[254 Days Delay In Filing SLP]Supreme Court Imposes 25K Cost On Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), To Be Recovered From Officers Responsible

The Supreme Court has imposed costs on the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) for delay in filing a Special Leave Petition, stating that the same shall be recovered from the officer(s) responsible for the delay.Taking note of the inordinate delays that point towards complete inefficiency in administration of legal departments, a bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul & Hrishikesh Roy has passed...

S. 82 CrPc Neither Creates Riders Nor Imposes Restrictions In Filing Of Anticipatory Bails By Proclaimed Offenders: Himachal Pradesh High Court [Read Judgment]

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has made it clear that declaration of an accused as an "absconder" under Section 82 of CrPC does not preclude him from filing an application for seeking anticipatory bail. "Section 82 of CrPC neither creates any riders nor imposes any restrictions in the filing of anticipatory bails by the proclaimed offenders," a Single Bench of Justice Anoop Chitkara...

'Is He Some Kind Of A Monster?': Supreme Court Remarks While Staying Execution Of Death Penalty

The Supreme Court has stayed the execution of the death sentence awarded to a man who was found guilty for the gruesome act of murdering a woman by strangulating her, cutting her abdomen and taking out some organs from her bodyThough the bench headed by the Chief Justice of India, S A Bobde, stayed the execution, it could not hide its shock and horror at the crime."We have never come across...

JNU Revokes Compulsory Direction For Use Of Aarogya Setu App By Students and Staff

The Jawaharlal Nehru University(JNU), New Delhi, has revoked the mandatory direction that that students and staff should install Aarogya Setu app.A modified order issued by the JNU Registrar said that the installation of the app is advisable. It was on October 21 that the JNU administration issued the direction making the use of Aarogya Setu mandatory.Now, the Registrar has issued a...

[Honour Killing] 'Fast Track Investigation By SITs Needed', Punjab And Haryana High Court Calls For Details Of Pending Cases

The Punjab & Haryana High Court on Monday (26th October) directed the Director-General of Police (DGP), Haryana, to file an affidavit regarding the number of Honour Killing cases registered in the state in which trial or probe is pending, and what steps have been taken to fast-track the same.The Bench of Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi has further asked the State DGP to spell out the steps taken...

'Religious Conversion Just For The Purpose Of Marriage Is Unacceptable': Allahabad High Court Dismisses Plea Of Married Couple

[Update : A division bench declared this judgment as bad in law on November 11. The division bench judgment may be read here]The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a writ petition seeking police protection filed by a married couple.This is after the Court noted that the girl was a Muslim by birth and she has converted her religion to Hinduism, just a month before the marriage was...

Delhi Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Registration Of Separate FIR In Connection With JNU Violence In January

A plea preferred by JNU Professor Suchitra Sen under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. who had sustained injuries during the January mob violence in JNU, was dismissed by the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Saket, on the ground that the matter was already under investigation by Delhi Police. It was observed by Pawan Singh Rajawat, Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Saket that since the...

Police Presence During Test Identification Makes Statements By Identifiers Fall Within The Ban Of Section 162 CrPC: Supreme Court [Read Judgment]

When the Test identification parades are held in police presence, the resultant communications tantamount to statements made by the identifiers to a police officer in course of investigation and they fall within the ban of section 162 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the Supreme Court has held.In this case, the accused Chunthuram and co-accused Jagan Ram were convicted in a murder case by...

The Essence Of 'Civil Litigation'

The terms 'Civil Lawyering' or 'Civil Litigation' are more often than not, eclipsed by our monstrous Criminal Justice System, and the Trial. The ever fascinating and ever encompassing Law of Crimes, titillates almost everyone's minds alike (whether a layman, a student of Law, or a Lawyer!). The reality comes to such a point that our Civil Laws are viewed just as a matter of routine,...

[Kerala Actor Assault Case] 'Victim Was Harassed During Trial; Court Did Not Control': Prosecution Tells Kerala High Court Seeking Transfer

The victim of the Kerala actor abduction and sexual assault case was harassed during the trial by the lawyers of the accused and the trial court did not control it, said the prosecution in the High Court of Kerala on Friday.The submission was made before a bench of Justice V G Arun which is considering the applications filed by the prosecution and the victim seeking the transfer of the case...

Gujarat HC Initiates Suo Motu Matter On Expediting Trials Against MPs/MLAs [Read Order]

In a suo moto case registered on Wednesday, the Gujarat High Court has decided to monitor expeditious disposal of criminal proceedings pending against sitting/ former MPs and MLAs in the local Courts under its jurisdiction. The case was registered by a Division Bench comprising of Justices RM Chhaya and Vaibhavi D. Nanavati, and will be placed before a Bench led by Chief Justice...

[Central Vista] "SG May Keep His Advice to Himself" Shyam Divan To SG When SG Said "Words Like 'Shameless' Can't be Used In Context Of Govt"

The Central Vista hearing before the Supreme Court on Thursday witnessed a verbal spat between Senior Advocate Shyam Diwan and SG Tushar Mehta, when the former described the Government's stand on the matter as "shameful".The hearing is progressing before a bench of Justices A. M. Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and Sanjeev Khanna. Mr. Diwan was appearing for the petitioner.On Thursday, Mr....