'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...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging HC Order Which Set Aside Dismissal Of Application Seeking FIR Against BJP Leader Kailash Vijayvargiya & 2 Others In Rape Case

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on a Special Leave Petition (SLP) against an order of the Calcutta High Court setting aside the order of the Chief Judicial Magistrate at Alipore which had dismissed an application seeking FIR against BJP Leader Kailash Vijayvargiya, RSS member Jisnu Basu, and Pradeep Joshi in a rape case. In the instant case, it had been alleged by the victim woman...

Anticipatory Bail Plea Not Maintainable If Accused Already In Custody In Another Criminal Case For Similar/ Different Offences: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court, bench at Jaipur has held that the anticipatory bail application of a person, already in custody in connection to a criminal case, will not be maintainable with respect to another criminal case registered for commission of similar or different offences. Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma was of the view that it would be appropriate that a footnote is added in all...

NEET-UG : HC Order For Retest To 2 Students Delaying Entire Results, NTA Tells Supreme Court; Seeks Early Hearing

The National Testing Agency on Monday urged the Supreme Court to allow urgent hearing of its special leave petition challenging the recent Bombay High Court order directing the National Testing Agency to hold fresh exam for two NEET UG aspirants. A request for urgent hearing of the case was made by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta during mentioning before a Bench comprising CJI NV Ramana,...