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Calcutta High Court Calls For An Inquiry Into Police Officials' Conduct For Not Investigating A Mob Lynching Case
Pulling up West Bengal Police for not following Police Regulation of Bengal in relation to a Mob Lynching Case, the Calcutta High Court last week called for an inquiry into the conduct of the Officers-in-Charge of two police stations in the state.The Bench of Justice Rajasekhar Mantha issued this order after noting lapses on the part of the Shibpur and the Shakespeare Sarani Police Stations...
Param Bir Singh's Challenge To Departmental Enquiries Should Be Made Before CAT : Maharashtra Govt Tells Supreme Court
The Maharashtra Government has told the Supreme Court that the former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh, who was recently suspended from the Mumbai police over allegations of misconduct, is indirectly trying to seek a stay on the criminal investigations pending against him through his Special Leave Petition, which is essentially filed against the preliminary enquiry as part...
Maintainance- Magistrate Empowered U/S 125 CrPC To Sentence Defaulter To Separate Terms Of Imprisonment Of Upto 1 Month For Every Month's Default: Rajasthan HC
In a significant judgment, the Rajasthan High Court has held that a Magistrate is empowered under Section 125 of CrPC to pass separate sentences over non-compliance of its order granting maintenance, and that such sentence may be of upto one-month imprisonment each for every month's default."We have no hesitation in holding that where the defaulter repeatedly breaches the order of...
Supreme Court Grants Pre-Arrest Bail To Man Accused Of Raping Olympian Mayookha Johny's Friend
The Supreme Court on Friday granted anticipatory bail to C.C Johnson, the man accused of raping Olympian Mayookha Johny's friend, and for capturing her nude photographs to blackmail her with a direction to the accused to cooperate with the investigation. The bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and A.S Oka while disposing of the special leave petition assailing the Kerala High Court's order...
"Do Little Service To This Court Or Sanctity Of It's Procedure": Delhi High Court Unhappy Over Improper Filing Of Document In Petition
The Delhi High Court has recently expressed it's unhappiness over improper filing of a notice in the form of a 'folded photograph' in the petition remarking that such filing "do little service to the Court or sanctity of it's procedure".Justice C Hari Shankar noted that the notice dated 23rd February, 2021 issued by the petitioner in the matter to the respondent, was filed in the form of a...
75% Extortion Collection Was For Param Bir Singh, 25% For Sachin Waze – Says Mumbai Police Charge Sheet
Ex-Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh had a 75% share in the extortion amount collected from cricket bookies, while the remaining 25% was for dismissed cop Sachin Waze, according to the Mumbai Police charge sheet filed on Saturday. Based on statements of several witnesses the Mumbai police's crime branch further said that it had been established that Singh was referred to...
Giving Third Degree Treatment For Extracting Confession 'Worst Crime': Patna High Court Directs Bihar DGP To 'Set House Right'
"Giving third-degree treatment to the apprehended accused and that too for extracting confession is the worst crime in a civilized society which can be committed by a Police officer," said Patna High Court recently as it observed that the Judiciary is witnessing a large number of custodial deaths caused by men in uniform.The Bench of Justice A. M. Bidar further expressed hope that...
Due To The Judicial Intervention The Growth Of Nation Shouldn't Be Stalled: Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju
Over a week after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that obstacles are put in the development of our own country sometimes in the name of freedom of expression and sometimes with the help of something else, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju today said that the developmental projects shouldn't be stalled due to the Judiciary. "It is the work of the Judiciary to decide what is right and what...
Delhi Riots: Court Frames Charges Against 9 Men, Rejects Argument Regarding Credibility Of Police Officials' For Being 'Stock Witnesses' In Similar Cases
Rejecting the argument regarding credibility of statements given by two police officials for being 'stock witnesses' in 12 other similar cases, a Delhi Court has framed charges against 9 men in connection with a North East Delhi riots case. Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat framed charges against Mohd. Shahnawaz, Mohd Shoaib, Shahrukh, Rashid, Azad, Parvez, Mohd. Faizal and Rashid @...
Caste Census : Maharastra Govt Opposes Union's Stand In Supreme Court That Collection Of OBC Information In Census 2021 Is Difficult
The State of Maharashtra has submitted before the Supreme Court of India that a direction to include enumeration of socio economic data relating to OBCs of Rural India in the upcoming 2021 census would not amount to interfering with a policy decision.The submission has been made in response to Centre's stand taken before the Supreme Court that exclusion of OBCs from the purview of Census is...
Karnataka High Court Refuses To Interfere With State Government Order Allowing Only Students, Teachers, Staff With One Dose Of Vaccine To Attend Colleges
The Karnataka High Court on Saturday refused to interfere with the government order, permitting only those students, teachers and staff members who have been vaccinated to attend colleges. A division bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum while disposing off a petition filed challenging the government order dated July 16, said, "We are of the...