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'Duty To Produce Basic Proof Of Allegations Not Absolved In PIL': Rajasthan HC Dismisses Plea Alleging Govt Officials Of Embezzling Public Funds
The Rajasthan High Court, Jaipur has observed that in a public interest litigation, the petitioner is not absolved of producing at least a basic proof of the allegations levelled by him. A division bench of Chief Justice Akil Kureshi and Justice Sudesh Bansal, observed, "Even otherwise we find the petition with long pleadings are long in averments but short in contents. The...
Antilia Bomb Scare: Special NIA Court Refuses Bail To Former Encounter Specialist Pradeep Sharma
A special NIA court has rejected the bail application filed by former Mumbai policeman and encounter specialist Pradeep Sharma in the Antilia bomb scare and Thane businessman Mansukh Hiran's murder case. He has been in custody since his arrest by the National Investigation Agency in June last year.Special Judge AT Wankhede rejected the application on Wednesday, a detailed order of which is yet...
NOC From Husband Not Required For Wife To Donate Kidney: Madhya Pradesh High Court
The High Court of Madhya Pradesh recently held that the rejection of an application, moved by the Petitioner/mother to donate her kidney to her ailing son, by the Respondent/Hospital on the ground of non-issuance of the NOC by her husband was not sustainable. Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav was dealing with a writ petition filed by the Petitioner who was aggrieved by the...
Delhi Court Summons 5 Aam Aadmi Party Leaders In Defamation Case By BJP Leader Chhail Bihari Goswami
A Delhi Court has summoned five leaders belonging to the Aam Aadmi Party namely Satyender Jain, Aatishi Marlena, Raghav Chadha, Durgesh Pathak and Sourabh Bhardwaj in a defamation case filed by BJP Leader Chhail Bihari Goswami. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ravindra Kumar Pandey was of the prima facie view that the accused persons had committed the offences under sec. 499...
Only 9 Convictions In PMLA Cases Out Of 1700 Raids By ED Since 2011 : Menaka Guruswamy To Supreme Court
Senior Advocate Menaka Guruswamy, for one of the petitioners challenging the various provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that of the 1700 raids conducted and 1569 specific investigations by the Enforcement Directorate(ED)- with rates increasing by 20% every year and then doubling and tripling- since 2011, only 9 convictions have...
Merely Keeping Tobacco Products At One's Residence Not An Offence: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has recently ruled that mere keeping of tobacco products at one's residence does not attract any offence per se. Holding so, Justice Kauser Edappagath allowed a petition filed by an accused who was charged for storing a collection of tobacco products at his residence, allegedly to sell to children. "Mere keeping of the tobacco products at the residence of the accused...
Financial Crisis Can Be One Of The Grounds For Condonation Of Delay: Gujarat High Court
"Now as the legal settled proposition which has been set-out here-in-above, considering the prevalent economy condition of the parties as well as even of the Country, the financial crisis can be considered to be one of the grounds for condonation of delay," the Gujarat High Court has held. The Bench comprising Justice AP Thaker made this observation with regard to a Civil Application...
To Say That ED Has To Wait For FIR In Scheduled Offence Will Make PMLA Unworkable, Says Supreme Court During Hearing
The Supreme Court on Wednesday remarked that while the existence of the predicate offence is a prerequisite for the commencement of the investigation by the ED under the PMLA, saying that the ED has to wait for the registration of the FIR in respect of the scheduled offence would make the system "unworkable" and be "counter-productive" to the intent of the PMLA.The Court cited...
Larger Bench Reference Not Needed For Vanniyar Internal Reservation Issue; Supreme Court Starts Hearing On Merits
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court, opined that the matter pertaining to challenge to the Madras High Court order quashing Tamil Nadu law ("2021 Act") that provided 10.5% reservation in education and jobs for the Vanniyar community did not involve any Constitutional interpretation and therefore, need not be referred to a Larger Bench.On the last date of hearing, a Bench comprising Justices...
Tehsil Lawyers On Strike For Almost 2 Yrs: Allahabad HC Directs State Bar Council To Take Disciplinary Action
The Allahabad High Court on Monday directed the Uttar Pradesh Bar Council to take disciplinary action against striking lawyers at Uttar who continuously abstained from work on every date between February 5, 2020 to January 5, 2022.The Bench of Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal issued this extraordinary order after observing that the Apex Court has held the strikes by lawyers to be illegal and...
Hijab Ban : Student Seeks Karnataka High Court's Permission To Wear Uniform Colour Dupatta To Cover Head
In the hijab case, the Karnataka High Court on Wednesday granted two days time to the State Government to respond to an application filed by one of the petitioners seeking to allow students to use dupatta as prescribed in the uniform to cover her head. Senior Advocate Professor Ravivarma Kumar submitted that yesterday for some technical reasons the application was not considered,...