Kerala High Court Asks State To Produce Alleged FIS In Swapna Suresh's Plea To Quash Conspiracy Case

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday directed the prosecution to produce a copy of the FIS and the alleged complaint against Swapna Suresh, the prime accused in the infamous gold smuggling case, in her plea to quash the FIR registered against her for allegedly spreading false information against MLA K.T Jaleel, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and the Government.Justice Ziyad Rahman also sought...

Calcutta High Court Orders CBI To Probe Alleged 'Illegal' Appointments By State's Primary Education Board

The Calcutta High Court on Monday ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe into recruitment of teachers in government-aided primary schools by the State's primary education board.Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay directed the CBI to file an FIR to initiate an investigation into alleged illegal recruitment of teachers by the board based on the teachers' eligibility test in...

Ayodhya Case Mediator Sriram Panchu Moves Madras High Court Against Withdrawal Of Police Protection

Senior Advocate Sriram Panchu, who was the Supreme Court-appointed mediator in the Ayodhya Case, has recently approached the Madras High Court against withdrawal of police protection granted to him.Mr. Panchu was given Z Category protection following an order of the Supreme Court in 2019. However, the Security Rearrangement Committee had withdrawn this security recently.When the matter came...

Determination Of Paternity Not Moot Point When Factum Of Marriage Itself Is Disputed: P&H High Court Sets Aside Order For DNA Test In Maintenance Plea

Punjab and Haryana High Court while dealing with a revision petition against the order passed by the Family Court, allowing respondent's application seeking DNA test to determine the paternity of the petitioner's child in response to her maintenance petition, held that since the marriage is disputed by the respondent, order of DNA test to determine paternity is not...

High Court's Powers Under Letters Patent Are Subject To Legislative Enactments: ASG Opposes Concurrent Jurisdiction In Child Custody Cases

On day two of the hearing pertaining to the original jurisdiction of the High Court to hear child custody and guardianship matters owing to the advent of the Family Courts Act 1984, the Additional Solicitor General for Madras High Court R. Sankaranarayanan made his submissions favouring the ouster of High Court's jurisdiction. The reference is being heard by a full bench of...

S.147 NI Act | Every Offence Under Negotiable Instruments Act Is Compoundable: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court recently said that Section 147 of the Negotiable Instruments Act makes every offence punishable under the Act as compoundable and there is no bar on parties to compound the offence. A single judge bench of Justice H.B. Prabhakara Sastry allowed the joint applications filed by accused Arun Vincent Rajkumar and complainant S Mala, seeking to compound the...

Kerala Municipality Rules | Pending Cases Not A Ground For Chairperson To Reject Request To Convene Municipality Meetings: High Court

The Kerala High Court has recently held that a request for convening a meeting as per Rule 7 of Kerala Municipality (Procedure for Meeting of Council) Rules can be rejected only if the conditions mentioned in the proviso to Rule 7(1) are not complied with or if the request is not made by one-third of the members in the Council existing at that time."The procedure for moving a resolution in...

Rajasthan High Court Asks Convict Belonging To Below Poverty Line Family To Pay ₹2 Lakh Personal Bond, ₹1 Lakh Surety For 7 Day Parole

The Rajasthan High Court has recently directed the State to release a convict, belonging to Below Poverty Line (B.P.L.) family, on parole of 7 days on his furnishing a personal bond in the sum of Rs. 2,00,000/- and one sound and solvent surety in the sum of Rs. 1,00,000/-. However, the court waived the requirement of the petitioner's brother furnishing surety bond.Essentially, the petitioner...

Settled Seniority Cannot Be Unsettled After Lapse Of Several Years: Madras High Court Dismisses Inspector's Plea For Retrospective Promotion

While dismissing a Police Inspector's plea for retrospective promotion, the Madras High Court has observed that entertaining such belated claims will result in unsettling the settled position. The court reiterated that settled positions cannot be unsettled after a lapse of many years. Finding the petition to be devoid of any merits, a bench of Justice SM Subramaniam observed...

"Save Grace": Bombay High Court Urges State Not To Resist Release Of Pharmacy Student Held For Posts Against NCP Supremo Sharad Pawar

The Bombay High Court on Monday pulled up the Maharashtra government over the arrest of a 21-year-old student for defamatory posts allegedly aimed at NCP president Sharad Pawar and asked the State if it would give a "no objection" for his release. The bench of Justices SS Shinde and MN Jadhav asked the prosecutor to take instructions from the Home Department regarding the...

Smartha Brahmins Not A Religious Denomination, Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently observed that the Smartha Brahmins were just a caste/community without any peculiarity specifically attributable to them that distinguished them from other Brahmins of the State of Tamil Nadu. Thus, they could not be identified as a religious denomination and were not entitled to benefits under Article 26 of the Constitution. Justice R Vijayakumar of...

Sessions Court Can't Quash Cognizance & Summoning Order Of Magistrate While Exercising Its Revisional Power: Allahabad High Court

In a significant observation, the Allahabad High Court has observed that while exercising the revisional power, the Sessions Court cannot quash the cognizance and summoning order passed by the Magistrate as its revisional jurisdiction is very limited.The Bench of Justice Shamim Ahmed further added that in case the Sessions Court finds any illegality, irregularity, or jurisdictional error...