit, SR Bhat and PS Narasimha warned that if an action taken report is not placed before the Court...

Supreme Court Restrains Tripura Police From Acting Against 4 People For Tweets On Tripura Riots

The Supreme Court on Friday restrained Cyber Cell of Tripura police from taking any action in furtherance of notice u/s 41A of CrPC, 1973 against 4 people who had tweeted against the violence in Tripura.The bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Surya Kant was considering 4 connected writ petition(s) pleas preferred by Md Faisal Uddin, Amreen, Mahek Sultana and Ashraf Ali Ansari.The Top Court...

Wife Of Accused Had No Knowledge Of Contraband, No Conscious Possession: Gujarat High Court Upholds Acquittal Under NDPS Act

The Gujarat High Court has affirmed the acquittal of an accused under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, on the ground that she was merely accompanying her husband and had no knowledge of contraband being carried in the bag.The Bench comprising Justice SH Vora remarked that her conscious possession as understood under the law does not surface even a reasonable...

'Evidence Of Sexual Assault Victim Need Not Be Tested With Same Amount Of Suspicion As That Of An Accomplice': Calcutta HC Upholds Conviction In POCSO Case

While opining that the sole evidence of a victim of sexual assault is enough to secure a conviction, the Calcutta High Court on Friday observed that the evidence of a victim need not be tested with the same amount of suspicion as that of an accomplice.A Bench comprising Justice Shekhar B. Saraf and Justice Kesang Doma Bhutia observed that the Supreme Court in various decisions have held...

Kerala High Court Restrains 5 BPCL Trade Unions From Participating In Upcoming Nationwide Strike On March 28, 29

The Kerala High Court on Friday restrained five trade unions in the Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), Kochi, from participating in the nationwide strike called by a joint forum of trade unions which has been scheduled to take place on March 28 and 29.Apart from issuing an interim order, Justice Amit Rawal also issued notice to the respondents in the matter before admitting it....