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'Are These Roads Glued To The Ground?' : Kerala High Court Slams Kochi Corporation Over Roads Being Damaged Amid Monsoon
The Kerala High Court on Thursday pulled up the Kochi Corporation and the Public Works Department over their failure to take adequate action for repairing the faulty roads in the city even after delivering repeated directions. Justice Devan Ramachandran observed that most of the roads in the city were destroyed after rainfall and that some action had to be taken to repair these faulty roads....
POCSO Act Will Be Applicable To Minor Muslim Girl Who Has Attained Age Of Puberty: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has rejected a contention that according to Muslim law, since the victim has attained the age of puberty, the rigours of POCSO Act will not be applicable.Justice Jasmeet Singh observed that the statement of object of the POCSO Act states that the Act is aimed to secure the tender age of the children and ensure they are not abused and their childhood and youth is...
"HC Live Proceedings Being Used For Entertainment Purposes With Oblique Motive": GHAA Writes To CJ Of Gujarat High Court
The 'Gujarat High Court Advocates Association' (GHAA) President has written to the Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court, Aravind Kumar regarding the 'flagrant' and 'widespread' violation of the provisions of the Gujarat High Court (Live Streaming of Court Proceedings) Rules, 2021.GHAA President Asim Pandya has written to the Chief Justice to bring to his notice that live streaming of the...
Sitapur Court Denies Bail To Alt News' Mohammed Zubair In Connection With FIR Over His Alleged 'Hatemongers' Tweet
A local court in the Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh today denied bail to the Co-Founder of Alt News, Mohammed Zubair in connection with a case against him for a tweet in which he allegedly called 3 Hindu seers- Yati Narasinghanand Saraswati, Bajrang Muni, and Anand Swaroop as 'Hate mongers'.Judicial Magistrate First Class Judge Abhinav Srivastava denied him bail on the ground that the...
Amravati Chemist's Murder Allegedly For Supporting Nupur Sharma: Special Court Remands Seven Accused In NIA Custody Till July 15
The Special NIA Court on Thursday remanded seven men to NIA custody till July 15 in connection with the murder of a chemist from Amravati, Umesh Kolhe (54), allegedly killed for circulating a WhatsApp post supporting the controversial comments made by BJP's Nupur Sharma against Prophet Mohammed. Special Judge AK Lahoti refused entry to the media at the NIA counsel's request. The...
"You Will Undo The Concrete": Delhi High Court Slams State Authorities For Not Mitigating Environmental Harm In The City
The Delhi High Court on Thursday came down heavily upon state officials for not taking steps to protect trees and to increase the green cover in the national capital. In its last order, the High Court had placed a ban on tree felling in the capital and had also asked the authorities including Public Works Department (PWD) and Delhi police to make amends to the harm caused to the environment...
Further Investigation U/S 173(8) CrPC Not Ground To Seek Default Bail If Charge Sheet Filed Is Sufficient To Take Cognizance: J&K&L High Court
The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court today held that the test to be applied while considering a plea for default bail in terms of Section 167(2) CrPC, in a case where charge sheet is laid with a stipulation that further investigation is to be conducted in terms of Section 173(8) CrPC, is that whether affirmative action of taking cognizance and consideration of charge / discharge...
High Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Alleging Operation Of Illegal Slaughterhouses In Delhi
The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to entertain a petition seeking to ban the illegal slaughterhouses running in the Delhi NCR region. A division bench comprising of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad was of the view that the petitioner failed to give appropriate details about the said illegal slaughterhouses. "You have not given one single example of...
"Sponsored Candidates Are A Distinct Class By Themselves": Andhra Pradesh HC Denies Reclassification Of Sponsored Medical Seat To General
In a writ petition challenging rejection of admission under a sponsored seat, the Andhra Pradesh High Court clarified that 'sponsored candidates' are a distinct class of applicants who have to fulfill certain eligibility criteria for being treated as such and the Petitioner did not fulfil the criteria for admission under it; hence, there was no breach of rules or violation of...
"No One To Police The Police": MP High Court Raps MP Police Over Failure To Trace Minor Girl Allegedly Raped & Killed
The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently came down heavily on the state police department for its callousness and failure in tracing an 11-year-old missing minor girl whose father had approached the High Court 5 years back in the year 2017.Deprecating the way state police handled the case, the bench of Justice Rohit Arya and Justice Milind Ramesh Phadke remarked that there was no one to Police...
Rowdy Sheets Can't Continue Where Accused Is Acquitted & No Criminal Case Is Pending: Andhra Pradesh High Court
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that when an accused person has been acquitted of criminal cases pending against him and no more criminal cases are pending against him, then continuing a 'Rowdy Sheet' against such a person is not justified.A single bench constituting of Justice Cheekati Manavendranath observed,"It is not disputed before this Court that the petitioners have been...