Karnataka High Court Rejects Devegowda's Plea To Reopen Defamation Suit For Producing Additional Evidence

The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition filed by Rajya Sabha Member and former Prime Minister of India, H D Devegowda, seeking to quash a civil court disallowing him to adduce evidence at trial stage in a defamation suit, initiated against him. Justice Krishna S Dixit while rejecting the petition noted that "The suits founded on the tort of defamation need to be tried...

Manipal Fraud Case: Supreme Court Grants Bail To Former Employee Sandeep Gururaj

The Supreme Court has granted bail to Sandeep Gururaj, Former Deputy General Manager of Manipal Education and Medical Group (MEMG), accused of siphoning off funds (reportedly 62 Crores) from the company accounts.While granting bail, the court noted that the instant case is not one of public money being involved but monies of the concerned corporate entities. "We have given a thought to the...

What Kind Of Reporting Amounts To 'Media Trial'? Bombay High Court Gives Guidelines

The Bombay High Court on Monday in its 251-page judgement on a clutch of PILs regarding 'media trials' in the Sushant Singh Rajput death case, observed that the media ought to avoid reports touching upon an ongoing investigation and present facts which are in public interest rather than "what, according to the media, the public is interested in." The division bench of Chief...

Petition U/s 482 CrPC Seeking Quashing Of A Domestic Violence Application Not Maintainable: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has held that that a petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) to quash a complaint under Section 12 of the Domestic Violence Act is not maintainable.The court observed that a petition under Article 227 of the Constitution may be maintainable if it is shown that the proceedings before the Magistrate suffer from a patent lack of...

Findings Of Higher/Coordinate Bench While Rejecting A Plea Must Be Seriously Considered By Court Hearing Similar Plea: P&H High Court

"The findings of a higher Court or a Coordinate Bench must receive serious consideration at the hands of the Court entertaining a similar petition at a later stage when the same had been rejected earlier": Punjab & Haryana High Court

P&H High Court Allows Transfer Of Refugee Boy From Amritsar To Nuh Camp To Enable Him To Stay With His Mother

Acting on a habeas petition filed by a mother (Julaha @ Julaha Yusuf), the Punjab and Haryana High Court last week directed that her son be transferred from Amritsar to Rohingya Refugee Camp in Nuh tehsil of Mewat district so that the mother-son duo could be kept at one place till they are deported back. Accepting the mother's prayer, the Bench of Justice Gurvinder Singh Gill directed...

Sister Abhaya Case : Kerala High Court To Consider Fr Thomas Kottoor's Appeal Tomorrow

The Kerala High Court will consider for admission tomorrow the appeal filed by Father Thomas Kottoor against his sentence and conviction for the murder of Sister Abhaya in 1992.The criminal appeal is listed before a division bench comprising Justices K Vinod Chandran and M R Anitha tomorrow.Kottoor, who was sentenced to life by the Special CBI Court, Thiruvnanathapuram on December 23, has...

Prescription Of Higher Educational Qualification As A Qualification For Promotion Is Not Unconstitutional: Supreme Court

The prescription of a Higher educational qualification as a qualification for promotion to a post cannot be held as violative of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution, the Supreme Court has reiterated.The bench headed by the Chief Justice of India SA Bobde observed thus while setting aside a Judgment of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court which quashed an administrative Order of the ...

Plea For National Uniform Public Holiday Policy : Supreme Court Seeks Responses Of Centre, States

The Supreme Court on Monday sought the responses of the Governments of the Centre and the States on a PIL which sought for a national uniform public holiday policy.The Public Interest Litigation(PIL) was filed by "All India Shiromani Singh Sabha" seeking a uniform and non-arbitrary implementation of policy for declaring public holidays as against the "whims and fancies of various...

SCBA Writes To Law Minister For Extension Of Vaccination Programme To Legal Fraternity And For Their Inclusion In "Frontline Workers"

The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has written to Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister for Law and Justice, requesting for the extension of the vaccination programme to Judges, judicial staff and members of the legal fraternity, and to include them in the category of "frontline workers". The letter commences by highlighting that government has launched the...

'State Will Have To Consider What Happens To Common Farmer' : Karnataka High Court On Cattle Slaughter Ordinance

The Karnataka High Court on Monday observed that "State will have to consider what happens to a common farmer," while suggesting that either state will have to make a statement for time being no coercive action will be taken for violation of section 5 of the Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Ordinance, 2020, or it will pass appropriate orders. A division bench...

'Spiritual Guru' Moves Supreme Court Seeking Release Of His 'Spiritual Live-In Partner' From Parents' Custody

The Supreme Court on Monday considered a petition filed by a man, who claimed to be a 'spiritual guru', seeking release of his 'spiritual live-in partner' who was alleged to be under the illegal detention of her parents.The special leave petition was filed challenging an interim order passed by a division bench of the High Court on January 4 refusing to order the release of the...