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Look Into The Backlog Of Court Cases In All The Districts: Punjab & Haryana High Court Directs Registrar General Of HC
Observing that pendency before an Amritsar Court is phenomenally on the higher side, the Punjab and Haryana High Court last week directed the Registrar General of the High Court to look into the matter as to whether the pendency is only in the Court concerned or is it the case in every District of the state.The bench of Justice Gurvinder Singh Gill was hearing a plea seeking directions to...
Delhi High Court Issues Directions To Ensure That Custody Of An Undertrial Prisoner Is Not Extended Mechanically
The Delhi High Court on Monday issued slew of directions to ensure that the custody of an undertrial is not extended mechanically in view of sec. 167(2) of Cr.P.C. and also to ensure that the rights of undertrial prisoners to seek default bail are not defeated despite legislative mandate and the principles of law.Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri also observed that the order of remanding an...
'No Immediate Possibility Of Appeal Being Heard': Calcutta HC Suspends Sentence Of Two Convicts Who Had Been In Custody For Over 10 Years
The Calcutta High Court has recently suspended the sentence of imprisonment imposed on two convicts on the ground that there lies no possibility of their appeals being heard within a reasonable time. The Court also took into consideration that the convicts had already been in custody for over 10 years and had also shown satisfactory conduct during custody. A Bench of Justices...
'Aryan Khan Victim Of Vendetta' : Shiv Sena Leader Sends Letter Petition To Supreme Court Seeking Suo Motu Intervention
Saying that the NCB case against Aryan Khan, son of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, is out of "dirty vendetta", a Shiv Sena leader has sent a letter petition to the Supreme Court seeking its suo motu intervention.The petition sent by Shiv Sena leader Kishor Tiwari alleges that Khan is a victim of vendetta by an officer of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) whose wife failed to make it in...
Difference Between 'Bond' & 'Agreement' : Kerala High Court Explains
The Kerala High Court recently reiterated the difference between an agreement and a bond by establishing that for an instrument to partake the character of a bond, an obligation must have been created in the instrument itself. The question before the Court was whether the agreement entered into by the parties is a bond as defined under Section 2(a) of the Kerala Stamp Act, 1959 or...
Arbitral Tribunal Can't Pass Ex-Parte Ad-Interim Order; Arbitration Act Mandates Advance Notice : Bombay High Court
An arbitration tribunal cannot pass an ex-parte order on the mere filing of an interim application as the Arbitration and Conciliation Act of 1996 mandates sufficient advance notice for any hearing, the Bombay High Court has held. Justice GS Kulkarni observed that a combined reading of Sections 18,19 and 24 (2) of the Act requires all parties to be treated fairly at all stages. Also,...
SC/ST Act Misuse- Don't Register FIR At 3rd Party's Instance Sans Opinion Of District Attorney (Legal): P&H HC Directs Punjab DGP
The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently directed the Director-General of Police, Punjab to not register FIR under the SC&ST Act at the instance of a third party unless an opinion is sought from the District Attorney (Legal) that the complainant falls within the definition of the victim as per the SC&ST Act.The Bench of Justice Arvind Singh Sangwan made the obtaining of legal...
Delhi Riots- District & Sessions Judge Stays Operation Of Order Imposing 25K Cost On Police Till November 12
The Principal District & Sessions Judge, North East District of Karkardooma Court on Saturday stayed the operation of an order which had imposed a cost of Rs. 25,000 on Delhi Police after observing that the delay in moving an application regarding segregation of complaint in a riots case caused undue harassment to the accused persons, two of whom are in judicial custody.Principal...
Shahjahanpur Advocate Killing- UP Bar Council Seeks ₹50 Lakh Compensation; Asks Lawyers To Abstain From Judicial Work On Oct 20
The Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh has decided to seek 50 lakh compensation from the Uttar Pradesh Government for the advocate who was killed today inside the Shahjahanpur District Complex."Shri Bhupendra Singh, Advocate was shot dead in the district Shahjahanpur court premises today. Apart from this, other incidents of murder of advocates have also come to the fore from other districts of...
Breaking- Ranjit Singh Murder Case: Dera Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim, 4 Others Sentenced To Life Imprisonment By CBI Court
Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and 4 others have been sentenced to life imprisonment by the CBI Court, Panchkula today in the Ranjit Singh murder case. They were earlier convicted under Sections 302 (murder) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC in this case, and today, the order on their sentence was pronounced.The other convicts who have been sentenced to LI today are...
LIVE NOW- LiveLaw Practitioner Series: " The Concept Of Detention Under Section 167(2) Cr.PC- Its Scope, Range & Legality" PART-3 By Justice V Ramkumar
LiveLaw is organizing a webinar under its "LiveLaw Practitioner Series".Justice V Ramkumar (Former Judge, High Court of Kerala) will speak on " The Concept Of 'Detention' Under Section 167(2) Cr.PC- Its Scope, Range & Legality" PART-3.Aaratrika Bhaumik will moderate the session.The details of the webinar are as follows:Date & Time: October 18, 2021(Monday), 5:00 pmYoutube...