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Addl Sessions Judge Treats Regular Bail Plea As Anticipatory Bail Plea: Punjab & Haryana High Court Calls It 'Serious' Issue
The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently called into question a bail order passed by the Addl. Sessions Judge, Faridkot, treating a regular bail petition as an anticipatory bail petition, even when the accused had been in the custody at the time of filing the bail plea.Calling it a matter of 'serious concern', the Bench of Justice Jasgurpreet Singh Puri also sent the case file to the...
Plea To Improve Judicial Training : Supreme Court Gives Liberty To Former District Judge To Give Suggestions To National Judicial Academy
The Supreme Court today granted Alok Verma, Former Additional District Judge of Madhya Pradesh, liberty to submit his suggestions pertaining to improving the quality of training imparted by Madhya Pradesh State Judicial Academy to the Director, National Judicial Academy.The Court found the petitioner's suggestions "worthy of consideration".The bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and Dinesh...
Supreme Court Asks Centre If It Proposes To Create Indian Environment Service
On Friday, the Supreme Court issued notice in a Public Interest Litigation seeking creation of the fourth All India Service, the "Indian Environment Service", for protection and conservation of the environment. A Bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and M.M. Sundresh observed that the TSR Subramanian Committee, which was constituted by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest...
Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Challenging Bihar Circulars Of Altering Schedule Caste List
The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a plea seeking quashing of circulars dated May 16, 2014 and July 1, 2015 ("impugned circulars") issued by the State of Bihar by which the State had altered the Schedule Caste list.The State of Bihar on May 16, 2014 had issued a circular in which it had included the caste 'Khatwe' (at serial no. 19 of Central list of Other Backward Class (OBCs))...
Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Effective Implementation Of Section 4 Of Right To Information Act
On Friday, the Supreme Court issued notice in a Writ Petition seeking effective implementation of the mandate of Section 4 of the Right to Information Act, 2005 ("RTI Act") dealing with the obligations of public authorities, which the petitioner claimed to be the soul of the RTI Act without which the statute would be reduced to an "ornamental legislation". A Bench comprising...
Cricket Match Fixing Does Not Amount To Offence Of Cheating Under Section 420 IPC: Karnataka High Court Quashes FIR Against KPL Players
The Karnataka High Court has said that cricket match fixing does not amount to the offence of cheating and therefore the offence under Section 420 IPC cannot be invoked against the alleged offenders. A single judge bench of Justice Sreenivas Harish Kumar said, "It is true that if a player indulges in match fixing, a general feeling will arise that he has cheated the lovers of the game....
MDS Admissions Done Beyond Cut-Off Date: Possibility Of Resolution With Centre, Karnataka Tells Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday was told by the Karnataka government of a possibility of a resolution between the state and the Centre so far as the fate of admissions for PG courses in MDS for the 2021-22 session carried out by the state beyond the deadline of 20 November 2021 is concerned.Accordingly, the Court granted time of 1 week.The bench of Justices D. Y. Chandrachud and Bela Trivedi...
'Ensure There Is No Breach Of Peace': Calcutta HC Directs Police On Senior Citizen's Plea Against Alleged Harassment By Son & Daughter-In-Law
The Calcutta High Court on Monday granted police protection to a senior citizen against the alleged harassment perpetrated by her son and daughter-in-law. Justice Rajasekhar Mantha was adjudicating upon a plea moved by a senior citizen, one Radharani Saha seeking the Court's intervention since her complaint of harassment against her son and daughter-in-law had not been addressed by the...
Ashamed By 6th Pregnancy, Disabled Woman Allegedly Drowns Her New-Born: Kerala High Court Allows Bail
The Kerala High Court on Thursday granted bail to a 33-year-old woman suffering from multiple disabilities who allegedly dropped her newborn into a bucket of water, resulting into the infant's death. The infant was her sixth child, and reportedly a consequence of unintended pregnancy.Justice Gopinath P. released the woman on bail noting that her custodial interrogation may not be necessary in...
Daughter's Right To Inherit Self-Acquired Property Of Father Dying Intestate Recognized Under Customary Hindu Law : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has observed that a daughter is capable of inheriting the self-acquired property or share received in the partition of a coparcenary property of her Hindu father dying intestate.In this case, the property in question was admittedly the self-acquired property of Marappa Gounder. The question raised by the appellant was whether Late Gounder's sole surviving daughter Kupayee...
"Liberty Of Individuals Gets Hampered": Delhi High Court Expresses Concern Over Non-Filing Of Status Reports In Bail Pleas
The Delhi High Court on Thursday expressed its concern over the non filing of status reports by the concerned officers in the pending bail applications, orally remarking that delay in the same hampers the liberty of an individual. Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri was hearing two matters wherein the Court had earlier adjudicated upon the aspect of filing of status reports by the prosecuting agencies so...