Distinction Between "Preparation" & "Attempt To Rape" : Supreme Court Explains

While upholding conviction of a man accused of attempt to rape, the Supreme Court explained the distinction between 'Preparation' and 'Attempt' to commit rape.In this case the accused was convicted under Section 376(2)(f) read with Section 511 of Indian Penal Code. In appeal, the Madhya Pradesh High Court modified it to conviction under Section 354 IPC and reduced...

Central Vista Project: Supreme Court Directs Centre To File Affidavit On Proposed Change In Land Use Of Recreational Plot To Residential

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to file an affidavit on the issue of proposed change in land use of a plot where the new official residences of the Vice-President and the Prime Minister are stipulated as part of the ambitious Central Vista project in Lutyens' Delhi.The Central Vista revamp, announced in September 2019 envisages a new triangular Parliament building, with a...

Reopening Of Schools: Kerala High Court Disposes Plea Seeking Vaccination Of Students With Homoeopathic Medicines

The Kerala High Court recently disposed of a Public Interest Litigation seeking immediate administration of homoeopathic medicines for Covid-19 to willing students, taking into account the fact that schools will reopen next month.A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice S. Manikumar and Justice Shaji P. Chaly upon noting that the State had taken adequate steps in favour of the plea, disposed...

'Frivolous Litigation By State': Supreme Court Dismisses Uttarakhand Govt's SLP Against Reduction Of Sentence To Accused Without Opposing It Before HC

Frivolous litigation by the State, the Supreme Court remarked while dismissing a special leave petition filed by the State of Uttarakhand.The State had filed an SLP against a High Court order in a criminal appeal that reduced the sentence pf an accused in relation to the offence under Sections 307/34 IPC to rigorous imprisonment of four years and five months instead of seven years and...

Respecting Constitutional Dignitaries Including President, PM Is Citizens' 'Bounden Duty': Allahabad HC Grants Bail In PM's 'Objectionable' Pic Case

Stressing that it is the bounden duty of every citizen of the country to respect all the Constitutional dignitaries including the President and Prime Minster of 'this great nation', the Allahabad High Court today granted bail to one Mohd. Afaaq Kuraisi booked for posting objectionable image of Prime Minister, Narendra Modi on a WhatsApp group.The Bench of Justice Mohd. Faiz Alam Khan...

Calcutta HC Directs Health Secretary To Meet Protesting Doctors In Plea Alleging Disruption Of Medical Facilities At R.G. Kar Medical College Hospital

The Calcutta High Court on Monday directed the Health Secretary of the West Bengal government to meet protesting medical students and junior doctors of the R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata on October 29. The Court was adjudicating upon a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition alleging that in light of the ongoing agitation by a section of the interns and the students the...

Delhi Riots- District & Sessions Judge Sets Aside Order Saying Police Commissioner Shall Be Personally Liable To Cost For Delay In Compliance Of Orders By IO

The Principal District & Sessions Judge, North East District of Karkardooma Court on Monday set aside an order by which a CMM Court had cautioned the Deputy Commissioner of Police and Commissioner of Police that it will hold them personally responsible for imposition of cost in case the investigating officers seek adjournment for compliance of the orders passed in a riots...

Company Entitled To Acquire Properties Dehors Cancellation Of Its Registration As NBFC: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently ruled that even when an entity is stripped of its NBFC license, it continues to operate as a company and a legal person as long as its Certificate of Registration is not cancelled under the Companies Act.Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas thus ruled that such a company, despite cancellation of its registration as an NBFC, is entitled to buy, own and hold properties...

Plea In Supreme Court Challenges MP High Court's Decision To Resume Physical Hearings

An application has been moved before the Supreme Court challenging the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court to resume physical hearing of cases at the Principal Seat in Jabalpur and Benches at Indore and Gwalior from October 25, 2021.The application, moved in the pending Writ Petition of All India Jurist Association and another v. High Court of Uttarakhand and Others, seeks the relief...

Hospitals Overcharging Covid Patients: Karnataka High Court Seeks ATR; Status Of Refunds

The Karnataka High Court on Monday directed the State government and the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to inform as to what action has been taken against those hospitals who are found guilty of charging exorbitant amounts from Covid-19 patients. It has also sought information, by the next date of hearing, as to whether the said amount has been refunded to the patients,...

"Resignation Once Accepted Cannot Be Taken Back": Delhi High Court Dismisses Professor's Plea For Rejoining Jamia Milia Islamia

Observing that a resignation once accepted cannot be taken back, the Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed the plea filed by a former Professor of the Jamia Milia Islamia University, seeking to rejoin the duty after one year of tendering his resignation.Justice V Kameswar Rao dismissed the plea of Moharram Ali Khan, who was appointed as a professor of Mathematics at JMI in 2007.Khan had...

Lawyer Writes To Mumbai Police Seeking FIR Against Sameer Wankhede Over Extortion Bid Allegations In Aryan Khan Case

A Mumbai based lawyer has approached the police for registration of an FIR against Narcotics Control Bureau's Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede and others for extortion, criminal conspiracy and bribery in the cruise ship drug case involving Aryan Shahrukh Khan. Advocate Sudha Dwivedi's complaint states that after Sail's allegations in his notarized affidavit, it is clear that the...