Rejection Of Anticipatory Bail Not a Ground For Not Entertaining Petition For Quashing Of The FIR: Allahabad High Court

A division bench of Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench while dealing with a petition seeking anticipatory bail in a case of abetment of suicide, held that rejection of anticipatory bail from the High Court is not a ground for the Court for not entertaining a petition under the jurisdiction of Art. 226 for quashing of the FIR.The Court observed that the scope of Art. 226 is much broader than...

Delhi Government To Ensure Prompt And Adequate Testing Of UK Passengers To Avoid Another Covid Wave: Delhi High Court

A division bench of Delhi High Court comprising of Justice Hima Kohli and Justice Subramonium Prasad on Wednesday directed the Delhi Government to ensure prompt and adequate testing and follow up with respect to those found positive with all seriousness to avoid another spate of infection in the New Delhi. The bench was hearing a PIL filed by Mr. Rakesh Malhotra seeking directions to...

FIR Can't Be Quashed Merely Because Man Accused Of Posting Woman's Nude Snaps On Whatsapp Is Her Husband: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court last week refused to quash an FIR against a man who is accused of posting nude snaps of her wife (Informant) on WhatsApp. Dismissing man's Criminal Miscellaneous Writ Petition, the Bench of Justice Pankaj Naqvi and Justice Vivek Agarwal remarked, "Allegations of commission of offence as are mentioned under Section 67 of the I.T. Act are also prima facie...

Madras HC Restrains Special Public Prosecutor From Functioning As He Delayed Final Reports & Enabled Accused To Get Default Bail

Noting that a Public Prosecutor should be impartial, fair and honest and should help the Court in rendering justice, the Madras High Court, on Tuesday (22nd December), passed an interim order restraining/prohibiting a Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) P Seetharaman from acting as Special Public Prosecutor in NDPS cases until further orders. The Bench of Justice N. Kirubakaran and...

Organised Crime Or Interfaith Marriage: Delhi High Court Orders FIR On Father's Complaint That His Daughter Has Been Taken Away By A Muslim Man

Coming down heavily on a Police Officer for his failure to register an FIR related to the matter wherein allegations of a Hindu Girl being taken away by a Muslim man in an 'Organized Manner' was made, the Delhi High Court on Friday (18th December) ordered the State to trace the girl and produce her before the Court. The Bench of Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar...

Delhi Police Raid Office Of Mehmood Pracha, Lawyer Of Several Accused In Riots Conspiracy Cases

The Special Cell of the Delhi Police on Thursday raided the office of Mehmood Pracha, an advocate is representing many accused in the Delhi riots conspiracy cases.The Delhi Police has reportedly said that the raid was based on a warrant from a local court to search for "incriminating documents" and "metadata of outbox" of the official email address of Pracha's law firm.In a video of the...

Once A Prisoner Obtains Custody Parole In A Case, He Need Not Obtain Permission From Every Court Where He Has Been Convicted Or Is Pending Trial: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court recently made it clear that once a prisoner obtains custody parole in a particular case, he does not need to procure separate custody parole orders from every other court which has either convicted him or where he is pending trial. The decision was rendered by a single bench of Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani in a plea filed by former MP Mohd Shahabuddin,...

'Expressing Dissent Hallmark Of Democracy': Allahabad High Court Quashes FIR For Tweets Against UP CM

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday held that merely expressing dissent against the affairs of the State is not a criminal offence. A division bench of Justice Pankaj Naqvi and Justice Vivek Agarwal in its judgement, stated, "Expressing dissent on law and order situation in the State, is a hallmark of a constitutional liberal democracy like ours, constitutionally protected under...

Ernakulam Sessions Court Grants Bail To Advocate Accused Of Illegally Confining House Help

The Ernakulam Sessions Court in Kerala on Tuesday granted anticipatory bail to Imthiyaz Ahammed, an Advocate accused to have illegally confined his house maid, who later died in an attempt to escape from the house. The Additional Sessions Judge, Mohanakrishna P. observed that most of the offences alleged against the accused were bailable in nature and the only non-bailable...

No Jurisdiction: Varanasi Court Dismisses Criminal Complaint Against Kunal Kamra Which Alleged That His Tweet Insulted Indian Flag

A local Court in UP's Varanasi on Wednesday dismissed a criminal complaint filed against stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra alleging that he insulted the Indian flag by tweeting a morphed picture of the Supreme Court replacing the tricolor atop it with the flag of a political party. The Court of Judicial Magistrate Diwakar Kumar dismissed the complaint as the alleged offence was not...

Delhi High Court Grants Two Weeks Time To Lawyers Claiming Benefits Under CM Advocate Welfare Policy To Provide Complete Information

A Single Judge Bench of the Delhi High Court comprising of Justice Pratibha M. Singh on Tuesday granted two weeks time to the Government of NCT of Delhi and Delhi Bar Council starting from 28th December 2020 to prepare a circular informing all advocates of the benefits of National India Assurance Company Ltd. (NIACL) policy and ensure that the advocates fill up their data...

Gujarat High Court Issues Notice To State Legislative Assembly In PIL Seeking Public Disclosure Of Its Proceedings

The Gujarat High Court on Monday (17th December) issued notice to the Gujarat Legislative Assembly Secretariat while taking up a PIL demanding regular updation of Assembly's website and disclosure of house proceedings under the RTI Act. The Bench of Justice J. B. Pardiwala and Justice Ilesh J. Vora was hearing the plea filed by a social activists Neeta Hardikar who contended that...