'Shocking': Bombay HC Takes Suo Motu Cognisance Of Dangerous Boat & Forest Journey For Young Girls Of Maharashtra Village To Reach School

The Bombay High Court has taken suo motu cognisance of a "shocking" news report about the pitiable conditions in which young girls from a village in Satara District in Maharashtra are forced to take the arduous journey to school, in a boat and then through a dense forest. "..the laudable moto 'beti bachao, beti padhao' can be achieved only by providing a safe passage and a...

Delhi Court Seeks Police's Response In Plea Against Sudarshan TV, Suresh Chavhanke For Allegedly Hurting Religious Sentiments In Bindas Bol Show

A Delhi Court has sought action taken report from the Delhi Police in a plea filed against Sudarshan TV news channel and it's Editor-in-Chief Suresh Chavhanke over a news telecast on the show Bindas Bol for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments of the people from Muslim Community. Metropolitan Magistrate Gopal Krishnan of Rohini Courts has now posted the matter for further hearing on...

Extramarital Affair May Amount To 'Mental Cruelty' U/s 498(A) IPC Depending On Facts & Circumstances Of Case: Madras High Court

In a pertinent judgment, Madras High Court has observed that extramarital affairs can cause grave mental trauma and mental health issues leading to serious consequences in the matrimony, and that in turn, would amount to mental cruelty under Section 498(A) IPC. Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarty however added that when deciding whether a conduct amounted to cruelty, the Court has to look at...

'Prima Facie Input Tax Credit Wrongly Availed Exceeds Five Crores': Chennai Court Dismisses Bail Plea Of Person Accused Of Tax Evasion

The accused have admitted to have committed the offence...The evidentiary value of the statement obtained under Section 70 of TNGST Act has to be dealt with during the course of trial, the court clarified.

Delhi High Court Seeks DMRC's Stand On Making Payment Of Arbitral Award To DAMEPL

The Delhi High Court on Monday asked Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to take instructions as to how it will make the payment of arbitral award to Delhi Airport Metro Express Private Limited (DAMEPL). Justice Suresh Kumar Kait was hearing an early hearing application filed by DAMEPL in it's plea against DMRC, seeking enforcement of the arbitration award dated May 11, 2017."On the next date...

High Courts Should Show Judicial Restraint In Interfering With Tender Process Of Foreign Funded Mega Projects: Supreme Court

On Monday, the Supreme Court held that while entertaining writ petitions challenging the tender process or the award of contract with respect to Mega projects funded by foreign countries, the High Courts ought to bear in mind the principles of judicial restraint laid down by the Apex Court in Tata Cellular v. Union of India, 1994 6 SCC 651. A Bench comprising Justices M.R. Shah...

"Sensitive Matter": Delhi High Court Grants Protection To Inter Faith Couple Apprehending Honour Killing

The Delhi High Court has granted police protection to an inter faith couple who was apprehending honour killing at the hands of woman's family members, after observing that their constitutional right to life and liberty was under threat. Noting that the matter was sensitive in nature as the parties belonged to different religious communities, Justice Chandra Dhari Singh said:"There is no...

Proving Case Beyond Reasonable Doubt Does Not Mean To Nitpick To Find Excuse To Obtain Acquittal: Supreme Court

"The test which is applied of proving the case beyond reasonable doubt does not mean that the endeavour should be to nick pick and somehow find some excuse to obtain acquittal.", the Supreme Court remarked in a judgment dismissing appeals filed by murder accused.Pappu Tiwari, Sanjay Ram, Uday Pal, Ajay Pal, Pintu Tiwari and Law Tiwari were convicted by the Trial Court under Section 302 of...

100 Important Supreme Court Judgments Of 2021 - PART-1 [Video]

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Bombay High Court Monthly Digest: January 2022

1. Bombay High Court Orders Constitution of Medical Boards For Medical Termination Of Pregnancy As Mandated under the MTP Act Case Title: XXX vs State of Maharashtra Case No: Writ Petition (L) NO.31015 OF 2021 Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (Bom) 1 The Bombay High Court has directed the state Government to forthwith constitute medical boards based on the Amended Act...

'Vague Reference To Previous Medical Treatment' : Calcutta HC Dismisses Plea Of Legal Insanity, Upholds Life Sentence Of Man For Murdering His Mother

The Calcutta High Court has recently upheld the life sentence awarded to a man for murdering his mother by dismissing his plea of legal insanity.A Bench comprising Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Kausik Chanda while dismissing the plea of legal insanity underscored, "I find it difficult to persuade myself that the appellant had discharged his onus to establish that he committed the crime...

Gujarat HC Issues Notice To 'Institute Of Advanced Research, Gandhinagar' Over Alleged 'Illegal' Dismissal Of Its Academic Dean

The Gujarat High Court today issued a notice to the Institute of Advanced Research, Gandhinagar, a private University, on a plea filed by its Assistant Professor and Dean (Academic) challenging his illegal, unjust, unfair, and perverse dismissal on fabricated charges.The Bench of Justice Biren Vaishnav was hearing the plea filed by Professor Gurudatt Gaur who was suddenly dismissed from the...