"Neither Lawyers Nor Judges Can Afford Not To Be Familiar With Technological Changes": Odisha CJ Muralidhar Envisions Paperless Courts At Every Level

Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court Justice S. Muralidhar has expressed his vision for paperless Courts at every level in the State of Odisha. He also expressed his satisfaction over the fact that after his initiative, there are already 3 (Judges) in the High Court whose Courts are working completely paperless and 2 (two) more Judges are expected to go paperless soon. He was...

Order Granting Bail Requires Exercise Of Discretion In Judicious Manner On Application Of Settled Parameters: Supreme Court Reiterates

The Supreme Court has reiterated that grant of bail, though a discretionary order, requires such discretion to be exercised in a judicious manner and on the application of certain settled parameters.The bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Bela M Trivedi was considering SLP assailing Bombay High Court's order dated September 6, 2021 wherein the High Court had granted bail to Mohammad...

Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up: [2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 92 - 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 102]

Nominal IndexCitations: 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 92 - 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 102Rajesh R & Ors. v. Health Inspector, Municipal Corporation of Kochi & Ors, 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 92Mangala v. Union of India & Ors, 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 93Dr Subramanian Swamy v. V.N. Narayanan & Ors, 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 94Denny Varghese & Anr. v. State of Kerala & Ors, 2022 LiveLaw (Ker) 95Dr...

Claiming Adverse Possession After Encroachment Into Public Road Not Admissible: Kerala High Court

The Court also added that powers under Article 227 cannot be exercised like a 'bull in a china shop'.

Eye Witness's Evidence Cannot Be Discarded Merely Because He Did Not Intervene When Deceased Was Attacked: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that evidence of an eye witness cannot be discarded only for the reason that he allegedly did not raise any alarm or did not try to intervene when the deceased was being attacked.The court observed thus while dismissing an appeal filed by an accused who was concurrently convicted in a murder case of offences under Section 302 IPC and Sections 25 and 27 of the Arms...

Child Born Out Of POCSO Crime A "Victim" As Defined Under Section 2(wa) CrPC : Bombay High Court

Welfare Of The Child Born Out Of Illicit Relations Of Paramount Importance – Bombay HC Reduces Life Sentence Of The Accused To 10 Years, Directs Compensation For The Child After Maternal Death

Ajit Pawar Breached 'Solemn Duty' By Not Disclosing Personal Interest In Lavasa Project : Bombay High Court

The Court however dismissed the petition challenging Lavasa Project citing long delay.

Building Collapse - Take Penal Action Against Municipal Officers Allowing Unauthorized Constructions : Bombay High Court Issues Guidelines

Alarmed and deeply pained by incidents of collapse of buildings resulting in loss of lives, the Bombay High Court issued a slew of direction in a suo motu PIL initiated in September 2020 after 38 people lost their lives in a building collapse in the satellite town of Bhiwandi outside Mumbai. Noting the "chaotic" existing pattern of mushrooming slums and illegal constructions in every...

Section 207 CrPC - Accused Can Be Given Copy Of Protected Witness's Statement With Identity Redacted : Supreme Court

On Friday, the Supreme Court held that even for protected witnesses declared so under Section 173(6) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ("Cr.P.C.) read with Section 44 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 ("UAPA"), the accused can exercise their right under Sections 207 and 161 of the Cr.P.C to obtain copies of their redacted statements which would ensure that the identity...

No Offence Of Abetment Under Section 14C Of Foreigners Act If There Was No Awareness About Visa Status Of Foreigners : Supreme Court

Mere passivity and insouciance will not tantamount to offence of abetment, the Supreme Court observed while quashing prosecution of an Engineer under Foreigners Act.In this case, the appellant, while working as Senior Engineer (Construction) with Sprng Energy Private Limited allegedly facilitated visit by the two Chinese citizens who were on tourist visas to Rewa Solar Plant Project site....

Boost Given By Judiciary To IPR Has Encouraged More Patents, Copyrights : Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Speaking at the National Seminar on Adjudication of IPR Disputes in India, the Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that the idea of supporting Intellectual Property Rights in India had to be encouraged in many different ways which was duly recognised by the Government of India."India's jurisprudence is very evolved that today handling a complex and...

Annexures, Documents Necessary Components of Plaint; Must Be Supplied In Serving Summons Under Order XXXVII Rule 3(1): Gujarat High Court

"…it is expressly provided that defendant shall be served with the plaint and the annexures of the plaint, therefore it necessary implies that all the documents which are part of the plaint as annexures are required to be supplied to the defendant while serving the summons", the Gujarat High Court has affirmed yesterday. The Bench comprising Justice N.V. Anjaria and Justice Samir J....