"People Have Stopped Hiring Goons, File FIR, Invoke PASA & Get Land's Possession": Gujarat HC On Misuse Of Anti Land Grabbing Act

The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday deplored the misuse of recently enacted Gujarat Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 2020 followed by the invocation of Gujarat Prevention of Antisocial Activities Act (PASA) in private property disputes. "People have stopped hiring goons, file FIR, invoke PASA and get the possession of the land, I have dealt with many such cases. Even in cases where...

Appellate Court Must Appoint An Amicus To Assist It In The Disposal Of Appeal In Case Of Non-Appearance Of Appellant : Jharkhand High Court Reiterates

The Jharkhand High Court has held that an appellate court is required to consider all the materials on record and arrive at findings and in case of non-appearance of the appellant, the appellate court ought to have at least appointed an amicus to assist the court from the side of the appellant in the disposal of the appeal.Justice Anubha Rawat Chowdhary relied on the Supreme Court's...

Insistence On Bank Guarantee Of Scheduled Indian Private Banks In Preference To Scheduled Foreign Banks In India A Fallacy: Justice Indira Banerjee

"It is incomprehensible why Scheduled Private Banks in India should be preferred to Scheduled Foreign Banks in India with high global rating, even though, some Scheduled Private Sector Banks have not even been running well".

Rather Than Caste System Being Wiped Away, Reservation System Perpetuates It Endlessly: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court opined on Wednesday that the Constituent Assembly had envisioned the reservation system to be in force only during the infancy period of Independent India, however it is now being endlessly extended through repeated amendments thereby perpetuating the caste system in the process. The Court made the observation as a footnote while dismissing the contempt of court plea...

Karnataka High Court Issues Notice In Plea Seeking Facilities For Senior Citizens & Persons With Disabilities At Konkan Railway Stations

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Union Government and the Managing Director M/s Konkan Railway Corporation, on a plea seeking directions for providing facilities to physically challenged, persons with disabilities as well as senior citizens at all the railway stations on the Konkan railway line. A division bench of Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Imposes 1K Cost On Lawyer For Abstaining From Work, Allows Cost Recovery From Bar Association

The Punjab and Haryana High Court, on Monday, imposed 1,000/- cost on a lawyer who had abstained from work on the very day his application seeking early hearing of a case was listed before the court.The Bench of Justice Arvind Singh Sangwan noted that the Courts are working through virtual mode with great difficulties, and even then the lawyers had abstained from work on August 11, 2021.The...

MeitY Can't Be Saddled With Duty To Regulate Online Gambling Websites, Lotteries; Issue Falls Under State List: Centre Tells Delhi High Court

The Centre has told the Delhi High Court that the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology cannot be saddled with the duty to regulate online gambling websites or lotteries as the issue falls within the domain of State- 'Betting and Gambling' being State subjects.The development comes in a petition seeking to ban gambling/gaming websites and lotteries from operating in the country....

Dismal Physical State Apart, He Is Also A Psychological Wreck: Delhi HC Awards 20 Lacs Compensation To Man Who Became Bed-Ridden After Falling From An Electric Pole

The Delhi High Court has awarded a compensation of ₹20 lakh to a man who became bed-ridden after he fell from an electric pole in 2014 while performing his job as an electrician at M/s BSES Rajdhani Power Limited (BRPL). Apart from the monetary relief, Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani went on to direct the State of Uttar Pradesh to continue treating the 28-year old as a person with...

[Delhi Riots] High Court Grants Time To Prosecution For Responding To Location Proof Submitted By Accused In Bail Pleas

While dealing with two bail pleas filed on behalf of one Ankit Chaudhary alias Fauzi in the Delhi Riots cases, the Delhi High Court has granted two weeks time to the Prosecution for responding to a location chart filed by Chaudhary showing his presence on the said day in the two FIRs.Chaudhary is accused under FIR 103 and 104/2020 alleging that bodies of certain people belonging to the...

Provide Free Ration To People Without Insisting On Ration Card Till Scheme Remains In Place: High Court To Delhi Govt

The Delhi High Court has asked the Delhi Government to continue providing free ration to people without insisting on a ration card till it's policy remains in force in the national capital.Justice Rekha Palli was dealing with a plea moved by seven families through Advocate Abhishek Anand, who had lost their jobs due to covid pandemic, seeking directions on the Delhi Government to provide...

Filing SLP Against Bail Rejection After Years 'Wrong Legal Advice'; Proper Course Is To Move HC For Bail : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has observed that filing a special leave petition against the rejection of bail by the High Court after a long delay of years was illogical and the proper course would be to apply for bail before the High Court.The Court made this observation while hearing a petition filed after a delay of 1320 days against Allahabad High Court's 2016 order rejecting bail. A bench...

Sexual Intercourse Or Any Sexual Act By Husband With Legally Wedded Wife Not Rape Even If It Was By Force Or Against Her Wish: Chhattisgarh HC

The Chhattisgarh High Court has discharged a man of the offence of marital rape after observing that sexual intercourse or any sexual act by a husband with his legally wedded wife is not rape even if it was by force or against her wish.However, the Court went ahead to frame charges against him under sec. 377 of IPC after observing that his act of making unnatural physical relation with the...