"There Is No Material To Show That There Was Any Conspiracy": Sessions Court While Granting Anticipatory Bail To Siby Mathews In ISRO Espionage Case

Sessions Judge P Krishna Kumar on Tuesday while granting anticipatory bail to 4th accused in the ISRO espionage case, Dr. Siby Mathews, remarked as such:"When the entire Case Diary and the said report were carefully perused, I find no materials which would prima facie indicate the ingredients of the offence u/s.365 of I.P.C. There is also no materials to show that there was any conspiracy...

Provide Solace To The Mentally Ill Prisoners: Kerala High Court Directs State To Set Up Mental Health Unit In At Least One Prison

Addressing the plight of mentally ill prisoners, the Kerala High Court recently directed the State to set up a mental health establishment in at least one prison for their well-being as per Section 103(6) of the Mental Healthcare Act. Justice VG Arun passed the order after considering a report submitted by the Secretary of the Kerala State Legal Services Authority (KELSA), a statement...

51 MPs, 71 MLAs/MLCs Accused Under PMLA, 121 Cases Pending Against MPs/MLAs Before CBI Courts: Amicus Curiae Tells Supreme Court

A report was submitted before the Supreme Court yesterday by Senior Advocate Vijay Hansaria, who was appointed as the amicus curiae in the case concerning speedy disposal of cases against lawmakers.Relying on the status report submitted to him on August 9, 2021 by the Union of India, Hansaria submitted that a total of 51 MPs and 71 MLAs/MLCs are accused in cases arising out of offences...

Scope And Ambit Of Powers Of Court Under Section 319 CrPC: Supreme Court Summarizes Principles

The Supreme Court, in a judgment delivered on Tuesday, summarized the scope and ambit of the powers of the Court under Section 319 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.Even in a case where the stage of giving opportunity to the complainant to file a protest petition urging upon the trial Court to summon other persons as well as who were named in the FIR but not implicated in the charge-sheet...

Union Minister Narayan Rane Granted Bail In FIR Over "Slap" Remark Against Maharashtra CM

A local court in Raigad District of Maharashtra granted bail to Union Minister Narayan Rane in one of the four FIRs for his "slap" remark against Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. Magistrate Shaikhbabaso Patil granted bail following arguments by the prosecution and Rane's lawyer Rajendra Shirodkar, Senior Advocate. The prosecution sought his custody for seven days for investigation as there...

Supreme Court Orders Status Quo On Eviction Of Over 10K Slum Dwellers In Gujarat

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the State of Gujarat to maintain status quo with regards to eviction over 10,000 slum dwellers in the State. The order for maintenance of status quo was passed by the division bench of Chief Justice NV Ramana and Justice Surya Kant. "Till 25.08.2021, the concerned authorities are directed to maintain the status quo," the bench...

Domestic Violence Act Cannot Be Used As A Ploy By Son To Claim Father's Property On The Strength Of Wife's Right Of Residence: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday held that the provisions of Domestic Violence Act, being a social welfare legislation, cannot be used by a son as a ploy to either claim a right in his father's property or to retain possession of the same on the strength of his wife's right of residence.Justice Pratibha Singh observed thus:"The provisions of the DV Act cannot be used as a ploy by the son,...

What Constitutes A 'Commercial Dispute' Under Commercial Courts Act, 2015? Calcutta High Court Explains

The Calcutta High Court recently had the opportunity to extensively define what constitutes a "commercial dispute" as contemplated under Section 2(1)(c) of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015 (2015 Act). The issue in consideration before the Court was whether a plea filed before the Commercial Division of the High Court should be tried under the provisions of the 2015 Act or be adjudicated upon as...

EPF Pension Case : Supreme Court Larger Bench To Decide If There Is Cut-Off Date For Option Under Para 11(3) Of EPS

The Supreme Court on Monday referred to a larger bench the appeals filed by the Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) and the Union of India challenging the judgments of Kerala, Delhi and Rajasthan High Courts which quashed the Employee's Pension (Amendment) Scheme, 2014.A division bench comprising Justices UU Lalit and Ajay Rastogi said that the principal questions that arise...

Land Allocation For Former Indian Women Cricketer: Karnataka High Court Dismisses BDA Appeal

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday dismissed an appeal filed by the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) challenging an order of the single bench by which it directed the authority to allot a plot of land, to a former International Women Cricket player, Smitha Harikrishna, at the value of the plot as was in the year 2008. As per a resolution issued in the year 2008, the BDA has...

Accused In Jail For 4 Years 8 Months As Undertrial : Supreme Court Grants Bail

The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to an accused particularly taking note of the fact that he has been in jail for about 4 years and 8 months.The petitioner was accused of committing offences under Sections 420 (cheating), 409 (criminal breach of trust) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) under the Indian Penal Code and Sections 4, 5 and 6 of the Price Chits and Money Circulation...

Intimidatory Measures Can't Be Adopted: Manipur High Court Directs State To Not Deny Food-Grains To Non-Vaccinated Beneficiaries Under PMGKAY

The Manipur High Court on Monday passed an interim direction asking the State authorities to not deny supply of food-grains to such beneficiaries under the PMGKAY scheme, who are yet to be vaccinated against Covid-19.Senior Advocate Jayna Kothari told a Bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice Lanusungkum Jamir that as per a public declaration made by the people's representative...