Delhi Court Transfers Deep Sidhu's Bail Plea To District and Sessions Court To Decide Jurisdiction

A Delhi Court on Wednesday transferred to District and Sessions Judge, the bail application filed by Deep Sidhu, accused in the Red Fort Violence case in connection with the farmer's protest tractor rally in order to decide the jurisdiction of the appropriate Court in hearing the matter. The matter will be heard today at 2 PM by the District and Sessions Court.Additional Sessions Judge...

Republic Day Violence- "Mere Presence Of Accused Cannot Justify His Further Incarceration": Delhi Court Grants Bail

A Delhi Court has recently granted bail to one Akashpreet Singh in connection with the violence that broke out during the tractor parade on Republic Day in relation to the farmers protest after observing that mere presence and climbing on wall of Red Fort by the accused cannot justify his further incarceration.Additional Sessions Judge Charu Aggarwal granted bail after noting that...

POCSO- FIR Cannot Be Quashed On The Ground That Victim Decided To Compromise Matter After Attaining Majority: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that an FIR filed under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 cannot be quashed on the ground that the victim after attaining majority decided to compromise the matter with the accused.A single judge bench comprising of Justice Subramonium Prasad observed thus: "Exercising jurisdiction under Section 482 Cr.P.C to quash an...

Kerala Assembly Elections : Congress Candidates Move High Court Seeking Safe Custody Of Postal Ballots

Alleging widespread irregularities in the handling of postal ballots, three candidates of the Indian National Congress in the upcoming assembly elections have filed a writ petition in the Kerala High Court.The petition filed by K Muraleedaharan, Anad Jayan and Deepak Joy, candidates of Nemom, Vamanapuram and Vypeen constituencies respectively, are seeking a direction that the postal...

Breaking: Maharashtra Govt. Orders Judicial Inquiry By Justice (Rtd) KU Chandiwal Into Corruption Allegations Against Anil Deshmukh

The Maharashtra Government on Tuesday appointed former Bombay High Court Judge, KU Chandiwal to conduct a high-level judicial inquiry into corruption allegations against State Home Minister Anil Deshmukh and submit a report within six months. The decision has been taken a night before a bench led by the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court, Dipankar Datta, is set to hear the criminal PIL...

Won't Close Check-Posts At Kerala Border, Karnataka Govt Tells High Court

The Karnataka Government on Tuesday told the Karnataka High Court that the directive of the Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada district to close rarely used check-posts at Kerala border will not be acted upon.Additional Government Advocate also informed the court that Clause 3 of the directive issued on March 15, will be reconsidered. Based on the submissions of the Government Advocate,...

Deposit Made Under Section 21(5) MMDRA For Illegal Mining Not "Proceeds Of Crime" Under PMLA : SC Expresses Prima Facie View

The Supreme Court has expressed a prima facie view that deposit made under Section 21(5) of the Mines and Minerals Development and Regulation Act(MMDRA) for unlawful mining cannot be treated as "proceeds of crime" under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act(PMLA).A bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari made this observation while hearing an application seeking to...

[Dabholkar- Pansare Murders]: We Are Ready To Begin The Trial : CBI, SIT Tell Bombay High Court

After being pulled up by the Bombay High Court, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Maharashtra Police's Special Investigations Team probing the murders of anti- superstition crusader Narendra Dabholkar and leftist leader Govind Pansare, respectively, on Tuesday said they are ready to start the trials.However, the agencies will continue their investigation into the larger...

AIBE XV Result Declared, AIBE XVI Rescheduled ,Date Of Exam To Be Intimated Soon, Registration Extended Till April 30

The Bar Council of India (BCI) has announced the All India Bar Examination (AIBE) XV results today on the official website allindiabarexamination.com. It may be noted that the AIBE-15 was conducted on 24th January 2021. Significantly, the Bar Council of India has also decided to reschedule the date of the All India Bar Examination (AIBE)-XVI and the revised date would be intimated soon. It may...

Fifth Petition Seeks Probe Into Ex- CP Param Bir Singh's Corruption Allegations Against Anil Deshmukh, CA's Plea Seeks Judicial Inquiry

A fifth petition has been filed in the Bombay High Court regarding the corruption and extortion allegations made by the former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh against the State Home Minister Anil Deshmukh.The latest PIL filed by chartered accountant - Mohan Prabhakar Bhide – through law firm MAG Legal seeks directions to constitute a committee headed by a retired Supreme Court...

Arbitration Court Reckoner : February 2021

By way of the present column, an attempt is made to briefly review the salutary judgments pronounced by the Courts in the month of February 2021 under the Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereinafter referred to as the 'Act'). That while as many judgments as possible are sought to be reviewed, owing to the limited column space, some judgments would invariably be left out. That...

Issue Directions To Follow Uniform Font Size, Line Spacing In Preparing FIR, To Ensure Better Visibility & Readability: Orissa HC To DGP

In view of difficulties encountered by the prosecution, defence and the Court while perusing F.I.R., charge sheet, other reports, the Orissa High Court recently directed the State DGP to issue directions to follow uniform font size, line spacing in preparing fir, other reports. Calling it a 'serious issue', the Bench of Justice S. K. Panigrahi directed the DGPolice, Odisha to inform...