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Firecrackers Regulation : Calcutta High Court To Hear Tomorrow Plea Seeking Proper Enforcement Of SC Directions
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday specified that it would hear tomorrow a petition seeking directions for the proper implementation of prior Supreme Court orders on the regulation of firecrackers during the upcoming festivals. This comes in the wake of the Supreme Court setting aside the order of the Calcutta High Court which imposed a complete ban of use of firecrackers in the State of...
Delhi Court Reserves Order On Sharjeel Imam's Bail Plea In Case Concerning Anti-CAA Speeches Made At AMU, Jamia
A Delhi Court has reserved orders on the bail plea moved by Sharjeel Imam in relation to the allegedly inflammatory speeches made by him in Aligarh Muslim University and Jamia area in Delhi against the Citizenship Amendment Act.Imam was booked vide FIR 22/2020 registered by the Delhi Police under Sections 124A, 153A, 505 of the IPC along with Section 13 of the UAPA (added later)....
'Points To A Complete Breakdown Of Law': Kerala High Court Cautions Against Installation Of Unauthorized Flag Posts In State
The Kerala High Court on Monday once again pulled up the government for inaction over illegal flag posts being installed throughout the State and directed that a survey be conducted to detect the number of illegal flag posts erected in the State without obtaining the requisite permission. Justice Devan Ramachandran expressed his shock at the 'lawlessness' continuing in the State despite...
Karnataka Govt Revises 'No Plans To Deport Rohingyas' Affidavit; Files New Affidavit In Supreme Court
Revising its earlier stand that there were no plans to deport Rohingya refugees in the state, the Karnataka Government has filed a fresh affidavit before the Supreme Court stating that it will adhere to any order passed by the Court in this matter.The affidavit stated that while 126 Rohingyas have been identified in the State, the Karnataka State Police has not housed Rohingyas in any camp...
Mere Apprehension Of Threat Of life Without Substantiating It Not Sufficient Ground To Transfer A Criminal Case U/Sec 406 CrPC: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that mere apprehension of threat of life is not a sufficient ground to transfer a case, without lodging a complaint or substantiating the said ground.In this case, the petition sought transfer of Complaint filed under Sections 420 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code pending in the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jammu to Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi.One of the...
Orissa High Court Permits Sale & Use Of Only 'Green Crackers' During Diwali, As Per SC Directions
The Orissa High Court on Monday allowed the use and sale of only 'green crackers' during the upcoming festivities pursuant to the prior directions of the Supreme Court. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice S. Muralidhar and Justice BP Routray was adjudicating upon a plea moved by an association of firecracker manufactures called All Odisha Fireworks Dealers Association and Others....
Evidence In A Trial Against An Accused Does Not Have Any Bearing Upon A Co-Accused In A Separate Trial For The Commission Of Same Offence: Supreme Court
The evidence recorded in a criminal trial against any accused is confined to the culpability of that accused only and it does not have any bearing upon a co-accused, who has been tried on the basis of evidence recorded in a separate trial, though for the commission of the same offence, the Supreme Court observed in a judgment delivered on Friday.In other words, the culpability of any...
If Motive For Crime Is Not Casteist Attack, Provisions Of SC/ST Act Can't Be Invoked: Karnataka High Court Reiterates
The Karnataka High Court has reiterated that provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act (SC/ST Act) cannot be invoked in every crime where the victim happens to be a member of the SC/ST community. Justice Sreenivas Harish Kumar has observed,"It is not as though in every crime, if the victim happens to be a member of scheduled caste or...
Taluk Land Board's Determination Has Evidentiary Value In Proceedings Under Kerala Private Forest Vesting Act : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has observed that determination arrived by the Land Board about the character of lands, under the Kerala Land Reforms Act, 1963 ("KLR Act") becomes a piece of evidence for the purposes of the Kerala Private Forests (Vesting and Assignment) Act, 1971 ("Vesting Act").The bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and S Ravindra Bhat in the present matter was dealing with a special...
PC Act - More Time Taken For Preliminary Enquiry Not A Ground To Quash Criminal Proceedings : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has observed that whatever enquiry is conducted at the stage of Preliminary Enquiry, by no stretch of imagination, can be considered as investigation under the code of criminal procedure which can only be after registration of the FIR. The Court also observed that merely because some time is taken for conducting preliminary enquiry, that cannot be a ground to quash the...
Are Orders U/S 12 Of Guardians & Wards Act Appealable U/S 19 Of Family Courts Act? Delhi HC Refers Question To Larger Bench
The Delhi High Court has referred to the larger bench the question as to whether an order passed under Section 12 of the Guardians and Wards Act, or any order dealing with aspects of visitation and custody during the pendency of proceedings, would be appealable under Section 19(1) of the Family Courts Act.Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Jasmeet Singh was of the view that the decision of...
Bhima Koregaon Judicial Commission Suspends Hearing After Maharashtra Govt Fails to Provide Accommodation In Mumbai
The two-member judicial commission appointed by the Maharashtra Government to probe the caste-based violence at Koregaon-Bhima on January 1, 2018, has indefinitely suspended its function due to the State government's apathy to provide proper accommodation for proceedings. "Unfortunately, nothing was heard from the government till October 31, 2021, about availability of...