Revisional Powers Of High Court Under Rent Act Confined To Detecting Legality, Regularity & Propriety Of Impugned Orders: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has reiterated that the power exercisable by a High Court under Section 25 of the Kerala Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act is not an appellate power to reappraise or reassess the evidence for coming to a different finding contrary to the finding recorded by the courts below.A Division Bench of Justice Anil Narendran and Justice K Babu remarked:"...it cannot be said...

Shah Rukh Khan's Son Aryan Khan and 7 Others Arrested in Mumbai Drugs Case

Aryan Khan, son of actor Shahrukh Khan, has been arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau in connection with the seizure of banned drugs on a cruise off the Mumbai coast. Khan is booked under sections 8(C) read with 20, 35 and 27 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and will be produced for remand soon, according to sources. Advocate Satish Manishande, earlier representing...

Application U/s 156(3) CrPC Seeking Registration Of FIR Cannot Be Dismissed Merely On The Ground Of Delay: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court observed that a magistrate cannot dismiss an application under Section 156(3) of Criminal Procedure Code merely on the ground of delay in lodging complaint.The magistrate cannot draw an inference that because of delay of lodging complaint it could be inferred that the application could not be treated as FIR on the ground of inordinate delay, Justice Bibek...

MPSLSA: "Prabhatpheri" Organised Under Pan India Awareness & Outreach Program As A Part Of "Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav" [2nd October 2021]

A Pan India Legal Awareness & Outreach Campaign is being organized by the National Legal Services Authority as a part of "Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav" from October 02, 2021 to November 14, 2021. As a part of campaign, M.P. High Court & MPSLSA under the visionary leadership of Justice Mohammad Rafiq, Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court & Patron-in-Chief MSPSLSA, organized...

Centre Promulgates Ordinance To Rectify Anomaly In Section 27A NDPS Act With Retrospective Effect

The Centre has promulgated Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Amendment) Ordinance, 2021, amending section 27A of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 to rectify an anomaly that had crept in.Section 27A deals with the punishment for financing illicit traffic and harbouring offenders. It read as follows: Whoever indulges in financing, directly or indirectly, any of...

Motor Accidents Claim - Minimum Wage Notification Not An Absolute Yardstick To Fix Income Of Deceased In Absence Of Salary Certificate : Supreme Court

While deciding on compensation to be paid in a case of motor vehicle accident, Supreme Court has observed that merely because claimants were unable to produce documentary evidence to show the monthly income of the deceased, the same does not justify adoption of lowest tier of minimum wage while computing the income."In absence of salary certificate the minimum wage notification can be a...

Temple Idols Theft: Madras High Court Expresses Shock Over Missing Case Diaries, Rebukes State CID For Not Being Serious

The Madras High Court last week rebuked the Crime Investigation Department (CID) of the Tamil Nadu state on account of its lack of seriousness to recover the stolen properties (temple idols and artifacts) or to book the culprits in such cases.The Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice P.D.Audikesavalu was hearing a PIL filed by a Madras High Court lawyer, 'Elephant' G...

"Can't Register FIR For Proceedings U/S 107 & 145 CrPC": Andhra Pradesh High Court Directs State DGP To Instruct SHOs

The Andhra Pradesh High Court recently directed the Director-General of Police of the state to instruct the Station House Officers of all Police Stations that a First Information Report cannot be registered for the proceedings under Sections 107 and 145 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.The Bench of Justice Cheekati Manavendranath Roy noted that the Court was coming across several cases...

AP High Court Stays Arrest Of Man Booked For Posting Facebook Comment Against CM Jagan Reddy & Tribal Woman-MLA

The Andhra Pradesh High Court last week stayed the arrest of a man booked for allegedly posting a comment on Whatsapp group and Facebook against the Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy by resorting to morphing and thereby causing loss of reputation of a tribal woman MLA.It was alleged that the petitioner, G. Veera Venkanna, made the comment in question to create a dispute between various...

"Investigation Ongoing": CBI Tells Delhi High Court In Case Of Undertrial Prisoner Allegedly Killed By Jail Officers In Tihar

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has informed the Delhi High Court that the investigation into the alleged killing of an undertrial prisoner by jail officers inside the Tihar Jail is ongoing and that a detailed status report will be filed by the agency after further investigation.Justice Mukta Gupta, who listed the matter for further hearing on December 17, perused the status...

Farmers Protests : Haryana Govt Moves Application To Add Farmers' Organisations As Respondents In SC Plea Against Road Blockade

The State of Haryana has moved an application before the Supreme Court seeking to implead 43 officer bearers of various farmers' organisations in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition filed by a Noida-resident Monicca Agarwal complaining of delays in daily commute caused due to the road-blockade owing to the ongoing farmers' protests. In the PIL, she had alleged that that travelling...

'We Owe A Duty To Future Generations To Preserve The Fruits Of Freedom': Justice S V Bhatti

As a part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, an initiative of NALSA, District level programmes on 'Pan-India Awareness and Outreach Campaign' was conducted by Thiruvananthapuram District Legal Services Authority on Saturday. Justice Sarasa Venkatanarayana Bhatti, Kerala High Court Judge and Portfolio judge of Thiruvananthapuram District inaugurated the event at Justice Anna Chandy Auditorium...