'Constitutional Rights Cannot Be Sacrificed At The Altar Of Flimsy Explanations': Bombay High Court Seeks Inquiry, Orders Compensation To Man Illegally Detained In Custody

The Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra Government to pay compensation to a man and urged an inquiry against errant police officers regarding the 28-year-old's detention in a police lockup despite a court order remanding him in judicial custody. "The constitutional and legal rights of a person cannot be sacrificed at the altar of such flimsy explanations," the bench...

Supreme Court Restrains KRDCL From Felling Heritage Trees For Bengaluru Road Widening Till HC Decides Dispute

The Supreme Court of India has restrained the Karnataka Road Development Corporation (KRDCL) from felling heritage trees for widening of various roads around Bangalore, until the matter is decided by the Karnataka High Court. A division bench of Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice A.S. Bopanna said, "During the course of the hearing, we have expressed the view that we would expect...

Senior Advocate Deepinder Singh Patwalia Appointed As The New Advocate General Of Punjab

Senior Advocate Deepinder Singh Patwalia has been appointed as the new Advocate General of Punjab.This comes days after Senior Advocate Amar Preet Singh Deol resigned from the post of AG and his resignation was accepted by the Punjab Chief Minister, Charanjit Singh Channi.A notification in this regard was issued today and which reads thus:"The Governor of Punjab in exercise of the...

Enforcement Directorate Agrees Before Kerala High Court To Trace Financial Trail Of Fake Antiquities Scam

The Enforcement Directorate on Friday informed the Kerala High Court that it will look into the financial trail of the alleged scam plotted by fake antique dealer Monson Mavunkal. Justice Devan Ramachandran allowed impleadment of the Joint Director of the Enforcement Directorate as an additional respondent in the petition. Central Government Counsel Jaishankar Nair appeared for ED and...

Fake Accident Claim Petitions: Supreme Court Directs SIT To Share Names Of Erring Advocates To Bar Council Of India

Earlier, the Supreme Court in an order dated 05.10.2021 had criticized the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh for its failure to take action against advocates for filing fake claim petitions under Motor Accident Claims Tribunal and Workmen Compensation Act. The Court further directed the State of UP/SIT to forward the name of the advocates against whom prima facie cases of cognizable offences...

Delhi Court Imposes 10K Cost On Frivolous Litigant Accusing Judge Of Threatening With Judicial Powers

A Delhi Court has imposed Rs. 10,000 cost on a litigant who had sought transfer of his case alleging bias against the presiding Judge. It was alleged that during the proceedings, the Judge threatened the Petitioner's counsel of showing his judicial powers.Finding the allegations to be baseless and the petition to be devoid of merits, District & Sessions Judge Girish Kathpalia dismissed...

Sabarimala Spot Booking Intended To Ensure Maximum Participation At Darshan, Cannot Be Confined To Two Days: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court on Friday ruled that the validity of seats registered for Sabarimala darshan through spot booking cannot be confined to 2 days as followed presently. A Division Bench comprising Justices Anil K. Narendran and P.G Ajithkumar emphasised that the very purpose of introducing spot booking centres was to enable devotees who did not have the required facilities for online...

Madras High Court Orders Status Quo On Construction Activities Near Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple

The Madras High Court has ordered status quo in a PIL alleging illegal construction and quarrying near Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple at Singavaram. It has directed the authorities not to undertake any construction activities for the time being. The Bench of Acting Chief Justice M. Duraiswamy and Justice Satya Narayana Prasad also deemed it fit to list the matter before the special...

Disaster Management Act Statutorily Recognizes Apat Dharma, Overrides Other Laws During Disasters: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has ruled that the Disaster Management Act, 2005 provides statutory recognition to the principle of Apat Dharma and that in times of disasters, the Act will override other laws in times of disasters since it is intended to protect lives. Justice N Nagaresh observed that without the Act having such overriding power, all other rights liberties and freedoms will lose...

"Sometimes We Have To Rise Above The Law, He May Rise To Lead The Country In Future": Supreme Court On A Dalit Student's Plea Who Lost IIT Seat Due To Technical Error

"On humanitarian grounds, sometimes, the Court has to rise above the law", remarked Justice D. Y. Chandrachud on Thursday. The bench of Justices Chandrachud and A S Bopanna was hearing an SLP against a Bombay High Court decision expressing inability to permit the petitioner, a student belonging to the scheduled caste category, to pay, after the deadline, the Seat Acceptance Fees...

Mere Non Drawing Of Formal Decree Not Ground For Court To Dismiss Execution Of Compromise Deed: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that the mere non-drawing of a formal decree, and objections which are raised later by the party to the compromise in order to resile from it, are no grounds which can be taken by the Executing Court to dismiss the execution of a Compromise Deed.Justice Pratibha M Singh also added that the mere act of not drawing a formal decree in respect of the settlement would...

Kerala High Court Calls For Expedite Probe Into Allegations Of Pink Police Officer Humiliating Minor In Public Gaze

The Kerala High Court today directed the concerned authorities to place on record the action initiated against a Civil Police Officer who had allegedly mortified a child and her father in a public road while accusing them of theft.Justice Devan Ramachandran was hearing a matter where an 8-year-old girl was allegedly accused of stealing a mobile phone from a Pink Police Officer and...