Decline In Covid Cases: Madras High Court & Its Subordinate Courts To Function In Hybrid Mode From February 7

In a notification issued by the Registrar General of Madras High Court dated 4th February, the Acting Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari has directed that the Principal Seat at Madras and the Madurai Bench should resume Hybrid mode of functioning from February 7. The notification comes in light of the declining number of Omicron variant/ Covid 19 cases in Tamil Nadu.A similar notification...

Orissa High Court To Function In Hybrid Mode From February 7 With Full Staff Strength

The Orissa High Court today decided that it will function through Hybrid mode and the office of the High Court will function with full staff strength w.e.f. 7th February, 2022 with the arrangements prevailing prior to 10th January 2022. A notification issued in this regard say that the usual practice of grant of certified copies will resume from 7th February 2022. All concerned have...

'Casteist' Remark Case: Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Interim Anticipatory Bail To Actress Munmun Dutta

The Punjab and Haryana High Court today granted interim anticipatory bail to Actress Munmun Dutta (best known for her portrayal of Babita Iyer in the popular Hindi serial Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah) over 'Bhangi' remark, a casteist slur, allegedly made by her in a video posted in social media.The Bench of Justice Avneesh Jhingan granted her interim anticipatory bail subject to her...

Allahabad High Court To Function In Hybrid Mode From February 7

The Allahabad High Court today decided that the mode of hearing in the High Court, both at Allahabad and Lucknow, will be switched over to hybrid mode from virtual mode w.e.f. Monday, i.e. 07.02.2022.This order will be subject to other COVID-19 protocols, including restrictions on the entry of Clerks of Advocates and Litigants other than those whose personal presence has been directed by an...

Mere Incorporation Of S. 307 IPC In FIR & Chargesheet No Bar To Quash Case Based On Compromise B/W Parties: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday said that mere incorporation of Section 307 IPC (attempt to murder) in the FIR and the charge-sheet, would not be a bar to the compromise entered into between the parties to put an end to the disputes between them.Observing thus, the Bench of Justice Subhash Vidyarthi allowed a 482 CrPC application filed by the applicants seeking quashing of the...

Dowry Death- "Crime Evident Of Heartless Husband's Callous Greed": Allahabad HC Denies Bail To Man Accused Of Burning Wife

The Allahabad High Court recently denied bail to a Husband who has been accused of burning her 22-year-old wife and thereafter, burying her dead body was buried at a secret place in connection with the demand of dowry.The Bench of Justice Vikas Kunvar Srivastav denied bail to Bablu (husband of the deceased) as the court remarked that the alleged act of husband was evident of callous greed of...

Leave It To Trial Courts To Decide How Marital Rape Is Proved : Colin Gonsalves To Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court on Friday continued hearing a batch of petitions challenging the exception to Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code, which exempts forceful sexual intercourse by a man with his own wife from the offence of rape.Senior Advocate Colin Gonsalves, representing one of the petitioners, argued before a bench of Justice Rajiv Shakdher and Justice C Hari Shankar that it...

Supreme Court Approves Revised Protocol Agreed By Centre & Parsi Body For Funeral Rites Of COVID Victims

In view of the agreement between Surat Parsi Panchayat Board and the Centre over the SOP for disposal of bodies of individuals of Zoroastrian faith who succumbed to COVID, the Supreme Court on Friday gave it imprimatur to the protocol of placing iron rods and grills above the towers of silence across India so that no bird can feed on the bodies and carry COVID strains and the bodies are...

COVID-19 Death Compensation : Supreme Court Directs States Not To Reject Claims Merely Because They Are Filed Offline

On Friday, the Supreme Court directed the State Governments to accept all applications, irrespective of whether they have been filed online or not. The Apex Court categorically observed that no application can be rejected on the ground that they were filed offline. The Court has granted the State Governments a week's time to review the decision of rejecting claims filed...

IBC- Operational Debt Includes Advance Payment Made To A Corporate Debtor For Supply Of Goods Or Services: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that operational creditor includes all those who provide or receive operational services from the corporate debtor, which ultimately lead to an operational debt.A debt which arises out of advance payment made to a corporate debtor for supply of goods or services would be considered as an operational debt, the bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud, Surya Kant...

Inherent Jurisdiction Of High Court U/S 482 CrPC Can't Be Invoked To Override Bar Of Review U/S 362: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has refused to entertain a petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 for setting aside its own Judgment, citing the bar on review envisaged under Section 362 CrPC.Section 362 stipulates that no Court, when it has signed its Judgment or final order disposing of a case, shall alter or review the same except to correct a clerical or...

Shut Down 'Bars' Attached To TASMAC Shops, Recall The Tender For Issuing Licenses: Madras High Court

Madras High Court has recently held that Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC) cannot endorse the 'bars' attached to the TASMAC Shops by issuing licenses to a section of bidders.A single-judge bench of Justice C. Saravanan ruled that all the 'bars' attached to the respective TASMAC shops that currently enjoy a monopoly in the wholesale and retail sale of liquor should be shut...