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Rental Dues Of Cold Storage Keeping Seized Contraband On Magistrate's Order: Madras HC Directs Payment From Victim Compensation Fund
In a peculiar case, the Madras High Court has ordered payment of Rs 1.25 lakh to a cold storage facility keeping seized dates, after a Magistrate Court ordered the Police to store the perishable contraband until disposal of the case.The storage bill had mounted to Rs.3,54,000/-. The payment is directed from the Victim Compensation Fund by the jurisdictional magistrate court.The order was...
COVID-Omicron : Supreme Court To Hear SCAORA Plea To Revive Extension Of Limitation On Jan 10
The Supreme Court will hear on Monday an application moved by the Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association seeking extension of the statutory Limitation Period in respect of judicial and quasi-judicial proceedings, in the wake of the prevailing situation amid rising number of Covid-19 cases in the country.A Bench comprising the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justice Surya Kant and...
Allahabad HC Dismisses PIL Against ECI's Order Granting 'National Party' Status To BJP, Congress, Allotting Symbols To Them
The Allahabad High Court on Thursday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea which sought quashing of the order of recognition given to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Indian National Congress (INC) as National Parties by the Election Commissions of India (ECI) and further, allotting symbols to them.Essentially, the Bench of Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay and Justice Saroj Yadav...
PM Security Lapse : Supreme Court Asks Centre & Punjab To Put On Hold Committee Probes; Directs HC Registrar General To Secure Records
The Supreme Court of India on Friday directed the Registrar General of the Punjab and Haryana High Court to secure the records relating to the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Punjab on January 5, during which a security lapse occurred when a group of protesters blocked the PM's cavalcade.The Court directed the State of Punjab, central and state agencies to cooperate with the...
K-Rail Project: Kerala High Court Seeks State Response On Orders Issued For Land Acquisition Before Completion Of Survey
The Kerala High Court on Thursday sought an explanation from the State government for issuing orders for the acquisition of 1,221 hectares of land in various villages for the SilverLine project even when a survey as per the Survey and Boundaries Act was only underway.Justice Devan Ramachandran in his order observed: "One aspect of some concern, which this Court notice herein, is that the...
'Woman Has Right Not To Carry Pregnancy, Subject To Restrictions': Telangana High Court Permits Rape Victim To Terminate 26 Weeks Old Foetus
The Telangana High Court in a recent judgment laid down that the life of the foetus or to be born child cannot be placed at higher pedestal than that of the life of the woman. The court observed that Constitutional Courts have the power under writ jurisdiction to direct termination of pregnancy, even when the length of pregnancy is beyond the statutory limit of twenty-four weeks as per...
NEET PG: Kerala High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking To Quash State Circular Granting 27% Reservation To SEBC
The Kerala High Court on Friday dismissed a plea moved by MBBS graduates challenging a circular issued by the State government increasing reservation for the socially and economically backward classes (SEBC) from 9% to 27% in medical postgraduate courses.After having elaborately heard the matter over the course of the past couple of months, Justice N Nagaresh dismissed the plea...
'Filmmaker Has Artistic Freedom': Kerala High Court Impleads State Police Chief To Prove Statutory Violation In Publication Of Churuli
The Kerala High Court on Friday suo motu impleaded the State Police Chief to file a statement to report if there was any statutory violation in exhibiting the Malayalam movie 'Churuli'. The Court passed the direction in the writ petition filed against the movie citing excessive use of abusive and obscene language Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan while hearing the matter also noted that prima facie,...
Espionage Case: Delhi High Court Grants Bail To Freelance Journalist Rajeev Sharma
The Delhi High Court on Friday granted bail to freelance journalist Rajeev Sharma in connection with a case alleging that he supplied confidential information to Chinese Officials, in exchange of remuneration.Enforcement Directorate had initiated investigation on the basis of an FIR filed against Sharma under the provisions of IPC and Official Secrets Act.Justice Mukta Gupta pronounced the...
Class 12 Exam: Supreme Court Quashes CBSE Policy To Treat Improvement Exams Marks As Final; Directs To Give "Better Of Two" Option To Students
The Supreme Court on Friday struck down Clause 28 of CBSE Policy which held that marks in the later (improvement) exams will be considered final for the assessment of Class 12 exams for the last academic year. The Bench further directed that the CBSE shall provide the option to the candidate to accept the better of the two marks obtained for the final declaration of the results. The Supreme...
'Adverse Possession' Of Property vs 'Permissive Possession': Karnataka High Court Explains
The Karnataka High Court has said a person will not acquire adverse possession by simply remaining in permissive possession, for however long it may be. Dr. Justice HB Prabhakara Sastry said, "Article 65 of the Limitation Act presupposes that the limitation starts only if the defendants prove the factum of adverse possession affirmatively from a particular time." It added that,...