"Blind Faith Real Driver" – Bombay High Court Upholds Conviction Of God-Man For Raping Married Woman As Part Of Child Bearing Ritual

The blind faith of victims makes them act in unusual ways and therefore evidence must be appreciated on broad human probabilities, the Bombay High Court said while confirming a 'god-man's' conviction for raping a married woman under the guise of child bearing 'rituals.' The 'god-man' was accused of asking the childless couple to perform sexual acts in his presence at least five times,...

Sessions Court Not Empowered To Impose Harsher Variety Of Life Sentences: Kerala High Court Reiterates

The Kerala High Court in a recent judgment held that the Sessions Court is not empowered to specify the period of incarceration or impose a special category sentence while interpreting the dictum in Swamy Sraddhananda v. State of Karnataka [AIR 2008 SC 3040].A Division Bench of Justice Vinod K. Chandran and Justice C. Jayachandran upon noting that the trial court had sentenced the accused...

'CCTV Footage, Call Detail Records Show His Presence' : Court Denies Bail To Shahrukh Pathan In A Delhi Riots Case

A Delhi Court on Tuesday denied bail to Shahrukh Pathan, the man who pointed a gun at a policeman during North East Delhi riots, in a case related to rioting, causing injuries to police personnel and gunshot injury sustained by one Rohit Shukla by an armed mob. (FIR 49/2020 registered at Jafrabad Police Station)Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat was of the view that the CCTV footage of...

Kangana Ranaut Moves Bombay High Court To Quash Mumbai Police FIR Over Khalistani Remarks On Farmer's Protest

Actor Kangana Ranaut has approached the Bombay High Court to quash Mumbai police's FIR over her 'derogatory' Instagram posts about the Sikh community and Khalistani movement after the Prime Minister's announcement to repeal farm laws. On November 23, the Khar Police booked Kangana under section 295A IPC relating to outraging of religious feelings based on a complaint by members of...

'Allowing Dogs Inside Cubbon Park Affects Morning Walkers; People Don't Chain Them!' : Karnataka High Court Expresses Concerns

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday orally expressed concerns at dogs being allowed inside Cubbon Park, Bengaluru.A division bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum during the hearing of a petition filed by Cubbon Park Walkers Association, which is regarding alleged illegal constructions inside the park, said, "We want to take suo-motu cognizance with...

Section 427 CrPC - Concurrent Running Of Sentences Shall Not Be Allowed In Drug Trafficking Cases : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has reiterated that discretion to direct subsequent sentence to run concurrently with the previous sentence has to be exercised judiciously depending upon the nature of offences committed.A Bench comprising Justice MR Shah and Justice BV Nagarathna observed that in NDPS cases, even while applying discretion under Section 427 of Cr.PC, the discretion shall not be in favour of...

BJP MLA Ashish Shelar Approaches Bombay High Court To Quash FIR Over Remarks Against BMC Mayor

BJP MLA Ashish Shelar has approached the Bombay High Court seeking to quash the FIR lodged by the Mumbai Police yesterday for allegedly outraging the modesty of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Mayor Kishori Pednekar during a recent press conference on November 30. In a plea under Article 226 of the Constitution and section 482 of the CrPC, Shelar has argued that the FIR...

Delhi Court Grants Bail To Sharjeel Imam In 2019 Jamia Violence Case

A Delhi Court on Thursday granted bail to Sharjeel Imam in a case concerning the violence in Jamia Milia Islamia University on the 13th and 14th of December, 2019. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Dinesh Kumar granted bail to Sharjeel considering the fact that he was not arrested in the matter during investigation. "Considering the nature of offence, and the fact that he was not arrested...

Consumer Case Not Maintainable Over Medical Services Given Free Of Charge Just Because Doctor Draws Salary From Hospital : Supreme Court

"The salary that is paid by the hospital administration to the employee medical officer cannot be regarded as payment made on behalf of the person availing of the service or for his benefit so as to make the person availing the service a "consumer" under Section 2(1)(d) in respect of the service rendered to him.”

[Gujarat Riots] 'Not Interested In Targeting Anybody', Says Kapil Sibal; Supreme Court Reserves Judgment On Zakia Jafri's Plea

On Thursday, the Supreme Court heard the rejoinder and sur-rejoinder arguments in a petition filed by Zakia Ehsan Jafri challenging the closure report filed by SIT discarding the allegations of larger conspiracy by high state functionaries and other entities in the Gujarat riots of 2002 that ensued the Godhra train massacre. Over a course of fourteen days, a Bench comprising Justices...

Don't Throw Away Non-Veg Food Stalls Just Because Party In Power Says So Or To Satisfy Ego Of Some: Gujarat High Court To AMC

Dealing with a plea filed by certain street vendors who claimed that they have been arbitrarily prohibited from selling non-vegetarian food on the streets of Ahmedabad, the Gujarat High Court today rapped the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and asked them not to throw away carts of such people to satisfy the ego of some.Hearing the matter, the Bench of Justice Biren Vaishnav earlier...

'Wrongs Of Past Can't Be Basis For Disturbing Present Peace' : Delhi Court Rejects Plea To Restore Temples Inside Qutub Minar Complex

A Delhi Court has rejected a civil suit filed on behalf of Jain deity Tirthankar Lord Rishabh Dev and Hindu deity Lord Vishnu alleging that the Quwwat-Ul-Islam Masjid situated within the Qutub Minar Complex in Mehrauli was built in place of a temple complex and seeking restoration of the temple complex comprising as many as 27 temples.The Court noted that the suit was barred by the provisions...