BREAKING| Lakhmipur Kheri Case : Bail Granted To Ashish Mishra Challenged In Supreme Court As A "Manifest Error'

An application has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging Allahabad High Court's order dated February 10, 2022 of granting bail to Ashish Mishra, prime accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence incident which had claimed lives of 8 people.The application has been filed by Advocates Shiv Kumar Tripathi and CS Panda in the PIL(In Re Violence In Lakhimpur Kheri(UP) Leading To Loss Of...

Dharavi Exam Cancellation Protest: Mumbai Sessions Court Grants Bail To YouTuber Vikas Phatak Aka Hindustani Bhau

A Sessions Court on Thursday granted bail to social media influencer Vikas Phatak alias Hindustani Bhau accused of instigating students of class 10 & 12 to protest against the Maharashtra Goverment's plan to conduct offline examinations.The order was passed by Addl Sessions Judge PB Jadhav.Bhau had filed the bail application against the magistrate's order refusing him bail. During...

Order XLVII CPC | Error Which Is Not Self-Evident & Has To Be Detected By Reasoning Not 'Error Apparent' For Exercising Power Of Review: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has observed that while seeking review of orders passed in a civil suit, the grounds mentioned in Order XLVII Rule 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure have to be satisfied. Justice Asha Menon added that a re-hearing and re-appraisal of the material on record including pleadings, would fall within the scope of an appeal and not review. "Error" has to be an error apparent on...

Tamil Nadu Govt Amends Police Conduct Rules To Prevent Harassment Of LGBTQIA+ Community

The Tamil Nadu Government has notified an amendment to the State's Subordinate Police Officers' Conduct Rules,1964 by the inclusion of Rule 24-C, prohibiting police officers from harassing LGBTQIA+ persons. The amendment was notified in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette by exercising the powers conferred by Section 8 of the Tamil Nadu District Police Act, 1859 and Section 9 of the Chennai...

Accused Must Have Knowledge Of Victim's Caste To Be Prosecuted For Offences Under SC/ST Act: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has held that to prosecute a person under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, it must be established that the accused had knowledge of the victim's caste."If we refer Section 3(5) (A) of the Act, it must be within knowledge of the accused person that such person is a member of Schedule Caste or Schedule Tribe or such...

Madras High Court Pulls Up BJP Functionary Syed Ibrahim For Deliberate Suppression Of Facts, Imposes 10K Cost

Madras High Court has reprimanded BJP functionary Syed Ibrahim for deliberately suppressing material facts regarding a prohibitory order against campaigning in a sensitive area with regards to the Tamil Nadu Urban Local Body Polls.The first bench of Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy noted that the petitioner resorted to 'twist the facts' in the...

Malicious Falsehood Can't Become Freedom Of Speech, Care To Be Exercised To Avoid Denigration Of Competitor's Goodwill While Advertising: Delhi HC

Observing that malicious falsehood cannot become freedom of speech, the Delhi High Court has observed that care is to be exercised in order to avoid disparagement of another's products or denigration of the goodwill and reputation built by a competitor while engaging in advertising one's own products."While some latitude is to be given for hyperbole and commendatory expression for oneself with...

POCSO Act Not Intended For Teenagers' Romantic Affair: Allahabad HC Grants Bail To Man Who Married 14-Yr-Old Victim

The Allahabad High Court recently granted bail to a POCSO Accused who ran away with a 14-year-old girl (victim) due to a romantic affair between them. The Court noted that both of them fled away, got married in a Temple, and remained in company with each other for almost two years during which the girl even gave birth to a baby.The Bench of Justice Rahul Chaturvedi also remarked that it would...

'Election Candidates Not To Affix Posters On Public/ Private Property Without Permission': Madras High Court

Madras High Court has given a strict mandate not to affix posters of election candidates on the walls of public and private property without proper permission with regards to the upcoming Tamil Nadu Urban Local Body Polls. The first bench of Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy has also warned the candidates who violate the provisions of Tamil Nadu...

Ejipura-Kendriya Sadana Flyover | Karnataka High Court Directs BBMP To Lodge FIR Against Contractor On Charges Of Misappropriation Of Funds

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday directed the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Commissioner to lodge a FIR against M/S Simplex Infrastructures Ltd., on charges of misappropriation of funds, on account of delay in construction of the four-lane Ejipura-Kendriya Sadana flyover in the Koramangala area of Bengaluru. A division bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi...

Hijab Ban- Karnataka High Court Full Bench Hearing(Day 5)- LIVE UPDATES

Karnataka High Court Full Bench will continue hearing on a batch of petitions challenging the hijab ban in educational institutions.The matter is before a bench comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice Krishna S Dixit and Justice JM Khazi will hear the petitions today at 2.30 PM.On Friday the Court requested the State to re-open the educational institutions at the earliest and...

Granted Bail For Heinous Offence Before Investigation Concluded: Karnataka HC Directs Addl Session Judge To Undergo Training, Learn Judicial Discretion

The Karnataka High Court has directed its Registry to post an Additional Session Judge, Mysuru, for training in the Judicial Academy in order to make him learn "judicial discretion", in the interest of the institution and to protect the interest of seekers of justice. A single judge bench of Justice H.P. Sandesh said, "The Registry is directed to seek appropriate orders from the...