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'Parrot-Like Testimonies Of 6 Eye Witnesses, Humanly Impossible': Bombay High Court Acquits 20 Persons In Murder Case
The Bombay High Court, Nagpur Bench, has acquitted 20 persons in a murder case, citing identical and parrot-like version of all the star prosecution witnesses, calling it as "humanly impossible".A division bench of Justices Sunil Shukre and Pushpa Ganediwala, in a judgement last week, observed,"It's difficult to believe that six eyewitnesses deposed in an identical fashion with each and...
Leena Manimekalai Passport Impounding Case: Madras High Court Declines Leave To Susi Ganesan For Filing Appeal Against Single Bench Order
The Madras High Court has refused to grant leave to film Director Susi Ganesan to appeal against the decision of a single bench which quashed the Regional Passport Office's order for impounding the passport of renowned filmmaker, poet and artist Leena Manimekalai.The first bench of Acting Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy observed that there is...
Authority Must Have Valid Reasons For Accepting/ Rejecting Bids Even If Tender Clause Stipulates Otherwise: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court recently observed that merely because a clause in the tender stipulates that the bids may be accepted or rejected without assigning any reasons, does not mean that the tender authority can act arbitrarily. It must have valid reasons for exercising its discretion.The division bench comprising of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Jasmeet Singh said,"No doubt, the...
"Mujhse Bahut Badi Galti Huwi Hai": Bombay High Court Cites Extra-Judicial Confession To Uphold Conviction, Commute Death Penalty Of 23 Yr Old
An extra-judicial confession made voluntarily, free from threat or inducement, carries the presumption of truth, Bombay High Court observed adding that depending on the facts of the case, a confession doesn't need to be presumed as weak piece of evidence. The court cited the 23-year-old appellant's extrajudicial confession as an important piece of evidence to convict him for a...
Criminal Appeal Can't Be Dismissed On The Ground Of 'Not Pressed': Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court last week observed that a Criminal Appeal cannot be dismissed on the ground of not being pressed. The Bench of Justice Anil Kumar Ojha observed thus while allowing a revision plea filed against an order passed by Additional Sessions Judge under Section 101 of JJ Act dismissing an appeal filed by the accused/revisionist on the ground of not pressed.The case in...
Hijab Ban: Karnataka High Court Refers Matter To Larger Bench, No Interim Relief
The Karnataka High Court has referred to a larger bench, the writ petitions filed by Muslim girl students challenging the action of a government college in denying her entry for wearing a hijab (headscarf).Justice Krishna S. Dixit noted that matter gives rise to certain constitutional questions of seminal importance qua personal law, which must be decided by a larger Bench. It directed...
'Mouthpiece Of Bharatiya Janata Party': PIL Filed In Calcutta High Court Seeking Removal Of WB Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition was filed before the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday praying for a direction to the Central government to remove Jagdeep Dhankhar as the Governor of West Bengal, claiming that he was acting as the 'mouthpiece of the Bharatiya Janata Party'. The PIL has been filed by petitioner Rama Prasad Sarkar who is also a lawyer by profession. The High Court...
"Use Of Bank's Seal Unauthorisedly A Matter Of Enormous Gravity": Delhi High Court Upholds Workman's Punishment Of Compulsory Retirement
The Delhi High Court has upheld the punishment of compulsory retirement awarded to a workman, guilty of forgery, fabrication of bank statements and other forms of misconduct, observing that the use of a bank's seal unauthorisedly is a matter of enormous gravity which cannot be simply brushed under the carpet. Justice Pratibha M Singh also observed that forging the signatures of a colleague...
"Dying Declaration Recorded By Police Officer Is Admissible": Allahabad High Court Upholds Life Sentence In Murder Case
The Allahabad High Court recently upheld the life sentence of a convict in a murder case that dates back to the year 2002 while stressing that there is no prohibition that the police personnel should not record dying declaration and that such a dying declaration is also admissible in evidence.The Bench of Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Vikas Budhwar further noted there might be certain...
Candidates Aged 45 Yrs Or Above Eligible To Head District Consumer Forum If Other Qualifications Are Met: Chhattisgarh High Court Clarifies
The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that if the office of President, District Commission can be held by District Judge aged 55 years or a retired District Judge aged 60 years, then even an Advocate of that age (with requisite experience) is eligible for the same and there is no legal bar or justification to hold otherwise. While dealing with a case regarding non-appointment of...
Calcutta High Court Reserves Judgment In Plea Seeking Deployment Of Central Forces For Bidhannagar Municipal Polls
The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday reserved judgment in a batch of PILs seeking deployment of central parliamentary forces for the upcoming elections to the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation. Elections to four municipal corporations – Siliguri, Bidhannagar, Asansol and Chandernagore are scheduled to take place on February 12, 2022 and the results for the four civic bodies will be declared...