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'Slow & Directionless Investigation': Calcutta High Court Orders IPS Led SIT To Probe Into Alleged Dowry Death Of 25-Yrs-Old Rasika Jain
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered the setting up of a special investigating team (SIT) to investigate the death of a 25-year-old woman Rasika Jain, who had fallen from the third-floor terrace of her in-law's house in February 2021, following which her family members complained of foul play.They moved the High Court claiming that the police were not properly pursuing the case and...
Kerala Education Rules | Right To Preferential Appointment Expires Once Claimant Is Appointed In Any Future Vacancies: HC Full Bench Differs From Precedent
The Kerala High Court has ruled that the right to preferential appointment obtained by a claimant under Rule 51A of Chapter XIV-A of the Kerala Education Rules (KER) does not continue to be available to them once this right has been effectuated through an appointment in future vacancies that arise in any category of teaching posts under the same educational agency.A Full Bench of Justice...
Wife Levelling Unsubstantiated Allegations Of Husband Being Impotent Amounts To Cruelty: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has held that a wife calling her husband an impotent without legally substantiating the same by itself would amount to cruelty within the meaning of Section 13(ia) of the Hindu Marriage Act. A division bench of Justice S. Sunil Dutt Yadav and Justice K.S. Hemalekha, while setting aside the family court judgment which had dismissed the petition filed by the...
"Media Trial Not Permissible In Law": NBDSA Orders News Channels To Remove 'Sensationalist' Videos About Umar Khalid
The News Broadcasting and Digital Standards Authority (NBDSA) on Tuesday directed Zee News, Zee Hindustan, India TV, Aaj Tak, and News18 to take down certain shows/videos broadcast by them in 2020 pertaining to former JNU student and UAPA accused Umar Khalid which misreported and misrepresented facts about him.The NBDSA, which is a self-regulatory body of private TV channels headed by...
Bombay High Court Asks State If Mumbai Police Commissioner Will Withdraw Circular Mandating DCP's Nod For Filing POCSO FIRs
The Bombay High Court on Thursday sought to know if the Commissioner of Police, Mumbai, would be willing to withdraw the circular mandating the assent of the Assistant and Deputy Commissioner of Police for registration of FIRs under the POCSO Act. A division bench of Justice Mohite Dere and Justice VG Bisht was hearing a challenge to the circular issued on June 6, 2022 with an intent...
'CBI Investigation Unsatisfactory, No Substantial Progress': Calcutta High Court Expresses Displeasure In SSC Recruitment Scam Cases
Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay of the Calcutta High Court who has ordered CBI probes in several cases since last November, on Wednesday expressed his displeasure over the progress of investigation by the agency.Justice Gangopadhyay had earlier ordered CBI probe in at least eight cases of alleged illegalities in the appointment of teaching and non-teaching staff by the West Bengal Board of...
Right To Defend Can't Be Illusory: Karnataka HC Orders Evidence Collected Prior To NIA Probe Be Supplied To Accused In 2020 Bangalore Riots Case
The Karnataka High Court has directed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to furnish in two weeks time the documents which include statements of witnesses recorded by the local police investigating the DJ Halli riot case of 2020 (before the probe was transferred to NIA), to an accused in the case. A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna set aside the order passed by the...
Blatant Violation Of Natural Justice: Gujarat High Court Quashes Order Cancelling Licence Of 'K News Channel'
Citing non-compliance with Section 8 of the Gujarat Cinemas (Regulation) Act, 2004 and violation of principles of natural justice, the Gujarat High Court has quashed and set aside an order passed by the District Magistrate, Ahmedabad cancelling the licence of 'K News Channel'. Section 8 provides that the licence may be revoked in the event of any contravention of the provisions of...
Royalty Income Should Be Excluded From Business Profits For Calculating Deductions U/S 80HHC Of Income Tax Act: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court recently upheld the decision of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal directing the assessing officer to exclude the royalty income from the business profits for the purpose of calculation of deductions under Section 80HHC of the Income Tax Act. Justice R Mahadevan and Justice Sathya Narayana Prasad observed that the appellant could not produce concrete...
"He May Have Realised Mistake Within A Short Time, Made Confessional Statement": Meghalaya HC Reduces Rape Convict's Sentence
The Meghalaya High Court recently reduced the sentence imposed on a 27-year-old man who had been convicted of raping a 3.5-year-old girl as the court noted that he had confessed his crime and that he may not have been cruel in dealing with the minor girl and may have realized his mistake within a short time.Reducing his sentence from 20 years' R.I. to 15 years' R.I. together with the fine of...
Non-Service Of Notice On Assessee: ITAT Quashes Reassessment Order
The Delhi Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has quashed the reassessment order on the grounds that the notice was not served on the assessee. The bench of Challa Nagendra Prasad (Judicial Member) found that the department failed to prove proper service of the reassessment notice on the assessee. The assessee/appellant challenged the order of the CIT (Appeals) on...
Primary Teacher Recruitment Scam: Calcutta High Court Orders CBI To Set Up SIT, Declares Court-Monitored Probe
The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to set up a special investigation team (SIT) under the supervision of a Joint Director of its anti-corruption branch to probe alleged irregularities in the recruitment of teachers in state government-sponsored and aided primary schools.The Court also directed that the SIT members cannot be transferred...