Paying ₹450 Per Month Is 'Forced Labour' & Violation Of Article 23: Allahabad HC Directs UP Govt To Pay Minimum Wages To A IV Class Employee

The Allahabad High Court last week pulled up the Uttar Pradesh Government for paying Rs. 450 per month as wages to a Class-IV post since his initial engagement in 2001, which is less than the minimum wages as prescribed in the State. The Bench of Justice Pankaj Bhatia observed that it was beyond comprehension as to how the state government could exploit a Class-IV employee by...

Court Shall Not Help An Absconding Accused Who Is Not Cooperating With Investigation: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that a Court shall not come to the rescue or help an absconding accused who is not cooperating with the investigation.The bench of Justices MR Shah and AS Bopanna observed thus while upholding an Allahabad High Court order refusing anticipatory bail.The accused, Sanatan Pandey, was charged for the offences punishable under Sections 147, 148, 323, 324, 307, 308, 504...

My Whatsapp Chats Being Used To Entangle Me In Cruise Ship Drug Case : Aryan Khan Says In His Bail Application Before Sessions Court- Read Details

Aryan Khan, accused number 1 in the cruise ship drug case has pleaded innocence and false implication in his bail application before the Special NDPS Court. Khan states that no contraband was found on him and at most the allegations against him would attract a one-year jail term. Moreover, the embargo for bail under section 37 of the NDPS Act would not apply as no recoveries were...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Directs State & Municipal Corporation To File Compliance Report on Road Safety Policy, 2015

The Gwalior Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court has ordered the State and Gwalior Municipal Corporation [GMC] to submit a compliance report to the Madhya Pradesh State Road Safety Policy, 2015.A Division Bench of Justice Sheel Nagu and Deepak Kumar Agarwal was hearing a petition alleging failure to maintaining and leveling the roads with a lack of adequately lighting of the public streets...

Lakhimpur Kheri Violence: Local Court Sends Union Minister's Son Ashish Misra To Three-Day Police Custody

Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Misra 'Teni's son and prime accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri Violence incident, Ashish Misra has been sent to Three-day police remand with conditions by a Lakhimpur court.On Sunday, he was sent to 14-day judicial custody following his arrest by the UP Police on Saturday at around 11 PM.Today, the Uttar Pradesh police had filed an application before a...

LIVE NOW- LiveLaw Practitioner Series: " The Concept Of Detention Under Section 167(2) Cr.PC- Its Scope, Range & Legality" PART-2 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-2.Aaratrika Bhaumik will moderate the session.The details of the webinar are as follows:Date& Time: October 11, 2021(Monday), 5:00...

"Inaction Being Defended By Lame Excuses": Allahabad HC 'Dissatisfied' With UP Govt On 'Serious' Issues Related To Courts Functioning In UP

In a strongly worded order, the Allahabad High Court last week expressed its dissatisfaction over the manner in which the officers of the State are progressing on the serious issues pertaining to the functioning of the Courts in the State of U.P. A Seven-judge bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari, Justice Pritinker Diwaker, Justice Naheed Ara Moonis, Justice...

[S.197 CrPC] State Sanction Not Required To Prosecute Policemen For Their 'Illegal Acts': Kerala High Court

"Sanction contemplated under Section 197 is not intended to safeguard illegal acts," the Court added.

Refund Of Stamp Duty Cannot Be Denied On Ground Of Delay If Application Got Belated Due To Judicial Proceedings : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has exercised powers under Article 142 of the Constitution to order refund of stamp duty to a person, noting that the delay in making the application was due to the delay in deciding his consumer case before the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission.The Court decided to exercise the powers under Article 142, after noting that there was no provision in the...

"We Must Allow Different Ideologies To coexist And Contribute To The Development of Constitutional Law": Orissa HC Chief Justice S. Muralidhar

"You can imagine the contribution which leftist lawyers, lawyers with leftist leanings, made towards the development of constitutional law. This is a matter for research, I earnestly plead with the law researchers who are listening in. The contribution of leftist lawyers, lawyers who shared leftist ideologies, to the development of constitutional law has not been written about enough",...

Uthra Murder Case: Kerala Sessions Court Finds Accused Husband Guilty For Inducing Fatal Snakebite

In a much-awaited move, a Kerala court on Monday convicted Sooraj S Kumar for murdering his wife by getting her bitten by a venomous snake with an intention to kill her. The Kollam Additional District and Sessions Court, presided by Justice Manoj M, pronounced its verdict in a one of its kind murder case where the husband threw a starving cobra on his wife while she was asleep to induce her...

BREAKING : Centre Notifies Transfer Of 7 High Court Judges

The Central Government has notified the transfer of 7 High Court judges as recommended by the Supreme Court collegium.They are :Justice Rajan Gupta from Punjab and Haryana HC to Patna HCJustice T.S. Sivagnanam from Madras HC to Calcutta HCJustice Sureshwar Thakur from Himachal Pradesh HC to Punjab & Haryana HC.Justice P.B. Bajanthri from Karnataka HC to Patna HCJustice Sanjeev Prakash...