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Kidnapped Minor Girl Untraced For 2 Months : Supreme Court Asks UP Police To Hand Over Investigation Records To Delhi Police
In a case related to the kidnapping of a 13-year old girl from Gorakhpur, who remains untraced for last two months, the Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Uttar Pradesh Police to hand over the investigation records to the Delhi police by tomorrow.The Court also directed the Delhi Police Commissioner to oversee the investigation. A bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, Hrishikesh Roy and...
Delhi High Court Seeks Centre's Response To Plea Challenging Appointment Of Rakesh Asthana As Delhi Police Commissioner
The Delhi High Court today issued notice to the Centre on a plea challenging appointment of IPS Officer Rakesh Asthana as the Delhi Police Commissioner. The Court also allowed the intervention application filed by Centre for Public Interest Litigation through Advocate Prashant Bhushan.A Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh has kept the matter for hearing on September 8....
Supreme Court Reduces Sentence To Period Already Undergone As Man Convicted U/s 498A IPC Agrees To Pay Compensation To His Wife & Children
The Supreme Court reduced sentence awarded to a man convicted under section 498A of IPC to period already undergone after he agreed to pay compensation to his wife and children.The object of any criminal jurisprudence is reformative in character and to take care of the victim, the bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hrishikesh Roy observed.In this case, the second wife of the accused filed...
Kerala High Court Extends Term Of Judicial Members Of State Administrative Tribunal By Another Three Weeks
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday extended the term of the present Judicial Members of the Kerala Administrative Tribunal (KAT) by another three weeks, during which time the Court expects the newly appointed Chairman of the Tribunal to make fresh appointments. A Division Bench of Justice A Muhamed Mustaque and Justice Kauser Edappagath extended the interim order in pleas filed by the...
Delhi Court Recommends Extradition Of Indian Man To Australia For Rash & Negligent Driving; Dismisses Claim Of Racial Bias
A Delhi Court recently recommended Extradition of a fugitive criminal to Australia for the offences of culpable driving, negligently causing serious injury and improper use of a foreign travel document, which resulted in a death of a pedestrian while seriously causing injuries to the other in 2008.Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Akash Jain rejected the argument raised by the...
Courts Cannot Injunct Encashment Of Bank Guarantee During Its Validity : Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court recently remarked that a judicial order cannot be passed that a Bank Guarantee could not be encashed during its validity.A Bench of Justice Manmohan and Justice Navin Chawla added that,"In our view, the Court cannot injunct encashment of a bank guarantee during its validity if a cause of action arises in future. Bank guarantee has a meaning and legal sanctity attached...
"Do Not Insist On Production Of Aadhar Card As Only ID Proof For COVID Vaccination, Other Recognized Options Available": Meghalaya HC To State
The Meghalaya High Court has recently requested the State Government to not insist on production of Aadhar card as the only proof of identification for the purpose of administering covid-19 vaccination.Chief Justice Biswanath Somadder and Justice H.S. Thangkhiew reasoned that there were other recognized options available to a citizen of this country to show their proof of identity."In some...
No Fetters Can Be Placed On Freedom Of Press By Registering FIR Against Reporter For Publishing News Obtained From Identifiable Source: J&K HC
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has recently observed that no fetters can be placed on freedom of press by registering an FIR against a journalist for publishing a news item on the basis of an information obtained from him from an identifiable source."Needless to say that press is often referred to as the fourth pillar of democracy and freedom of the press is vital for the functioning of...
Principle Of Equal Pay For Equal Work Cannot Be Applied Merely On Basis Of Designation: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that the principle of equal pay for equal work cannot be applied merely on basis of designation.In this case, the court had to examine the claims made by Private Secretaries (Grade-II) ("PS-II") employed in the Eastern Central Railways (Field Office/Zonal Railways),for parity in pay with their counterparts working in the Central Secretariat Stenographers...
Applicability Of Res Judicata Between Co-Defendants: Supreme Court Explains
The Supreme Court, in a judgment passed last week, examined the applicability of res judicata between co-defendants.The court observed that the requisite conditions to apply the principle of res judicata as between co-defendants are that :(a) there must be conflict of interest between the defendants concerned; (b) it must be necessary to decide this conflict in order to give the plaintiff...
Schools Should Not Compel Children To Attend Physical Classes: Telangana High Court
A two-judge Bench of the Telangana High Court comprising of Acting Chief Justice M. S. Ramchandra Rao and Justice T. Vinod Kumar on Tuesday gave a series of directions on the government Memo issued relating to the opening of all schools in the state from Sept. 1. The government issued the Memo on August 24th, directing to reopen all the government and private schools in the state to...
Probe Into Shyama Prasad Mukherjee's Death, Declassify Documents : Plea In Calcutta High Court
A petition has been moved before the Calcutta High Court seeking an inquiry into the 'mysterious' death of the founder of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) Dr. Syama Prasad Mukherjee who had passed away in Kashmir in the year 1953. "The citizen's of India has no information how the death was held while Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee was in custody, hence, all the citizens of India had...