Information Available In Public Domain- Calcutta High Court Stays Proceedings Against BJP Leader Amit Malviya In A Case Filed By Kolkata Police

The Calcutta High Court on Friday stayed all proceedings in a case lodged against BJP national convenor for Information and Technology Amit Malviya for "fraudulently" downloading information from Kolkata Police's website and circulating vide his Twitter handle in a bid to create unrest among different groups of officers. Accordingly, the Court imposed a stay on all proceedings for a period of...

Motor Accident Claim - Evidence Recorded Before Tribunal To Be Given Weightage Over Contents Of FIR In Case Of Contradiction : Supreme Court

While deciding the issue of negligence in a claim for motor accident , Supreme Court has observed that if any evidence before the Tribunal runs contrary to the contents in the First Information Report, the evidence which is recorded before the Tribunal has to be given weightage over the contents of the First Information Report."If any evidence before the Tribunal runs contrary to the contents...

Doctrine Of Merger Not Applicable To Order Dismissing SLP; But If The Order States A Principle Of Law, It Is Binding : Supreme Court

Even though the doctrine of merger is not applicable to an order dismissing a special leave petition, if such an order states a principle of law, it will be binding on all courts and tribunals in the country, held the Supreme Court."The statement contained in the order other than on points of law would be binding on the parties and the court or tribunal, whose order was under challenge on...

Infant In Distress Due To Rare Genetic Disease: Karnataka High Court Directs Indira Gandhi Institute Of Child Health To Examine Immediately

The Karnataka High Court on Friday directed the Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health, Bengaluru to forthwith examine a one and a half-year-old boy, who is suffering from a rare Spinal Muscular Atrophy (Type 1) disease. Justice Krishna S Dixit directed "The infant shall be taken to NIMHANS compound for being examined by Dr G N Sanjeev, today itself. Petitioners/guardians...

TODAY AT 5PM -Gandhi Jayanti Webinar On "Gandhian Influence On Law" By Tripura HC Chief Justice Akil Kureshi

LiveLaw in association with Delhi High Court Women Lawyers Forum is organizing a webinar on "Gandhian Influence On Law" on Gandhi Jayanti Day.Justice Akil Kureshi (Chief justice, Tripura High Court) will be the distinguished speaker.Advocates Prachi Dutta and Nandita Rao will moderate the session.The details of the Webinar are as follows:-Date and time:- October 2, 2021 (Saturday), 05...

The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act, 2021- Progressive But Not Far Enough

The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act, 2021[1] ('Act') has come into force with effect from 24th September 2021. The Act amends the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act 1971 ('MTP Act') which regulates the conditions under which medical termination of pregnancy be pursued. The Act inter alia modifies Section 3 of the MTP Act to extend the upper limit for medical termination of pregnancy to 24 weeks, from the present stipulation of 20 weeks, for certain categories of women...

Won't Arrest Param Bir Singh Till October 21 In FIR Under SC/ST Act, Maharashtra Govt Tells Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court on Friday adjourned to October 20, former Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh's plea to quash the Thane police's FIR under the SC/ST Act (prevention of atrocities) on a subordinate officer's complaint.Maharashtra Government's counsel APP JP Yagnik agreed not to arrest Singh till October 21, extending the State's original protection statement from May 24.The Thane...

'Immense Sentimental Value': Chennai Court Allows IPS Officer To Wear Badge, Cap Marked 'Evidence' In Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case On Retirement Day

IPS officer Prateep V. Philip, who on Thursday retired as Director General of Police, Training, was permitted by a City Civil Court in Chennai to wear on his retirement day, the bloodstained cap and name badge which he had worn while he was on duty when former Indian Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated at Sriperumpadur. The IPS officer was serving as the Additional Superintendant...

Durga Puja Pandals In State To Be No-Entry Zones For Visitors: Calcutta High Court Reiterates Previous Directions

The Calcutta High Court on Friday reiterated its previous directions and ordered that all pandals where Durga Puja is being celebrated this year, shall be made no-entry zones for members of the public in view of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. A Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal and Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj was adjudicating upon a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking...

"Unbecoming Of Elected Representative": MP High Court Denies Anticipatory Bail To Councillor Booked For Destroying Public Properties

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently denied bail to a sitting Councillor, Atamdas who has been booked for an offence that took place in the year 2018 wherein he, alongwith other co-accused, had led an unruly mob of 700- 800 persons who were protesting against the ratio of a decision of Apex Court.Allegedly, they were protesting against the Top Court's ruling in the case of Dr. Subhash...

Section 92 Evidence Act - Oral Evidence Admissible Only To Show That The Document Is Sham: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has observed that Section 92 of the Indian Evidence Act bars giving of oral evidence on a written document except to prove that the document reflects a sham transaction."...the oral evidence of a written agreement is excluded except when it is sought to be alleged the document as a sham transaction", a bench comprising Justices Hemant Gupta and V Ramasubramanian observed in...

Divorce Suit Transfer- "Convenience Of Wife Is To Be Preferred Over The Convenience Of Husband": Rajasthan High Court

Dealing with a plea of wife seeking transfer of the Divorce case, the Rajasthan High Court (Jaipur Bench) on Thursday observed that in such matters, courts are required to give more weightage and consideration to the convenience of the female litigants in comparison to the husband's convenience. "Transfer of legal proceedings from one Court to another should ordinarily be allowed...