Letter Written To Husband's Superior In Good Faith Intimating Him About Criminal Complaint Lodged U/S 498A CrPC Does Not Constitute Criminal Defamation: Calcutta HC

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday observed that writing a letter to the husband's superior at work in good faith intimating him about a criminal case lodged against the husband for inflicting torture would not amount to criminal defamation under Section 499 of the IPC. In the instant case, the wife (petitioner) had written a letter dated May 24, 1997 to the Manager, Indian Overseas...

A Litigant Cannot Take Contradictory Stands Before Two Different Courts/Authorities: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that a litigant cannot be permitted to take two contradictory stands before two different authorities/courts.In this case, the plaintiff initially filed original proceedings before the Revenue Authority/Tehsildar under Section 250 of M.P. Land Revenue Code, 1959. The defendants raised the objection against the maintainability of ...

Kerala High Court Issues Directions For Handling Applications Of Accident Victims Or Their Dependents Under Employees Compensation Act

The Kerala High Court on Friday issued guidelines to be followed by the concerned authorities while dealing with applications filed by accident victims or their dependents seeking compensation under the Employees Compensation Act, 1923.While disposing of a suo motu petition, a Division Bench of Chief Justice S. Manikumar and Justice Shaji P. Chaly accepted the report submitted by the...

Land Acquisition Compensation Cannot Be Determined On The Basis Of Consent Award Passed In Another Acquisition : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that a consent award cannot be the basis to determine the compensation in other acquisition more particularly, when there are other evidences on record.In this case, the High Court, while allowing an appeal filed by a landowner enhanced the amount of compensation in respect of the acquired land to Rs. 40 lakhs per acre. To enhance the compensation, the High Court...

S. 194-I Income Tax Act | TDS Can't Be Deducted In Absence Of Payment Of Rent: Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court has held that in absence of payment of rent, the obligation to deduct tax at source ('TDS') under Section 194-I of the Income Tax Act, 1961 ('the Act') does not arise at all. Notably, the said provision deals with 'TDS on rent'. While dismissing an Income Tax Appeal, a Division Bench of Chief Justice Dr. S. Muralidhar and Justice R.K. Pattanaik...

Prevention Of Money Laundering Act | "For Money-Launderers Jail Is The Rule And Bail Is An Exception": Allahabad High Court

While rejecting the anticipatory bail application of a person booked under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, the Allahabad High Court observed that for money-launderers Jail is the rule and bail is an exception. The bench of Justice Krishan Pahal observes thus as it stressed that money Laundering as an offence is an economic threat to national interest and is committed by...

"Where Is Communal Intent In Speech?" Delhi High Court Reserves Judgment On Brinda Karat's Appeal Seeking FIR Against Anurag Thakur & Parvesh Verma

The Delhi High Court on Friday reserved its judgment on a plea filed by CPM leader Brinda Karat and politician KM Tiwari against a trial court order rejecting her plea for registration of FIRs against BJP leaders Anurag Thakur and Parvesh Verma for allegedly delivering hate speeches in the year 2020. About the CaseThe plea refers to various speeches made by the two politicians including...

1987 Road Rage Case :"No Intention To Kill", Navjot Singh Sidhu Opposes Plea To Enhance Sentence; Supreme Court Reserves Judgment

The Supreme Court on Friday reserved its judgment on the review petition preferred by the family of victim Gurnam Singh against its 2018 verdict that had reduced the sentence of Navjot Singh Sidhu to Rs 1000 from 3 years imprisonment in a 1987 road rage accident in which Gurnam Singh had died.The review petitions were listed before the bench of Justices A. M. Khanwilkar and Sanjay Kishan Kaul....

Officers Can't Promote Encroachers By Allotting Alternative Lands In Absence Of Statutory Provision: Madras High Court

Madras High Court has once again made clear its rigid stand on the removal of water body encroachments by stating that officers can't be allowed to promote encroachers by allotting alternative lands elsewhere.The first bench of Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice D Bharatha Chakravarthy noted that allotment of such alternative lands would only promote the tendency to...

CBI Registers FIR To Probe Kerala Advocates Welfare Fund Scam

The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered an FIR to probe into the scam involving the misappropriation of over ₹7.5 crores from the Kerala Advocates Welfare Fund. The amount was allegedly swindled through fake documents over a span of 10 years.The Kerala High Court had recently directed a CBI investigation into the scam weighing the depravity of the offence. The fund was constituted...

NEET-PG 2021 : Supreme Court Dismisses Plea To Reduce Cut-Off Percentile; Says 'Not The Role Of The Court'

The Supreme Court, on Friday, dismissed a plea seeking directions to lower the minimum marks required for admission to NEET-PG 2021 across categories beyond the reduction already notified on 12.03.2022 by National Board of Examination (NBE). By way of the said notification, the Union Government had reduce the minimum qualifying percentile for the General Category from 50th percentile...

"We Need To Promote Youth Of Kashmir; One Girl From J&K Will Become A Doctor" : Supreme Court Affirms HC Direction To Provide Loan For MBBS Course

Highlighting the importance of promoting the youth of Kashmir by educating them, the Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition filed by the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir against a direction of the High Court for giving loan assistance to a girl for pursuing medical education.On April 20, 2021, the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir had directed the Jammu and Kashmir Women's...