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'Ambush PILs' Filed To Preclude Genuine Litigants; Summary Dismissal Of Earlier Article 32 Petition Won't Operate As Res Judicata : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that the summary dismissal of an earlier writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution does not operate as res judicata.There is a trend of poorly pleaded public interest litigations being filed instantly following a disclosure in the media, with a conscious intention to obtain a dismissal from the Court and preclude genuine litigants from approaching the Court...
Rajasthan High Court Suo Moto Exercises Writ Jurisdiction Directing Husband To Pay Monthly Maintenance To Deserted Wife, Children
The Rajasthan High Court recently exercised its extraordinary writ jurisdiction and directed a man to pay monthly maintenance to his deserted wife and children as an interim measure. A Division Bench comprising Justice Sandeep Mehta and Justice Sameer Jain was considering a habeas corpus petition filed by a woman alleging that her husband was being detained and blackmailed by one of...
'No Positive Compliance': Karnataka High Court Urges State To Fill Up Vacant Posts In Forensic Science Laboratories
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday urged the state government to fill up vacant posts in Forensic Science Laboratories in the state, to improve its functioning which would help in early disposal of criminal trials pending in courts. A division bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum on going through the compliance report submitted by the...
Supreme Court Waives Hardik Patel's Bail Condition That He Should Seek Court Permission To Go Outside Gujarat
The Supreme Court on Thursday waived the bail condition imposed on Gujarat Congress Working President Hardik Patel that requires him to seek prior court permission before travelling out of Gujarat. A Bench comprising Justice Abdul Nazeer and Justice Krishna Murari allowed Patel's plea challenging Gujarat High Court's order that refused to delete the bail condition, imposed in relation to...
Telangana High Court Allows A4 Size Papers, Back To Back Printing For Pleadings & Internal Communications
The Telangana High Court has allowed the usage of A4 size papers to be printed on both sides for filing pleas and internal communications at all levels of Judiciary in the State, so as to save paper and free up storage space.A Bench comprising Chief Justice Sathish Chandra Sharma and Justice A. Rajeshekar Reddy noted that the Full Court had already taken a decision to use only A4 size...
Road Accident- Court Shouldn't Award Flea-Bite Sentence For Offence U/S 304-A IPC By Showing Undue Sympathy: MP High Court
Dismissing the criminal revision plea of a convict who hit a bike in a rash and negligent manner thereby causing the death of two persons, the Madhya Pradesh High Court last week noted that the court should not award a flea-bite sentence for offence under Section 304-A of IPC by showing undue sympathy.Section 304-A Indian Penal Code deals with Causing death by negligence [Whoever causes the...
'Whether Playing Cards Under Gambling Act Amounts To An Offence Involving Moral Turpitude'? Supreme Court To Consider
The Supreme Court has issued notice on a special leave petition, raising a question as to whether a person, convicted under the Gambling Act, 1867 for playing cards, can be said to have committed an offence which tantamount to 'moral turpitude'. The Division Bench of Justices SK Kaul and MM Sundresh issued notice on the petition filed by one Satendra Singh Tomar, against a...
Madhya Pradesh High Court Launches Special Drive To Dispose Old Pending Cases
Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court Ravi Malimath has begun the exercise of disposing of old pending cases in the state of Madhya Pradesh. After having taken the charge as the Chief Justice, and with the help of other companion Justices of the High Court, Justice Ravi Malimath has emphasized the expeditious hearing of old and pending cases with the proper cooperation of the...
Forcing Prisoner's Family To Travel From Mountains To Plains To Meet Prisoners Violates Article 21: U'khand High Court
The Uttarakhand High Court on Wednesday observed that forcing the family of a prisoner to travel through the mountainous terrain and to come down to the plains to meet and interact with a relative-prisoner, prima facie, violates fundamental rights guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India of prisoners and their family members.This assertion came from the Bench of Chief...
'Where Is Param Bir Singh?', Supreme Court Says No Protection To Absconding Officer Till His Whereabouts Are Known
The Supreme Court on Thursday enquired the whereabouts of former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh, who was recently declared as an absconder by a Mumbai Magistrate after his non-appearance in an extortion case.A bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and MM Sundresh was considering the petition filed by Param Bir Singh seeking protection in the cases of corruption and...