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Mere Enmity Even If Proved Cannot Be A Ground To Discard Witness's Evidence: Kerala High Court
Mere enmity, even if it is proved cannot be a ground to discard the evidence, if the such evidence is found to be reliable, the Kerala High Court observed while upholding conviction of an accused in a murder case on the basis of evidence given by his wife.In this case, one of the contentions raised by the accused was that one of the witnesses, who is his wife, nursed an enmity with him and...
Sunanda Pushkar Death Case: Delhi Court Defers Order On Framing Of Charges Against Shashi Tharoor To August 18
A Delhi Court on Tuesday defers to August 18 regarding pronouncement of order on framing of charges in the Sunanda Pushkar death case against Congress MP Dr. Shashi Tharoor. Meanwile, the Court allowed the prosecution to submit further submissions in the case. Special Judge Geetanjali Goel adjourned the hearing after a fresh application was moved on behalf of the prosecution permitting it...
Delhi Govt Allows Reopening Of Spa Centres; High Court Asks Them To Abide By Covid-19 Guidelines
The Delhi High Court on Monday disposed of pleas seeking directions on the Delhi Government to reopen spa centres which were closed amid Covid-19 pandemic, after taking on record the order issued by the Delhi Disaster Management Authority permitting their reopening. The development came after Justice Rekha Palli was apprised that an order had been issued by the DDMA dated 24th July wherein...
Kerala High Court Permits Abortion Of Over 15-Week Pregnancy Of Mentally Challenged Rape Victim
Taking on the role of parens patriae, the Kerala High Court on Monday permitted termination of an over 15-week pregnancy of a mentally challenged rape victim citing that it was in her best interests as she was incapable of making an informed decision on her own. Justice P. B Suresh Kumar permitted the Government Mental Health Centre and Sree Avittom Thirunal Hospital to carry out the...
Supreme Court Issues Notice In PIL For Directions To Operationalise Provisions Of Clinical Establishments Act To Ensure Affordable & Quality Healthcare
Supreme Court has on Tuesday issued notice in PIL filed seeking directions to operationalise all the provisions of the Clinical Establishments Act, 2010, and Clinical Establishment Rules, 2012, and among others, in order to ensure the affordable and quality healthcare guaranteed under the constitution.A Bench headed by CJI NV Ramana has sought the Government's response to the plea filed by ...
Delhi Riots Larger Conspiracy Case: Delhi Court Adjourns Hearing In Umar Khalid's Bail Plea To August 7
A Delhi Court on Tuesday adjourned to August 7 hearing in bail application moved by Umar Khalid in connection with the Delhi Riots larger conspiracy case involving offences under UAPA and the Indian Penal Code. (FIR 59/2020) Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat adjourned the hearing at the request of Senior Advocate Trideep Pais appearing on behalf of Umar Khalid for the reason of...
Production Of Injury Report Is Not A Sine Qua Non For Establishing Offence Under Section 323 IPC: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that production of injury report is not a sine qua non for establishing the case for the offence under Section 323 Indian Penal Code.In this case, the accused are convicted for the offences under Section 323 and 147 IPC and are sentenced to undergo six months simple imprisonment. The accused had allegedly formed an unlawful assembly "to snatch the voters list and...
Delhi High Court Seeks Centre's Response On Plea Challenging Requirement Of Sex Change Certificate For Re-Issuance Of Passport To Transgender Persons
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to respond on a petition seeking issuance of a new passport to a Transgender woman with the required changes in name and gender without insisting on the production of sex-change certificate.A Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh allowed the request made by Centre's counsel, Soumya Singh, to grant more time to...
'Glaring Inconsistencies': Patna High Court Acquits Man On Death Row For Failure Of IO To Inspect Crime Scene, Delayed Filing Of FIR
The Patna High Court on Friday acquitted a person who was sentenced to death for allegedly raping and killing a 16 year old girl in Bhojpur district, Bihar. The Court also set aside the conviction of two others who had been awarded life imprisonment by the Sessions Court in the same case. The division Bench of Justice Ashwani Kumar Singh and Justice Arvind Srivastava observed...
Delhi High Court Dismisses IMA President's Appeal Against Trial Court's Order Asking Him Not To Use IMA Platform To Propagate Religion
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed Indian Medical Association (IMA) president Dr. J.A. Jayalal's appeal challenging trial court's order asking him to not use the IMA platform for propagating any religion and rather to concentrate on welfare of medical fraternity. A single judge bench comprising of Justice Asha Menon dismissed the appeal today. Delete Delhi High Court dismisses...
