Permitting Use Of Illegally Intercepted Conversations In Court Would Violate Citizens' Fundamental Rights: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that if illegally intercepted messages or audio conversations pursuant to an order having no sanction of law are permitted, it would lead to manifest arbitrariness and would promote scant regard to the procedure and fundamental rights of the citizens. Justice Chandra Dhari Singh thus set aside two orders passed by Special Judge which had framed charges...

Sachin Waze Moves Delhi High Court Seeking To Quash Sanction Under UAPA In Antilia Bomb Scare Case

Dismissed Mumbai police officer Sachin Waze has moved the Delhi High Court seeking to quash the sanction granted under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) in order to prosecute him in connection with Antilia bomb scare case.The plea which came before a bench comprising of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Anup J. Bhambhani on Monday was posted for hearing on January 24. During...

Interim Maintenance- Extremely Difficult For Woman To Maintain Herself With ₹1500 Per Month: Allahabad High Court

Emphasizing that it is the duty and responsibility of the husband to maintain his wife with all dignity, the Allahabad High Court recently observed that nowadays, it is extremely difficult to conceive that a woman would be in a position to maintain her with the amount of Rs. 1500/- per month.The Bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar Singh further remarked that the amount of ₹1500 as interim...

Calcutta High Court Quashes Reassessment Notices Issued Post March 31, 2021 U/S 148 Of Income Tax Act, 1961

The Calcutta High Court on Monday allowed a batch of writ petitions seeking quashing of impugned re-assessment notices issued post March 31, 2021 by the concerned Income Tax Authority under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Justice Md. Nizamuddin was adjudicating upon a batch of petitions challenging the impugned notices under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 on the ground that...

Don't Delay Identification & Rehabilitation Of Street Children, Supreme Court Directs States

On Monday, the Supreme Court asked the States to complete the identification and rehabilitation process of the Children in Street Situations ("CiSS") at the earliest. Looking at the slow progress in the identification process, the Apex Court directed all the District Magistrates to involve Special Juvenile Police Units, District Legal Service Authorities and voluntary...

Marital Rape : Are There Precedents Of Courts Striking Down A Provision To Create An Offence? Delhi High Court Asks

The Delhi High Court on Monday 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.A bench comprising of Justice Rajiv Shakdher and Justice C Hari Shankar asked Senior Advocate Rajshekhar Rao, appearing as amicus curiae in the matter, as to...

[Stray Cattle Menace] They Blocked My Way While Entering HC; Need To Involve LSA: Gujarat HC Chief Justice Aravind Kumar

"The car of the Chief Justice, when it was entering the High Court (premises), there were about 10-12 cattle which had blocked the road. Even police whistling could not move them, they stood like a rock," remarked the Gujarat High Court Chief Justice, Aravind Kumar while inquiring the state as to what it has done for cattle nuisance menace.The Chief Justice remarked thus while hearing a...

'Payments Made To Deceased Persons': Calcutta HC Directs Purba Medinipur District Magistrate To Conduct Enquiry Within 3 Months Into Alleged Misappropriation Of MGNREGA Funds

The Calcutta High Court on Monday directed the District Magistrate, Purba Medinipur to conduct an enquiry into the alleged defalcation of funds allocated under the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana and also the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme. A Bench comprising Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava and Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj was adjudicating upon a plea...

Avoid Mobile Phones To Attend VC, Use Desktop/Laptop : Supreme Court Notifies 'Best Practices' For Virtual Hearings

After Chief Justice of India on Monday expressed unhappiness regarding lawyers attending virtual hearing through their mobile phones, the Supreme Court of India has notified 'best practices for virtual court proceedings, asking all advocates to avoid joining hearings through their mobile phones.All Advocates and party in persons have been requested to join the Cisco Webex application for...

Modification Of COVID Protocols For Parsi Funeral : Supreme Court Calls For Discussion Between SG, FS Nariman & Ministry Officials

The Court suggested the parties have an amicable resolution.

'The Marriage Is Totally Dead': Karnataka High Court Grants Divorce To Couple Living Separately Since 21 Yrs

Observing that "the marriage is totally dead" and that nothing would be gained by trying to keep the parties tied forever to a marriage that in fact has ceased to exist, the Karnataka High Court recently granted divorce to a couple who lived separately for a period of 21 years. A division bench of Justice B Veerapa and Justice K S Hemalekha said,"Once the parties have separated and...

CISF Firing In Sitalkuchi- 'Petitioners Reside 600 Km Away From Place Of Incident': Centre Challenges Maintainability Of Petitions Before Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court on Monday sought response from the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) in a batch of petitions pertaining to the incident of alleged firing by CISF personnel on April 10, 2021, at Sitalkuchi in Cooch Behar district during the West Bengal Assembly polls which claimed the lives of four persons.The petitions alleged that the incident was a result of police firing in...